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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Owen Smith, a new media professor and director of the Intermedia MFA program at the University of Maine, was one of the artists featured in a Boston Globe review of the Portland Museum of Art’s exhibition, “You Can’t Get There From Here: The 2015 Portland Museum of Art Biennial.” Smith’s piece is made of four […]
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The Bangor Daily News, WLBZ (Channel 2), WABI (Channel 5) and The Maine Edge reported the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will extend its free admission policy for the public in 2016 and 2017 as the result of a gift from Deighan Wealth Advisors. The Bangor-based wealth management firm has a […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will extend its free admission policy for the public in 2016 and 2017 as the result of a gift from Deighan Wealth Advisors. The Bangor-based wealth management firm has a history of supporting the arts in the region and state. It is a longtime sponsor […]
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Briar Pelletier, a University of Maine art history major from Lewiston, Maine, will study this spring at Hirosaki University in Aomori, Japan to learn about cross-cultural perspectives in contemporary Japanese woodblock printing. While abroad, she will be working on her capstone thesis “Art as Ambassadorship,” as well as assisting in a woodblock print exchange between […]
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WABI (Channel 5) covered the 2015 Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market held at the Hudson Museum located in the Collins Center for the Arts. The market featured members of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance who have received national awards as well as artists representing the next generation of weavers. More than 50 artists were at […]
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Multiple University of Maine events were included in the Bangor Daily News roundup “5 Things to do this Weekend.” Weekend performances included in the article were indie rockers Vundabar and Wyld Lyfe at the IMRC Center on Friday and Irish ensemble Danu’s holiday show at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Collins Center for the Arts. […]
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WABI (Channel 5) reported the 2015 Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12 in the Hudson Museum located at the Collins Center for the Arts. The free-admission market features members of the Maine Indian Basketmakers Alliance who have received national awards as well as artists […]
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WVII (Channel 7) reported on the Winter Art Factory held at the University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA) in downtown Bangor. The art-making event included several stations for wrapping, creating ornaments and other seasonal projects. The family-friendly event was free and open to the public. “We try and get everybody of all ages because […]
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The Maine Edge published a University of Maine news release about the 2015 Senior Art Exhibition, “The Ghosts of Carnegie Hall” in the Lord Hall Gallery on campus. The show runs until Jan. 22, displaying paintings, sculpture, photography, digital and other artwork created by 14 UMaine studio art majors graduating in December or in the […]
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