Monday–Friday Alumni Kimberly Convery '05 exhibits a collection of works using graphite, ink, and gouache on paper that explore implied landscapes and imaginary worlds. The use of common imagery and manufactured narrative helps create a curious familiarity. Kimberly has been working in Portland, Maine for 15 years as an artist and has exhibited in countless […]
Ushering in the ICA at MECA&D’s 2016 spring exhibition, Tinderbox merges brutally insightful visual art, contextual information nodes for public engagement, as well as an “art punk” concert. Curated by Kyle Patnaude, its premise is to look at the new role of artists and communities in establishing a dialogue towards political, cultural, and social parameters […]
Untangled: Work from Baie Sainte Marie by Rob Licht '84 Rob Licht '84 presents a series of works done while an artist-in-residence at the Baie Sainte Marie Artist and Family Residency in fall 2014. His digital photographs record his attempts to untangle and reorganize discarded fishing line found on the Nova Scotia shore and to […]
On Saturday March 6, 5:00–8:00pm the Metals Collective group exhibition Bloom & Doom, a show of Poison Rings and Tussie Mussies, opens at the Fore River Gallery. This exhibit features work by MECA&D alums Shelby Goldsmith '14, Adam Joy '94, Stephen Lubecki '02, Naomi Grace McNeill '08, Jason Morrissey '98, Jayne Redman '77, and Maria Wolff […]
Vivian Beer '00 is one of the two final competitors vying to take home the $100,000 cash prize and win Ellen DeGeneres' Design Challenge. Tune in HTGV on Monday, March 7 at 9:00pm to show your support for this MECA&D alum! View Vivian's Portfolio and Artist Statement. View Vivian's Work through out the Design Challenge […]
Ceramics Pop-up Shop Kristen Kieffer "Stamped cups. Wheel-thrown, stamped, and altered mid-range porcelain with underglaze and slip-trail deco, cone 7 oxidation." On view from Thursday, June 9 — Sunday, June 19, 2016 The Pop-up Shop will be open Wednesday–Sunday, 11:00–5:00pm and on Thursday, 11:00am–7:00pm. Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design, William […]
All degree-holding alumni with printmaking experience are invited to apply to participate in the Annual Alumni Print Session on October 7, 8, and 9 at Maine College of Art & Design. The event starts with dinner on Friday evening and continues on Saturday and Sunday from 8am to 5pm in the printmaking studios at MECA&D. Participants work in relationship to a theme. This year's Visiting Artist is […]
Process + Place Exhibition Charles Thomas Gallery, Second Floor January 10–February 28, 2017 Monday–Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm A group exhibition featuring work by alumni who participated in a 2016 artist residency at either the Stephen Pace House in Stonington, Maine or the Baie Ste Marie Artist and Family Residency in New Edinburgh, Nova Scotia. This show includes work […]