Department of Art

Greg Ondo has been hired as the new professor of art in sculpture for the Department of Art. Professor Ondo teaches sculpture and foundry courses, introducing students to a wide array of sculptural materials, techniques and forms. He was central to this summer’s collaboration between the Schoodic International Sculpture Syposium and the University of Maine […]

UM Department of Art students and recent graduates spent six weeks this summer working with eight sculptors from South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Holland, New Zealand and Maine to create large scale stone sculpture out of Maine granite. These contemporary art works were created for the cities of Orono, Old Town and Bangor as well as […]

August 10 – September 28, 2012 Without Borders IX: Making Matters (MFA Exhibition) Reception: September 7, 5:00-7:30 October 12 – November 17, 2012 UM Department of Art Faculty Exhibition Reception: October 12, 5:30-7:00 December 7, 2012 – January 25, 2013 UM Department of Art Senior Exhibition Reception: December 7, 5:30-7:00 February 8 – March 15, […]

August 10 – September 28, 2012 Without Borders IX: Making Matters (MFA Exhibition) Reception: September 7, 5:00-7:30 October 12 – November 17, 2012 UM Department of Art Faculty Exhibition Reception: October 12, 5:30-7:00 December 7, 2012 – January 25, 2013 UM Department of Art Senior Exhibition Reception: December 7, 5:30-7:00 February 8 – March 15, […]

[SlideDeck2 id=841 iframe=1] Lord Hall Gallery May 24, 2012 – July 20, 2012 Structures: an exhibition of recent work by Matt R. Foster. A graduating senior with a BA in Studio Art from the Department of Art at the University of Maine, Matt Foster’s work explores the fundamental desires of freedom, love, and growth.  His work focuses […]

[SlideDeck2 id=851 iframe=1] Lord Hall Gallery May 24, 2012 – July 20, 2012 Art of the 80s, represents a wide spectrum of American art created in the 1980s. Featuring images on paper, the show includes works by Andy Warhol, David Hockney, Louisa Chase, Chuck Close, Sol Lewitt, Susan Rothenberg, Mimmo Paladino, Elizabeth Murray, Gregory Amenoff, […]

[SlideDeck2 id=960 iframe=1] Lord Hall Gallery February 10 – March 16, 2012 Department of Art Lord Hall Gallery University of Maine Presenting an overview of the research and creative accomplishments of featured studio, art education and art history faculty, the 2011-2012 Department of Art Faculty Exhibition included work by David Boffa, John Eden, Kerstin Engman, […]

[SlideDeck2 id=1000 iframe=1] Lord Hall Gallery Drawing On, held, October 12 – November 18, 2011, an exhibition of drawings by eight Maine artists, presented work drawn directly on the walls of the Lord Hall Gallery. Working over the course of two weeks, the artists created an environment of unique but temporary drawings that focused on the […]

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[SlideDeck2 id=1036 iframe=1] Lord Hall Gallery Joan Grubin Scissor / Paper / Light: Installations This past spring, February 4 – March 18, 2011, the Lord Hall Gallery, with the help of a University of Maine Cultural Affairs/Distinquished Lecture Series grant, was pleased to present Scissor / Paper / Light an exhibition by Brooklyn, NY-based visual artist Joan […]