POETRY: Reading & Performance | Kifah Abdullah, Emma Flores, & Devin Colella

Rhines Auditorium, Portland Public Library 5 Monument Way, Portland, ME, United States

Kifah Abdulla  is a poet, artist, performer, and teacher. He reads poetry and short stories with music. Kifah published his first book of poetry” Dead Still Dream ” he is working on his memoir book ” Mountains Without Peaks ” and his second book of poetry. Kifah is a visual artist, his works has exhibited in […]

BOOKS: Welcoming Immigrants with Children’s Literature

Print: A Bookstore 273 Congress St., Portland, ME, United States

Print: A Bookstore is honoring the contribution that children’s literature plays in the larger immigration conversation. Author and illustrator Anne Sibley O’Brien will share her new picture book SOMEONE NEW, the companion to her award-winning I’M NEW HERE. In her interconnected books, new arrival students and "long term” students explore belonging and friendship. Anne will be […]

FILM: Through the Repellent Fence | SPACE Gallery

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

THROUGH THE REPELLENT FENCE follows art collective Postcommodity as they strive to construct Repellent Fence, a two-mile long outdoor artwork that straddled the U.S.-Mexico border. Postcommodity consists of three Native American artists who “put land art in a tribal context.” Aided by the communities on both sides of the border in 2015 the artists installed a series 28 […]

LECTURE: Ranu Mukherjee | Maine College of Art & Design Visiting Artist

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

Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways featured artist Ranu Mukherjee will talk about her practice and work in the exhibition at MECA&D's ICA. The talk will be hosted in MECA&D’s Osher Hall.   >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<

Ranu Mukherjee: Visiting Artist Lecture

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

Ranu Mukherjee makes bodies of work and large scale installations by combining drawing, painting and print on fabric or paper alongside video, animation and choreography

PANEL: Legacy and Influences of Immigration in Maine

Rhines Auditorium, Portland Public Library 5 Monument Way, Portland, ME, United States

Join us for a panel discussion about Legacy and Influences of Immigration in Maine hosted by Portland Press Herald reporter, Megan Doyle.  Panelists will talk about advocacy and programs to support Maine immigrants. Panelists TBA. Find more information at Portland Public Library.     >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<

FILM: Human Flow by Ai Weiwei

Olin Arts Center, Bates College 75 Russell St., Lewiston, ME, United States

Human Flow is director and artist Ai Weiwei's detailed and heartbreaking exploration into the global refugee crisis. More than 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war, the greatest displacement since World War II. Filmmaker Ai Weiwei examines the staggering scale of the refugee […]

FILM + FOOD: Recipe Film Screening and Community Dinner | hosted by Maine College of Art & Design

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

A short screening of recipe films created by MECA&D students in the Public Engagement class Animation Exchange in collaboration with cooks from In Her Presence, a not-for-profit serving women from various immigrant communities in Maine through English classes, self-advocacy tools, and a variety of workshops. Community dinner featuring recipes from In Her Presence contributors to […]