Formed in January of 2011, KahBang Arts is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the discovery, development and support of independent artists. Through its programs, KahBang Arts seeks to inspire artists from the United States and around the world, and to promote their work to audiences worldwide.

KahBang Arts was founded on the basis of discovering and showcasing emerging musicians to help them gain exposure. This ideal is now carried through and applied to the fine arts portion of the festival. The annual art festival is curated and developed by KahBang Arts and focuses on bringing a variety of different artists into its gallery. This year, the art portion has expanded drastically to include both artists from within the state of Maine, as well as from away, in many mediums of art.

Kaleidoscope Gallery is an 18,000 square foot space taken over by KahBang Arts and located in the center of Bangor, Maine’s historic Downtown district. Selected artists will display works of fine art, sculpture, screen-printing, painting, installations, and mixed media, metal and recycled material sculpture, photography, an interactive Polaroid exhibition, graphic design and experimental video art. In addition to it’s gallery, KahBang will curate a Sculpture Park on the Bangor Waterfront the weekend of August 12 for festivalgoer’s to view and enjoy.

Artists for the 2011 art festival were selected through an open and cost free submission process. In addition, new to the art festival this year and curated by KahBang Arts board members Angela Warren, MECA MFA Alum 11' and Seth Gass, RISD BFA Alum 05',selected students from Maine College of Art (BFA and MFA) to exhibit at this years festival. The work is diverse in media ranging from sculpture, photography, painting, installation, performance and video. The artists in the show carry out concepts that investigate aspects of culture, the body: human and animal, dreams, science, music, color, and objects.

To learn more about KahBang Arts or the KahBang Art Festival, visit kahbangarts.org.