Carolyn van Beek-Outwin MCMA September Artist

MCMA member and President Carolyn van Beek-Outwin will be exhibiting waterccolors on the First Friday Artwalk on Sept.7th, 5-8:00 pm and during the month of September in the library. 519 Congress St.,second floor elevator accessible. Library hrs-Tues,Wed. and Thurs.10:00am -3:00pm

Anastasia Weigle, MCMA Library August Artist & Events

  Anastasia Wiegle will be exhibiting-"Down the Rabbit Hole"& other works on the First Friday Downtown Artwalk August 3rd , 5:00-8:00 pm and in the Library during the month of August. More information on the Artist and her work can be found on her web site,   

http://www.anastasiaweigle.com


        First Tuesday Book Club, MCMA Library August 7th
"The Buddha in the Attic" by Julie Otsuka
            The MCMA library book club meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 12:00 noon, bring a sandwich, dessert coffee and tea provided.

For more information you can call Pat @ 773-8396 during library hours,Tues,Wed,Thurs.10:00 am to 3:00 pm

MCMA July Events-"Click For Cats"

July Library Exhibit features contest winning pictures "Click For Cats", a fundraiser for Friends of Feral Felines. The exhibit will open on July 6 for the First Friday Art walk(5:00-8:00pm) and be on display during the month of July, open to the public-10:00am to 3:00pm,Tues.,Wed., and Thursday.

MCMA Quarterly meeting will be Thursday,July 12th@9:00am

http://www.feralfelines.net/index.html

Jill Cournoyer-“Floating Poetry; Words Embedded in Photography”

MCMA library Exhibiting Artist for the month of June

“Floating Poetry; Words Embedded in Photography”.

Photos & Words  by

Jill Cournoyer 

      

Jill Cournoyer's  Exhibit opens on the First Friday Art Walk    

June 1st  2012, 5-8:00 pm in the Library

519 Congress St, second floor

Elevator accessible, library hrs. during the month of June

                         Tues.,Wed. & Thurs.;10:00 am-3:00 pm
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Tuesday June 5th, the MCMA Book Club will meet at Noon in the Library for an hour to discuss "Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling" Please bring a lunch, drinks and dessert are provided.

For more info you can call Pat at the library @773-8396

                          Happy reading !


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MCMA April events

April,2012-MCMA Events

Tuesday the 3rd;Book Club; “The White Heron” by Sarah Orn Jewett

Thursday the 5th MCMA Quarterly meeting @ 9:00 am in the library

Friday, April 6th, Library April artist - Zoo Cain exhibits Abstract paintings for the First Friday Artwalk

Wed. the 25th,@noon-Dr P.M.Outwin-History Lecture

"Tale of Captain Ephraim Jones' 1765 voyage" on the 90' Schooner Mary, which left from Falmouth and sailed to Bermuda and the Turks Island and back. He kept a detailed ship's log upon which Dr. Outwin's talk is based. The program will include a slide presentation, and lots of fabulous photos.

Travels lectures

Monday the 9th-Sandy Mortimer -Travel lecture “Israel:Stories From The Holy Lands”

The journey begins in the capital city of Televiv and visits many different regions of the Holy Lands. From the worlds' oldest seaports to the Sea of Galilee with its Christian sites, relate to many stories from the Bible at this Easter season.

Monday the 30th, Doug Jones- “The great Trans-American Train Ride”

It's all aboard for adventure as travel expert Doug Jones guides you on a spectacular coast-to-coast journey on 3 of America's greatest trains! You'll experience the breadth of America, from the great cities of the East to the heartland prairies, from the majesty of snow-capped mountains to the Western desert. You'll take the fabled Broadway Limited from New York's Pennsylvania Station, through Philadelphia and Pittsburgh before changing at Chicago's Union Station for the legendary California Zephyr. Then it's across the rolling prairies and soaring mountains to Salt Lake City where you'll climb aboard the Desert Wind as it departs to Las Vegas and the California desert before making it's way, finally, to Los Angeles. The Great Trans-American Train Ride will carry you from "Sea to Shining Sea" on a romantic and nostalgic journey aboard the last great passenger trains of the USA.

