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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Osher Hall, second floor at Maine College of Art & Design March 30, 6:00–8:30pm Open to the public, free MECA&D is pleased to be hosting an evening with Wu Man and the Shanghai Quartet on Wednesday, March 30th at 6:15 pm in Osher Hall. There will be a viewing of Wu Man's short film and a […]
Free and open to the public. Lugo attended the Art Institute of Chicago, earned a BFA with a concentration in ceramics at Kansas City Art Institute, and earned a MFA at Pennsylvania State University. Most recently Lugo spoke at the 2015 NCECA conference as a part of their emerging artists lectures. Lugo has exhibited at […]
Jared Paul will be appearing at the Institute of Contemporary Art at 6:00pm on Thursday, April 7, to coincide with National Poetry Month. Jared will perform several of his long-form performance poems, as well as discuss the context and mechanics of a life straddling DIY creativity and DIY activism. An open Question & Answer mediated […]