Artist’s work seen in Portland show

    PRESQUE ISLE – An art professor from the University of Maine at Presque Isle had his work exhibited alongside that of professors from Harvard, Brandeis and Indiana universities this year during an art exhibition in Portland.    Prof. Anderson Giles was one of a select group of artists/educators invited to participate in the “Painters who Teach” exhibit at the well-known Greenhut Galleries in downtown Portland.
    The exhibition featured artists who teach at various universities and colleges across the United States who also have had notable careers in painting.
    The exhibition opened on Jan. 31 and continued through March 1.
    Giles showed a painting titled Marker for the Primordial Crossing, which is part of a recent series of works concerning his explorations in the South Pacific.
    The concept for the show was to create a special exhibition that called attention to the crucial roles played by artists in preparing the next generation of artists in Maine and elsewhere.
    One of the criteria of the show was that the artists reside in Maine for at least part of the year.
    The exhibit was curated by Bruce Brown, curator emeritus of Maine Center for Contemporary Arts, and Peggy Greenhut Golden, Greenhut Galleries director.
    Artists from the following institutions participated in the exhibition: Bates College, Boston University, Bowdoin College, Brandeis University, Brooklyn College, Colby College, Edinborough College, Hampshire College, Harvard University, Indiana University, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Maine College of Art, Massachusetts College of Art, Roundtop Center for the Arts, School of Visual Arts;
    Also artists were fetaured from the University of Pennsylvania, University of Maryland and the Universities of Maine at Farmington, Orono and Presque Isle and the University of Southern Maine.