Hope to see you there.

Location of the Travel Lectures

Catherine McAuley High School Auditorium

631 Stevens Ave, parking lot of Walton St.

Portland Me.

Starts at 7:30, the doors open at 6:45

Free to MCMA members

open to the public, with a $2.00 donation at the door

MCMA March Events

Jonathan A. Eiten

OIL PAINTER

First Friday Art Walk,March2,

Jonathan A Eiten

“I BEGAN MY STUDIES AS AN ARTIST IN 1987 WHILE ATTENDING CENTRAL COLLEGE IN PELLA, IOWA, WHERE I STUDIED UNDER LAWRENCE MILLS. I LEARNED PRINTMAKING UNDER MILLS AND ALONG WITH IT A STRONG SENSE OF THE CLASSICAL TRADITIONS OF DRAWING. IN 1989 I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STUDY DUTCH ART HISTORY AND TAKE STUDIO COURSES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LEIDEN IN THE NETHERLANDS. THIS BEGAN MY INTEREST IN 17TH CENTURY DUTCH LIFE AND ART. AFTER RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES I TRANSFERRED TO CALVIN COLLEGE AND GRADUATED FROM THERE WITH A B.F.A. IN FINE ART IN 1992. IN 1997 AFTER SEVERAL YEARS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF COUNSELING, I BROUGH MY FOCUS BACK TO ART. I MOVED TO MAINE AND APPRENTICED FOR A YEAR WIth OIL PAINTER, JON ALLAN MARSHALL.”

For more info check out-http://jonathaneiten.blogspot.com/

MCMA first Tuesday Book Club

Tuesday,March 6

Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

Monday, March 12, 2012

"Majestic Montana"

presented by Steve Gonser

Join us on a journey to explore the majestic qualities that make Montana a special place. Find out why Montana is often referred to as "dinosaur country"; Take a tour through the "Gems of Montana" by visiting Yellowstone and Glacier National Parks. All of these and more await you as we travel through the Big Sky Country of Majestic Montana!

Monday, March 19,2012

“Sailing Down to Rio on The Queen Mary 2”

Presented by-Doug Jones

In 1934 The Cunard Line launched the Queen Mary. It was the largest ship of its time and it set a new standard for ocean liners of the era. In 2004, the fourth Queen to sail under the Cunard flag was launched, The Queen Mary 2. At 150,000 tons she is the longest, tallest, widest, biggest ocean liner of the world. And to commemorate the launch, Cunard sent the Queen Mary 2 on a voyage to Rio de Janeiro for the largest party on earth, Carnival.

Catherine McAuley High School Auditorium

631 Stevens Ave, Parking lot off Walton Street

Portland Maine

Starts at 7:30, doors open at 6:45

Open to the public

Free for MCMA members, a $2.00 donation for non-members

February 3rd First Friday

First Friday Art Walk February 3 2012

Mechanics’ Hall Library Exhibiting

The MCMA Free Drawing School

1875 to 1988

First Friday February 3th will feature a continuing exhibit of drawings from the MCMA drawing classes of the late 1800’s

Architectural drawings of Will.S. Aldrich(ca.1886), who was a student and draughtsman for MCMA past President and renown architect John Calvin Stevens, along with blueprints and instruction samples from the Free Drawing School of Mechanical and Architectural drawing classes. Also on exhibit are instructor log books of students and bio’s of the instructors.

Will S Aldrich, graduates form MIT in 1888, leaves Portland to work in Boston in 1890, travels Europe for 3 1/2 years on a Rotch Scholarship in 1895. From 1902-1910 Mr. Aldrich works in New York City and from 1910 till his death in 1947 he is an award winning Architect in St. Joseph Missouri.

The Mechanics' library book club meets Tuesday,Feb.7th for a discussion of -Suite Francaise by Irene Nemirovsky -at Noon for an hour. Please bring a lunch, drinks and dessert are provided.

For more info you can call Pat at the library @773-8396 Happy reading !

Mechanics’ Hall library 519 Congress St. Downtown Portland Me.

Second floor, elevator accessible ,5:00 to 8:00 pm