Portland Museum Offers Painting Trip

To Maine’s Chebeague Island July 18

 

 

PORTLAND MUSEUM OFFERS PAINTING TRIP TO MAINE’S CHEBEAGUE ISLAND JULY 18 #702084

PORTLAND, MAINE — The Portland Museum of Art will present a plein air painting trip to Chebeague Island, Maine, Wednesday, July 18.

Hosted by the museum’s education staff for artists of all skill levels, participants will journey to some of the favorite painting spots of Harrison Bird Brown, featured in the current exhibition, “Vividly True to Nature: Harrison Bird Brown 1831–1915.” There, they can sketch and paint the views Brown loved 100 years ago.

A painting demonstration will be offered and all will convene on the front porch of the Chebeague Island Inn in the afternoon. The trip includes roundtrip ferry transportation, a bag lunch, and a supply kit for painting on the island.

Tickets are $65 for members, $80 for nonmembers. The museum is downtown at the corner of High and Congress Streets. For information, www.portlandmuseum.org or 207-775-6148.