MFA Thesis Exhibition

Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design, first floor

MFA Thesis Exhibition Maine College of Art & Design is pleased to announce the opening of the 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition. The exhibition features work in a variety of media and surveys a range of conceptual themes and creative approaches that characterize the global cultural landscape and contemporary art practice. The MFA Thesis Exhibition spotlights […]

MECA&Dmorphosis: Thesis Exhibition Celebration

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

MECA&Dmorphosis celebrates MECA&D's graduating professional artists and raises critical scholarship funds to educate the next generation of artists. This year, MECA&Dmorphosis consists of two separate events. Friday April 29: Runway Fashion Show The Runway Fashion Show in the Institute for Contemporary Art (ICA) featured work by students in our Textile & Fashion Design Program and was […]

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MFA, MAT & BFA Commencement

State Theatre 609 Congress St, Portland, ME, United States

Maine College of Art & Design celebrates the graduation of students from its BFA, MFA, and MAT Programs on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at 10:00am at the State Theatre in Portland, Maine. For more information for parents and student, please click here. The faculty speaker will be Chris Stiegler, Visiting Assistant Professor, MFA in Studio […]

Art in Exodus Exhibition

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

Art in Exodus is a mentoring, exhibition, and storytelling project through which refugee artists share their art and culture through an exhibition and a storytelling event. Maine College of Art & Design is pleased to present the second annual Art in Exodus exhibition in it’s flagship Porteous Building, from June 3-24, 2016, in recognition of World […]

Ceramics Pop-up Shop

Ceramics Pop-up Shop Kristen Kieffer "Stamped cups. Wheel-thrown, stamped, and altered mid-range porcelain with underglaze and slip-trail deco, cone 7 oxidation." On view from Thursday, June 9 — Sunday, June 19, 2016 The Pop-up Shop will be open Wednesday–Sunday, 11:00–5:00pm and on Thursday, 11:00am–7:00pm. Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design, William […]

Vermont Interiors by Diane E. Fitch ’79

Charles C. Thomas Gallery at Maine College of Art & Design, second floor

Diane E. Fitch '79, Hollister's Sewing Machine Collection, oil on linen, 24" x 36", 2016 Vermont Interiors by Diane E. Fitch '79 Charles Thomas Gallery exhibition June 1—September 7, 2016 Monday - Friday 9am-5pm "It is the essentials of painting that continue to intrigue me: the interplay between structure and meaning; the tension between surface […]

Art in Exodus Storytellling

On National Refugee Day, Monday, June 20, from 6-8pm, MECA&D hosts “Stories from Art in Exodus,” a storytelling event through which the work of the artists in the Art in Exodus exhibition will come to life. Art in Exodus is a mentoring, exhibition, and storytelling project through which refugee artists share their art and culture through an exhibition […]

Visiting Artist Lecture: Seth Goldenberg MFA ’05, Designer

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

Seth Goldenberg, CEO of The Epic Decade Seth Goldenberg is the Founder & CEO of The Epic Decade, a design think tank group propelled by the essential question "How will we Live, Learn, Work, Play, and Sustain ourselves in the 21st century?" The studio works with clients, sponsors, and partners to convene thought leaders, develop […]

Visiting Artist Lecture: Hrag Vartanian, Editor-in-Chief of Hyperallergic

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

Hrag Vartanian, Editor-in-Chief of Hyperallergic Hrag Vartanian is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Hyperallergic, the winning art blogazine based in Brooklyn, NY. His art criticism explores the evolving status of art, its audience, and its transmission and reception. His words and images have appeared in countless publications, and he has been invited as a guest […]