Celebrating 65 Years: A Museum of Art for the Community
By Ruth Greene-McNally Associate Curator & Collections Manager With a vision to build “a museum of art for the community,” Henry Strater, along with Rudy Dirks and Robert Laurent, purchased…
An Artist’s Paradise (1880s-1922)
By Ruth Greene-McNally When Charles Herbert Woodbury proclaimed the view from Narrow Cove “an artist’s paradise” he was not the first artist to discover the potential for an artist haven…
Found In Collection
By Larry Hayden, OMAA Preparator Among the many interesting objects in the OMAA collection are numerous artifacts and ephemera that may never be exhibited. These are snapshots, publicity photos, clippings,…
An OMAA docent remembers Gary Haven Smith
by Joan Sinisi Photo: Larry Hayden While working on an assignment for OMAA’s Docent Education Committee, I had the privilege of visiting Gary Haven Smith at his home and studio…
DeWitt Hardy (1940 – 2017)
By Michael Mansfield I was still in my first few days at the museum and just getting to know the collections and the history of Ogunquit when I met DeWitt…
In Focus
by Michael Mansfield Carl Austin Hyatt, “S # 28, Portsmouth Harbor Salt Pile Series,” printed 2015, 50″ x 60,″ archival pigment ink on watercolor paper OMAA has a devoted core…
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…
