Luminous path encaustic on wooden panel 10"x12" Camille Davidson $300.00
The Gallery is pleased to offer back Robert Shetterly!
January 31st at 4:oop.m
Topic: Camille Davidson and Robert Shetterly's Zoom Meeting
Time: Jan 31, 2021 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79951738474?pwd=ZUtxYzhvVU9jUStrNnZSMFpiZjBPZz09
Meeting ID: 799 5173 8474
Passcode: 9D1xMY
Robert would like you to look at these William Sloan Coffin quotes ahead of this meeting.
"Here's a list otf quotes, I'd want people to have read these & thought about them a bit, be ready with
statements, questions, disagreements"
Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and perhaps the most dangerous thing for a society to be without.”
“The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst war in American history... Our military men and women...were not called to defend America but rather to attack Iraq. They were not called to die for, but rather to kill for, their country. What more unpatriotic thing could we have asked of our sons and daughters...?”
Socrates had it wrong; it is not the unexamined but finally the uncommitted life that is not worth living.”
“People who fear disorder more than injustice will only produce more of both.”
For finally, we are as we love. It is love that measures our stature.”
“Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are. There is no smaller package in all the world than that of a man all wrapped up in himself.”
“To show compassion for an individual without showing concern for the structures of society that make him an object of compassion is to be sentimental rather than loving.”
“The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.”
“It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, "Let justice roll down like mighty waters," and quite another to work out the irrigation system.”
Without courage there are no other virtues.
Compassion without action is merely sentimental.
If you lessen your anger at the structures of power, you lower your love for the victims of power.
Unity is not something we are called to create; it's something we are called to recognize.”
“If your heart is full of fear, you won't seek truth; you'll seek security.
Prophets from Amos and Isaiah to Gandhi and King have shown how frequently compassion demands confrontation. Love without criticism is a kind of betrayal. Lying is done with silence as well as with words.”
Hope criticizes what is, hopelessness rationalizes it. Hope resists, hopelessness adapts.”
We are not slaves but children of our Father, free to do good, free to sin. So when in anguish over any human violence done to innocent victims, we ask of God, 'How could you let that happen?' it's well to remember that God at that very moment is asking the exact same question of us.”
But what I am beginning to suspect is that most guilty people reject the possibility of forgiveness not because it is too good to believe, but because they fear the responsibility forgiveness entails. It's hell to be guilty, but it's worse to be responsible.”
What we need to realize is that to love effectively we must act collectively...”
“There are two ways to be powerful. One is to seek and acquire power, the other is not to need it. There are also two ways to be rich. One is to gain riches, and the other is not to need them.”
Law is not as disinterested as our concepts of law pretend; law serves power; law in large measure is a recapitulation of the status quo; it confirms a rigid order designed to insulate the beneficiaries of the status quo from the disturbances of change. The painful truth--one with a long history--is that police are around in large part to guarantee a peaceful disgestion for the rich.”
We say we’re tough on crime, we’re only tough on criminals. Were we tough on crime, we’d put the money up front, in prevention, in building communities, not more prisons. We forget that crime is a moral as well as a legal problem. Some of us are guilty but all of us are responsible.We stress the guilty to exonerate the others also responsible for the soaring crime rate.
One of the attributes of power is that it gives those who have it the ability to define reality and the power to make others believe in theri definition.
… the real troublemakers were not the ignorant and cruel, but the intelligent and corrupt.
… we have so cruelly separated freedom from virtue --- because we define freedom in a morally inferior way.
When the rich take from the poor, it’s called an economic plan.When the poor take from the rich, it’s called class warfare.
Charity is a matter of personal attributes, justice a matter of public policy.Charity seeks to alleviate the effects of injustice; justice seeks to eliminate the causes of it. Charity in no way affects the status quo, while justice leads inevitably to political confrontation.
January 16th Free Concert by Stan Davis at 7:00 p.m.
Stan is a Maine musician and songwriter whose two CDs tell stories about love, loyalty, survival, and country life. standavismusic.com
Jane Davies is a Maine photographer whose work ranges from still life to abstraction to nature. Jane will be presenting a photo essay on The New Orleans Jazz Festival. She is dedicating this work to the late Dr. John.
https://zoom.us/j/99085933327?pwd=R0NSM2VTcEhlUGVta29VdHZpVnF4UT09
Meeting ID: 990 8593 3327 Passcode: 890817
January 18th discussion led by artist and author Robert Shetterly on the life and work of peace activist Willian Sloane Coffin
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74442445150?pwd=WEVBUU9XM203WG1VcXlCKzhzYTdGUT09
in conjunction with the 'let it resolve' poster show of Williams wonderful quotes.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/nmarch43%40gmail.com/FMfcgxwKkRHJhCFBkvZrkDPFkGfDbDnK?projector=1
Please go to the exhibitions page to see the current show or hit the last link
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/77255296768?pwd=OFhYU0FkTm5iTU42MHljS2tySkJkZz09
Meeting ID: 772 5529 6768
Passcode: 9HtbjH
January 31st at 4:oop.m
Topic: Camille Davidson and Robert Shetterly's Zoom Meeting
Time: Jan 31, 2021 04:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/79951738474?pwd=ZUtxYzhvVU9jUStrNnZSMFpiZjBPZz09
Meeting ID: 799 5173 8474
Passcode: 9D1xMY
Robert would like you to look at these William Sloan Coffin quotes ahead of this meeting.
"Here's a list otf quotes, I'd want people to have read these & thought about them a bit, be ready with
statements, questions, disagreements"
Diversity may be the hardest thing for a society to live with, and perhaps the most dangerous thing for a society to be without.”
