Press Herald interviews UMMA director about ‘Contemporary Currents’
George Kinghorn, director of the University of Maine Museum of Art, was quoted in a Portland Press Herald piece about the show “Contemporary Currents: Nine New Brunswick Artists” that opens Sept. 23 at the downtown Bangor museum. Kinghorn says he was given the keys to a Canadian art vault and told he could borrow whatever he wanted for the exhibit. He chose several dozen art pieces, according to the article. The exhibition, according to the article, is a continuation of the ongoing cultural exchange that New Brunswick and the Maine Arts Commission began in 2010. Kinghorn also spoke with New Brunswick’s Telegraph-Journal for an article about the exhibit. “This is a landmark exhibition with the museum, in collaborating directly with the New Brunswick government. It was an example of collaboration in its finest,” he said. “We are hoping to introduce some of the New Brunswick artists to the Maine art audiences and audiences from throughout New England who visit the museum.”