Hydra Art Collective to revive RUMPUS in 2022: All are welcome call for art!
2022 RUMPUS CALL FOR ART WHAT IT IS All ages. All skill levels. All are welcome! You are invited to submit work to our 8th annual RUMPUS exhibition! RUMPUS, meaning a noisy disturbance, commotion, hubbub, uproar, or fracas, is Engine’s annual non-juried event, back for its 8th year after a
Interactive Climate Change Art Workshop Comes to Biddeford WinterFest
PRESS RELEASEInteractive Climate Change Art Workshop Comes to Biddeford WinterFest BIDDEFORD (January 25, 2022) — Engine is pleased to present an Open House and Interactive Public Workshop for Climate [In] Action, an exhibition of the work of Local Climate Change Artist Jill Pelto. The educational event, hosted in partnership with
Two Gallery Openings + Makers Market Dec 3 5-9PM
Dear Engine enthusiasts and supporters, As the evenings grow shorter, we continue to warm up the Engine, fueled by your creativity and inspiration! We have a lot to be grateful for as we come to the end of this challenging year, reflecting on the past, while visioning for connection through
GESTALT Opening & September ArtWalk Friday 9/17 5:30-7:30PM
Friends, A few weeks ago I got to experience one of the reasons I moved here to propel this creative community: Fringe Fest and River Jam! Y’all close the streets and turn our public spaces into a world full of fire dancers, light projection art, music, painting, weaving, pottery, film, photography, poetry and
Looking out, looking in: an introspective
The Alice Gauvin Gallery is pleased to present its first exhibition, “Looking out, looking in: an introspective” in collaboration with Engine. This pop-up exhibition, held in Engine’s first floor galleries, will feature recent work by eleven artists. It showcases a range of media, including painting, drawings, collage and sculpture, created
Plant one on me!
Plant one on me! A community art project with Subcircle artists in residence Rachel Zollinger and Jean Brennan Engine is excited to support this community art project in collaboration with subcircle artists-in-residence- interdisciplinary artists Rachel Zollinger (Arizona) and Jean Brennan (Beacon, NY). You are invited to participate! Rachel and Jean
Engine reopens our space to community!
Everyone, I am thrilled to be reopening Engine as a space for creativity and community this summer. What’s on deck: We kick off the 2021 ArtWalk season on June 18. Biddeford ArtWalk is a free open to the public event celebrating local arts and creativity on the third Friday of the month from 5:30 – 7:30pm
Storefront Exhibit Juneteenth opens June 19
Engine in partnership with Maine Center for Electronic Music (MCEM) will present an exhibition by Portland based installation artist Hi Tiger. The lead and founding artist of MCEM, Hi Tiger’s work in drawing, painting, sculpture and video extends from their experience of being a descendant of freed slaves. The exhibition
Nano, a super-tiny art exhibition
Nano, opening February 8 extended through April 25. UPDATE: This exhibition will be extended through April 25, and–fingers crossed while socially distancing–we’ll be able to open to the public to allow viewing of this delightful exhibition of tiny works before we have to take it down. Biddeford–Nano, an invitational exhibition