About
Filament Gallery is currently an online gallery based in Portland, Maine that features the work of artists Ernest Paterno and Jill Dalton. We are in the process of renovating a new studio and gallery on Washington Avenue in Portland. Until it is completed, we will keep you updated via this website.
Jill has recently completed a collaboration entitled “Catalog” with Portland artist Crystal Cawley. Their collaged, sewn, drawn, altered and embroidered artists book began with a series of prints and embossments that Jill made from vintage hoop skirts. The tome was hand-bound by Crystal and is now on display at Maine College of Art in the exhibition Dress Code, which was curated by Alex Rheault and juried by Bruce Brown, Brooke Delorme, and Daniel Pepice. We hope you will attend the artist reception on February 5 at 522 Congress Street in the Free Street Gallery from 5-8pm. Please check out this great review by Daniel Kany in the Portland Press Herald. For more information and images from the show visit Maine College of Art’s website.
2009 Winter Events
Studio Sale at Cyroni Glass Works Sunday December 13, 2:00-5:00p.m.
Maine College of Art Holiday Sale December 4-5, 522 Congress Street, Portland
Our work can also be seen at the Center for Maine Crafts. They feature Ernie’s vibrant new selection of blown glass tableware and Jill’s Flower Power silver and flameworked bead jewelry line.
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Filament Gallery has closed for the time being in its current incarnation. We will continue to showcase our work and the work of other local artists on this website as we work toward building our new location over the next year. The new gallery will be built in conjunction with our new studio and glassblowing facility in Portland. The studio will feature live glassblowing demonstrations. We look forward to seeing you there!
See Jill’s work featured in January’s issue of Maine Home and Design.
Check back to this site for updates, and keep warm this winter by taking one of Ernie’s hot glass classes through Maine College of Art’s Continuing Studies program.
For over nine years Filament Gallery has been an art-space on Munjoy Hill in Portland, Maine, owned and operated by Jill Dalton and Ernest Paterno. Our mission is to promote the arts and original creative expression in our own neighborhood. We hope to bring increased accessibility to contemporary art and culture to our community. We show the work of emerging artists and hold small scale performances. Contemporary art shows are rotated every six weeks. We also showcase the fine crafts of many local artists on an ongoing basis.