Maine – Jessica Straus Sculpture

Monson Arts residency

Posted on February 8, 2023 by jessicastraus in Artist Residency, Maine

I’m heading north in mid-February for a month-long residency at Monson Arts. See if I can find some real winter!

Artist Residency at Surf Point Foundation

Posted on March 29, 2022March 29, 2022 by jessicastraus in Artist Residency, Maine, New England, Uncategorized

Thank you Surf Point Foundation for a glorious February at the edge of the sea in York Maine. I began a whole new body of work looking out at the landscape (and seascape!) close to where I grew up.

photo courtesy of Surf Point Foundation and Hilary Schaffner

It was a tad cold for a swim, so I did the next best thing…

“Fiction Follows Function”

Posted on May 20, 2019November 21, 2019 by jessicastraus in Maine, New England, Solo Exhibition

I have a solo exhibition “Fiction Follows Function” of more than 40 of my “widgets” at the historic George Marshall Store Gallery, York, ME, May 25 – July 7, 2019

Davistown Museum

Posted on June 30, 2015November 21, 2019 by jessicastraus in Installation Art, Maine, New England

I have been asked to mount a long term installation of works from my “Special Collections” at one of my favorite regional museums, the Davistown Museum in Liberty, Maine, beginning July 2015.