In celebration of the Collins Center for the Arts’ 30th anniversary season, the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine will open two exhibitions Sept. 12. That evening, the CCA gala will kick off the season with a concert tribute to the music of Billy Joel and Elton John, a dinner and an awards reception. […]
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The Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine will kick off its 30th season celebration Sept. 12 with a gala that includes a concert tribute to the music of Billy Joel and Elton John, a dinner and an awards reception. Piano Men: The Music of Elton and Billy begins at 8 p.m. […]
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University of Maine students are invited to take a $10 bus trip to Portland for a guided tour of the Portland Museum of Art’s exhibit, “Directors’ Cut: Selections from the Maine Art Museum Trail,” on Saturday, Sept. 19. The bus will leave from the Collins Center for the Arts parking lot at 8:30 a.m. and […]
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An invitation to “Find Yourself in the Arts” headlines the inside of the University of Maine School of Performing Arts fall 2015 brochure. The SPA is providing numerous opportunities for people to do just that. It’s staging 29 distinct theater, music and dance shows totaling 40 performances in three campus venues from September through December. […]
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The University of Maine Department of Art is accepting applications for the fall 2015 session of after-school art classes for area children in grades K–8. The ArtWorks! program provides children an opportunity to explore the world of art through hands-on experiences with a variety of visual media, as well as the history and viewing of […]
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The Portland Press Herald reported George Kinghorn, director and curator of the University of Maine Museum of Art, will lead a panel discussion about regionalism in contemporary art at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3 at the Portland Museum of Art. Kinghorn will moderate a discussion among Maine artists Lauren Fensterstock, Anna Hepler and Philip Frey […]
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The Maine Edge reported the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine is set to kick off its 30th anniversary season. “The 30th season — it’s hard to believe, but it really is very exciting,” said Danny Williams, executive director of the CCA. “For us as an organization, for the university, and […]
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The Maine Edge reported the Maine Folklife Area at the American Folk Festival on the Bangor Waterfront will celebrate the University of Maine’s 150th anniversary with programming provided by students, faculty and staff from several campus departments. The narrative stage in the folklife area will feature student performances on violin, fiddle, mandolin and guitar, as […]
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The Maine Public Broadcasting Network spoke with University of Maine art professor Michael Grillo and UMaine archivist Desiree Butterfield-Nagy as part of a series that focuses on the importance of humanities. In part three, Grillo and Butterfield-Nagy discuss the future of archives in a digital age. Both wrote articles in the special issue of Maine […]
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The Bangor Daily News advanced an audio-visual art installation at the University of Maine to commemorate the anniversary of the 70th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing. UMaine new media artists N.B. Aldrich and John Carney worked with Maine poet and musician Duane Ingalls and Japanese sound artist Adachi Tomomi on the project that was led […]
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