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Artists who have studios at ARTDOGS work together to improve the cultural offerings in the area. Beyond creating their independent work for shows and sale, they have organized other artists in the area and coordinated Artwalk Gardiner. Several ARTDOG artists also offer private lessons and can be contacted for commissioned work . If you are interested in contacting any of the current artists, you can reach them through their website or at the ARTDOGS studio telephone (207-582-6600). |
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| Current artists | ||
| Karen Adrienne | ||
| Sarah Miller | ||
| Kerstin Gilg | ||
| John Carnes | ||
| Scott Minzy | ||
| Cheryl Drake Harris | ||
| Ian Blethen | ||
| Past artists | ||
| Hélène Farrar | ||
| Janna Civittolo | ||
| William Smith | ||
| Kelly McGuirl | ||
| Margo Billings | ||
| Arlen Austin | ||
| Alyssa Pheobus | ||
| Cynthia Alhstrin | ||
| Dwain Young | ||
| Kate Pheiffer | ||
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Karen Adrienne is the owner and manager of ARTDOGS Studios. She is also an artist and professor of art at the University of Maine at Augusta where she teaches drawing and printmaking. Karen is a multidisciplinary artist who investigates transition and transformation. The works often imply or implement motion and alteration from one state to another and reflect her questions, struggles and moments of understanding. She has received numerous grants, awards and artist residencies, which have promoted and fostered her work. Some of these awards have taken her to India, Indonesia, Mexico and Europe. They have been a rich source of inspiration for her work. Karen is an active community member and serves on the board of directors for Gardiner Maine Street and the Monhegan Artist Residency. |
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Sarah Miller is the first full-time resident of Artdogs. She has lived in the aptly named Loft since June 2005, fully enjoying being part of the Artdogs and Water Street communities. Sarah received a BA in Sociology from Colby College and later went to the Downeast School of Massage to secure her license to practice in Maine. She found Artdogs (and vice versa) through a series of synchronistic events and moved there to explore the intersection of her creativity with her larger life. While she does not consider herself a working artist, Sarah draws on her interests and training in photography, writing, psychology and the human form to create digital images. She has been very involved in the organization and coordination of the Gardiner Artwalks and has thus deepened her passion for building and nurturing vibrant communities. Sarah is thrilled and grateful to call the Artdogs Loft her home |
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Kerstin Gilg is an artist who is fascinated by how the objects we create and acquire affect us, and how this in turn impacts our imagination and future creations. His exposure to electronics and excitement for the engineering processes are key factors in his art-making. He hopes that his work inspires others to see art and use machines in the spirit of creative discovery. His interests also include the competitive concepts about technological progress, and how the potential of future technology can inspire both hope and dread. He believes our relationship with technology is a part of the shared human condition and is vital to contemporary artmaking. |
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John Carnes is a painter who has spent the past fifteen years exploring the way in which watercolor can be used to express his personal response to the natural landscape. He often paints on location in the Baxter and Rangeley regions of the north Maine woods, and along the Kennebec River in Central Maine. Recent studio work has involved painting images from imagination and memory in an attempt to evoke an emotional response to place, while emphasizing the fundamental fluidity and transparency of his medium. John teaches painting at his studio and enjoys speaking about the history of watercolor. |
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Scott Minzy is a printmaker, book artist, and art educator who has a tendency to take himself far too seriously. He is (not so) affectionately known as the mean art teacher at Erskine Academy, mainly due to his overbearing personality and pompous behavior. When not teaching or in his studio, Mr. Misery likes to copy illustrations from old dictionaries, daydream about having super-powers and scour used bookstores feeding his unhealthy obsession with self-help books. He is currently at work making a series of lists, desperately trying to find a connection, any connection. | |
| Image soon | Cheryl Drake Harris - more info to come | |
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Ian Blethen is finishing up his last few semesters in the studio art program at the University of Maine at Augusta. His recent work is based on images from nature which are reduced and refined, emerging as eloquently poetic visual passages. | |
| ARTDOGS 277 Water Street, Gardiner Maine, 04345. (207- 582- 6600) dogs@theartdogs.com | ||