“The war against Iraq is as disastrous as it is unnecessary; perhaps in terms of its wisdom, purpose and motives, the worst war in American history... Our military men and women...were not called to defend America but rather to attack Iraq. They were not called to die for, but rather to kill for, their country. What more unpatriotic thing could we have asked of our sons and daughters...?”
Socrates had it wrong; it is not the unexamined but finally the uncommitted life that is not worth living.”
“People who fear disorder more than injustice will only produce more of both.”
For finally, we are as we love. It is love that measures our stature.”
“Love measures our stature: the more we love, the bigger we are. There is no smaller package in all the world than that of a man all wrapped up in himself.”
“To show compassion for an individual without showing concern for the structures of society that make him an object of compassion is to be sentimental rather than loving.”
“The world is too dangerous for anything but truth and too small for anything but love.”
“It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, "Let justice roll down like mighty waters," and quite another to work out the irrigation system.”
Without courage there are no other virtues.
Compassion without action is merely sentimental.
If you lessen your anger at the structures of power, you lower your love for the victims of power.
Unity is not something we are called to create; it's something we are called to recognize.”
“If your heart is full of fear, you won't seek truth; you'll seek security.
Prophets from Amos and Isaiah to Gandhi and King have shown how frequently compassion demands confrontation. Love without criticism is a kind of betrayal. Lying is done with silence as well as with words.”
Hope criticizes what is, hopelessness rationalizes it. Hope resists, hopelessness adapts.”
We are not slaves but children of our Father, free to do good, free to sin. So when in anguish over any human violence done to innocent victims, we ask of God, 'How could you let that happen?' it's well to remember that God at that very moment is asking the exact same question of us.”
But what I am beginning to suspect is that most guilty people reject the possibility of forgiveness not because it is too good to believe, but because they fear the responsibility forgiveness entails. It's hell to be guilty, but it's worse to be responsible.”
What we need to realize is that to love effectively we must act collectively...”
“There are two ways to be powerful. One is to seek and acquire power, the other is not to need it. There are also two ways to be rich. One is to gain riches, and the other is not to need them.”
Law is not as disinterested as our concepts of law pretend; law serves power; law in large measure is a recapitulation of the status quo; it confirms a rigid order designed to insulate the beneficiaries of the status quo from the disturbances of change. The painful truth--one with a long history--is that police are around in large part to guarantee a peaceful disgestion for the rich.”
We say we’re tough on crime, we’re only tough on criminals. Were we tough on crime, we’d put the money up front, in prevention, in building communities, not more prisons. We forget that crime is a moral as well as a legal problem. Some of us are guilty but all of us are responsible.We stress the guilty to exonerate the others also responsible for the soaring crime rate.
One of the attributes of power is that it gives those who have it the ability to define reality and the power to make others believe in theri definition.
… the real troublemakers were not the ignorant and cruel, but the intelligent and corrupt.
… we have so cruelly separated freedom from virtue --- because we define freedom in a morally inferior way.
When the rich take from the poor, it’s called an economic plan.When the poor take from the rich, it’s called class warfare.
Charity is a matter of personal attributes, justice a matter of public policy.Charity seeks to alleviate the effects of injustice; justice seeks to eliminate the causes of it. Charity in no way affects the status quo, while justice leads inevitably to political confrontation.
January 16th Free Concert by Stan Davis at 7:00 p.m.
Stan is a Maine musician and songwriter whose two CDs tell stories about love, loyalty, survival, and country life. standavismusic.com
Jane Davies is a Maine photographer whose work ranges from still life to abstraction to nature. Jane will be presenting a photo essay on The New Orleans Jazz Festival. She is dedicating this work to the late Dr. John.
https://zoom.us/j/99085933327?pwd=R0NSM2VTcEhlUGVta29VdHZpVnF4UT09
Meeting ID: 990 8593 3327 Passcode: 890817
January 18th discussion led by artist and author Robert Shetterly on the life and work of peace activist Willian Sloane Coffin
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/74442445150?pwd=WEVBUU9XM203WG1VcXlCKzhzYTdGUT09
in conjunction with the 'let it resolve' poster show of Williams wonderful quotes.
https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/nmarch43%40gmail.com/FMfcgxwKkRHJhCFBkvZrkDPFkGfDbDnK?projector=1
Please go to the exhibitions page to see the current show or hit the last link
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/77255296768?pwd=OFhYU0FkTm5iTU42MHljS2tySkJkZz09
Meeting ID: 772 5529 6768
Passcode: 9HtbjH
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The Gallery in Readfield is a showcase for fine art created in central Maine. Each exhibition is designed and curated by the artist/s. The walls of this beautiful space are designed to give the public direct access to the fine art works of exhibiting local artists. The gallery in Readfield is a free venue for local, creative artists to show and share their work and process with their neighbors and visitors to central Maine, committed to minimizing fiscal barriers that separate the artist from the community and the community from art. The Gallery sees itself as a unique creative space between art merchants and artists.
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Summer: March-November
Wednesday 2:30-5:30
Saturday 10:30-2:30
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Winter:December-February
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All exhibitions are currently virtual until further notice!
Exhibitions
Exhibitions Featuring Local Artists
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Events
Artist Talks, Concerts, Openings/Closings
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Celebrations
Hanuka, latkes and klezmer 
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Gallery photos
Robert Freeson speaking about his life as a photo journalist |
Hanuka, latkes and a klezmer band
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Robert Freeson's Gallery talk in conjunction with Felice Bouchers 'The Center of Quiet' solo show
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luminaries by Chris Higgins at The Holiday Sale
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Camille Davidson's solo show and grand opening of The Gallery
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Weekend December Holiday sale/Flutter books by Cynthia Ahlstrin
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Dolev admiring a painting by Tom Higgins
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Valerie Upham at the Holiday sale
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