The December issue of Maine Home + Design includes a profile of the University of Maine Museum of Art exhibition “So Real: Selections from the Museum Collection.” The magazine’s “Showcase” story highlights the realism depicted in the “extreme commitment to detail and the portrayal of real-life events” of the works by painters, woodcarvers and embroiderers. […]
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In December, Micmac Donna Sanipass’ spectacular, detailed pinecone basket made of brown ash and sweetgrass will be raffled off at the Maine Indian Basketmakers Holiday Market. Proceeds will support the 24th annual market that will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Collins Center for the Arts at the University […]
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How did volcanic eruptions impact the flow of the Nile River and affect social unrest in Ancient Egypt? Joseph Manning, the Simpson Professor of Classics and History at Yale University, will explain in a free, public lecture at 7 p.m. Oct. 30, in 100 D.P. Corbett Business Building. Manning observed that explosive volcanic eruptions resulted […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art (UMMA) was recognized by the City of Bangor for its presence downtown and its “many contributions to the cultural, social and economic life of the community.” At its Oct. 10 meeting, Bangor City Council announced the recognition, noting that the University of Maine Art Collection was founded in […]
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The University of Maine Museum of Art has announced its fall exhibitions, running Sept. 14 through Dec. 29. Shelley Reed’s “Second Nature” is a collection of black-and-white oil paintings that “highlight essential dualities and are imbued with profound messages related to fragility, power and life’s uncertainties.” Darren Emenau’s “Olio” features handmade ceramic objects, from vessels […]
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Gabriel Frey will demonstrate the ancient tradition of brown ash and sweetgrass basketry at an artist showcase 10–11 a.m. Aug. 1, in the Hudson Museum at the Collins Center for the Arts. Frey, a 13th-generation Passamaquoddy basketmaker, also will share new directions that he’s taking the tradition. Frey specializes in pack and utility baskets. He […]
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USA Today’s 10Best featured the University of Maine Museum of Art in the article, “10 reasons you need to travel the Maine Art Museum Trail.” The trail encompasses the state’s nine leading art museums within a day’s drive of each other, allowing visitors to experience the state’s natural settings along the way that inspired some […]
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The Ellsworth American published an article on a new book about a Sullivan artist titled, “Philip Frey: Here and Now.” Over the past two decades, Frey has developed into one of Maine’s finest landscape painters, according to the article. Known as a colorist, he uses a bold palette to capture the light and moods of […]
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Cynthia Isenhour, a professor of anthropology and climate change at the University of Maine and an associate at the Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions; and Sara Lowden, an anthropology and environmental policy Ph.D. student at UMaine, were recent guests on Maine Public’s “Maine Calling” radio show. The show focused on anthropology and […]
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A toddler’s sneaker, a backpack, a copy of “El Diaro de Ana Frank.” These are some of the objects left behind by thousands of people migrating to the United States through the Sonoran Desert. Documentary photographer Michael Hyatt photographed these and other abandoned items to bear witness to a perilous — sometimes fatal — journey: […]
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