The Islesboro Historical Society is hosting “A Mélange of Arts” art show, July 7 through July 12. An opening reception, to which the public is invited, will be held at the Historical Society’s building on July 7, from 5 to 7 p.m. On exhibit will be work by Frederic Kellogg of Thomaston, Jamie Macmillan of Islesboro, Bonnie Mowery-Oldham of Lincolnville, Nathan Oldham of Belfast, Sharon Piper of Islesboro, Janet Redfield of Lincolnville, and Robert Surette of Islesboro.
All the artists have an Islesboro connection. Frederic Kellogg lives in Washington, D.C., and summers in Thomaston. His work is exhibited widely and represented in the permanent collection of the Portland Museum of Art, the Farnsworth Art Museum, and a number of corporate collections. Frederic’s father, The Reverend Frederic B. Kellogg, was the summer minister for many years at Islesboro’s Episcopal Church. Frederic summered on Minot Island and was greatly inspired by Andrew Wyeth’s summer visits to the family, where Wyeth spent much time painting. Kellogg will be exhibiting works in oil and watercolor.
Jamie Macmillan, an Islesboro resident since 1988, grew up in Belfast. He has an animal science degree from the University of Maine, and has studied photography through various venues, including an intensive course of study at the Maine Photographic Workshop, for over 25 years. He will be exhibiting Islesboro portraits and landscapes in this show.
Bonnie Mowery-Oldham, who arrived on Islesboro in 1984, now resides in Lincolnville. She has her master’s degree in Theology, and a teaching certification from the University of Maine at Orono. She will be displaying photographic images of Islesboro that will tell an island tale weaving her island experiences together through pictures and words. She will also be displaying mosaic works, and her new artistic venture, goddess boxes. Bonnie is dedicating her work in this show to her late husband Charlie.
Nathan Oldham is a 2004 graduate of the University of Maine at Orono. He majored in studio art and is currently working at the Bayview Gallery in Camden. His work was included in a recent exhibit, “Portraits of Conscience,” for Amnesty International. For this show, Nathan will be exhibiting his quirky Cat Light Boxes, along with paintings of island scenes.
Shar Piper, a 1972 graduate of the University of Maine with a degree in art, is Islesboro Central School’s art teacher. Before coming to Islesboro in 1989, Piper exhibited in craft shows working in the medium of soft sculpture. She spent one year concentrating on watercolors while living in the Bahamas and is currently working with metal sculpture and glass beadwork. An avid photographer, she will be displaying her abstract digital photographs at this show.
Janet Redfield is a stained glass artist who creates windows, doors, hanging panels and fused bowls in her Lincolnville studio. She has completed 21 Maine Percent for Art commissions, including the windows in the Islesboro, Lincolnville and Rockland Ferry Terminals. She is now at work on 18 stained glass windows for a new middle school. Redfield will be displaying framed, ready for hanging stained glass pieces at the Mélange show. q
For further information, call show coordinator Bonnie Mowery-Oldham at 763-4452 or contact her at bonchas@midcoast.com.