Jurying under way for the 12th annual show

Thank you to all the Maine artists who entered this year! We had 515 pieces entered, from as far south as Berwick and as far north as Old Town. The jurying will be done over the next few weeks, and selections will be announced by Oct. 18 for the show opening Oct. 19, fully online.

The 2020 Yarmouth Art Festival, a premier juried showcase for Maine artists since 2009,   will be fully virtual this year, and will run for two weeks, rather than the typical 4 days.

11th annual Yarmouth Art Festival again a success!

Thanks to everyone who submitted, exhibited, helped, visited and purchased at the 11th annual Yarmouth Art Festival, Oct. 23-26, 2019. There’s no question this was by far the most well attended in the event’s 11 years, including Thursday evening’s reception, which was packed (click for photos).

A total of 46 pieces sold, a number that has been fairly consistent in recent years. That means a little more than a quarter of the exhibited pieces sold — a healthy percentage among such events.

Don’t miss Bob Keyes’ excellent profile of exhibiting artist David Pearce, a former ambassador to Greece and Algeria who lives in Yarmouth.  We definitely saw folks coming through who had read the article and wanted to see Pearce’s work. (Bob was a juror for the show this year)

Jurors  selected 170 pieces for the 11th annual Yarmouth Art Festival from a record 626 submitted.  Participating artists were from all over Maine, from Hermon and Indian Island in the north to Waterboro and Arundel in the south. Artists for 2019 are listed at the bottom of this page.

Jurors for the 2019 show were Bob Keyes, arts writer for the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Anne Haas, art librarian at Bowdoin College, and Wes LaFountain, art curator, formerly at Greenhut Gallery, most recently at Phillips Exeter Academy.