Capture: 50 Photographic Artists   190 Falmouth Station   April 2 thru May 9, 2010

The mission of the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts is to inspire, engage and educate men, women and children through the exhibition, preservation and collection of photography, film, videography, installations and the entire spectrum of new media.

The Museum's programs will address contemporary, historical, cultural and conceptual themes through local, national and international exhibitions and public events that capitalize upon Maine's vibrant community of fine artists in these mediums.

Anne Zill

Anne B. Zill has been a program associate with the Stewart R. Mott Foundation for more than 30 years, and for the last 12 years she has also been the director of the University of New England Art Gallery. Her traveling photography exhibition, Women on War has been seen in eight venues to date. She has curated several United Nations exhibitions on the Progress of the World's Women.

Elizabeth Moss

Elizabeth Moss, MA, fell in love with Maine during a summer excursion to Monhegan Island from Washington, D.C. After completing her masters at George Washington University, Elizabeth began her career in the D.C. area-interning at The Kreeger Museum and working with the sculptor conservator at the Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum and Scupture Garden. Elizabeth moved on to the Smithsonian Institution, where she became one of the founding members of the Smithsonian Young Benefactors. Elizabeth continued to visit Maine, and immersed herself in the contemporary Maine schools through the work of New York and Monhegan artist Henry Kallem. She made the move to Maine in 1997, and managed the Stein Gallery of Contemporary Glass and worked as a private dealer handling Kallem's work. She opened Elizabeth Moss Galleries in Falmouth in 2004, and continues to advise prominent collectors on acquisitions and sales.

Denise Froehlich

Denise Froehlich has been a fine art photographer for more than 20 years. Her work is autobiographical with a focus on her home and its surroundings; her family home and friends as well as documenting agrarian New England life and its vanishing values. Her photographs can be found in New England museums and academic institutions as well as in many private collections throughout the country. She is also a professor of art and has taught at numerous academic institutions including Bates College, College of the Atlantic, University of New England and New England School of Art and Design/Suffolk.

240 Concord Street West, Portland Maine 04103
Phone: (207) 899-1485

Thursday - Saturday 12 - 5pm
To arrange an appointment, please call Elizabeth Moss (207) 781-2620

Anne Zill
azill@mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org

Elizabeth Moss
emoss@mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org

Denise Froehlich
dfroehlich@mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org

ABOVE: Left to right, Brad Maushart, Juris Ubans, llya Askinazi.
Right Column: Brenton Hamilton


Spring 2012  

Exhibition featuring new media and photographic works will open the Ogunquit Museum of American Art's 2012 Season,

54 Shore Rd. Ogunquit, Maine 03907

Visit: ongunquitmuseum.org
Winter 2011  

Tentative Plans to travel Logging in the Maine Woods Today to The University of Maine at Presque Isle's Reed Fine Art Gallery

Launch MMPA Virtual Museum Website  

March 2011

The museum has embraced new technologies and a 21st century approach to role of the museum by creating an on-line virtual museum collecting and exhibiting over 300 contemporary photographic artists with roots in Maine. The site will be a database of images, and resources for primary research materials on contemporary photographers and film-makers. At its launch, the museum will store, collect and exhibit over 250 fine art photographic images by 50 artists. Three galleries will exhibit special exhibitions. The museum will ultimately store and exhibit over 1500 images by 300 artists. In its completion scheduled for 2012, the museum website will house an education program called Museums by Mail. It will be resource for art educators across the state and country. Museums by Mail will send original photographic prints into the classrooms and teachers will be able access online complimentary lesson plans for their students in grades K-12.
Launch Party: To be announced

Logging in the Maine Woods Today featuring new works by Tonee Harbert

January 15 through March 4, 2011

Funding from the Robert & Dorothy Goldberg Charitable Foundation supports the MMPA inaugural traveling exhibit, Logging in the Maine Woods Today featuring contemporary photographic images by Tonee Harbert. Hosted by Fryeburg Academy's, Pace Galleries of Art, this exhibit explores the entrepreneurial community, stewardship and spirit of industry in the Maine woods. The MMPA will exhibit these works in collaboration with a show of naive paintings by Alden Grant of historical logging practices, January 15, 2011 - February 25, 2011.
Location:Fryeburg Academy's, The Palmina F. & Stephen S. Pace Galleries of Art, Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, 745 Main Street, Fryeburg, Maine
Opening Reception Saturday, January 22 from 12-2pm
Elizabeth Moss Gallery and Maine Home & Design Magazine are mounting a significant exhibition titled Capture: 50 Photographic Artists to fund a new museum of photography and film known as the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts (MMPA). The exhibition of nearly 100 prints as well as a sampling of new media works will run from April 2 thru May 9, 2010 in Falmouth, the site of last year's A Picture's Worth. This exhibit is co-hosted by Maine Home & Design magazine and they have generously offered to feature the museum and its artists in their April issue to support the event. This is a fundraising exhibition to launch MMPA and to acquire photographs for the permanent collection.

An exhibition, a party, a new museum and a terrific collection including your work!

Maine Home & Design Magazine   April 2010
Maine Home & Design magazine will feature MMPA in a large article in their April issue which is dedicated to collecting fine art in the state. They are also a co-sponsor of our special exhibition Capture: 50 Photograhic Artists. MMPA is indebted to Kevin Thomas and Susan Kelley for their enthusiasm and commitment to contemporary photography in Maine.

Opening Reception   April 2, 2010
Opening reception for Capture: 50 Photographic Artists
Featuring: Brad Maushart, Mark Ketzler, Melonie Bennett, Denise Froehlich, Scott Peterman, Mark Emerson, Arthur Fink, Barbara Goodbody, Juris Ubans, Tonee Harbert, Brenton Hamilton, Rose Marasco, Shoshannah White, Jay York, Tad Beck, Joe Muir, Ilya Askinazi, Joyce Tenneson, Chris Becker, Corey Daniels, Bernard C. Meyers, John G. Kelley, Luc Demers, Peter Ralston, Jared DeSimio, Nicole Wolf, Andy Graham, Jeffrey Becton, Tom Birtwistle, Estate of Abigail Cohen, Jonathan Laurence, Jason Burch, Jon Kolkin, Mat Thorne, Jon Pelletier, Noah Krell, Raphael DiLuzio, Geoffery Drew, Robert Aller, Cig Harvey, Judith Glickman, Jan Pieter van Voorst van Beest, Melville McLean, Matt Bagwell, William Wegman, Dan Davis and more

Location: Former WM Home located
at 190 US Route One, Falmouth
Time: 5-7pm

Black & White Theme Party   April 22, 2010
A fundraising party in a black & white theme for 200 guests in the exhibition space.

Location: Former WM Home located
at 190 US Route One, Falmouth
Time: 7:30-9:30pm
Cost: $35/ticket
To purchase tickets, please call
Elizabeth Moss (207) 781-2620

Educational Program: Why Collect Maine Photography & Film   May 6, 2010
Educational Program: Capture will host a panel discussion on the topic of Why Collect Maine Photography and Film by artists, gallery owners, local nonprofits and academics.

Location: Former WM Home located at 190
US Route One, Falmouth
Time: 6-8pm Open to the public.

All events will be held at 190 Falmouth Station *(The former site of WM Home, the Martha Stewart flagship store) on US Route 1 in Falmouth. This was also the site of last year's A Pictures Worth.

*190 US Route 1 Falmouth Station the former WM Home store is a 4,000 square foot retail space available for lease. For more information please contact: Robert Fisk, Jr. rfisk1@maine.rr.com or 207-781-9056

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