Judith Long visited the studio of WABI (Channel 5) to speak about the Senior College at Belfast’s 15th annual Festival of Art. The event will be held June 1–4 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The exhibit will feature artworks in a variety of media by more than 150 amateur and professional […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on “Somewhere,” a solo exhibit by New York artist Jason Bard Yarmosky that opened May 19 at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. The show, developed in partnership with the UMaine Center on Aging and St. Joseph Healthcare Foundation, will be on display through Sept. 2. […]
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The University of Maine and School of Performing Arts are hosting the 2017 All-State Music Festival May 18–20. The festival brings together more than 500 student musicians representing 92 high schools from around the state for a series of workshops, master classes and performances. Final concerts will take place Saturday, May 20 at the Collins […]
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Orono chamber choir EUPHONY, under the direction of Francis Vogt, will present two performances of a tribute to choral conductor and composer Gregg Smith. “Now I Walk in Beauty: A Memorial Tribute to Gregg Smith” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 20 at the Church of Universal Fellowship in Orono; and 7 p.m. […]
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The Coaction Lab at the University of Maine will present “FLOW Fort Knox” in Prospect on June 24. The free, multimedia event will be held from 3 to 11 p.m. at the historic Fort Knox and Penobscot Narrows Bridge and Observatory. FLOW Fort Knox is produced by the Coaction Lab in association with the intermedia […]
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The Republican Journal reported Fort Knox State Historic Site and Penobscot Narrows Observatory in Prospect are now open for the 2017 season. Both attractions will be open daily until Oct. 31. Activities this season include a new event June 24, which will feature laser projection and performing artists produced by the Coaction Lab in association […]
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The University of Maine’s Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center will host panel discussions as part of the Northeast Connection Art and Technology Conference, May 23 and 24. The panel discussions will address “Current Ideas in Art and Technology” and “Rethinking Instruments in the Digital Age.” Both presentations are free and open to the […]
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On Dante Baskett’s first day of classes in the University of Maine School of Performing Arts, he attended a recital lab overseen by Beth Wiemann. During the lab, Wiemann mentioned a local woman, Pat Steward, who writes country songs and was looking for help putting her lyrics to music. Baskett, who has mostly made music […]
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The Portland Press Herald published a feature article on University of Maine graduate student Kaitlyn Abrams as part of its “Meet” series. Abrams, who is pursuing a master’s degree in English, is the founder and editor-in-chief of “Spire,” a new online journal of conservation and sustainability based at UMaine. The student-produced journal seeks to promote […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the photography featured in the inaugural edition of “Spire,” an online journal of conservation and sustainability based at the University of Maine. The student-produced journal seeks to promote awareness-raising dialogue to unite Maine communities to effect positive environmental change. “How do we engage with these issues of conserving of the […]
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