News Center Maine interviewed Alex Rose and Augusta Sparks Farnum, graduate students in the University of Maine’s Intermedia program, about their work using nanocellulose as a material for their art projects. Rose said that one of the things that she likes most about using the material is that it’s environmentally friendly and non-toxic, while Farnum […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported that the University of Maine Department of Art will host the Art & Creative Ecologies Series of talks, panels and workshops during the 2022–23 academic year. The series features presentations, panels and workshops by visiting scholars and artists addressing the ways that contemporary art and creative practices engage ecological processes […]
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The Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series (CA/DLS) 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 […]
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The Bangor Daily News, Sun Journal and CentralMaine.com reported that the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host the talk “Creative Ecologies and the Aesthetics of Climate Justice” from 3–4 p.m. on Sept. 12. The speaker will be T.J. Demos, director of the Center for Creative Ecologies […]
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Intermedia Programs has launched its annual faculty exhibition “ARTworkers,” which will be on display through Sept. 16 at the Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center (IMRC). The exhibit features a mobile research lab by Susan Smith, director of Intermedia Programs, and advised by Ali Abedi, professor of electrical and computer engineering and cooperating professor of […]
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The University of Maine Department of Art will host the Art & Creative Ecologies Series of talks, panels and workshops during the 2022–23 academic year. Funded by a University of Maine Arts Initiative Seed Grant, the series features presentations, panels and workshops by visiting scholars and artists addressing the ways that contemporary art and creative […]
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The documentary “Voices from the Barrens: Native People, Blueberries and Sovereignty” will screen at the University of Maine at Machias Performing Arts Center on Friday, Sept. 30 at 7 p.m. to kick off a Maine-focused film series called The Right to Food. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with a panel, including representatives […]
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Editor’s note: Intermedia students’ nanocellulose art will be on public display on Aug. 24 from 4:30–6:30 p.m. at the Wells Conference Center. Nanocellulose is a malleable material. In a mixture that is 97% water, nanocellulose looks like yogurt or paste. When freeze-dried, it has the consistency of Styrofoam. Fully dried, it’s like a plastic tile. […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared that applications are open for this fall’s ArtWorks!, a series of art classes taught by University of Maine art education students for youth grades K–8. Applications are due September 30. More information is available on the Department of Art website at umaine.edu/art/artworks.
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In an article about the Schoodic Sculpture Symposium artworks that have been placed in communities throughout eastern Maine, the Bangor Daily News featured such granite sculptures on the University of Maine campus. The sculptures include “New Dawn” created by New Zealand sculptor Johnny Turner on display at Buchanan Alumni House and Penobscot Nation artist Tim […]
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