With Special Guest Ariel Dougherty, director and Women Make Movies co-founder General Admission $10 / $7 for MECA&D Faculty / $5 for MECA&D Students Screening of historic, narrative shorts from the 1970s — “Domestic Tranquility” and “Sweet Bananas” — followed by Q&A talkback with director Ariel Dougherty on the films, the history of Women Make […]
The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design (ICA at MECA&D) will be screening Art 21. There will be director introductions, Q&A, and student discussion with each viewing. Featured artists: Natalia Almada, Edgar Arceneaux, Nick Cave, Minerva Cuevas, Stan Douglas, Theaster Gates, Brian Jungen, Barbara Kasten, Liz Larner, Tala Madani, Liz […]
The Maine Film & Video Association (MFVA) will be hosting South Portland producer Lisa Quijano Wolfinger of Lone Wolf Media in a presentation of the Second Season of her most recent project, the prime time episodic drama for National PBS, Mercy Street. Wolfinger will be screening the first episode of the Second Season over a month earlier […]
Refugee Kids: One Small School Takes On the World Friday, April 7, 2017 at 7:00pm in Osher Hall Hosted by the MECA&D Diversity Committee, this event is free and open to the MECA&D community and general public. Part of First Friday Art Walk activities. Refugee Kids is a short documentary that follows students at a […]
Film: The Sacred Place Where Life Begins Thursday, July 13, 5:30pm Osher Hall, Second Floor, Porteous Miho Aida will be screening her film, The Sacred Place Where Life Begins. The film documents women in the American Arctic and their efforts to protect it. Miho is an environmental educator originally from Japan and works in the […]
This event is part of the Bluestocking Film Series— an exclusive showcase for provocative, well-produced films that feature complex female protagonists driving the narrative and leading the action.
MECA&D Film Fest Friday, April 27, 2018 at 6:00pm Osher Hall, Maine College of Art & Design *Not open to the public A juried showing of fiction, nonfiction, and experimental student films. A winner will be picked from each genre. Free admission.
Urban & Suburban Meadows: Bringing Meadowscaping to Big and Small Spaces by author and photographer Catherine Zimmerman brings into focus the amazing diversity of life that inhabits meadows as an alternative to lawns. 60 Minute Film Followed by Q & A $5 Suggested Donation: FREE for students. Osher Lecture Hall at MECA&D, 2nd Floor. For […]
Over the past semester, our storytellers honed their skills while seeking out the narratives of people in Maine and beyond.