‘Off the Wall’ Exhibition
In 1966, German-born American sculptor Eva Hesse attached a seemingly simple long metal cord to a canvas that dramatically transformed a painting into a sculpture.
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STILL STANDING: The Abyssinian Meeting House Story Archive
ICA at MECA&D 522 Congress St., Portland, Maine, United StatesThe Public Engagement Program at Maine College of Art & Design presents the exhibition STILL STANDING, The Abyssinian Meeting House Story Archive, to be held at Maine College of Art & Design.
Performance: ‘The Poets and the Assassin’
"The story of Iranian women, including their century-old battle for rights, remains with the few exceptions, untold. Though they have been in the forefront of the national struggle for independence, liberty and democracy in Iran, and have been among the most educated and most independent women in the Middle East-they entered universities in 1936 and gained the right to vote in 1963-to those in the West, their lives stay, for most part, in purdah, hidden and veiled in mystery.
Linda Casbon: Visiting Artist Lecture
Osher Hall, Maine College of Art & Design, 2nd Floor 522 Congress St., Portland, ME, United StatesBrooklyn artist Linda Casbon constructs functional clay objects and large-scale ceramic sculpture.
Rebecca Hannon: Visiting Artist Lecture
Rebecca Hannon Thursday, February 22, 12–1pm Osher Hall, Second Floor, Porteous Free, Open to the Public “I work in series and find each new grouping a challenge to create tension […]
Rollin Leonard: Visiting Artist Lecture
A Portland, Maine and Los Angeles based photographer and video artist, Rollin Leonard uses arcane and idiosyncratic techniques and materials to create offbeat and provocative portraits and images of the human figure.
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Helen Carnac: Visiting Artist Lecture
Osher Hall, Maine College of Art & Design, 2nd Floor 522 Congress St., Portland, ME, United StatesHelen Carnac is a maker and curator who lives and works in London.
Eric Anang: Visiting Artist Lecture
Osher Hall, Maine College of Art & Design, 2nd Floor 522 Congress St., Portland, ME, United StatesEric Anang is a Ghanaian sculptor and fantasy coffin carpenter. He was born in Teshie, Ghana, where he lives and runs the Kane Kwei Carpentry Workshop.