Welcome to the Department of Art

The Department of Art at the University of Maine offers dynamic, interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate programs: the B.A. in Art History; B.A. in Art Education; B.A. & B.F.A. in Studio Art; M.A., M.F.A., & Interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Intermedia; and minors in Art History, Graphic Design & Studio Art.

Our undergraduate, graduate, and gallery programming is at the forefront of contemporary concerns in art practices; art history, criticism, and theory; and art pedagogy. The department balances a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences with intensive study of the visual arts. By researching, critiquing, producing, exhibiting, and teaching art, our students become informed and creative contributors to 21st-century global culture.

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Lord Hall Gallery presents the 2025 IMFA Thesis Exhibition

The University of Maine’s Lord Hall Gallery presents the 2025 Intermedia MFA Thesis Exhibition, open from May 23 to August 8, 2025. Please join us for the opening reception on Friday, May 23, 5-7pm.

Click here to learn more about the Deparment of Art’s graduate program in Intermedia.

Featured Student: Chantelle Flores

Chantelle Flores is an Honors College student pursuing degrees in Art History and English. She is an ENG 101 and Writing Center tutor, sings alto in the University of Maine Singers, and volunteers with the Fogler Library Ambassadors.

In May 2024, Chantelle published an essay in Aisthesis: The Interdisciplinary Honors Journal, published by the University of Minnesota-Duluth. Her essay, titled “A Fusing of Horizons: Approaching Rosenberg’s ‘American Action Painters’ Through a Hermeneutical Lens,” is here.