Exhibits

This April the Northeast Harbor Library is hosting the Women & Water exhibit. Curated by Liz Cutler, the idea for this exhibit started as a solo show celebrating the wondrous places the Cold Tits, Warm Hearts (CTWH) swim. CTWH is a year round woman centered cold-water swimming group on MDI. The talents, creativity,  generosity, and . . . read more

This month we are featuring three portraits painted by Robert Shetterly from his “Americans Who Tell The Truth” series and the project of the same name. The portraits featured in our exhibit are of Rosa Parks, Jane Addams, and Woody Guthrie. Americans Who Tell the Truth (AWTT) is dedicated to the belief that a profound . . . read more

This February, the Northeast Harbor Library is delighted to host an exhibit of photos documenting a public marquee sign in Cherryfield, Maine. For the past six years, Jillian has been responsible for choosing a message to put on the sign. She has titled the project, “Art For the People!” and taken photos of every message . . . read more

For the month of January, the Mellon Room is filled with art from students at Mount Desert Elementary. This colorful exhibit displays work done in art class with teacher, Shannon Westphal, in the first half of the school year. We’re so pleased to have this exhibit up for January!

The Northeast Harbor library is excited to host an exhibit titled “Order to Chaos, Peaceful to Whimsical, Fiberart by Cristy M. Benson” from December 1st to 31st in the Mellon Room. “From modern folk art rugs to abstract improvised quilts, this exhibit tracks my work over the past decade.  I started my color journey through . . . read more

A new exhibit featuring wildlife and animals will be on display at the Northeast Harbor Library November 1-30th featuring the up-close captures of wildlife photographer George Sanker and animals in the landscape by fine art painter Katherine Noble Churchill (both residents of Mount Desert Island). The artwork is accompanied by fascinating notes about each animal . . . read more

October art exhibit: ArtWaves presents a dynamic collection of artworks by ArtWaves artistmembers at the Northeast Harbor Library. There will be an opening reception on ThursdayOctober 6th from 4-6 pm. Artists represented include: Brian Caine, Bonnie Chase, ChristianeCullens, Liz Cutler, Richard Huck, Mark Kandutsch,, Kate Pickup McMullin, Nikki Moser,Mary Ternus, Vicky Smith and Shannon Westphal. . . . read more

This September, the Northeast Harbor Library is pleased to welcome artist Judy Taylor to exhibit work in the Mellon Room; her exhibit is titled “Light, Composition and Moments Painting the Portrait.” Judy will be showing portraits painted within the last two years during the pandemic from life and also from the zoom platform with a . . . read more

With a background in Art History, graduating from Barnard College, Columbia University in 1960, Linn Sage first worked as the art and photography editor for a literary magazine “Contact – the San Francisco Collection of New Writing, Art and Ideas”; then as assistant to the Cover Editor of “Newsweek” in New York in the mid . . . read more

This July the Northeast Harbor Library will exhibit needlepoint and crewel work by Jackie Agnese in the Mellon Room. Both needlepoint and crewel work are embroidery techniques popular in decorative arts – in her many years of stitching, Jackie has created pillows, tapestries and other works by hand, using needle and thread to make her . . . read more