Museums

UMMA to take part in Winter WigOut Weekend, BDN reports

The Bangor Daily News reported the University of Maine Museum of Art will host an event as part of downtown Bangor’s Winter WigOut Weekend. The museum’s Wigtopia will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 and will include snacks, beer, wine, wig-themed games such as toss the hair bun, prizes for most […]

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UMMA winter exhibits advanced in media

The Bangor Daily News, The Maine Edge and Village Soup reported the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will open three new exhibitions for winter 2016 beginning Jan. 15. “Three-Sided Dream” by Jon Davis, “Studiolo” by Richard Whitten and “thick skinned” by Dan Dowd will be on display at the museum until […]

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UMaine students to perform Broadway’s best

Ben McNaboe wants performers to be inspired and audiences to be amazed. So the University of Maine graduate student in music education has organized “Astonishing! The Songs and Stories of Broadway’s Best,” to be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University of Maine. A 50-member […]

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WVII reports on UMMA New Year’s Eve crown-making event

WVII (Channel 7) reported on a crown-making event held at the University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA) in downtown Bangor on New Year’s Eve. The free event was open to anyone who wanted to use art supplies to decorate a crown or tiara for the holiday, according to the report.

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UMMA to offer Winter Art Camp, Maine Edge reports

The Maine Edge reported the University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA) in downtown Bangor will offer a Winter Art Camp from 8:30 a.m. to noon Feb. 15–19 during school vacation week. Children in grades three and four will enjoy gallery games, art projects and a Friday art show and reception for family and friends. […]

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Publication Evans contributed to included in New York Times gift guide

A publication that Steve Evans, an English professor at the University of Maine, contributed to was included in The New York Times 2015 Holiday Gift Ideas and Guide. Evans wrote four essays for “Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College, 1933–1957,” the catalog for an exhibition of the same name at the Institute of Contemporary […]

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Media report on UMMA free admission extension

The Bangor Daily News, WLBZ (Channel 2), WABI (Channel 5) and The Maine Edge reported the University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will extend its free admission policy for the public in 2016 and 2017 as the result of a gift from Deighan Wealth Advisors. The Bangor-based wealth management firm has a […]

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UMMA extends free admission with support from Bangor-based firm

The University of Maine Museum of Art in downtown Bangor will extend its free admission policy for the public in 2016 and 2017 as the result of a gift from Deighan Wealth Advisors. The Bangor-based wealth management firm has a history of supporting the arts in the region and state. It is a longtime sponsor […]

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Briar Pelletier

Briar Pelletier: Exploring art from Maine to Japan

Briar Pelletier, a University of Maine art history major from Lewiston, Maine, will study this spring at Hirosaki University in Aomori, Japan to learn about cross-cultural perspectives in contemporary Japanese woodblock printing. While abroad, she will be working on her capstone thesis “Art as Ambassadorship,” as well as assisting in a woodblock print exchange between […]

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