On Views
by Julia Einstein* When I visit the gardens at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, my thoughts fill with imagined images of Langlais sculptures leaping to visit the Zorach’s. Today,…
Notes on Landscape Painting, Sentimentality and Denial
by Gail Spaien Throughout my career I have explored the intersection of nature and culture guided by the question – how do I bring the natural world into a static…
Community workshop series and collaborative art shows
By Jill Burke OMAA Education & Outreach at Waban & TACP I recently completed a series of community workshops & collaborative art shows at Waban Lifeworks in Springvale and The…
Artist Pamela Moulton* looks forward to her “Garden Intervention”
It looks like mother nature will be welcoming guests to my Garden Intervention at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art under sunny skies this Wednesday! Come roll the giant dice…
Andres Verzosa remembers Dahlov Ipcar
As many of you may know by now, one-of-a-kind painter, sculptor and illustrator Dahlov Ipcar passed away last month. She was 99 years young. I had been working closely with…
Summer is here!
By Jill Burke Summer gives me a great opportunity to reflect on all we’ve accomplished during the school year through OMAA’s educational outreach program. The Governor Baxter School for the…
Hanging Out with Bernie
by Tori Rasche No, not Bernie Sanders. I recently got to ‘hang out’ with another Bernie, the artist Bernard Karfiol (1886-1952), through a collection of his drawings and ephemera from…
How did I get here?
By Alison Gibbs “And you may ask yourself, ‘Well … how did I get here?’” Talking Heads, Once in a Lifetime In my career, I’ve been a Wall Street wire…
OMAA on the Go at Governor Baxter School for the Deaf
by Jill Burke A big part of my job as the OMAA Education Coordinator involves visiting schools and community organizations weekly between September and June to share objects from the…
Where do I winter?
By Ron Crusan I often get asked, “What do you do all winter while the OMAA is closed?” After our season ends October 31, I don’t pack up and head…
