For Immigrants, refugees, or asylum seekers, leaving their country is only the beginning of their struggles. For mental health and medical providers to be effective, we need to understand the […]
Closing Reception: Tim Bavington: Rock & Roll Abstraction Oct. 19, 5–7pm Abstract painter translates Rolling Stones, Beatles, Cream, and Jimi Hendrix songs into visual experiences Dedicated to using music and art as […]
(Above) Schwartz Forum installation sketch by Lisa Pixley. The Schwartz Forum brings people together with expert guides to grapple with a big question. This year’s question – who is we? […]
Pickwick Independent Press is a community print shop in Portland, Maine that had the opportunity to give six activists a fellowship this year. Each Fellow was guided through the process […]
Held in conjunction with the exhibition Home: Reflections on Place, hosted by the Portland Public Library. Join us for a panel discussion about the History of Immigration in Maine hosted by Portland […]
Screening of My American Girls by Aaron Matthews. Described by the Los Angeles Times as “packed with uncommon honesty and humor,” this intimate cinema-verite documentary captures the contradictions of contemporary immigrant life […]
Pairing Iceblink, a project by artist Carrie Scanga, with the archival source materials from Marie Peary Stafford’s papers that inspired Scanga’s work, this exhibit explores the personal and societal projections […]
Co-curator Caroline Webb will introduce visitors to the Seeing Otherwise exhibition at the Colby College Museum of Art. Featured work by Romare Bearden, Phong Bui, Lalla Essaydi, Whitfield Lovell, Meleko Mokgosi, Richard […]
There Is My Home features Hawa Ibrahim and Batula Ismail, two women trying to support their families as farmers in Maine. Born and raised in the Jubba River Valley of Somalia, […]
