EXHIBITION: Peter Turnley: Refugees | Bates College Museum of Art

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

Peter Turnley (American, b. 1955) is a photojournalist known for documenting the human condition and current events. Over the last thirty years, Turnley has photographed some of the world’s most […]

EXHIBITION: A Nation of Immigrants: Home Lost, Home Found

Harlow Gallery 100 Water Street, Hallowell, ME, United States

This is a raw and fraught time in the world as we struggle to respond to the fact that 65 million people have been displaced from their homes. What is […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]