‘Off the Wall’ Opening Reception

Off the Wall On view from January 18 - February 23, 2018 Exhibition Reception: Thursday, January 18, 2018, 5:00–7:00pm Rosy Keyser, 'Skeleton' In 1966, German-born American sculptor Eva Hesse attached a seemingly simple long metal cord to a canvas that dramatically transformed a painting into a sculpture. Such a simple act revolutionized our understanding of what […]

Meet the Residencies: New date

ICA at MECA&D 522 Congress St., Portland, Maine, United States

 Meet the Residencies Representatives from Maine artist residencies will offer an overview of their various programs. Meet the Residencies will be held at Maine College of Art & Design on Tuesday, January 23 from 5:30pm–7:00pm in the ICA at MECA&D. Presenters include the Hewnoaks Artist Colony, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Monhegan Artist Residency, MECA&D Residencies, […]

ME Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition

Maine Region Scholastic Art Awards Exhibition at Maine College of Art & Design January 27–February 10, 2018 Porteous, First Floor The Maine Region Scholastic Art Award Exhibition features juried work submitted by 7th to 12th graders who are attending schools in Maine. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious […]

World Premiere of Burrow: Revisited

Maine College of Art & Design presents the world premiere of Burrow: Revisited, a collaborative performance piece by sound artist Alex Waterman and Assistant Professor Seth Rogoff.

Visiting Artist Lecture: Mary Murray

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

Mary Murray has been curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at MWPAI since September 1991.

Matthew Day Jackson: Visiting Artist Lecture

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

Matthew Day Jackson’s multifaceted practice encompasses sculpture, painting, collage, photography, drawing, video, performance and installation.

Performance: ‘The Poets and the Assassin’

"The story of Iranian women, including their century-old battle for rights, remains with the few exceptions, untold. Though they have been in the forefront of the national struggle for independence, liberty and democracy in Iran, and have been among the most educated and most independent women in the Middle East-they entered universities in 1936 and gained the right to vote in 1963-to those in the West, their lives stay, for most part, in purdah, hidden and veiled in mystery.