Every July the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland hosts a monumental summer gala—their largest fund-raising event of the year—complete with dinner, dancing, and cavorting on the museum grounds. The party’s purpose is to present the Maine in America Award, honoring … Continue reading
Gaetano Pesce’s work ranges from architecture, interior design, and urban planning to industrial and furniture design and art. He is known for using unexpected materials and ideas to explore difficult and often controversial contemporary themes. His most famous design is … Continue reading
Four Corners House is a three-bedroom, 2,300-square-foot vacation home that is sited along Maine’s thickly wooded and rugged Bold Coast. Its design is derived from a prototypical nine-square grid: the home forms a courtyard with a communal space to … Continue reading
Evocative of the fruit from which it takes its name, plum is a delicious color. Cool and warm at once, plum balances the heat and abundance of late summer with the depth of fall days just around the corner. … Continue reading
“It was the act of pushing my body to uncomfortable extremes, testing my limit, that was paramount to me. This is when I knew that this was a viable path to making a happy living, a journey where I could … Continue reading
“This is one of two bedrooms I recently completed for some sisters in my neighborhood. I wanted to make sure the rooms were both fun and beautiful, but that they also showed the personality of each girl. This girl is … Continue reading
Winner of Fast Company’s 2020 Innovation by Design Award in the Home category, the BEARABY TREE NAPPER is a weighted blanket filled with Tencel fabric weights, as opposed to unsustainable plastic ones. The blankets weigh between 15 and 25 pounds, … Continue reading
On September 30, 1976, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art opened Two Centuries of Black American Art: 1750-1950. It was the museum’s preeminent exhibition for the American bicentennial year. The sweeping show, which featured over 200 works by 63 known … Continue reading
Erin Flett had a feeling about this building. Located just three minutes down the road from the designer’s home, the 1800s Victorian stands at the junction of Routes 202 and 114 in downtown Gorham, so it was on Flett’s way … Continue reading
Although she’s been painting her whole life, it still sort of baffles Sarah Madeira Day when I call her an artist. “I think of other artists as real artists. I’m just a girl who paints out of her house and … Continue reading
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