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Watermelon tourmaline on display at Gallery 302

An exquisite display of Jim Mann’s Watermelon Tourmaline can be seen through the holidays at Gallery 302 in Bridgton. Maine Watermelon Tourmaline is the finest in North America, and ranks with the best worldwide. The famous discovery made at the renowned Dunton Mine in Newry in 1972, gave Maine a bounty of watermelon tourmaline. However, […]

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Rufus Porter museum offering virtual tour

The Rufus Porter Museum of Art and Ingenuity has added a virtual tour and virtual special exhibit to its visitor experience. The online tour explores the museum’s permanent and special exhibits located in the Webb House and the Church House, the two historic homes that comprise the museum’s campus in Bridgton, through a series of […]

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Illustrator Kate Erwin newest artist at Gallery 302

BRIDGTON — Primarily an illustrator, Kate Erwin is inspired by narratives. She loves nothing more than the combination of words and pictures and the stories they can tell together. Erwin, who recently joined the group of more than 40 exhibiting artists at Gallery 302, recently opened a small creative collaboration company called Big Bear Studios […]

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New photographer joins Gallery 302

BRIDGTON — Gallery 302 welcomes a new photographer to its cooperative of over 40 artists. Tom McLaughlin taught history in Fryeburg for many years and still publishes a weekly column in Maine and New Hampshire newspapers about whatever is on his mind. McLaughlin says, “There’s beauty almost everywhere and my camera sometimes lets me take away […]