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EXHIBITION: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado

Selma Wolf Black Great Hall, Portland Museum of Art 7 Congress Square, Portland

A selected exhibition of photographs by photographer Sebastião Salgado. >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<

EXHIBITION: Everyday Maine

Michael Klahr Center, UMA University of Maine Augusta, 46 University Drive, Augusta

An exhibition featuring over 190 photographs from 74 Maine photographers. Curated by Bruce Brown, the exhibit features a joyous collection of Maine’s diversity across ability, economics, gender, geography, national origin, […]

EXHIBITION: Home: Reflections on Place

Rhines Auditorium, Portland Public Library 5 Monument Way, Portland

Home: Reflections on Place is an art exhibit of work created by New Mainers.   Home brings together artists who are first-generation Americans to explore the idea of personal residence […]

EXHIBITION: Dorothea Rabkin: Tragedy to Transformation

Dorothy and Leo Rabkin Foundation 13 Brown St., Portland

Dorothea Rabkin & her sister Rose Dorothea Rabkin (1921-2008), fled post-war Berlin with her twin sister, Rose. They had been hidden throughout World War II by brave families who risked themselves to […]

EXHIBITION: IXNOS

USM Glickman Library, Reading Room, 7th floor 314 Forest Ave., Portland

IXNOS (which means “trace” in Greek) will focus on Lesvos, one of the most significant locations involved in the current worldwide movement of migrants and refugees. This year Portland celebrates its […]

EXHIBITION: Out of the Fog: Retracing the Path to Greenland

Maine Women Writers Collection 716 Stevens Ave., Portland

Pairing Iceblink, a project by artist Carrie Scanga, with the archival source materials from Marie Peary Stafford’s papers that inspired Scanga’s work, this exhibit explores the personal and societal projections […]

EXHIBITION: Flight | Alison Hildreth

SPEEDWELL 630 Forest Avenue, Portland

Alison's sources are often derived from literature and history. In her current body of work she has been combining disparate ideas concerning migrations, refugees, medical drawings, astronomy, architectural traces, and […]

THEATER: Refuge Malja ملجأ

Portland Stage 25 Forest Ave., Portland

When a Jewish-American war photographer feels compelled to assist a young refugee who steps in front her camera, she calls an old friend to translate but hesitates to reveal why […]

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EXHIBITION: Peter Turnley: Refugees | Bates College Museum of Art

Olin Arts Center, Bates College 75 Russell St., Lewiston

Peter Turnley (American, b. 1955) is a photojournalist known for documenting the human condition and current events. Over the last thirty years, Turnley has photographed some of the world’s most […]

Empower the Immigrant Woman Conference

USM Wishcamper Center 34 Bedford St., Portland

With a mission to “Empower, Educate & Inspire the Immigrant Woman”, EIW works to motivate Maine’s immigrant women to, with the League of Women Voters, highlight voting engagement issues specific […]

BOOKS: I’m Your Neighbor at the Harlow Gallery

Harlow Gallery 100 Water Street, Hallowell

          Welcoming Immigrants with Literature As part of the Maine Migrations statewide celebration, we are honoring the contribution that children’s literature plays in the larger immigration […]

MUSIC + POETRY: Arabic Culture Night | Cony High School

Cony High School 60 Pierce Drive, Augusta

Arabic Culture Night Featuring Music by Jawad Al-Fatlawi and Poetry by Kifah Abdullah. This event is co- sponsored by the Capital Area New Mainers Project and Augusta English-Languae Learners Program […]