Solo Exhibitions

(Select list, by date)

• The Museum of Modern Art, New York NY (1939)

• Bignou Gallery, New York NY (1940)

• Passedoit Gallery, New York NY (1943)

• Philadelphia Art Alliance, PA (1944)

• A.C.A. Gallery, New York NY (1946)

• Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland ME (1949, 1956, 1978 - 1979)

• Wellons Gallery, New York NY (1950, 1952)

• Children's Museum, Oakland CA (1956)

• Portland Museum of Art, Portland ME (1959, 1963, 1970, 2001 - 2002)

• University of Maine, ME (1965, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975)

• Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit ME (1965)

• Westbrook College, Portland ME (1966)

• Mary Baldwin College, Staunton VA (1968)

• Maine Art Gallery, Wiscasset ME (1969, 1994)

• Dalzell-Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles CA (1970)

• Bates College, Lewiston ME (1966, 1970, 1978, 1990)

• Keystone Junior College, La Plume PA (1975)

• Delaware Art Museum Library, Wilmington DE (1976)

• Unity College Art Gallery, Unity ME (1976)

• Cape Split Place, Addison ME (1977)

• Frost Gully Gallery, Portland ME (1977, 1985)

• Community Gallery, Lancaster PA (1978)

• Hobe Sound Galleries, Hobe Sound FL (1979)

• Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville ME (1980)

• Center for the Arts at the Chocolate Church, Bath ME (1988)

• Beeker Gallery, Lewiston ME (2000)

• Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance Millennium Exhibition, Brunswick ME (2000)

• Portland Museum of Art, Portland ME (2002)

• Maine Jewish Museum, Portland ME (2012)

• Maine Farmland Trust, Belfast ME (2013)

• Frost Gully Gallery, Freeport ME (1996, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015)

• Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit ME (2017)

• The Portland Public Library, Portland ME (2017)

• Rachel Walls Fine Art, Cape Elizabeth ME (2017)

• Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston ME (2018)

Two Person Exhibits

(Listed by date)

• Elmira College, Elmira NY - with Marguerite Zorach (1962)

• Harlow Gallery, Hallowell ME - with Jeana Dale Bearce (1964)

• Hartley Gallery, Kenebunkport ME - with Anneke Brook (1965)

• Colby College Museum of Art, ME - with Bernard Langlais (1974)

• Frost Gully Gallery, Portland ME - with Thomas Crotty (1974)

• Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich CT - with Bernard Langlais (1978)

• Maine Jewish Museum, Portland, ME - “Father and Daughter” with William Zorach (2024)

Group Exhibitions

(Select list, by date)

• Corcoran Biennial (1939)

• Carnegie Institute (1941, 1943)

• Detroit Institute: "Fourteen Outstanding Women Artists" (1943)

• Portland Museum Art Festival, ME (1948, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959)

• Pennsylvania and Detroit Annual (1958, 1962)

• Boston Art Festival, MA (1956, 1957, 1962)

• Bowdoin College, ME (1958, 1975, 1986)

• Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit ME (1958, 1993, 1995, 1996)

• Maine State Art Festival, ME (1960, 1961, 1962)

• Temple Beth El Festival of Art, ME (1961-1971)

• Pennsylvania Academy (1962)

• Hobe Sound Galleries, FL (1972-1988)

• Shore Galleries, Boston MA (1973, 1974)

• Maine Coast Artists, Rockport ME (1974, 1975, 1984, 1985, 1992, 1993)

• Maine State Museum – “76 Maine Artists,” Augusta ME (1976)

• American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY (1980)

• Payson Gallery of Art, Westbrook College (now University of New England), Portland ME

• Westbrook College (now University of New England) – "Five Deborah Morton Women," Portland ME (1982)

• Westbrook College (now University of New England) – "Women Pioneers in Maine Art," Portland ME (1985)

• University of Southern Maine, Lewiston-Auburn Campus, ME (2013)

• Samson Projects – “Marguerite Zorach, Dahlov Ipcar and William Zorach” Boston MA (2015)

• University of Cincinnati – “The Persistence of Vision” Cincinnati OH (2018)

• Portland Public Library - “Critters: Mythical, Real & Imagined” Portland ME (2021)

