‘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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Meet the Residencies: New date
ICA at MECA&D 522 Congress St., Portland, Maine, United StatesMeet the Residencies Representatives from Maine artist residencies will offer an overview of their various programs. Meet the Residencies will be held at Maine College of Art & Design on Tuesday, January 23 from 5:30pm–7:00pm in the ICA at MECA&D. Presenters include the Hewnoaks Artist Colony, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Monhegan Artist Residency, MECA&D Residencies, […]
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.
ME Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition
Maine Region Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition at Maine College of Art & Design January 27–February 10, 2018 Porteous, First Floor The Maine Region Scholastic Art Award Exhibition features juried work submitted by 7th to 12th graders who are attending schools in Maine. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious […]
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The Peoples State of the Union Story Circle
Artists at Work Project Space 522 Congress St., Portland, ME, United StatesThe Peoples State of the Union Story Circle, in conjunction with the exhibition Still Standing: The Abyssinian Meeting House Story Archive. The Peoples State of the Union Story Circle February 3, 2018 from 3pm–6pm Opens Friday (Artwalk), February 2, 2018 On view January 24—February 24, 2018 Artists at Work Project Space, 522 Congress Stress Free […]
Visiting Artist Lecture: Mary Murray
Osher Hall, Maine College of Art & Design, 2nd Floor 522 Congress St., Portland, ME, United StatesMary Murray has been curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at MWPAI since September 1991.
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Navigating Ad Land: Stephanie Shore, CMO of Moo
MOO is an award-winning online print and design company. Moo prints millions of cards a month and has hundreds of thousands of customers in more than 190 countries.
Matthew Day Jackson: Visiting Artist Lecture
Osher Hall, Maine College of Art & Design, 2nd Floor 522 Congress St., Portland, ME, United StatesMatthew Day Jackson’s multifaceted practice encompasses sculpture, painting, collage, photography, drawing, video, performance and installation.
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.