EXHIBITION: IXNOS

USM Glickman Library, Reading Room, 7th floor 314 Forest Ave., Portland, ME, United States

IXNOS (which means “trace” in Greek) will focus on Lesvos, one of the most significant locations involved in the current worldwide movement of migrants and refugees. This year Portland celebrates its […]

EXHIBITION: With the heart and the reason | Titi de Baccarat

Railroad Square Cinema 17 Railroad Square, Waterville, ME, United States

I don't do politics, but I do practice art. My artistic creation is both poetic and social. I create because I dream. I believe things move only if we dream. But […]

EXHIBITION: New Mainers

Ocean House Gallery 299 Ocean Road, Cape Elizabeth, ME, United States

Photographs by Jan Pieter van Voorst from New Mainers: The Portrait of Our Immigrant Neighbors by Pat Nyhan andJan Pieter van Voorst, with a foreword by Reza Jalali. Hosted by Ocean House Gallery. […]

EXHIBITION: Barça/Barzak: The immigrant’s hope | Papa Mendy

SPEEDWELL 630 Forest Avenue, Portland, ME, United States

Hosted by SPEEDWELL Projects, Barça/Barzak is a pop up shop featuring furniture by Senegalese artist Papa Mendy in conjunction with Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks, and Pathways. Each piece is handcrafted and […]

EXHIBITION: Seeing Otherwise

Colby College Museum of Art 5600 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME, United States

Exhibition that confronts and explores representations of mobility in art. Curated by Catherine Besteman, Chloé Powers, and Caroline Webb.     Featuring work by: Romare Bearden, Phong Bui, Lalla Essaydi, Whitfield Lovell, Meleko Mokgosi, Richard Mosse, Fred Wilson, […]

CONVERSATION: Page to Stage at the Portland Public Library

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

                          A brown bag lunch and discussion of the themes and ideas addressed in Refuge Malja ملجأ, moderated […]

FILM: Help Wanted? Immigration and Work

Museum L-A 35 Canal St., Lewiston, ME, United States

Screening of Destination America Episode 1: The Golden Door by Stephen Stept and David Grubin. In this first episode from the acclaimed four-part series on immigration, historians Donna Gabaccia and […]

Traces | READING: Refuge Malja ملجأ | @ MECA&D

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

A reading from Refuge Malja ملجأ by Bess Welden with Arabic translation by Ali Al Mshakheel. A scene from the play Refuge Malja ملجأ will be read in English and […]