What Happenings At Cerulean! Please come and join us this Sunday as we celebrate 2 years with munchies, music and good company from 11 am - 1 pm!

Local Art Students Come to Cerulean for Artist Talk

Artist Christine J. Higgins spoke with local high school art club about her exhibition "From the Studio: Paper & Prints"last week at Cerulean. Students were encouraged to take a closer look at the works and at the actual papermaking process itself. Students also took a tour of Cerulean...and enjoyed our view of the river!

Collaborative exhibit to feature many collective members opens Friday, November 6th at Richmond Store Gallery

Encaustic Workshop and Drawing Class to start soon!

Come and join us this Saturday for Intro to Encaustic Painting which includes all materials - still 3 spaces left! OR on Monday evenings start a Beginning to Drawing Class for $65. which includes all materials!

October 2009 Exhibit, Works of Christine Higgins

Cerulean Fine Art Gallery at 202 Water Street in Hallowell announces a solo exhibit entitled “From the Studio: Paper and Print”, featuring the works of Readfield artist, Christine Higgins. An artist’s reception will take place Friday, October 9^th from 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm The show runs through November 7th. The reception is free and open to the public. For more information call 626-9009 or visit www.ceruleanart.com.

Christine Higgins, a former Cony High School Art Teacher, has extensive training and passion for paper-making and paper. “She considers the surface and fibers of the paper to be equally significant as her imagery.”, states Janna Civittolo, proprietor and artist. Her work references nature and her connection with it. Higgins speaks that “this exhibit continues my interest in the color, texture, and light of the natural environment...Each paper comes from the original fibers of mulberry, abaca or cotton which are then soaked, beaten, pigmented, and drained onto screens.”

Cerulean is delighted to bring to central Maine the opportunity to see a local papermaker's work. Proprietor and artist, Hélène Farrar says, “Christine's print and paperworks are delicate and organic. We are very happy to share them as there is a great need in Maine to see and learn this process which is part of our local heritage.”

Check out our resent write-up by the Village Soup

http://capital.villagesoup.com/ae/story/surreal-gathering-of-materials-at-cerulean/200797

"A Gathering of Materials"

Opening Artist Reception will be Friday, September 11th from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Cerulean. This exhibit will feature the works of Hallowell (and Roslindale, MA) sculptor Ellen Gibson. The show runs through October 2. Additionally, Gibson will be giving an artist talk on Saturday, September 26th from 3:00 to 4:00 pm. All events are free to the public. Please come an enjoy great art by local artist, and good snacks!

Gibson's work is comprised of her personal collections of found objects and her manipulations and taming of metal and wood. She states that “materials tell a narrative through their feel, weight, patina, history or former use.” Her solo exhibition at Cerulean focuses on two concepts: balance and containment. Gibson will display a series of “pocket books” to which she references, “the junk that we carry around with us for whatever reason.” Additionally, she will be exhibiting a series of works which she states that “deal with balance between weights, decisions, scale or visual assumptions. This being in reference to the contradictions and choices that confront our daily lives.”