Department of Art

Because of safety concerns having to do with the COVID-19 pandemic, UMaine’s Art Education students created a virtual ArtWorks! exhibition rather than inviting family and friends to campus for the traditional reception. Please see the virtual exhibition here. The Art Education Program will be offering another session of the ArtWorks! program in the spring 2022 […]

As part of a collaboration with the Bangor Land Trust, the Maine Humanities Council and the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center, art education students at the University of Maine are helping to improve food security for humans and wildlife in Maine by producing outreach materials for a project that is introducing native berry, nut, […]

The Department of Art is sad to share the news that Professor Owen Smith passed away on October 14. Please see the university’s announcement here.

Weeds and Wildflowers: Maine Photographs by Matt Smolinsky

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UMF Art Gallery’s fall 2021 season opens with ‘Vital Traces’ exhibit by sculptor Samantha Jones

Shards, Tangles and Splices: Frank Mauceri — The Lord Hall Gallery at the University of Maine presents a solo exhibition of the  work of artist and Bowdoin College faculty member, Frank Mauceri. The exhibition, which opens July 16, 2021 and runs through August 27, 2021, includes digital generative works, video, music composition filling the two galleries. […]

The Department of Art mourns the loss of longtime UMaine professor of art Michael H. Lewis, who passed away June 27, 2021, after a long illness. He was 79. Please see the university’s announcement here.

Lord Hall Gallery will reopen to the public on Monday, Aug. 17. The current exhibition is Featured Faculty/2020, which features photographs, sculpture, ceramics, paintings, and prints by studio art, art history, and art education faculty members John Eden, Michael Grillo, Susan Groce, Laurie E. Hicks, James Linehan, Ed Nadeau, Gregory Ondo, and Ellen Roberts. The […]

Jill Pelto’s ’15, ’18G watercolor and colored pencil creation Current is Time magazine’s cover for its special July issue that focuses on climate change. Her cover is an artistic rendering of information about climate change. Pelto earned degrees in both studio art and earth and climate sciences. “I hope that my art encourages audiences to […]