Arts

BDN shares information about ‘Terra Nova’

The Bangor Daily News shared information about the University of Maine’s performance of “Terra Nova,” a play adapted from the journals of Robert Scott’s ill-fated expedition to Antarctica. Public performances are at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 17–19, and 2 p.m. Feb. 20. Tickets are $12 or free with a student MaineCard and available for purchase online.

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Collins Center presents ‘Nobunto’ a cappella quintet Feb. 13

The University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts will present “Nobunto,” a female a cappella quintet from Zimbabwe, at 3 p.m. on Feb. 13.  In addition to a live public performance, Nobunto will perform a livestream concert hosted by the Collins Center for K–6 students from about 35 schools in the morning on Feb. […]

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Featured Art Faculty Exhibition opens Feb. 11

The University of Maine Department of Art will open this year’s faculty exhibition, “Faculty 2022,” on Feb. 11 in the Lord Hall Gallery.  The exhibition, Feb. 11–March 18, was curated by Lord Hall Gallery director Susan Smith and features works by Susan Groce, James Linehan, Ed Nadeau, Greg Ondo, Ellen Roberts and Owen Smith, a […]

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Mitchell Center to host talk about “The Warming Sea” project Feb. 7

The Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions at the University of Maine will host a talk by renowned composer Lucas Richman and Maine Science Festival director Kate Dickerson about the collaborative effort to create “The Warming Sea” project from 3–4 p.m. Feb. 7. In January 2019, the Maine Science Festival commissioned Richman to […]

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BDN, Ellsworth American highlight Manning’s upcoming concert in Winter Harbor

The Bangor Daily News and The Ellsworth American highlighted an upcoming concert featuring Deiran Manning, a collaborative pianist and vocal coach with the University of Maine, as part of the Winter Harbor Musical Festival. Manning, executive director of the festival, will perform with Deidre McArdle, its founder and artistic director, at 7 p.m. Feb. 4 at […]

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Midcoast media highlight new photo exhibit at Hutchinson Center

The Penobscot Bay Pilot, Republican Journal and VillageSoup highlighted a new photography exhibit by the Zoom Lens Group opening Jan. 10 at the H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The show, on display through March, is free and open to the public from 8 a.m.–4:30 […]

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Photo of a whale skull on top of a pile of rocks

Summer University Student Art Contest Winner Announced

Rebecca Stanley’s photograph of a whale skull on Isle Au Haut has been selected as the winning entry in a student art contest sponsored by the University of Maine Division of Lifelong Learning. Her photograph will be used on this year’s Summer University poster and in other promotions.  Stanley, who is from Aurora, Illinois and […]

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Call for proposals for the Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series

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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