Public Collections

(Alphabetically listed)

• Bates College, Lewiston, ME

• Bowdoin College, Brunswick ME

• Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn NY

• Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville ME

• Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland ME

• Mary Baldwin University, Staunton VA

• Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY

• Museum of Modern Art, New York NY

• Newark Museum, Newark NJ

• Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit ME

• Portland Museum of Art, Portland ME

• Portland Public Library, Portland ME

• Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC

• University of Maryland, College Park MD

• University of Maine at Orono, Farmington, and Southern Maine

• University of New England, Portland ME

• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY

Maine Elementary School Collections

• Endfield Station; Freeport; Harpswell; Washburn; Wayne

Corporate Collections

(Alphabetically listed)

• Bernstein Shur, Portland, ME

• Camden National Bank, Portland, ME

• Gouws Capital Management, Portland, ME

• L. L. Bean Inc, Freeport, ME

• Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, Augusta, ME

• Pierce Atwood, Portland, ME

• People's Heritage Bank, Portland, ME

Also represented in numerous private collections

Murals

(Listed by date)

• U.S. Post Office, LaFollette TN (1939)

• U.S. Post Office, Yukon OK (1941)

• Patten Free Library, Bath ME (1978)

• Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Springfield MA (1979)

• Kingfield Elementary School, Kingfield ME (1980)

• Narragansett Elementary School, Gorham ME (1981)

• Poland Springs Community School, Poland ME (1982)

• Georgetown Central School, Georgetown ME (1989)

• Lee-Winn Elementary School, Lee ME (1993)

• Crescent Park Elementary School, Bethel ME (1994)

• Mid Coast Hospital at Brunswick, ME (2003)

Awards & Honors

(Listed by date)

• Clara A. Haas Award, Silvermine Guild (1957)

• Maine State Award (with Adolph Ipcar), Maine Arts Commission (1972)

• Deborah Morton Award, Westbrook College (1978)

• Honorary L.H.D. University of Maine (1978)

• Honorary D.F.A. Colby College (1980)

• Women of Achievement Award, Westbrook College

• Junior League of Portland ME (1984)

• Living Legacy Award, Central Maine Area Agency on Aging (1986)

• Honorary D.F.A. Bates College, Lewiston ME (1991)

• Kerlan Award For Children's Literature, University of Minnesota (1998)

• Katahdin Award,Youth Services Section of the Maine Library Association, (2002)

• Maryann Hartman Award to Maine Women of Achievement (2003)

• NEIBA- New England Independent Booksellers Association Award (2011)

• Moonbeam Children's Book Award (2011)

• Maine in America Award, Farnsworth Art Museum (2012)

• Maine College of Arts Gala Honors (2013)

• Georgetown Citizen of the Year Award (2013)

• Portland Press Herald - Dahlov, one of "Ten Mainers to be Thankful For" (2013)

• Society of Illustrators’ Original Art Lifetime Achievement Award (2023)

Archives

• Archives of American Art. Smithsonian Institution. Washington D.C.

• de Grummond Collection, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg MS

• Kerlan Collection, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN

Films/Videos

(Listed by date)

• "Dahov Ipcar" Vision Series #47 (1975) U.S. Information Agency Film (for distribution abroad only)

• "Open Waters and Safe Harbors -- Gentle Breezes" Intergenerational Life Planning Series, Produced by Maine Committee on Aging - VP Productions, South Portland ME (1988)

• “Dahlov Ipcar: Maine master” produced by the Maine Masters project of the Union of Maine Visual Artists (2003)

• Interview of Dahlov Ipcar, Bill Green's Maine, WCSH TV, Portland ME (2007) - Short clip reproduced Feb 2017

• Interview of Dahlov Ipcar, New England Cable News (2009)

• “Conversations with Maine: Dahlov Ipcar” Maine Public Broadcast Network, Frank Ferrel (2010)

• “Dahlov On Creative Growth” produced by Robert Ipcar (2013)

Classroom AV

• Brown Cow Farm Filmstrip, Weston Woods (1966)

• Wonderful Egg on ‘78 record, Classroom Materials Co

Art In Embassies Program (AIEP)

• Bangkok Thailand (1967)

• Ottawa Canada (1979)

• Vilnius, Lithuania (1994)