Cove Street Arts

Cove Street Arts A multi-disciplinary space designed to celebrate Maine's storied and out-sized place in American Art

"Being an artist is, for me, my response to being alive. I react to wonder, desires, conflicts, meanings, memories, reve...
08/17/2026

"Being an artist is, for me, my response to being alive. I react to wonder, desires, conflicts, meanings, memories, revenge, s*xuality, love and death. I gather all these life’s fragments and make some personal sense of it all. I am a record keeper of history and a maker of one. I want to know magic and I want to see the invisible. Innumerable artists’ voices – the Lascaux cave drawings, Turner, Matisse, Braque, Malevich, Rauschenberg, Mondrian, to name just a few, have informed my life journey as an artist, as a maker of meaning. Maybe my art will offer serenity and peaceful contemplation like a Morandi still-life, maybe a sense of conjuring like Jackson Po***ck, maybe a journey map to wander in like Richard Diebenkorn.” ~ Miklos Pogany ("Floating Homes by the Arsenale," Miklos Pogany, oil on canvas, 16" x 20".)

08/13/2026

An Artist Talk with David Row

TONIGHT, Thursday, Aug. 13, 6pm: Join us for an artist talk by David Row about his current exhibition Reflections. You ...
08/13/2026

TONIGHT, Thursday, Aug. 13, 6pm: Join us for an artist talk by David Row about his current exhibition Reflections. You can join us live in the gallery, watch the livestream on our page, or later watch a recorded version on our YouTube channel.

Tomorrow, Thursday, Aug. 13, 6pm: Join us for an artist talk by David Row about his current exhibition Reflections. You...
08/12/2026

Tomorrow, Thursday, Aug. 13, 6pm: Join us for an artist talk by David Row about his current exhibition Reflections. You can join us live in the gallery, watch the livestream on our page, or later watch a recorded version on our YouTube channel.

Join us this Thursday (Aug. 13) at 6pm for an artist talk by David Row about his current exhibition Reflections. You ca...
08/11/2026

Join us this Thursday (Aug. 13) at 6pm for an artist talk by David Row about his current exhibition Reflections. You can join us live in the gallery, watch the livestream on our page, or later watch a recorded version on our YouTube channel.

TODAY - Sat., Aug. 8, 12-2 pm: Meet the artist - Steve Bartlett will be in the gallery. Come by and chat with him about...
08/08/2026

TODAY - Sat., Aug. 8, 12-2 pm: Meet the artist - Steve Bartlett will be in the gallery. Come by and chat with him about his current exhibition, Passing By.

"I find humor in humanity and create paintings about people’s relationships to each other, to animals, and to nature. I...
08/07/2026

"I find humor in humanity and create paintings about people’s relationships to each other, to animals, and to nature. In my paintings, I explore our human basic needs and need nots in life such as food, s*x, love, joy, violence, vice, agony, greed, spirituality, and death." - Alexander Nolan ("The Over-Long Grace," Alexander Nolan, oil on canvas, 18" x 20".)

"Weaving is a good fit for me - - a combination of structure and opportunity. Intuitively I know where I want to end up,...
08/06/2026

"Weaving is a good fit for me - - a combination of structure and opportunity. Intuitively I know where I want to end up, but weaving is a construction project that takes time and imagination. I make a sequence of decisions before I thread the loom and while weaving that remain a distinct part of the final piece. There is no going back and no jumping ahead. I love the transition from unwoven threads to woven - line to dot - which is always in front of me on the loom, changing and growing, row by row. There is a balance, a rhythm, and a physicality that demands my complete attention. I find great joy in this ancient process that holds me steady and operates in its own space." - Sondra Bogdonoff ("Running Loops," Sondra Bogdonoff, linen weaving, 22.5" x 20.5".)

Sat., Aug. 8, 12-2 pm: Meet the artist - Steve Bartlett will be in the gallery. Come by and chat with him about his cur...
08/04/2026

Sat., Aug. 8, 12-2 pm: Meet the artist - Steve Bartlett will be in the gallery. Come by and chat with him about his current exhibition, Passing By.

"Working with the history of an estranged extended family dynamic, my baskets are emotional vessels; a means to cultivat...
08/01/2026

"Working with the history of an estranged extended family dynamic, my baskets are emotional vessels; a means to cultivate and process love, understanding, relationships, and grief. These objects are designed to hold space, to hold the intangible, the thoughts and feelings that we all have but are unable to wrap our hands around. With that in mind, it is integral to my practice that this particular attempt at vulnerability is centered around the baskets’ interactions with the body. They carry the weight of memories, breath, and people, those that are absent and those that are lost. By engaging with their forms, the baskets become receptacles through which it is possible to find closure. Being able to share space with these objects, cradle them against your cheek, hold them between the palms of your hands, and nestle them close to your chest, is part and parcel of the healing process. It’s a way of bridging the gap between what you have and what you don’t." - Aminata Conteh ["Sweet Mother (Hips, Dips, and Hands Held), Aminata Conteh, nickel, 15.5" x 6.5" x 15".]

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71 Cove Street
Portland, ME
04101

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 5:30pm
Thursday 10am - 5:30pm
Friday 10am - 5:30pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

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(207) 808-8911

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