Migrations: Poetry at SPACE

SPACE Gallery 538 Congress St., Portland, ME, United States

A diverse collection of poets who live in Maine read and perform work that tracks the traces, paths, and pathways of various kinds of migration. All of the participating poets […]

LECTURE: Piro Rexhepi | Colby College

Diamond 343, Colby College 4000 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME, United States

Piro Rexhepi | Geopolitical Whiteness: Euro-Atlantic Integration and the Postsocialist Assembling of Race and Sexuality to Control Migration in the Balkans As the final integration of the Western Balkans into […]

RECEPTION: Open Studios at Monson Arts Center

Monson Arts Center N Main St., Monson, ME, United States

Stop by the Monson Arts Center from 3-5PM to see what’s been happening in the studios during the October residency session. Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways featured artist Maria Patricia […]

Eric Gottesman: Visiting Artist Lecture

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

Since 1999 he has been working in and around the Middle East and Africa collaborating with communities to produce photographs and videos that often challenge preexisting images and perceptions of a culture and/or place as well as the concept of singular artistic authorship

EXHIBITION: A Nation of Immigrants: Home Lost, Home Found

Harlow Gallery 100 Water Street, Hallowell, ME, United States

This is a raw and fraught time in the world as we struggle to respond to the fact that 65 million people have been displaced from their homes. What is […]

SYMPOSIUM: Art + Politics | Maine College of Art & Design

Maine College of Art & Design 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, United States

Leaders in the art community will speak on the role of art in cultivating spaces for civic engagement on controversial topics and sparking social change. Break-out groups led by local […]

CONVERSATION: Positive Proof: Contributions from our Immigrant Community

Portland Stage 25 Forest Ave., Portland, ME, United States

A discussion with members of the immigrant community from entrepreneurs to teachers. Following the 4pm matinee of Refuge Malja ملجأ at Portland Stage.   >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events […]

CONVERSATION: Children of War: The Young Refugee Experience

Portland Stage 25 Forest Ave., Portland, ME, United States

Artistic Perspective discussion following the 2pm matinee of Refuge Malja ملجأ at Portland Stage inviting immigrant community members to talk about what they left behind.   >> Click here to return to […]

FILM: El Mar La Mar

SPACE Gallery 538 Congress St., Portland, ME, United States

An immersive and enthralling journey through the Sonoran Desert on the U.S.-Mexico border, EL MAR LA MAR weaves together harrowing oral histories from the area with hand-processed 16mm images of […]