The Weekly published a feature article on Shawn Laatsch, the new executive director of the Maynard F. Jordan Planetarium and Emera Astronomy Center at the University of Maine. Laatsch has worked in planetariums his entire career, most recently at the Imiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo, Hawaii, a facility that holds both a planetarium and a […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release announcing “Astonishing! The Songs and Stories of Broadway’s Best,” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Collins Center for the Arts. A 50-member student, faculty and alumni orchestra, as well as 30-plus vocalists, will perform selections from Broadway musicals at the third annual School […]
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The Bangor Daily News, The Maine Edge and Village Soup reported the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will open three new exhibitions for winter 2016 beginning Jan. 15. “Three-Sided Dream” by Jon Davis, “Studiolo” by Richard Whitten and “thick skinned” by Dan Dowd will be on display at the museum until […]
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Registration is open for Maine Summer Youth Music Camp (MSYM) at the University of Maine, continuing a 23-year tradition that attracts some of the state’s most talented middle school and high school musicians and performers. MSYM Junior Camp, July 10–15, and Senior Camp, July 16–24, is offered by UMaine’s School of Performing Arts and features […]
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Ben McNaboe wants performers to be inspired and audiences to be amazed. So the University of Maine graduate student in music education has organized “Astonishing! The Songs and Stories of Broadway’s Best,” to be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. A 50-member […]
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The work “thin.red.line.portrait” by Andrea “Andy” Mauery, a University of Maine sculptor and associate professor of art, was selected as one of 50 pieces for the international exhibit “CHROMA: Red Issue” in London. This is the first in a series of “CHROMA” curatorial experiments, beginning at London’s Safehouse 1, Jan. 22–24, featuring a collection of […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on a crown-making event held at the University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA) in downtown Bangor on New Year’s Eve. The free event was open to anyone who wanted to use art supplies to decorate a crown or tiara for the holiday, according to the report.
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The Bangor Daily News published a feature article on Jill Pelto of Old Town and her artwork that illustrates the effects of climate change. Pelto, who graduated in December from the University of Maine as a double major in studio art and Earth science, has been visiting the North Cascade Glaciers of Washington State with […]
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The Maine Edge reported the University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA) in downtown Bangor will offer a Winter Art Camp from 8:30 a.m. to noon Feb. 15–19 during school vacation week. Children in grades three and four will enjoy gallery games, art projects and a Friday art show and reception for family and friends. […]
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A publication that Steve Evans, an English professor at the University of Maine, contributed to was included in The New York Times 2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide. Evans wrote four essays for “Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College, 1933–1957,” the catalog for an exhibition of the same name at the Institute of Contemporary […]
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