Artist Lecture: Sonya Clark

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

MECA&D’s Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art Program is pleased to announce the 2017 MFA Lecture Series, which brings a national and international roster of visiting artists, curators, and scholars to Portland, Maine. These Visiting Artists intersect with MECA&D’s eight-week MFA Summer Intensive, deliver a public lecture, attend critiques, and conduct studio visits with […]

CREATE VI

Maine College of Art & Design, First Floor 522 Congress St., Portland, ME, United States

CREATE VI: MECA&D's 6th Annual Continuing Studies Student & Faculty Exhibition Porteous, First Floor On View: August 23–September 15, 2017 Opening Reception: Friday, August 25, 5-7pm The annual Continuing Studies student and faculty exhibition at MECA&D features a range of work from paintings to photographs to ceramics and highlights the breadth and depth of talent […]

An Evening with New Yorker Illustrator Emily Flake

45 Seashore Avenue Peaks Island, ME, United States

An Evening with New Yorker Illustrator Emily Flake Monday, August 28, 6:30–8:00pm Historic 5th Maine Museum on Peaks Island 45 Seashore Avenue, Peaks Island, ME Free and open to the public Presented by MECA&D & the Illustration Institute Emily Flake began cartooning for The New Yorker in 2008, and has had more than a hundred cartoons […]

An Evening with Wayne White

2 Garden Pl Peaks Island, ME, United States

An Evening with Wayne White Tuesday, August 29, 7:00–9:00pm Peaks Island Lions Club 2 Garden Pl, Peaks Island, ME 04108 Free and open to the public Wayne White The Illustration Institute will be screening the documentary BEAUTY IS EMBARRASSING followed by a Q&A with Wayne White, who is the subject of the film. Wayne White is […]

An Evening with Cartoonist Mimi Pond

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

An Evening with Cartoonist Mimi Pond Thursday, August 31, 7:00–9:00pm Maine College of Art & Design's Osher Hall 522 Congress St, Portland, ME Free and open to the public Join LA-based cartoonist Mimi Pond for the launch of her highly-anticipated graphic novel The Customer Is Always Wrong. Told in the same brash yet earnest style […]

ICA at MECA&D: American Genre Painting Symposium

Portland, Maine ~ The Institute of Contemporary Art in conjunction with the Painting and MFA programs at Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D) is pleased to invite the public to attend On Genre:  A Painting Symposium, a daylong series of conversations about the power of painting and the idea of genre as a cultural […]

Adriane Herman: Out of Sorts

SPEEDWELL 630 Forest Avenue, Portland, ME, United States

Adriane Herman: Out of Sorts On view September 16–October 14 at SPEEDWELL Surrender Sunday Sunday, October 1, 2-4pm First Friday Art Walk Friday, Oct 6, 4-8pm Artist talk with Adriane Herman Friday, October 13, 6pm Emotional Value Auction/Closing Reception Saturday, October 14, 12-5pm Visit SPEEDWELL's site for more information. Read Portland Press Herald's "Artist Adriane Herman’s […]

Chinese Brush Painting: Christine Maclin

Chinese Brush Painting: An Exhibition of Christine Maclin's Work On view through September 20–October 25, Monday–Friday, 9am–5pm Reception: Wednesday, September 20, 5–7pm Maine College of Art & Design, Charles Thomas Gallery, Second floor Learn more about Christine Macklin in the Portland Press Herald article, A grieving husband honors his wife by curating a show of her […]