Department of Art

As the final component of her residency, Perrin will produce a unique work of art for permanent display on the University of Maine campus. For more about the Littlefield Gallery Sculptor-in-Residence program, see here. Also visit the Littlefield Gallery website here.

Contact Graduate Coordinator Susan Smith for more information.

The University of Maine’s Lord Hall Gallery presents ORBITS, an exhibition featuring the work of three Maine-based artists who are invested in material re-use and sustainability: Tom Jessen, Isabelle Maschal O’Donnell, and Ian Trask from February 3 – March 14, 2025. A reception will be held on February 7, 2025 from 5-7pm. During the reception, […]

Octophonic Soundscape CompositionWednesdays, 1:30-4:00pmJanuary 8-April 2, 2025IMRC 103Free and open to UMaine students, faculty & staff This spring semester, internationally renowned Canadian composer Barry Truax, Professor Emeritus at Simon Fraser University, is offering a free online course in octophonic (8-channel) soundscape composition. The course surveys the theory, history, and emerging practice of soundscape composition. The […]

The 2024 senior capstone exhibition, Mutual Threads, opens Friday, November 15 and runs through January 20, 2025. The exhibition features work by Studio Art B.A. and B.F.A. seniors. Please join the department for the opening reception on Friday, November 15, 5-7pm. There will be food, drink, and music. Free and open to the public.

Bethany Engstrom, adjunct assistant professor of art, is featured in an exhibition at the UMaine-Farmington Art Gallery. Titled Bethany Engstrom: In the Works, the exhibition opens October 31. A reception will be held 4-7pm at the UMF Art Gallery. More information is here: https://www.artgalleryumf.org/beth-engstrom_in-the-works.

The artist Constantina Zavitsanos will be speaking on Tuesday, October 29 @ 7pm as part of the Intermedia Program’s Visiting Artist Series. The event will be in Room 104 in the IMRC. Free and open to the public.

The Department of Art announces two events with artists Lara Kramer and Ida Baptiste. Anishinaabe Oji-Cree artists Ida Baptiste and Lara Kramer bring forward their relational practices through generations to express and represent embodied experiences like memory, loss, and reclamation. Lara Kramer will present an artist lecture in IMRC 104 on October 1st at 7pm. […]

Lord Hall Gallery will host a two-person exhibition featuring Anishinaabe Oji-Cree mother/daughter artists Lara Kramer and Ida Baptiste. The show is entitled Ji zoongde’eyaang meaning “to have a strong heart” in Anishnaabemowin. The exhibition will be on view to the public at Lord Hall Gallery from August 26-October 15, 2024. The artists will visit campus in early […]

Proximity, this year’s Intermedia MFA thesis exhibition, opens Friday, May 17. Please join us for the opening reception from 5-7pm at Lord Hall Gallery. The exhibition runs May 17 – July 12. Lord Hall Gallery is open M – F, 9am – 4pm. Free, accessible and open to the public.