Arts

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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Sculptor in residence, Wabanaki basketmaker delivering talk Oct. 4

This year’s Littlefield Gallery sculptor in residence, Penobscot artist Sarah Sockbeson, will deliver a free illustrated lecture at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4, in the Hudson Museum at the Collins Center of the Arts.  Sockbeson creates contemporary brown ash and sweetgrass baskets using traditional techniques and materials. She seeks to protect and preserve an […]

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Intermedia students projecting animated art on walls of Fort Knox

Graduate students from University of Maine Intermedia Programs will project digital animations on the walls inside Fort Knox from 10:30 a.m.–noon Saturday, Sept. 30.  The artwork in the exhibition, titled “A Work of Light and Shadows,” was created using specialized software and projectors to create a digital skin that can be applied to irregular surfaces […]

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