Reflections: In the Footsteps of Frederic Edwin Church
On View: November 7, 2026 – January 7, 2027
A juried art exhibition bringing together professional, student, and community artists in celebration of the landscapes, stories, and creative spirit of Maine’s North Woods. Inspired by Frederic Edwin Church’s legacy, Reflections 2026 explores personal connections to the Katahdin region through art.
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Landscape and Memory: The Art of Frank Sullivan
On View: May 22 – July 4
Explore the abstract landscapes of Maine artist Frank Sullivan in this solo exhibition examining color, texture, and the emotional connections between place and memory.
Working in oil and pastel, Sullivan transforms the atmosphere of Aroostook County landscapes into layered compositions shaped by gesture, intuition, and material exploration.
4th Annual Stearns High School Student Art Show
Boreal Theater’s 3rd Annual Stearns High School Student Art Show, featuring artwork from students in the Stearns High School art classes. Opening Night will take place on Friday, April 10, from 5:00–7:00 PM at the Boreal Theater. These talented students have been working with their teacher, Mrs. Campbell, since the beginning of the school year to create a wonderful collection of artwork for the community to enjoy. We invite you to come celebrate their creativity and dedication.
4th Annual Stearns High School Student Art Show
Boreal Theater’s 3rd Annual Stearns High School Student Art Show, featuring artwork from students in the Stearns High School art classes. Opening Night will take place on Friday, April 10, from 5:00–7:00 PM at the Boreal Theater. These talented students have been working with their teacher, Mrs. Campbell, since the beginning of the school year to create a wonderful collection of artwork for the community to enjoy. We invite you to come celebrate their creativity and dedication.
4th Annual Stearns High School Student Art Show
Boreal Theater’s 3rd Annual Stearns High School Student Art Show, featuring artwork from students in the Stearns High School art classes. Opening Night will take place on Friday, April 10, from 5:00–7:00 PM at the Boreal Theater. These talented students have been working with their teacher, Mrs. Campbell, since the beginning of the school year to create a wonderful collection of artwork for the community to enjoy. We invite you to come celebrate their creativity and dedication.
3rd Annual Schenck High School Art Show
Join us on Friday, March 20, 2026, from 3:00 PM–7:00 PM for the official opening reception of the 3rd Annual Student Art Show, featuring talented young artists from Schenck High School in East Millinocket. Throughout the school year, students have worked closely with their teacher, Mr. Stephen Metcalfe, to create a diverse and thoughtful collection of artwork specifically for this exhibition. Their creativity, growth, and dedication are evident in every piece, and we look forward to celebrating their accomplishments with the community.
Celebrating Artistic Diversity Winter Art Exhibit
The Boreal Theater presents A Small Group Exhibition, Winter Art Show, celebrating the breadth of creativity emerging from the Millinocket region and greater Northern Maine. Running through February 28, 2026, the exhibition brings together a dynamic range of local artists whose backgrounds, influences, and artistic languages reflect the diversity of our community. Rather than centering on a single theme, the show highlights the richness that comes from contrasting media, perspectives, lived experiences, and creative approaches.
Amanda Albanese & Diana Furukawa
Photography Exhibit
The “What Remains” exhibit (October 25 – December 8, 2025), is a collection of photographs by Amanda Albanese and Diana Furukawa, from their experiences in the Millinocket area and the places they carry with them. The collection explores the intricate relationship between growth and decay, presence and absence, and the natural and the man-made, examining how they can coexist in a single place or moment in time. Shattered glass, rusted metal, and weathered surfaces stand as testaments to both resilience and ephemerality. In this quiet erosion, traces of life are revealed—memories, histories, and the potential for renewal emerge.
Maya Tihtiyas Attean
Photography Exhibit – “What the Land Carries“
(Aug. 29 – Sept. 28, 2025)
An exhibition by Maya Tihtiyas Attean
This exhibition builds upon Maya Tihtiyas Attean’s ongoing project, Does the land remember?, a visual and emotional inquiry into how memory, identity, and land are bound together across Wabanaki territory. Through photographs created across the region, including the Katahdin area, a place of deep spiritual and ancestral significance, Attean explores the land as more than a setting. It is a living witness, a keeper of generational memory, and a participant in stories of resilience, loss, and return.
