The Office of International Programs and the International Student Association is issuing a call for performers for the 2023 International Dance Festival in the Collins Center for the Arts on Feb. 11, with shows at 2 p.m. and 7 .p.m. The annual event showcasing performances from around the world is a unique opportunity for cross-cultural […]
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This year, the Studio Art Senior Capstone exhibit in Lord Hall Gallery is called “Énouement.” As always, the students in the class chose the name, which is French for the bittersweetness of having arrived here in the future without being able to tell your past self how everything turned out. The pieces are at once […]
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The Collins Center for the Arts has been awarded the new “Spirit of the Region” Cultural Award from the Bangor Region Chamber of Commerce. The award recognizes an individual, business or organization that has made significant contributions to the arts, entertainment and cultural opportunities in the Bangor region. The Collins Center will be recognized at […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared that the film “Hungry Now,” which was created through a documentary filmmaking course at University of Maine Machias, will premiere at the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono on Nov. 13 at 3 p.m. The UMaine Machias Performing Arts Center will host a second screening in-person on Dec. 2 […]
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Broadway World promoted the premiere broadcast of the opera “I Give You My Home,” with music and libretto composed by Beth Wiemann, a professor in the University of Maine School of Performing Arts, at the Guerilla Emergence Festival, a virtual festival of ground-breaking works commissioned by Guerilla Opera that runs Nov. 29–Dec. 2, streaming online […]
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The University of Maine Division of Lifelong Learning will hold its second annual UMaine campuswide contest to determine next year’s Summer University poster. The contest is now open to all current University of Maine students. Contestants should create a piece of original, digital art considering what summer at UMaine means to them. The winning entry […]
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The film “Hungry Now,” which was created through a documentary filmmaking course at University of Maine at Machias, will premiere at the Collins Center for the Arts in Orono on Nov. 13 at 3 p.m. “Hungry Now” is an hour-long documentary that looks to answer the everyday questions of homelessness through a series of interviews […]
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In an article speculating whether artist Andy Warhol would have embraced or abhorred NFTs if he were still alive, Magazine by Coin Telegraph quoted a blog post by Jon Ippolito, professor of new media at the University of Maine. “‘Good business is the best art,’ Warhol claimed. He once insisted that he wanted to sell […]
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The Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series Committee is accepting grant applications from the University of Maine to enhance the artistic, cultural, and intellectual life of the campus of the University of Maine and to support speaking engagements or lectures at the University of Maine at Machias. Grants support up to 50% of expenses associated with cultural […]
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John Ippolito, a professor of new media at the University of Maine, spoke to the Portland Press Herald about 76-year-old artist Charlie Hewitt launching a collection of NFTs, or nonfungible tokens, becoming one of the first major Maine artists to explore that market. Hewitt is best known for his “Hopeful” signs, which are on display […]
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