Ogunquit Art Association

– Maine’s Original Artists’ Group | est. 1928 –

The Ogunquit Art Association is a community of over ninety professional artists who live and work within 100 miles of Ogunquit at least two weeks of every year.

Some of us are year-rounders who draw inspiration from the local seasons or travel to find new possibilities. Others summer here bringing in new ideas and imagery from away. Some are at the end of long and illustrious careers. Others are just beginning.

All have been selected by a jury of OAA artists to exhibit as painters, graphic artists, sculptors or photographers in our ancestral home, Barn Gallery.

Established in 1928, the OAA is run by the artists for themselves and for the delight of their friends and the art-loving public. Members serve on the Board and various committees. They plan exhibitions, hold workshops, gallery talks and participate in policy decisions ranging from changing the wall color to establishing the Ogunquit Arts Collaborative, an independent, not-for-profit, 501 (c) 3 corporation that owns and administers Barn Gallery itself. Our day jobs range from carpentry and advertising to museum directorships and teaching. We teach at every level from pre-school to graduate school. Our work appears in galleries worldwide, on websites and in various publications. We are members of arts organizations ranging from the local, open art association to the National Academy of Design, the American Watercolor Society, Boston Printmakers, American Society of Media Photographers, and the National Sculptors Society.

We list our educational experience as self-taught artists, BFAS, MFAS and PhDs, but we omit the places and people we teach. We do not mention how much we teach each other, fulfilling a major goal of the original OAA.

Our awards range from First Prize at the local open art association to Gold Medals at the National Academy of Design and MacDowell and Fulbright Fellowships for future study. The category says nothing about the many exhibitions we curate and the prizes we award as jurors.

Collections that contain our work include our best friend’s living room and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Our own collections, the work we buy and cherish, are not mentioned. Our Exhibitions take place in local banks, the Whitney Museum and everyplace in between. We make no mention of the exhibitions we arrange in galleries, museums and alternative spaces.

Nancy R. Davison, OAA Member

See The Work Of Ogunquit Art Association Juried Artist-Members

CURRENT OGUNQUIT ART ASSOCIATION JURIED ARTIST MEMBERSHIP LIST