WABI (Channel 5) reported on the University of Maine’s Hudson Museum exhibit, “Wabanaki Portraits from the Indian Island School.” The exhibit features Andy Warhol-inspired photographic silkscreen self-portraits created by eighth-graders at the Indian Island School. Several Warhol pieces on loan from the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor also are included in the […]
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The Maine Edge published a review of “4 Contemporary Sound Poets,” a new audio DVD produced at the University of Maine’s IMRC Center. The DVD includes sound poetry by Tomomi Adachi, a noted Japanese artist and performer; Owen Smith, a new media professor and director of the Intermedia MFA program at UMaine; Duane Ingalls, an […]
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The Lord Hall Gallery at the University of Maine presents an exhibition of the rich and compelling photographs of Heath Paley. “Picturing Downtown Maine,” which runs from July 22 through Sept. 23, includes a selection of large-scale photographs that paint a portrait of Maine’s community life. The images, created between 2009 and 2014, come from […]
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Eighth-graders at the Indian Island School created Andy Warhol-inspired photographic silkscreen self-portraits for their graduation shots. The student pop art productions, along with several Warhol pieces on loan from the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor, are on exhibit in the Minsky Culture Lab in Hudson Museum at the University of Maine. Michael […]
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Read transcript Alumna Katie Keaton, ’16, embraced her undergraduate experience as a theatre major with a double minor in dance and business management. For Keaton, immersing herself in the performing arts at UMaine — both onstage and backstage — made her happy. The Caribou, Maine native was deeply involved in various UMaine clubs and organizations. She was a […]
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Jackson’s Art Blog, a website of Jackson’s Art Supplies, published an interview with Susan Groce, an art professor at the University of Maine. The article referred to Groce as “one of the pioneers of environmentally safer printmaking in the United States.” After spending time at Edinburgh Printmakers at the start of the nontoxic printmaking movement, […]
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The Ellsworth American published an article on a sculpture garden at the University of Maine. Jane Diamond Littlefield and her husband, Kelly, owners of the Littlefield Gallery in Winter Harbor, created the garden at UMaine in honor of Diamond Littlefield’s father, the late Nathaniel “Nat” Diamond. Nat Diamond was a devoted father, dedicated and inspired […]
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Mount Desert Islander reported Jack Burt, a professor of music at the University of Maine, will play trumpet during a free concert by the Bar Harbor Brass Week faculty and select alumni in Bar Harbor. The concert will be held at The Criterion Theatre at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 25 in celebration of Acadia National […]
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The Lord Hall Gallery at the University of Maine was mentioned in the Portland Press Herald article, “Heath Paley’s ‘weirdly interesting’ photos capture diversity of Maine downtowns.” The Portland-based fine-art photographer creates a single large-scale image — some as large as 8 feet wide and often mounted on aluminum — from a series of overlapping […]
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The University of Maine is offering a variety of youth camps throughout the summer. Programs are held at both on- and off-campus locations and are available for a variety of ages. Camps focus on topics including music, sports, science, art, writing, engineering and outdoor skills. Information about specific camps is online.
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