Museums

UMaine Museum of Art Philip Frey exhibit to open Sept. 23

The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will open “Philip Frey: Parallels” on Sept. 23. “Parallels” features a new assortment of oil paintings by Maine artist Philip Frey. The artist, most known for his expressive images of the Maine landscape, provides varied glimpses of other subjects and approaches in this exhibition including […]

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Maine Art Museum Trail featured in Providence Journal, Boston.com

The Providence Journal published an article on the Maine Art Museum Trail titled, “Tourism trail highlights Maine’s brush with artistic greatness.” The stunning beauty and dramatic power of the Maine landscape have inspired generations of American artists, according to the article. Visitors can take their own art-filled journey to see the work of these artists […]

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BDN previews Collins Center for the Arts season, opening gala

The Bangor Daily News advanced the 2016–2017 season of the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. The season is slated to feature everything from Broadway musicals to chamber music to world-class dance, comedy and more, according to the article. The season kicks off with the CCA’s annual gala featuring “The Capitol […]

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UMMA to offer new trivia program, Maine Edge reports

The Maine Edge reported the University of Maine Museum of Art will kick off a new programming series aimed at bringing people to the museum to test their knowledge. “BrainyArt,” will begin 6–8 p.m. Sept. 8 at UMMA in downtown Bangor. The event is for adults 21 and older, and the suggested donation is $5. […]

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Artist to deliver Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture Sept. 27

The Honors College at the University of Maine will present the TIAA-CREF 2016–2017 Distinguished Honors Graduate Lecture with artist Mark Pettegrow on Tuesday, Sept. 27. Pettegrow will present “Fairing the Edge: In Search of Eloquent Form,” at 3:30 p.m. in Neville Hall, Room 101. In addition, an exhibition featuring several of Pettegrow’s sculptures will be […]

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Press Herald interviews UMMA director about ‘Contemporary Currents’

George Kinghorn, director of the University of Maine Museum of Art, was quoted in a Portland Press Herald piece about the show “Contemporary Currents: Nine New Brunswick Artists” that opens Sept. 23 at the downtown Bangor museum. Kinghorn says he was given the keys to a Canadian art vault and told he could borrow whatever […]

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Gary Greenberg ceramic sculpture exhibit to open Sept. 30 in Lord Hall Gallery

The Lord Hall Gallery at the University of Maine presents an exhibition of humorous and politically charged ceramic sculpture by internationally known artist Gary Greenberg. “THINGS RE: Stuff” runs from Sept. 30 through Nov. 11 in the Lord Hall Gallery. An artist’s reception will be held 5:30–7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30. Greenberg will give a […]

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UMaine Museum of Art exhibit to feature nine New Brunswick artists

The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will open “Contemporary Currents: Nine New Brunswick Artists” on Sept. 23. The exhibit highlights a diversity of creative approaches and genres — from representational to conceptual — by artists from throughout New Brunswick. Also varied is the range of media, which includes ceramic, photography, oil […]

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Ulrich to discus how diaries, quilts give insight into mid-1800s Maine

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Pulitzer Prize winner and Harvard history professor, will deliver the lecture, “Patty’s Sampler and Phebe’s Quilt: Traces of Maine in the American West” at 12:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 14, at the Collins Center for the Arts. Ulrich demonstrates how the diaries, letters and needlework of Patty Sessions and Phebe Woodruff suggest new […]

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Faulkner, Borns quoted in BDN article on new Milo museum

Hal Borns, professor emeritus of geology and founding director of the Climate Change Institute at the University of Maine, and Gretchen Faulkner, director of the Hudson Museum at UMaine, were quoted in a Bangor Daily News article about a new natural history museum in Milo. Retired telecommunications engineer Tom Harrigan and his wife have opened […]

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