PRESS INFORMATION

• Boston Art Review - Curator Grant Wahlquist Brings Ambitious Vision to the Center for Maine Contemporary Art

• Midcoast Villager - Windows to the Souls

• Boston Art Review - Painting the Town: CMCA’s 2025 Biennial

• Midcoast Villager - CMCA’s biennial offers a snapshot of where local art is at right now.

• Portland Press Herald - This year’s CMCA biennial spans 97 works by 29 artists with ties to Maine

• Portland Press Herald - 11 art exhibits across Maine you shouldn’t miss this fall

• Boston Art Review - Ten Museum Exhibitions To Catch Across New England This Summer

• The Brooklyn Rail - Art Seen: Nicole Wittenberg by Chris Crosman

• Portland Press Herald - Wittenberg shows in Ogunquit, Rockland seduce and take no prisoners | Column

• Portland Press Herald - Artist Nicole Wittenberg paints the way Maine feels

• Boston Art Review - Women on the Verge: Five Museums in Maine Showcase Nicole Wittenberg and Ann Craven

• New England Art News - Modern in Maine: A Conversation with Curator Devon Zimmerman

• Maine Gallery Guide - The Center for Maine Contemporary Art Appoints Grant Wahlquist As Curator

• Maine Public Radio - Grant Wahlquist Interview

• Katarina Weslien – Circle of Clarity

• At CMCA, art made from basketballs and interpretations of impending danger Fall Review by Jorge S. Arango | Portland Press Herald

• Decor Maine Magazine: Living Beautifully 2024 CMCA's Shop featured in Decor's new section: Applied Design

• ArtSeen: Donald Moffett: NATURE CULT, SEEDED Review by Chris Crosman | The Brooklyn Rail

• Rockland art center takes on contemporary issues in 2 shows The Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockland is presenting two views of important contemporary issues – species extinction and Black identity – by two artists: “Nature Cult, Seeded | Donald Moffett” and “To Whom Keeps a Record | Arnold J. Kemp,” both through Sept. 8.

• Donald Moffett: NATURE CULT, SEEDED review Review by Kay Whitney on SculptureMagazine.com

• Artist Donald Moffett’s Latest Sculptural Installation is Inspired by Birds Visit Rockland’s Center for Maine Contemporary Art to view the eighth iteration of the "NATURE CULT" series

• Center for Maine Contemporary Art hires new executive director The Rockland institution says Robert Wolterstorff has the experience to lead its growth.

• 5 works of art that represent freedom at Maine museums For the Fourth of July, we asked these museums to select pieces that reflected the meaning behind the holiday.

• Go for the Representational Sculptures, Stay to See How Other Artists Relate to the World Portland Press Herald

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• A Korean-American Artist’s Search for His Family’s Past Hyperallergic 5/4/22

• Art Review: There’s Much to Read Between the Lines at Rockland Exhibit Portland Press Herald 2/13/22

• 10 Exhibitions to Discover in Maine New England Magazine 6/10/22

• Warhol Foundation announces spring 2021 grantees ARTFORUM - 6/29/21

• Museums Re-Opening: How Museums in Maine Fared This Past Year & What Visitors Can See & Do This Summer Maine Publice - 6/17/21

• What’s up?: Your guide to Maine’s summer art scene as galleries and museums reopen – Edgar Allen BeemPortland Phoenix - 6/16/21

• Photographer S.B. (Sam) Walker Travels Maine For A New Look At The Old Place – Greg Cook Wonderland - 6/13/21

• The photographer who chronicled Maine by driving 100,000 miles on its highways and byways – Rob CaldwellNews Center Maine - 6/7/21

• Q&A with Tim Peterson, as he settles in as executive director of Center for Maine Contemporary Art Portland Press Herald - 6/6/21

• Rockland gallery makes way for the shapes of David Row – Bob Keyes Portland Press Herald - 6/6/21

• Coming to the Midnight Moment….Lake – Suzanna Bowling Times Square Chronicles - 2/24/21

• Q&A: Recently retired CMCA director reflects on Maine art scene – Bob Keyes Portland Press Herald - 1/3/21

• New faces, fresh perspectives leading Maine museums – Bob Keyes Portland Press Herald - 1/3/21

• CMCA Biennial 2020 – Carl Little Art New England - January/February 2021

• The Curator Who Remixed Rockland – Will Grunewald DownEast Magazine - January 2021

• Art review: CMCA Biennial takes on tough topics – Jorge S. Arango Portland Press Herald - 10/11/20

• Female painters boldly defy definition in timely show at CMCA – Bob Keyes Portland Press Herald - 03/15/2020

• The Top 5 Places Design Lovers Should Travel in March 2020 – Laura Itzkowitz Architectural Digest - 2/25/20

• An Arts Boom Sweeps Coastal Maine by Shivani Vora Forbes - 9/12/19

• Ann Craven at Center for Maine Contemporary Art Contemporary Art Daily - 9/3/19

• 36 Hours in Camden and Rockport, Maine (and Environs) by Melissa Coleman New York Times - 6/27/19

• The Center for Maine Contemporary Art Presents American Steel, an Exhibition of Work by Sculptor John BisbeeHyperallergic - 6/25/18

• Center for Maine Contemporary Art presents life-size, walk-in installation by Tom Burckhardt ArtDaily - 6/21/18

• Jocelyn Lee’s Painterly Portraits of Nudes Immersed in Nature – Rebecca Bengal The New Yorker - 6/15/18

• The 20 Best Small Towns to Visit-Jackie Mansky Smithsonian.com-5/2/2017

• 55 Best Lesser Known Art Museums, Artist Studios, and Art Centers in Northeast USA – Malerie Yolen-CohenHuffington Post - 12/19/17

• A Maine Painter’s Private Realm of Becoming – Chris Crosman Hyperallergic - 8/19/17

• Mixing painting, stories; BPL’s community playwright; and immigrant views – Nina MacLaughlin The Boston Globe - 08/10/17

• A Maine Artist Inspires 15 Authors’ Tales Wall Street Journal - 04/28/17

2015-2016

• Top 10 of the year in art The Boston Globe - 12/16/2016

• Don Voisine’s Universe of Shapes Hyperallergic - 10/22/2016

• Lesser-Known Attractions In Top 5 Maine Coast Tourist Towns – Malerie Yolen-Cohen The Huffington Post - 7/7/16

• Dear Toshiko Mori, architect of new Center for Maine Contemporary Art: Thank you! – Daniel Kany Portland Press Herald - 05/29/16