Boothbay Register published a news release announcing the first in a series of public conversations that bring together ceramic art masters, scientists and Mainers working in natural resource-based fields to examine intersections between art and contemporary environmental issues. At 5:30 p.m. July 7 at St. Patrick’s Church in Newcastle, Port Clyde lobsterman Gerry Cushman will […]
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What do a ceramic sculptor, lobsterman and climate scientist have to talk about? Find out at 5:30 p.m Friday, July 7 at St. Patrick’s Church in Newcastle. University of Maine marine scientist Bob Steneck will join Port Clyde lobsterman Gerry Cushman and artist Nancy Selvin to view images of artist Paula Winokur’s towering installations inspired […]
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The Lincoln County News published a University of Maine news release about natural science illustration workshops held at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole. For the past eight years, the center has been hosting the workshops led by David Wheeler, who taught illustration to college students in New York for over three decades before moving […]
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University of Maine Hudson Museum summer hours — from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday — are in effect through August. The museum’s Saturday hours — from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. — will resume Sept. 9. The Hudson Museum will be closed during the Fourth of July weekend, from 4 p.m. Friday, […]
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Before Emma Jandreau of Caribou, Maine decided what she wanted to do professionally, she knew she wanted to pursue a career that would help people. That goal, along with her lifelong passion for dance, led her to the University of Maine where she is pursuing a degree in communication sciences and disorders with minors in […]
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New York artist Jason Bard Yarmosky will attend two public events June 29 related to his current exhibit at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. At noon, Yarmosky will give an informal talk at the museum on “Somewhere,” his exhibit featuring a series of paintings, drawings and video that explore issues […]
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The Free Press and Bangor Daily News reported on an exhibit at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast that features photography and artwork illustrating the diverse research activities of students, faculty and staff of UMaine’s Climate Change Institute. About two-thirds of the art exhibitors are current or former CCI students, including Jill Pelto, […]
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The Ellsworth American reported Steuben sculptor and Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium founder Jesse Salisbury will introduce a newly published book, “Creating the Maine Sculpture Trail: Legacy of the Schoodic International Sculpture Symposium,” at 7 p.m. June 25 at Hammond Hall in Winter Harbor. Salisbury spearheaded five sculpture symposiums between 2007 and 2014 on the Schoodic […]
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University of Maine Science Summer Camps, which provide a fun and engaging way for children to experience science in new ways, will begin July 3. The weeklong, hands-on science immersion camps will include activities such as visiting the Emera Astronomy Center, making liquid nitrogen ice cream, racing rubber band boats, building bridges and constructing kaleidoscopes. […]
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The Bangor Daily News advanced the upcoming season of the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. The 2017–2018 season will include four Broadway touring musicals, five performances of chamber and classical music, two puppet-centric shows, and a performance by 14-year-old jazz piano prodigy Joey Alexander, according to the article. The season […]
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