Allen and Sally Fernald of Camden, Maine have long been advocates for the University of Maine. Since graduating in 1954 and 1955, the owners and publishers of Down East Magazine have donated to various capital campaigns, sponsored art galleries and poetry readings, and led alumni groups and fundraising drives. In Episode 10 of Season 6 […]
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The Ellsworth American shared information about a performance by pianist Deiran Manning, faculty at the University of Maine School for Performing Arts, at 7 p.m. Friday, May 6, at Hammond Hall. Manning will perform with soprano Celine Mogielnick for a recital called “Sirens and Sailors — Songs of Love and the Sea,” featuring a range […]
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Canada’s Ballet Jörgen’s Anne of Green Gables — The Ballet® will be performed at 7 p.m. April 16 at the Collins Center for the Arts. The show features the touring professional dancers, as well as a small group of young local dancers who were recommended by their teachers and accepted into the Anne of Green […]
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University of Maine alumnus and percussion professor Scott Horey and his graduate percussion ensemble from the University of Science and Arts of Chiapas, Mexico, will be at his alma mater April 19–20 for a live performance, master class and international cultural exchange trip at the School of Performing Arts. April 20 at 7:30 p.m., Horey […]
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The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk on how art can help solve our most pressing environmental and social problems on Monday, April 18, 3–4 p.m. Countless artists, critics, curators and organizations are exploring new ways of looking at the problems we face, collecting […]
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Alan Kryszak, a member of the University of Maine at Machias creative arts faculty, has produced his third solo album, “Murmur Rations,” reviewed in the Machias Valley News Observer and Bangor Daily News. The European venue Moving Classics TV published a Q&A with Kryszak about his 35-year career as a composer and guitarist, including a […]
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It started with a series of discussions. Convened by a group of collegial humanities scholars at the University of Maine, the small community then evolved into an initiative with the support of then Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Jeff Hecker. Becoming a fully realized, university-recognized academic research center required both a […]
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The University of Maine Department of Art will present the 2022 Juried Student Art Exhibition, April 8–29 in Lord Hall Gallery, featuring works by current students in studio art courses. The opening reception is 5:30–7 p.m., April 8. Lord Hall Gallery is open 9 a.m.–4 p.m. weekdays. This year’s annual exhibition includes paintings, drawings, prints, […]
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The University of Maine Intermedia Arts and Humanities in Medicine graduate certificate program is accepting applications for fall 2022. The program, offered in partnership with Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, brings together arts and humanities graduate students with medical practitioners to explore approaches to health and well-being. The 15-credit program, designed to be completed […]
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The Ellsworth American, Mount Desert Islander and WABI shared information about renowned Ukrainian violinist Solomia Soroka performing in a free public concert at 7:30 p.m. March 26, in Minsky Recital Hall. The program will include works by Ukrainian composers Mykola Lysenko, Yevhen Stankovych and Vasyl Barvinsky.
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