Kenslea Collection
By Carole Aaron Michael Kenslea (1938-2019) was a driving force behind OMAA, serving as board member, treasurer and president from 1992-2009. From the early days, Michael gave generously – financially, emotionally and…
OMAA Online: ARTifacts – Conserving St. Francis of Assisi Sculpture
Welcome back to OMAA Online and our ARTifacts Series. This week, OMAA Curator and Collections Manager Ruth Greene-McNally talks with conservator Molly O’Guinness Carlson about conservation efforts on the museum’s…
OMAA Art By The Sea Auction
By Lisa Aubin Chair, 2020 Art By The Sea Auction & Fundraiser If you know Ogunquit, you know our beautiful town features amazing restaurants, retail shops, lodging establishments, sandy beaches, scenic spots like the Marginal…
OMAA Online: ARTifacts – Charles Woodbury: Open Studio #2
Welcome back to OMAA Online and our Artifacts Series! OMAA Curator and Collections Manager Ruth Greene-McNally takes you through Charles Woodbury: Open Studio, an installation re-imagining Woodbury’s workspace as it appeared…
OMAA Online: ARTifacts – Vanitas Vita Beauty & Brevity
Welcome back to OMAA Online and our Artifacts Series! Today, artist Kathleen Speranza creates a floral arrangement with Curator and Collections Manager Ruth Greene-McNally. Set against the backdrop of “Vanitas…
Challenges of Reopening are Hanging on the Walls
If everything goes as planned, there will be many more than six Emily Nelligan drawings on the freshly painted yellow walls of the Long Gallery when the Ogunquit Museum of American Art opens its doors for the season on July 1.
OMAA Online: ARTifacts – Abstract Art for Younger Audiences
Welcome back to OMAA Online and our Artifacts Series! Today, join OMAA Curator and Collections Manager Ruth Greene-McNally as she discusses a Cubist-inspired watercolor painting by Romare Bearden. In celebration of the close of the school year, the video includes an outdoor drawing exercise appropriate for younger audiences.
OMAA Online: ARTifacts – Charles Woodbury: Open Studio #1
If you’ve been following our ARTifacts Series, you may recall an earlier post sharing our behind-the-scenes preview of OMAA’s re-creation of Charles Woodbury’s Perkins Cove studio. Today, as part of OMAA Online, Curator and Collections Manager Ruth Greene-McNally and Preparator Larry Hayden provide a progress update as they install original artifacts on loan to the museum for the upcoming exhibition, “Charles Woodbury: Open Studio.” OMAA is grateful to exhibition sponsors Elizabeth Cutler & Joanna Manikas and the Maine Bicentennial Commission for their support. Stay tuned for updates on the completed project and be sure to share your questions and thoughts in the comment line!
Maine Dreamscapes | Featured Photographer Cig Harvey
Yankee Magazine By Heather Marcus August 3, 2019 A native of England and an alumna of Maine Media Workshops, Cig Harvey is well established as a fine art photographer thanks…
‘Eating Flowers: Sensations of Cig Harvey’ at the OMAA
‘Eating Flowers: Sensations of Cig Harvey’ at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art Bangor Daily News, July 31, 2019 OGUNQUIT — Cig Harvey’s monographic exhibition, “Eating Flowers: Sensations of Cig…
