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Meet and Mingle with Maine Art Collective Artists.

January 10, 2026

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An Open House and Gathering of Artists from the three Maine Art Collective Galleries, Perkins Cove, Ogunquit; Middle Street and Moulton Street, Portland. Join us to meet the artists who are gathering to thank and celebrate our art community.

The January 11, 2026 12-2 PM

Maine Art Collective, 9 Moulton Street, Portland, ME

Coming from any direction, The Maine Art Collective on Moulton Street is just steps from Fore and Commercial Streets in the Heart of the Old Port.

Click Middle Street to hear form the Middle Street artists saying Thank you for a Great Year!

You’re invited! Come mingle with us at our first MAC Mingle at Moulton this Sunday, January 11, from 12–2pm. There will be refreshments, music, and plenty of MAC artists from all three galleries to meet and connect with.

We hope this note finds you well-rested, healthy, and enjoying a fresh start to the New Year.

Over the past few days, I’ve been working on our 2025 1099s, and it’s filled me with so much gratitude. Thanks to your support, MAC was able to help 56 local artists show and sell their work this past year. We truly couldn’t do this without you, and we’re deeply appreciative of the role you play in making our mission possible.

Our Middle Street location in Portland is now closed for the season. If the space is available, we’re hopeful to return with a pop-up gallery in May. In the meantime, we’re grateful to be working with our landlords to keep the storefront “activated,” so you can still enjoy a bit of window shopping—many artists currently have work displayed and available for purchase in the windows.

We’re also excited to share that five artists from our sister galleries have joined us for the winter season at our Moulton Street gallery. There’s lots of new artwork to see, and we hope you’ll stop in. Please note our winter hours at 9 Moulton Street are Thursday–Sunday, 10am–5pm.

With sincere thanks and warm wishes for the year ahead,

Warmly,
Sue Vittner & the MAC Team

Jo Eaton, No Repeats Fiberworks

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Maine Art Collective supports Emerging Artists!

June 6, 2025

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Welcome The Maine Art Collective Season’s Opening during Creative Portland’s First Friday Art Walk, June 6th, 5-8 pm.

Join us tonight! (click)

The Maine Art Collective (click to meet artists in all three galleries) welcomes visitors and art collectors at two Portland locations and one in Ogunquit:

Pop-Up at 157 Middle Street: A Welcome Preview (click to watch). The The MAC Community Room’s Theme for June is Blue, share your thoughts about blue and enjoy the blue artwork. Blue (click for Blue)

Permanent location at 9 Moulton Street: The Maine Art Collective is expanding again! 2025 brings more Emerging Maine Artists to the Portland Art Scene! MAC is expanding to a second permanent location at 9 Moulton Street just a few steps of Commercial Street in the Old Port.

Our third locations is a Pop-Up in Perkins Cove, Ogunquit which recently opened for the season with a robust crowd of art enthusiasts enchanted with revitalized original location in Perkins Cove with additional artists and delightful appetizers! The devastating storm in January of 2024 destroyed the gallery space and it has now been redone with the attention to creating an amazing artist’s showcase. Gallery walls expand with panels and walls for exhibiting, all delightful.

Maine Art Collective’s mission is to create spaces and opportunities for emerging artists to show and sell their work. We are run by artists in a collective model. Artists get to keep the majority of their profits, so we are able to keep artwork affordable for everyone.

Starfish native to the North Atlantic, browns, tans, orange and sometimes violet.

Thank you for stopping here and please join us at The Maine Art Collective!

Jo Eaton, No Repeats Fiberworks June 6, 2025

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Meet the Artists of Maine Art Collective: Julia Walters

June 6, 2024

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Gallery Opening on June 7, 2024 from 5-7 PM Meet Julia and share in Refreshments, meet more of the MAC artists and check out what everyone has been working on this winter!

Julia joined the Maine Art Collective in 2024 at the 157 Middle Street, Portland, Maine location. Often working in Pen and Ink, Julia’s drawings and paintings, and occasionally a print, catch people’s attention with her whimsically eclectic images.

Originally drawing inspiration from the surrounding nature of the rural midwest, Julia spent her childhood running through grassy fields and gazing up at stars, or deep in the pages of a fantasy fiction novel. Viewing her art, she captivates your interest as you are drawn into the depth of her visions. After the image generally catches your interest, you look closer and are drawn deeper and deeper into her vision. Often times, it’s a journey away from the day to day reality. Such a fun excursion and your can take them home and travel into her images frequently.

She moved to the East Coast to pursue an Illustration and Fine Arts degree at the Art Institute of Boston and currently resides in the beautiful state of Maine. Now many of her images are reflecting her new home, here near out great North Atlantic Ocean.

Her work was featured in “Pop-Ups at the Press” in 2023 hosted by The Press Hotel in Portland. She was also invited as a local artist to take part in the “Flying Colors: Benefit Art Auction” at the Children’s Museum and Theatre of Maine in 2024, where her piece “Print of Scarborough Marsh” was successfully auctioned.

Julia became a member artist of the Maine Art Collective in May of 2023. Last summer she was busy creating even when it was her turn to tend the gallery. With her sketchbook in hand, pen, ink and paper on the desk, talking about art did not slow down her work.

Julia is looking forward to another great year in the gallery for 2024! Come to Maine Art Collective, 157 Middle Street, Portland to see her new art.

Julia calls her business Shnurgle. “Shnurgle” : Defined loosely as a light-hearted, slightly goofy, always playful interaction of affection and joy. A word that originated between my sister and I growing up that encapsulates loving and hilarious incidents.

Click here to see more of Julia’s work:

Hi! 🤩 I’m Julia (@shnurgleart) • Instagram photos and videos

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