Maine Art Collective Gallery 2023

Maine Artists come together for the thirs year in a row to create a Pop-up Gallery

The goal of Maine Art Collective is to create opportunities and visibility for talented local Maine artists. Art doesn’t have to be only for the affluent, it should be accessible for all populations to enjoy. MAC is run by artists, for the benefit of artists and members keep the majority of the profits. This allows for the artists to sell their work at more reasonable prices, making artwork more accessible to broader populations.

Open from May through July, 2023 at 157 Middle Street in Portland Maine in the Old Port. Open every day from 10am–6pm. For more information check out the MAC Gallery Web Site or on Facebook

Paradise City Northampton Art Festival 2023

Paradise City Arts Festivals

Paradise City, founded in 1995, produces New England’s most celebrated shows of contemporary craft and fine art. Laurie Russo-Smith art will be on display and for sale May 27, 28 & 29 at Booth #814

This is New England’s most extraordinary show of 220 of America’s finest artists and makers. Stroll three airy buildings filled with the best in fine art, craft and design. Enjoy sensational food by local chefs, craft cocktails and music in the Festival Dining Tent and a sculpture promenade. Held at the peak of fall foliage season, this event features three days filled with a breadth of exhibitors and activities that will keep everyone enthralled and entertained. For more information and Exhibitors Click Here

Show Hours:
Saturday: 10 am-6 pm
Sunday: 10 am-5 pm
Monday: 10 am-4 pm

Map and Directions

Paradise City Guide

Three County Fairgrounds
54 Old Ferry Road, off Route 9
Northampton, MA 01060

Get tickets ONLINE or at the show. Admission:
Adults: Online: $14 | Promo 2-Adultsn $24.00 | Promo 2-Adultsn $24.00 | Students: $8 | Box Offfice: $16 | Three-Day Pass $18 | 12 and under free. No pets allowed.

Paradise City Northampton Art Festival 2022

Paradise City Arts Festivals

Paradise City, founded in 1995, produces New England’s most celebrated shows of contemporary craft and fine art. Laurie Russo-Smith art will be on display and for sale October 8, 9 & 10 at Booth 528

This is New England’s most extraordinary show of 220 of America’s finest artists and makers. Stroll three airy buildings filled with the best in fine art, craft and design. Enjoy sensational food by local chefs, craft cocktails and music in the Festival Dining Tent and a sculpture promenade. Held at the peak of fall foliage season, this event features three days filled with a breadth of exhibitors and activities that will keep everyone enthralled and entertained. For more information click here

Show Hours:
Saturday: 10 am-6 pm
Sunday: 10 am-5 pm
Monday: 10 am-4 pm

Map and Directions

Three County Fairgrounds
54 Old Ferry Road, off Route 9
Northampton, MA 01060

Get tickets online or at the show. Admission:
Adults: Online: $14 | Box Office: $16 | Students: $8 | Three-Day Pass $18
12 and under free. No pets allowed.

South Portland’s 2022 Annual Art in the Park Show

Laurie will be presenting some of her latest work for sale at Site #61. The show will be held in Mill Creek Park in South Portland on Saturday, August 13, 2022 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Up to 170 artists will be displaying a wide variety of style and sizes to suit all tastes.  For more information see South Portland Art In the Park.

This is an event for the whole family.  Come enjoy the  beautiful park atmosphere and the quality of the artwork.  There will food, music and fun for the kids. Map and Directions

Maine Art Collective Gallery 2022

Maine Artists come together to create a Pop-up Gallery

The goal of Maine Art Collective is to create opportunities and visibility for talented local Maine artists. Art doesn’t have to be only for the affluent, it should be accessible for all populations to enjoy. MAC is run by artists, for the benefit of artists and members keep the majority of the profits. This allows for the artists to sell their work at more reasonable prices, making artwork more accessible to broader populations.

Open from May through Mid October, 2022 at 157 Middle Street in Portland Maine in the Old Port. Open every day from 10am–6pm. For more information check out the MAC Gallery Web Site or on Facebook

Laurie Russo-Smith Artwork

For more information see Maine Art Collective Gallery on Facebook

South Portland’s 2021 Annual Art in the Park Show

Laurie will be presenting some of her latest work for sale at Site #61. The show will be held in Mill Creek Park in South Portland on Saturday, August 14, 2021 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Up to 170 artists will be displaying a wide variety of style and sizes to suit all tastes.  For more information see South Portland Art In the Park

This is an event for the whole family.  Come enjoy the  beautiful park atmosphere and the quality of the artwork.  There will food, music and fun for the kids.

