Yale Climate Connections published an article on Jill Pelto, a graduate student in the School of Earth and Climate Sciences at the University of Maine. Pelto creates environmental artwork as a way to communicate scientific data related to climate change. Pelto grew up immersed in nature and always loved to make art, according to the […]
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The role art plays in the lives of Maine military veterans, including works that are a means of expression for those who lived through war, is the focus of an exhibition at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. “Veteran Artists” explores the way military service affects the outlook of artists. Using art as […]
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The Republican Journal/VillageSoup advanced the “Veteran Artists” exhibit that opens with a free reception 5-7 p.m. Dec. 16 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. The exhibit explores the role that art plays in the lives of Maine military veterans.
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The University of Maine will open its 2016 Senior Art Exhibition, “MULTIFARIOUS: Artists in Flux,” with a reception from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9 at the Lord Hall Gallery. The show, which runs through Feb. 3, features 82 works of art, including paintings, drawings, etchings, silkscreens, woodcuts, sculpture, ceramics, digital paintings and photography. […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported on the annual Winter Art Factory hosted by the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. The free event was held ahead of the Festival of Lights Parade and included several stations for creating ornaments, wrapping paper and a paper lantern, according to the report. “Often times not everyone […]
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Witness Ebenezer Scrooge’s transformation from a bitter, selfish man to a joyous, generous person in “A Christmas Carol” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. Since 1979, the Nebraska Theatre Caravan, the professional touring wing of the Omaha Community Playhouse, has been performing Charles […]
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Kat Johnson, education coordinator at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor, was a recent guest on WABI (Channel 5). She spoke about the museum’s Winter Art Factory set for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3. The event, which will be held ahead of the Festival of Lights Parade, will […]
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Gabriel Frey and Suzanne Greenlaw strive to honor the tradition, celebrate the present and preserve the future of basketmaking. And the husband and wife will be selling baskets at the 22nd annual Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market on Saturday, Dec. 10, in the Hudson Museum at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University […]
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Cirque Mechanics rides into the Collins Center for the Arts on Sunday, Dec. 4 with Pedal Punk, an acrobatic circus production in which cycling is the escape from technology-obsessed society. In Pedal Punk, a zany bike shop mechanic who interacts with cyclists and bikes ultimately repairs more than broken pieces. He creates wondrous machines that […]
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The Bangor Daily News spoke with Maine artist Philip Frey about his art, career and current exhibit at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. “The obvious connection to painting is concentration,” said Frey, who has lived in Hancock since the mid-1990s. “Mindfulness helps me stay with the process of painting, and […]
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