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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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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The University of Maine College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture will host its inaugural science communication workshop, Visual Storytelling Essentials at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 3 at the Bumps Room in the Memorial Union. This workshop will teach participants to take photos and videos that they can use to show the beauty of […]
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This semester, the Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center (MHC) welcomes four new undergraduate research fellows: Chapman “Chappy” Hall, Iris Loehr, Sarah Renee Ozlanski and Katherine Ritche. This new cohort will join current fellows Paige Allen, Sebastien Chamberlain, Abigail Roberts and Willow Wind. MHC undergraduate fellows receive an award of up to $8,000 over the […]
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The Bangor Daily News shared that the University of Maine Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center and the Collins Center for the Arts will host a free public lecture with Grammy, Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur “Genius” grant winner Rhiannon Giddens and conversation with trumpet professor Jack Burt at 1 p.m. on Sept. 23 in the […]
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Faculty from the University of Maine Intermedia Programs are showcasing their latest work — a diverse array of analog and digital media demonstrating contemporary artistic practice — during their 2023 symposium at the Innovation Media and Innovative Media Research and Commercialization (IMRC) Center. The exhibition includes artwork from Sheridan Kelley Adams, Arturo Camacho, Bethany Engstrom […]
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The Cultural Affairs/Distinguished Lecture Series (CA/DLS) Committee is accepting grant applications from the University of Maine and the University of Maine at Machias to enhance the artistic, cultural and intellectual life of the campuses. Grants support up to 50% of expenses associated with cultural events and speaking engagements and lectures. To comply with the restrictions […]
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The University of Maine Clement and Linda McGillicuddy Humanities Center (MHC) and the Collins Center for the Arts will welcome Grammy, Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur “Genius” grant winner Rhiannon Giddens for a free public lecture and conversation with trumpet professor Jack Burt at 1 p.m. Sept. 23 in the Donald P. Corbett Business Building. An […]
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The Bangor Daily News and WABI-TV (CBS 5 in Bangor) reported that University of Maine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy moderated a book talk for “In Other Words, Leadership: How a Young Mother’s Weekly Letters to Her Governor Helped Both Women Brave the First Pandemic Year,” written by Shannon A. Mullen, at the Bookspace in downtown Bangor. […]
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The University of Maine Process Development Center is hosting a three–day Cellulose Nanomaterials Researchers Forum Aug. 22–24. Attendees will hear updates from researchers who are developing new applications for cellulose nanomaterials and from companies that are using them. There will also be a rapid fire Q&A session with the presenters and student poster presentations. Also […]
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