The Kefauver Studio & Gallery in Damariscotta announces a busy 2018 season. Gallery owner Will Kefauver will produce seven art shows featuring his latest work and the work of his guest artists. As a member of the Bristol Road Galleries group of artists, Kefauver will present a “Garden Day” event on Saturday, Aug. 4, with guest artists painting en plein air in the gardens behind the gallery. In addition, Kefauver will teach painting in oil or acrylics to adults and teens. 

Beginning Thursday, May 10, Gleason Fine Art, at 31 Townsend Ave. in Boothbay Harbor, opens its new spring show: “Andrea Peters and Christine Peters: Awakenings.” The show will run through Tuesday, June 12, with a reception for both artists on Saturday, May 26, on Memorial Day weekend, from 5-7 p.m. As always, the public is invited to join in for a glass of wine and the chance to meet Andrea Peters and Christine Peters.

DanceMaineia will have its annual spring performance at the Camden Opera House this year. This Midcoast dance school is run by Whitefield resident Melanie Pagurko and her passionate daughters. Dancers range from the 2- and 3-year-olds in Creative Movement up through many different levels of ballet, jazz, and hip hop for kids of all ages and abilities, and even all the way up to an exciting adult group of dancers. 

The next Damariscotta Open Mic at Savory Maine will be a benefit for the Damariscotta Mills Fish Ladder Restoration project. The open mic will take place on Wednesday, May 9 at Savory Maine, 11 Water St., Damariscotta. Doors will open at 5 p.m. for delicious local food and organic beer, wine, coffee, and tea. Refreshments and food will be available for purchase all night and Savory Maine’s full menu will be available.

A panel of Maine art professionals recently selected three artists to participate in the 2018 summer Monhegan Artists’ Residency program on Monhegan Island: weaver Sarah Haskell, of York; printmaker Jude Valentine, of East Machias; and educator and painter Raegan Russell, of South Berwick.

The Maine Art Gallery in Wiscasset will again provide a venue for promising artists from seven local schools with an exhibit, the Youth Art Exhibit, beginning Saturday, May 5. The gallery will be open weekends from noon-4 p.m. until the closing day for the show, Sunday, May 20. An opening reception will be held on May 5 from 2-4 p.m.

Members of the public are invited to the upcoming Van for Vannah fundraiser, part II, on Friday, April 27 from 6-9 p.m. at Mobius Inc. in Damariscotta.

Neighborhood Clay, home to Liz Proffetty Ceramics, will be one of the Lincoln County stops on the upcoming Maine Pottery Tour on Saturday and Sunday, May 5 and 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

River Company is looking for local players interested in auditioning for a summer production of William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” at Skidompha Library in Damariscotta.