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SUMMARY:Talk - Art as an Agent of Change: The emergence of 'Creative Ecologies’
DESCRIPTION:The talk will be held virtually via Zoom and in-person at 107 Norman Smith Hall\, UMaine. \n\nVirtual attendance: Complete the registration form to receive Zoom connection information.\nIn-person attendance: Attendees must follow UMaine’s COVID-19 guidelines.\n\nSpeakers: \n\nJustin Wolff\, Professor of Art History\, Chair of the Dept. of Art\, UMaine\nSusan Smith\, Director of the Intermedia Program\, Interim Director\, Lord Hall Gallery\, UMaine\n\nDuring the past decade we have noticed with fascination the emergence of “Creative Ecologies\,” a broad interdisciplinary field at the intersection of culture and environment that includes\, among other practices\, Eco Art\, Sustainable Design\, and new media strategies\, which all aim to reduce threats to ecological and social systems. Creative Ecologies are about innovating connections\, not just between self and nature\, but also between disciplines\, research methods\, and pedagogies. Art\, we believe\, has materialized as today’s best agent of change. Countless artists\, critics\, curators\, and organizations have oriented themselves to our most urgent social and ecological crises to imagine news ways of framing the issues\, collecting and researching data\, and communicating with the public. As Santiago Zabala writes in Why Only Art Can Save Us: Aesthetics and the Absence of Emergency\, “The truth of art no longer rests in representations of reality but rather in an existential project of transformation.” The speakers will offer an overview of these developments and share information about current and upcoming programs at UMaine that relate to art’s vital contributions to sustainability solutions. \nJustin Wolff is Professor of Art History and Chair of the Department of Art at the University of Maine. He teaches courses on American\, modern\, and contemporary art as well as art theory and criticism. Justin’s research focuses on nineteenth- and twentieth-century American art and visual culture. Among his publications are Richard Caton Woodville: American Painter\, Artful Dodger (Princeton University Press\, 2002); “The Politics of American Modernism\,” a chapter in Art in America: 300 Years of Innovation (Guggenheim Museum\, 2007); Thomas Hart Benton: A Life (Farrar\, Straus & Giroux\, 2012); and “A Strange Familiarity: Alexander Forbes and the Aesthetics of Amateur Film\,” in Amateur Movie Making: Aesthetics of the Everyday in New England Film\, 1915-1960 (Indiana University Press\, 2017). Recently Justin has been writing about and researching the intersections of art and science. In 2019 he co-curated (with Laura Sprague) Rufus Porter’s Curious World: Art and Invention in America\, 1815-1860\, an exhibition at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. He also contributed to and co-edited the accompanying book (Penn State University Press\, 2019). He is currently researching a book tentatively titled Terrible Sights: Art & Catastrophe in America. Justin attended Bowdoin College and received his Ph.D. in art history from Princeton University. \nSusan L Smith\, is a practicing artist and educator\, and director of the Intermedia Program at the University of Maine\, and interim director of the Lord Hall Gallery. Smith holds an interdisciplinary PhD\, the focus of research in social practice and late capitalist modes of cultural production\, and an MFA in Intermedia\, both from the University of Maine. Smith’s research is situated within issues of land/power and questions concerning art’s position in a late capitalist society. First and foremost an artist\, her practice encompasses community based collaboration\, site-based performance and installation. \nRecent work centers on the struggle of asylum seekers on the US southern border\, and a necessity for an artist to be present\, to witness and participate within the community\, as a component of the work\, a practice-based mode of making. Smith is a recipient of a juror’s award from the International Surface Design Exhibition for works in textile and sculpture\, a 2020 participant in the Center for Maine Contemporary Art Biennial\, and currently exhibiting in the multi-location international exhibition “Crossing Borders.” Recent publications include The Indian Quarterly\, A Theology of Practice-Based Research\, and Surface Design Journal. Smith believes the physical work is not the art\, but an “artifact\,” the art lies in the process of immersion and witness of place and community. \n 
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/talk-art-creative-ecologies/
LOCATION:107 Norman Smith Hall\, Mitchell Center - UMaine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
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SUMMARY:Networking Session for Sustainability Solutions
DESCRIPTION:Fostering collaboration\, funding strategies and careers to promote a bright environmental\, social and economic future for Maine \nThe event will take place in Memorial Union in the Bear’s Den (Upper Level) and Lown Room \nWhy this event is for you?\nResearchers: Spark new research ideas\, start collaborations in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary related topics\, learn about sustainability research topics and activities. \nStudents: Hear about careers\, research\, and opportunities related to sustainability science. \nStakeholder partners\, businesses & alumni: Share your experiences\, engage new communities and potential clients\, and meet the existing and emerging workforce involved with sustainability research and businesses. \nContacts: Dr. Lauren Ross and Dr. Sean Smith \nCoupons for coffee\, cookies\, and snacks for students engaging with the poster lineup!
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/networking-session-for-sustainability-solutions/
LOCATION:Memorial Union\, University of Maine\, Orono\, ME\, 04469\, United States
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SUMMARY:Zoom Live! Event - Food Saving Fun with Chef Becky Shepherd
DESCRIPTION:Maine Food\nToo Good To Waste\nLearn fun & easy cooking tips to end food waste!\nTaught by Chef Becky of Wild Oats Cafe in Brunswick \nTo register: https://bit.ly/3E2mngN \nSponsored by: \n\nFood Rescue Maine\nSenator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions\nWinslow Public Library\nPortland Public Library\nWaterville Public Library\nReadfield Community Library
URL:https://umaine.edu/mitchellcenter/event/zoom-live-event-food-saving-fun-with-chef-becky-shepherd/
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