Latest Past Events

Tinderbox

Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design, first floor

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 […]

Visiting Artist Lecture: Paul Sacaridiz, Director of Haystack

Osher Hall, Maine College of Art & Design, 2nd Floor 522 Congress St., Portland

Paul Sacaridiz is the Executive Director of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts on Deer Isle, Maine. From 2007-2015 he served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Art at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and has extensive experience higher education, administration and leadership in not-for-profit arts organizations. Sacaridiz has been named a fellow with the […]

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Visiting Artist Lecture: Amber Hawk Swanson, Video/Performance Artist

Osher Hall, Maine College of Art & Design, 2nd Floor 522 Congress St., Portland

Free and open to the public. Amber Hawk Swanson explores the interplay between repulsion, desire, and surrender. She relies on spatial and temporal relationships inherent in ritualized settings such as weddings, rollerskating rinks, and American-football tailgating parties. Each of her selected scenarios evokes nostalgia and camaraderie in spaces where the human impulses of curiosity, longing, […]