UMaine Hutchinson Center to display work of nine Maine artists

The works of nine contemporary Maine artists will be featured in the exhibition “ENCAUSTIC — wax+heat,” Sept. 16 through Dec. 9 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast.

An opening reception will be held from 5:30–7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16.

The exhibit in the H. Alan and Sally Fernald Art Gallery will highlight the ancient art medium of encaustic, a technique that uses molten beeswax. Works by Kim Bernard, Camille Davidson, Kerstin Engman, George Mason, Otty Merrill, Dietlind Vander Schaaf, Victoria Pittman, Willa Vennema and Diane Bowie Zaitlin will be on display.

More information is available online or by contacting Nancy Bergerson at 338.8049, nancy.bergerson@maine.edu.