The Bangor Daily News reported on a current art exhibit by Susan Smith, who teaches in the Master of Fine Art program in intermedia at the University of Maine and is the coordinator of the Lord Hall Gallery on campus. Smith’s show, “The Botany of Sacrifice,” is on display at the Waterfall Arts in Belfast […]
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Four public concerts featuring contemporary compositions performed by University of Maine faculty and visiting artists will highlight the 2015 Society of Composers Conference on campus, Oct. 22–24. The Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI) is a nearly 1,500-member national organization that focuses on new and contemporary music composition and performance. The regional event at UMaine will […]
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“From the Top with Host Christopher O’Riley,” a showcase for young musicians that is broadcast weekly on Maine Public Radio, will be recorded live at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25 at the University of Maine Collins Center for the Arts. Renowned violinists and American fiddlers Mark and Maggie O’Connor will perform with talented classical musicians, […]
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The Maine Edge spoke with Maine humorist Tim Sample ahead of his two appearances as part of the University of Maine’s 150th anniversary celebration Saturday, Oct. 17, during Homecoming Weekend. At 7 p.m., Sample, will read passages from Stephen King’s new short story “Drunken Fireworks.” Sample, who narrated the recently released audiobook, also will talk […]
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Bangor’s Classic Rock Station I-95 (95.7 FM) advanced University of Maine Homecoming events slated for Oct. 16–18, including the Craft Fair, athletic events, star shows, performances and Open University Day. More information about Homecoming and Open University Day is online.
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An excerpt from “Until the War Is Over,” a chamber opera by composer Beth Wiemann, University of Maine professor of music and chair of the Music Division of the School of Performing Arts, and poet Jennifer Moxley, UMaine professor of English, will be performed at the New in November festival, Nov. 15 in Hartford, Connecticut, […]
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The Portland Phoenix reported Owen Smith, a new media professor at the University of Maine, has art in the exhibition, “You Can’t Get There From Here: The 2015 Portland Museum of Art Biennial.” The exhibit, curated by Alison Ferris, accentuates the artistic process at play in the contemporary art scene in Maine, according to the […]
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Laurie Hicks, a University of Maine art professor and curator of the Lord Hall Gallery on campus, spoke with The Maine Edge about two related exhibitions the Department of Art will present as part of the 2015 Maine Photo Project. “Visualizing Home and Homelessness” includes more than 60 photographs that represent investigations into the concepts […]
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The University of Maine Department of Art will present two related exhibitions as part of the 2015 Maine Photo Project. A juried exhibition will feature the work of 19 Maine photographers, while “Young Photographers” will include work by 14 artists from Orono middle and high schools, as well as the Carleton Project and Shaw House, […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on an interactive exhibition at the University of Maine Museum of Art by Paul Myoda, a Japanese-American artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. Myoda creates sculptures investigating the transformative qualities of light, according to the article. “For many years I’ve been working with light as a material for sculpture. People […]
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