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 28, 2017
Bates Dance Festival says goodbye to its founder, good luck to its longtime director
Outgoing director Laura Faure ‘put Maine on the map’ in the dance world.
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PublishedJuly 25, 2017
Two performers’ paths meet again in Opera Maine’s ‘La Traviata’
The opera will be performed Wednesday and Friday at Merrill Auditorium.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2017
In search of solace, Anne Ireland goes to most natural places
The painter’s Maine-inspired landscapes helped her appreciate life after the death of her son.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2017
John Walker’s view ‘From Seal Point’ gets more relaxed, post-retirement
The reluctant exhibitor has two shows this summer, in Rockland and Brunswick.
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PublishedJuly 23, 2017
Andrew Winter’s paintings of Monhegan in the off-season
The summer-long exhibition in the island museum shows what it looks like when most of the artists have gone away.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2017
Ogunquit museum displays friendship – and falling out – of founder and Ernest Hemingway
A new exhibition at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art explores Henry Strater’s relationship with the writer, including the incident that inspired ‘The Old Man and the Sea.’
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PublishedJuly 15, 2017
Maine photographer’s iPhone photo goes big time on billboards around the world
Apple found Kari Herer’s image on her Instagram feed and selected it for an international ad campaign.
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PublishedJuly 13, 2017
SPACE Gallery hires artist from Philadelphia to be its next director
Kelsey Halliday Johnson describes herself as a “keenly interdisciplinary practicing artist.”
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PublishedJuly 11, 2017
Former Colby president ‘Bro’ Adams takes post with Mellon Foundation
He says the appointment will allow him to continue to promote the humanities as a way to ‘help us understand our contemporary circumstances.’
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PublishedJuly 9, 2017
Spreading joy, Philip Barter finds his oasis in making the art of Maine
The longtime Maine painter shows new work and celebrates the release of a book about his life and career.
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