Arts

A photo of two acorn baskets

Wabanaki Winter Market returns to UMaine Dec. 9

The largest holiday gathering of Wabanaki artists in New England will return with one-of-a-kind pieces, including some from new and nationally-acclaimed basket weavers, 9 a.m.–3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9, at the University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts. During the 29th annual Wabanaki Winter Market, dozens of Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Maliseet and Mi’kmaq artists […]

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Senior art exhibition opens Nov. 10

The 2023 University of Maine senior art exhibition opens Friday, Nov. 10, in Lord Hall, featuring more than 70 works by 14 students. The exhibition, which will be on view through Jan. 19, includes paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, digital artworks and mixed media pieces by seniors in a studio art capstone class led by assistant […]

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College art tent featured by WFVX

WFVX (Channel 7) featured a college art tent offered by the University of Maine McGillicuddy Humanities Center during the Sidewalk Art Festival in Bangor. “It gives you an opportunity to build your portfolio and then build a market,” said Freya Drew, a UMaine art education student, about participating and showcasing her work in the festival.

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UMaine Machias documentary ‘When the Chevy Breaks’ rebroadcast on Maine Public

Maine Public rebroadcast the 2019 University of Maine at Machias student film “When the Chevy Breaks (How Small Towns Fix Big Problems)” on Oct. 19. The film is available online.  The film was the third feature-length production to come out of the Downeast Documentary filmmaking course. Alan Kryszak, interdisciplinary fine arts faculty member, directed the […]

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School of Performing Arts presents ‘Rabbit Hole’ Oct. 19-22

The University of Maine School of Performing Arts Division of Theatre and Dance is bringing one of the 21st century’s most acclaimed plays to the Hauck Auditorium. “Rabbit Hole,” by David Lindsay-Abaire, will be running from Oct 19-22, with performances at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 19, 20 and 21, and at 2 p.m. Oct. 21 […]

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Lord Hall Gallery hosting experimental and electronic music concert Oct. 12

Lord Hall Gallery will present Aldrich, Norton & Ross — a Concert of Experimental and Electronic Music at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 12.  Aldrich, Norton & Ross is a trio of Maine-based musicians featuring N.B. Aldrich, also a faculty member with the University of Maine Department of Art, who plays sound recordings;  Steve Norton, who […]

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