Two current University of Maine Museum of Art exhibits were mentioned in the Art New England magazine article, “A long look at time: The rise of camera-less photography.” The camera-less photography movement is motivated by a desire to bring back a medium “under siege by whiz-bang technology,” the article states. Leading the way is UMMA, […]
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The Republican Journal reported the opening of the Penobscot Marine Museum’s photography exhibits at the Hutchinson Center. “The Allure of the Lighthouse: The Postcard View” and “A Way of Life: The Fishing Families of Stonington” will be on display at the H. Allen and Sally Fernald Art Gallery from Oct. 17 to Jan. 19. The […]
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The Hudson Museum at the University of Maine will show the documentary film “The Destruction of Memory” at 7 p.m. Oct. 5 in the Collins Center for the Arts. The screening is free and open to the public. This film, offered in conjunction with Maine Archaeology Month, looks at the urgent issue of cultural destruction. […]
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The Bangor Daily News reported on five exhibitions slated to open Sept. 15 at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. The exhibits “provide a wealth of different colors, textures, attitudes and approaches to experience, from boldly abstract camera-less photography to bright, sensual, figurative paintings,” the article states. Photography is a medium […]
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Kennebec Journal, WABI (Channel 5) and WVII (Channel 7) reported on Bug Maine-ia at the Maine State Museum in Augusta. Staff from the University of Maine Cooperative Extension and Hudson Museum were among the 24 presenters at the annual educational event featuring live insects. UMaine Extension staff taught children how to identify and safely remove […]
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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). She spoke about the museum’s Tee Party to mark the end of summer, which will be held 5:30–7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 31. Guests — ages 21 and older — are asked to […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor was included in a Bangor Daily News article about a recent study that found the city’s nonprofit art and cultural organizations in 2015 generated $10 million in economic activity and created hundreds of full-time jobs. The study, completed by the Washington D.C. lobbyist group Americans […]
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Len Kaye, director of the University of Maine Center on Aging, will deliver a noontime talk July 20 at the UMaine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor. Kaye’s talk, “Caregivers of Older Adults: America’s Unsung Heroes,” is being held in conjunction with Jason Bard Yarmosky’s “Somewhere” exhibition. The exhibit features a series of paintings, drawings […]
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School’s out for summer. But printmaking art created this past winter and spring by students at the Indian Island School is on exhibit in the Hudson Museum at the Collins Center for the Arts. “Art from the Indian Island School” will be displayed in the Minsky Culture Lab through Sept. 7, when a public reception […]
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University of Maine Hudson Museum summer hours — from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday — are in effect through August. The museum’s Saturday hours — from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. — will resume Sept. 9. The Hudson Museum will be closed during the Fourth of July weekend, from 4 p.m. Friday, […]
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