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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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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