TURN OF PHRASE: LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION IN GLOBAL CONTEMPORARY ART

Many years ago, a trucker hat with a Jenny Holzer truism on it, “Protect Me From What I Want,” came into my possession. Donated to the local Ladies Aid Society the hat eventually found a new home atop the head of an elderly Maine islander, its pronouncement drawing smiles and questioning looks on the mailboat ride to Great Cranberry Island.

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Main Street Art Studio, Inc.

Main Street Art Studio, Inc. celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon cutting on January 4 in Sangerville. The gallery is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to make the arts available and affordable to the local community. In addition to exhibiting work by Maine artists, the gallery will bring art to the community through classes, events, and fundraisers. “It is a space where artists can display their work, the public can enjoy a free gallery, and community events and fundraisers will be hosted,” founder Wendy Lorigan said in a statement to The Piscataquis Observer. “Our goal is to offer low-to-no-cost art classes for children and adults in the community through donations and grants.”

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