Maine Art Collective Gallery

14 Maine Artists have come together to create a pop-up Gallery

The intention of Maine Art Collective is to create a space where artists can show and sell their work in a collaborative gallery space.

Open from August 1st through September 28th, 2021. 18 Exchange Street, Portland, Maine

Laurie Russo-Smith

ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST WATERCOLORS.

For more information see Maine Art Collective Gallery on Facebook

Art Seen: Maine Jewish Museum pops with energy, color on Washington Ave. →

By

Edgar Allen Beem - The Portland Phoenix

December 9, 2020

COLOR PLAY Laurie Russo-Smith

MAINE JEWISH MUSEUM POP-UP - 2020 Holiday Season Exhibition

Where: 67 Washington Avenue, Portland, Maine When: November 27 - December 24, 2020

Hours: Tues - Fri: 11 am - 4 pm and Sat 11 am- 5pm Closed: Sun & Mon

 Private Appointments available Sun and Mon Call Nancy at 207-239-4774 another.

 Contact Nancy Davidson, Curator in Residence nancydmjm@gmail.com 207-239-4774 (cell)

 Laurie paints abstract expressionist landscapes on unprimed canvas with a touch of collage. She uses watercolor and other water-based mediums to achieve her colorful paintings. She combines the unpredictability of the wet paint with very controlled lines and shapes. Laurie Russo-Smith is a 69-year-old Jewish woman. She has lived, traveled and studied art all over the world. Her work has been inspired by a love of landscapes and seascapes...the Swiss Alps, the Berkshires of W. Mass and the coast of Maine. Laurie now lives and works full time as an artist in Saco, Maine.

Hillside Picnic - watercolor, ink, fabric dye, acrylic collage on unprimed canvas Size: 48" x 42"

South Portland’s 39th annual Art in the Park Show

Laurie will be presenting some of her latest work at Site #59. The show will be held in Mill Creek Park in South Portland on Saturday, August 11, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Up to 170 artists will be displaying a wide variety of style and sizes to suit all tastes.  For more information see South Portland Art In the Park

This is an event for the whole family.  Come enjoy the  beautiful park atmosphere and the quality of the artwork.  There will food, music and fun for the kids.

Dancing Waves

watercolor, ink, fabric dye, acrylic collage on unprimed canvas Size: 36" x 20"

Biddeford+Saco Art Walk - June 29th Starting at 5pm

HEART OF BIDDEFORD at 205 Main: Laurie Russo-Smith will be showing her abstract watercolors through the month of July.  Her work is inspired by a love of landscapes…the Swiss Alps, the Berkshires of western Mass and the coast of Maine.

For more information check out the following link: Biddeford Saco Art Walk 2018

Rumpus 2018 - Engine's Egalitarian Art Show

Laurie Russo-Smith Exhibition

OPENING: Friday, February 23rd
SHOWING THROUGH: Thursday, April 5th, 6pm

Engine's Location:
128 Main Street
Biddeford ME 04005
Tel 207.370.9130

‘Rumpus Revival’ at Engine in Biddeford, Me

Daniel Kaney of the Portland Press Herald spoke of Laurie’s work during the Rumpus revival held back in April 2015.  He said that Laurie Smith’s ink and dye on unprimed, collaged canvas scenes are some of the most stylistically original landscapes he had seen in a while.

Her work has been displayed locally.  Currently Laurie Smith art is available for purchase. 

http://www.pressherald.com/2015/04/05/art-review-engines-unjuried-rumpus/

Translucent colors dance across the canvas at 267

Greg Morell of the Geenfield MA, Recorder, 03.17.2005, wrote: Laurie Smith unveils a collection of 45 new paintings at Gallery 267. "Smith has a refined touch and signature style that gently abstracts the natural world. Through the use of richly saturated watercolor paint, flowing dyes, and agile brush work, Smith works her canvas in layers of translucent color. Each piece is a geometry of gentle contoured easeful shapes that quietly charm."

"A Laurie Smith composition is rooted in the natural world where sky and landscape are apparent, yet dreamy, as if Smith were viewing the world through a colorful, misty fog or a stained glass window. Delicate harmonies of color and form are intoned. In each, the repeated motif of a central ever-present orb of light, which could be either the setting sun or the twilight moon, is central to the design....the work, as a whole, evokes a comfortable passing of colorful clouds of imaginative fancy. This is quiet work, where light and color engage and cavort in layers and texture. A pleasant tranquility of a colorful world in comfortable transition is achieved. Even the smallest of her works, simple decorative designs having the dimensions of a postal card are tiny visual gems."