Arts

BDN reports on UMaine project that teaches older adults to read, play music

The Bangor Daily News reported on an innovative cognitive research project that teaches older adults to read and play music. The Maine Understanding Sensory Integration and Cognition (MUSIC) Project led by University of Maine psychology professor Rebecca MacAulay and music education professor Philip Edelman, recently wrapped up pilot programs with two groups of older adults […]

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Machias Valley News Observer advances La Farge watercolor exhibit

Machias Valley News Observer reported an exhibition of watercolor paintings by Machias-based artist Margaret La Farge will be on display Aug. 16 through Sept. 29 at the University of Maine at Machias. An opening reception for the exhibition, “Interior Spaces — The Meaning of Home,” will be held 5–7 p.m. Aug. 16 in the Powers […]

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UMaine marching band to open American Folk Festival, BDN reports

The Bangor Daily News reported on the American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront’s announcement of the final six performers set for this year’s event, slated for Aug. 25–27. The University of Maine’s Pride of Maine Black Bear Marching Band, composed of more than 100 musicians, is set to kick off the festival the evening […]

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Republican Journal previews last FLOW Fort Knox event

The Republican Journal reported FLOW Fort Knox, an event series produced by the Coaction Lab in association with the intermedia MFA and new media undergraduate programs at the University of Maine and in collaboration with the Friends of Fort Knox, will culminate July 29 at the fort in Prospect. FLOW Fort Knox producer and UMaine […]

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Lord Hall Gallery to display work by two Port Clyde artists

This summer, the Lord Hall Gallery on the University of Maine campus will host exhibitions by two of Maine’s leading artists, both of whom live in Port Clyde. The Susan Groce and Antonia Small exhibits will be on display from July 24 through Sept. 22. A free public reception for the artists will be held […]

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UMaine museum mentioned in BDN article on economic activity report

The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor was included in a Bangor Daily News article about a recent study that found the city’s nonprofit art and cultural organizations in 2015 generated $10 million in economic activity and created hundreds of full-time jobs. The study, completed by the Washington D.C. lobbyist group Americans […]

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Kaye to speak about caregivers of older adults at UMMA

Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, will deliver a noontime talk July 20 at the UMaine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. Kaye’s talk, “Caregivers of Older Adults: ​America’s Unsung Heroes,” is being held in conjunction with Jason Bard Yarmosky’s “Somewhere” exhibition. The exhibit features a series of paintings, drawings […]

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Indian Island School art at the Hudson Museum

Hudson Museum exhibits ‘Art from the Indian Island School’

School’s out for summer. But printmaking art created this past winter and spring by students at the Indian Island School is on exhibit in the Hudson Museum at the Collins Center for the Arts. “Art from the Indian Island School” will be displayed in the Minsky Culture Lab through Sept. 7, when a public reception […]

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Republican Journal previews children’s art exhibit at Hutchinson Center

The Republican Journal reported the public is invited to view the “Celebrating Sprouts” children’s art exhibit on display through July 21 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. More than 24 framed artworks highlight the creativity of preschoolers ages 2 to 5. The pieces were completed during the recent school year at Broadreach […]

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