Two students in the University of Maine Intermedia MFA Program will present their work at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor at 1 p.m. April 26. Alicia Champlin will discuss her recent performance installation, “MOTIVE,” in the context of a research-based experimental practice. The performance, which took place in December 2016, was […]
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The Portland Press Herald published a review of two current exhibits at the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor — Jared Cowan’s “The Life of David” and Siobhan McBride’s “Four Hour Fortune Cookie.” The author wrote the two shows struck him as an “unlikely but surprisingly well-matched pair.” “The Life of David” […]
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The city of Bangor was included in the Matador Network’s 2017 list of the “24 coolest towns in the USA.” Instead of relying on data, the list was created using “people’s stories from the road,” according to the article. “Ultimately what we sought was originality,” the article states. “The kind of place you’d be stoked […]
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The Republican Journal advanced the March 13 opening of the Penobscot Marine Museum’s historic photography exhibits “Acadia National Park: A Postcard View” and “The History of Postcards” at the H. Allen Fernald Gallery of the University of Maine’s Hutchinson Center. The exhibits runs through May 22. “Acadia National Park: A Postcard View” features Eastern Illustrating […]
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The third annual Maine Science Festival is March 16–19 with events throughout downtown Bangor and in Hampden, and the University of Maine is one of the event partners. Again this year, several members of the UMaine community will be leading workshops and participating in the weekend that draws science, innovation and creative achievement enthusiasts of […]
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Pieces of art by students — from preschoolers to high school seniors from about 40 area schools — now on exhibit at the Bangor Mall will be displayed at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor in April. “It’s definitely an opportunity that many students would not have to have their artwork publicly […]
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The Bangor Daily News advanced the third Maine Science Festival set for March 16–19 at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor. Linda Silka, a senior fellow at the University of Maine’s Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions, has been a board member and volunteer for the festival since it began. “It’s so important […]
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Kathleen Ellis, an adjunct assistant professor in the University of Maine’s Honors College, will teach a poetry workshop in March at the Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, The Courier-Gazette reported. Ellis, who also is a lecturer in UMaine’s English department, is an award-winning author of five collections of poetry. Her most recent work is “Narrow […]
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In 1979 and 1980, the late University of Maine archeologist Brian Robinson collected a range of traditional artifacts on a trip through the Amazonian rainforest in Peru. Robinson, who was an associate professor in UMaine’s Department of Anthropology and the Climate Change Institute, died last fall after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Now, visitors to […]
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In many cities around the world, the ancient past and modern present blend seamlessly into a hundreds-of-years long story of continuous urban growth and decline. In Cusco, Peru, the stone walls of the Inca capital city serve as the foundations of 16th century Spanish colonial buildings which currently house modern restaurants and shops. And in […]
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