The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will host a Winter Art Factory from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. The art-making event will include several stations for wrapping, creating ornaments and other seasonal projects. The family-friendly workshop is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Kat […]
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Kat Johnson, education coordinator at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor, was a recent guest on WABI (Channel 5). Johnson spoke about the museum’s Winter Art Factory set from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. The art-making event will include several stations for wrapping, creating ornaments and other seasonal […]
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The University of Maine School of Performing Arts will present its annual Yuletide Concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6 at the Collins Center for the Arts. The holiday tradition features all the UMaine choirs including the Oratorio Society, University Singers, Collegiate Chorale and Black Bear Men’s Chorus. This year, the choral ensembles will be […]
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The University of Maine will open its 2015 Senior Art Exhibition, “The Ghosts of Carnegie Hall,” with a reception from 5:30 p.m.–7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4 at the Lord Hall Gallery. The show runs until Jan. 22, displaying paintings, sculpture, photography, digital and other artwork created by 14 UMaine studio art majors graduating in December […]
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The University of Maine Humanities Center and Collins Center for the Arts invite the public to enjoy and learn about jazz at three related jazz events Thursday, Dec. 3. A 5 p.m. reception will be held in Miller’s Cafe at the CCA before a free 5:30 p.m. demonstration and discussion by UMaine students led by […]
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The Maine Edge published a review of the University of Maine School of Performing Arts’ production of Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard.” The play, which mixes comedy and tragedy, portrays an aristocratic Russian family that loses its estate because it can’t pay the mortgage. The actors “exhibit a thoughtful understanding of the story being told […]
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The Free Press reported the Dowling Walsh Gallery in Rockland will open an exhibit of selections from the Bruce Brown Photography Collection organized by the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA). The show is half of a two-part exhibition celebrating the collection of Bruce Brown, CMCA’s curator emeritus, who began collecting works by Maine photographers […]
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George Kinghorn, director and curator of the University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA), was mentioned in an Artscope magazine article on upcoming international art fairs in Miami. Art Basel Miami Beach is the world’s leading art destination during the first week of December and several adjunct fairs are scheduled to operate that week in […]
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Theater performances at the University of Maine were included in the Bangor Daily News roundup “5 Things to do this Weekend.” UMaine’s School of Performing Arts opens the first weekend of its production of Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard,” with performances set for Friday, Nov. 7 through Sunday, Nov. 8 at Hauck Auditorium, according to […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported University of Maine students Maire Gardner and Abbie Allen, along with Portland artist Mike Lewis, painted pianos for the Queen City Piano Project. The project was organized by local arts nonprofit Launchpad, and was part of ARTober, a monthlong celebration of the arts in Bangor, according to the article. The […]
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