‘Art Matters’ exhibit by the Mid-Coast Salon on display at the UMaine Hutchinson Center

The Mid-Coast Salon exhibit “Art Matters” opens Aug. 4 at the H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. 

The show, on display at the center, 80 Belmont Ave., Belfast, is free and open to the public from 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Monday–Friday through Sept. 30. A free public reception for the show will be held from 5:30–7:30 p.m. on Aug. 11.

In this exhibit, 16 artists will present 54 diverse works of drawing, painting, photography, pottery and flex-forms. Participants include nationally known Belfast painter Harold Garde, now in his 99th year. A significant component of the show is a collection of statements by the artists on why art matters. 

For information or to request an accommodation, contact Abby Spooner, hutchinsoncenter@maine.edu. For more information about the Hutchinson Center’s H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery, go online.

Mid-Coast Salon is a monthly discussion group of two dozen accomplished artists brought together by their love for and commitment to art.