Bob Keyes writes about the visual and performing arts for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. He appreciates that his job requires him to visit museums and attend plays and concerts across Maine, and most enjoys interviewing artists in their studios. He’s a New Englander by birth, and has lived in Maine off and on, most recently since 2002. He lives in Berwick with his wife, Vicki, and their son Luke.
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PublishedJuly 6, 2020
Bay Chamber mines its archives as it takes its programming online
The festival will feature the ‘best of the best’ past performances and combine them with a visual narrative of Maine art.
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PublishedJuly 5, 2020
Advocate for Native Americans comes home to lead the Abbe Museum
Chris Newell is Bar Harbor museum’s first director who is also a tribal member.
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PublishedJuly 2, 2020
State pulls plug on music festival at Brunswick campground
Promoters hoped to win state approval for Summer Jam Camp Out 2020 by promising to spread people out among campsites to minimize large gatherings. The state rejected that idea.
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PublishedJuly 1, 2020
Rockland foundation offering grants to artists
The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation of Rockland will give 40 artists hurt by the pandemic $2,500 each.
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PublishedJune 29, 2020
Portland Observatory will not open this year
Greater Portland Landmarks determined that the Munjoy Hill landmark ‘cannot safely open.’
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PublishedJune 29, 2020
Artist looks to honor El Faro victims with sculpture in Rockland
Warren sculptor and Maine Maritime graduate Jay Sawyer begins a campaign to raise money for a memorial in Rockland Harbor to victims of the tragedy at sea.
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PublishedJune 29, 2020
Artists, humanities and cultural groups get more money from state, national sources
Nearly 150 Maine artists receive $500 each through the Maine Artist Relief Fund, and Maine Humanities awards ‘rapid response’ grants to 94 groups across the state, averaging $4,500 each.
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PublishedJune 27, 2020
UMaine System earns accreditation from regional commission
The New England Commission of Higher Education grants the designation to the system, as opposed to individual institutions.
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PublishedJune 27, 2020
Portland artist Jill Osgood awarded a Baxter residency
She joins a long tradition of artists who have made the long trek into the woods.
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PublishedJune 23, 2020
Maine cultural organizations receive CARES Act funding
Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and the Monhegan Museum are among those receiving money from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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