The Portland Press Herald, WABI (Channel 5), Ellsworth American and Sun Journal advanced Stephen King’s Nov. 7 appearance at the Collins Center for the Arts. The author will talk about his days as a student at the University of Maine and read from his new book, “Hearts in Suspension.” The 373-page book, published by the […]
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The Republican Journal in Belfast promoted “ENCAUSTIC — wax+heat,” a nine-person group exhibit at the H. Alan and Sally Fernald Art Gallery at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast.
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Metalsmith Ellen Wieske will offer a free public presentation at 7 p.m. Oct. 18 as part of Tuesdays at the IMRC, the Intermedia MFA visiting artist lecture series. Weiske is an artist and educator who works in many materials and exhibits internationally. She has been assistant director at Haystack since 2003 and her studio, Dowstudio, […]
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The University of Maine’s Homecoming 2016 will be celebrated with several events on campus Friday through Sunday, Oct. 14–16. A special highlight this year will be the dedication of the Professor Michael H. Lewis Painting Studio in the Wyeth Family Studio Art Center on campus. The dedication event begins at noon Saturday, Oct. 15 in […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor was mentioned in a Maine Edge article about ARTober, a monthlong celebration of arts and culture in the city. Fall exhibits at the museum were included in a list of some of the ARTober events. “Contemporary Currents: Nine New Brunswick Artists” will showcase a variety […]
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Nine University of Maine art students will be thinking big Oct. 8 when they take their printmaking to Belfast for a Steamroller Print Party, organized by Waterfall Arts. The students in the intermediate and advanced print classes taught by art professor Susan Groce will join other artists and members of the community for the 10 […]
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A cast of 23 will bring “Big Love” to the University of Maine to open the School of Performing Arts theatre season Oct. 21. The UMaine production of the postmodern comedy, written by Charles Mee and based on an ancient Greek tragedy, is directed by Professor of Theatre Tom Mikotowicz. Performances in Hauck Auditorium will […]
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Boston magazine published an article about the 18-year art project of Amy Stacey Curtis, who teaches a class on professional development for artists in the University of Maine’s New Media Department. The project began in 1998 when Curtis decided to produce a series of nine shows over the course of 18 years — her solo-biennials, […]
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WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on “Contemporary Currents: Nine New Brunswick Artists,” an exhibit opening Sept. 23 at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. The exhibit highlights a diversity of creative approaches and genres — from representational to conceptual — by artists from throughout New Brunswick. Also varied […]
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The town of Veazie and University of Maine sculptor Greg Ondo are commemorating the removal of the Veazie dam with a two-hour event Sept. 30 in Riverside Community Park. The free public event, Art in the Park, from 5–7 p.m., will feature live fiddle music by Ellie May Shufro, a demonstration by fiber artist Samantha […]
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