April 2026
News about our studio artists

Tessa Greene O’Brien

Poems From Here
Alexandre Gallery, NYC, April 23, 4pm to 5:30pm
Candice Madey Gallery, NYC, April 23, 6pm to 8pm

Maine Preview / Open Studio
Light Manufacturing, 121 Cassidy Point Drive, Portland
April 12, 3pm to 5pm

Artist Talk
Alexandre Gallery, April 25

Kinonik, continues to deliver a unique viewing experience. Read more about the mission in this article by The Onion Foundation, “A Microcinema Deterimed to Preserve the Analog Film Experience.”

This spring’s offerings include A Foreign Affair, Woman in the Dunes, and Aguirre, the Wrath of God.

Kinonik co-founder Andy Graham has curated The Hidden Real, a photo exhibition at Space Gallery through April 18.
Read the review in the Press Herald

Aaron T Stephan

tender
CMCA
Rockland, ME
April 15-26

A series of interactive staged dinners conceptualized by Aaron T Stephan and Gabriela Acero.

tender is a night of exploration – presenting themes of comfort, discomfort, belonging, safety, autonomy, and selfhood through the lenses of space, place, food, and collective creation. The evening will emerge through constructed spaces that actively change and shift, evoking various public and private places, each with their own implications of belonging and acceptance. The food itself will serve as a bridge to childhood memories, ideas of ascribed value, and culturally informed moments of uncertainty.

James Parker Foley

Alchemists
11th Hour Art
Brooklyn, NY
April 11-24

Alchemists is an exhibition of the Trans Art Fest. The show explores how queer bodies, lives, and desires interact with and transform the natural world.

Read the Press Herald article about James’ art exhibition, Infinite Games, held in their apartment, as a fundraiser for Ultraviolet Arts.

Kate Hargraves

Lights Out interviews Kate Hargraves to learn more about the painter’s process and inspirations.

Watch the video

Jessica Gandolf

Painted Fiction
Ticonic Gallery, Waterville, ME
April 15 to June 15

Curated by artist Barbara Sullivan, Painted Fiction celebrates the work of over a dozen dynamic Maine artists who are redefining the timeless art of painting with fresh, imaginative, and innovative approaches.

Gideon Bok, Sophie Cangelosi, Breehan James, Emily Trenholm, Emilie Stark-Menneg, Jarid Del Deo, Hilary Irons, Jessica Gandolf, Hannah Barnes, Sheep Jones, Megan Magill, Sarah McRae Morton, Matt Demers, Tyler Weeks, Jeff Epstein, Alicia Ethridge, Meg Shields, Jane Dahmen, and Barbara Sullivan.

Light Manufacturing

Light Manufacturing at Cassidy Point is dedicated to supporting emerging Maine artists whose work benefits from temporary access to a large space.

Current collaborator is Tessa Greene O’Brien as she makes work for an upcoming NYC show. Join us on April 12 from 3pm to 5pm to see the work before it heads to New York.

Upcoming

Soft Edges
May 4 - 29
Opening reception: May 15, 5pm to 8pm

Transmission Quilts, a Kindling Fund Awardee, partners with Esper Gaspardi and Midori Morrow for an exhibition of Maine trans textile objects and a series of public events.
More info

Looking Ahead

Elana Adler
Buoy
Kittery, ME
Opening: June 13

Jennifer Goldfinger
Rice Polak Gallery
Provincetown, MA
July 2 to July 15, 2026

Cassidy Point Classifieds

Housing needed for Trans Artist Residency
Ultraviolet Arts, in residency at Light Manufacturing this June, seeks Portland housing for their trans artists. Looking for housing for one couple for the month of June and an individual from June 15 to 30.
Connect here.

Studio Space Available at 205 Ocean Avenue
A 210 square foot studio is available May 1 for $650. The studio building is a queer, BIPOC led space providing a safe and equitabable work and community space for creatives from underserved and marginalized communities.
More here

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