Lord Hall Gallery presents “The Teaching Portfolio: 45 Years of Printmaking at the University of Maine”
The Department of Art’s Lord Hall Gallery is hosting the exhibition The Teaching Portfolio: 45 Years of Printmaking at the University of Maine from August 27-October 24, 2025. A public reception will take place on September 26, 5-7pm. Refreshments will be served and all are welcome to attend.
The Teaching Portfolio is a collection of fine art working proofs and finished prints created in the Department of Art’s printmaking studio by students, alumni, faculty, and visiting artists. Covering a time span of 45 years, under the direction of printmaking Professor Susan Groce, this portfolio represents an impressive overview of the direction and growth of print media and the University of Maine printmaking program – from traditional materials and processes to safer and greener processes to the incorporation of new technologies. The portfolio includes Collagraphs, Etchings and Acrylic Resist Etchings, Photopolymer Intaglio-Type Etchings, Lithography, Relief Printing, Water-Based Screen Printing, and Monoprints, as well as prints made through the Printmaking Artist Residency Program and Student Portfolio Exchanges. This exhibition represents a small portion of the Portfolio, as curated by Professor Susan Groce and Diana Baumbach, Associate Professor of Art and Director of Galleries. Questions about the exhibition can be directed to Professor Baumbach at diana.baumbach@maine.edu. Additional information about the Printmaking program at the University of Maine is available at https://umaine.edu/art/printmaking/. Please visit Lord Hall Gallery’s Instagram @ umaine_lordhallgallery.
