the Harlow is between shows …

February 2, 2012

So the GALLERY IS CLOSED (more or less …)

Our staff is taking a winter break for housecleaning while preparing for an ambitious exhibition 2012 schedule.  In the meantime, we will be open for the following events:

Regular ongoing artists’ groups, such as figure drawing, are meeting as scheduled.

Saturday, Feb. 4 from 1-4pm: Altered Book workshop with Margo Ogden. Cost is $20 for KVAA members, $25 for non-members.

Feb. 15-18, Wed. to  Sat. – Annual Silent Art Auction (donations being accepted anytime, just call ahead -622-3813).  Bidding will end Saturday, Feb. 18 at 4pm.

February 18 is also Hallowell’s Mardi Gras celebration!

Feb. 16 + 17, Thu. + Fri. – Art Supply Sale – donate stuff to the Harlow programming fund or sign up for a table and sell your own.

Wed. Feb. 22 – noon at SpinOff Studios, LUNCH WITH AN ARTIST featuring Scott Minzy.  A joint project of the KVAA and SpinOff Studios.

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  • Vote for the Harlow!

    Please vote for the Harlow Gallery as a central Maine write in for Bangor Savings Bank’s Community Matters More campaign — we could win $1,000! You can vote online right now at:  https://www.bangor.com/Why-Bangor-Savings/Supporting-Our-Communities/Voting.aspx Just write in HARLOW GALLERY under Central Maine.  OR Stop by the Harlow Gallery for a paper ballot which you can drop off at …Read More »

  • Art Donations Gratefully Accepted: Silent Art Auction 2012

    ART DONATIONS WANTED! The Harlow Gallery is owned and operated by the Kennebec Valley Art Association, a 501(c)3 nonprofit; all proceeds go to support programming and operating expenses for the gallery. Donations of art, framed or unframed is most welcome and is tax deductible according to current tax law. You don’t even have to be …Read More »

  • Help us give a scholarship to a Hall-Dale student in 2012

     In 2010 we turned our restricted scholarship funds over the the Maine Community Foundation.  The Tardiff/Fine Scholarship is currently active and goes to Cony student annually, but the funds dedicated to Hall-Dale have yet to be disbursed! This is because we are less than $700 shy of the $10,000 goal required before scholarships can be …Read More »

  • Art Supply Sale Feb 16 + 17

    Donate stuff you no longer need to the Harlow Gallery OR sell your own!  Rent a table and sell your own supplies. The tables are 6′ long and can be rented for $20 for one day or $30 for two days (you may share a table with someone) -you must be present during the full …Read More »

  • Call for Artists: Art2012 17th Annual Juried Art Show

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  • Higher Forms of Art opening to feature Poetry Power Hour

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  • Participate in an Altered Book Workshop at the Harlow Gallery, then exhibit your art at the Hubbard Free Library

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  • Richard Kingdon Exhibition

    OPEN regular gallery hours: Wed-Sat noon-6pm January 25-28, 2012 (four days only!) Richard Kingdon, long time member of the Kennebec Valley Art Association, died unexpectedly December 27, 2011. Richard was a constant presence at the Harlow. When he was younger he performed many useful tasks for the gallery. He participated in life drawing sessions for …Read More »

  • Call for artists – and farmers

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  • OCCUPY ART! The Union of Maine Visual Artists in Action

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  • UMVA Draw-A-Thon at the Harlow

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  • January-February 2012 KVAA Newsletter

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    On Thursday, January 19th at 6:30 pm, the public is invited to a presentation on a photography project by Michael Kolster of Brunswick entitled “ A River Lost and Found: The Androscoggin River in Time and Place”. The presentation will take place at the Harlow Gallery at 160 Water Street in Hallowell.  Kolster’s work explores …Read More »

  • Carolyn Frost, Marita O’Neill & Duff Plunkett reading at the Harlow in March

    The first Harlow poetry reading of the 2012 season is scheduled for Friday, March 23 at 7 PM. The poets are Carolyn Frost, Marita O’Neill and Duff Plunkett. For further information call Ted Bookey at 685-3636