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EXHIBITION: Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways | Maine College of Art & Design

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

Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways exhibition at MECA&D's Institute of Contemporary Art. Migration, mobility, and displacement is the story of our era. Fears about human mobility and border crossers are reshaping politics; climate change promises to cause massive displacements; global leaders are scrambling to reconfigure and secure borders; people everywhere are moving to find […]

EXHIBITION: Dorothea Rabkin: Tragedy to Transformation

Dorothy and Leo Rabkin Foundation 13 Brown St., Portland, ME, United States

Dorothea Rabkin & her sister Rose Dorothea Rabkin (1921-2008), fled post-war Berlin with her twin sister, Rose. They had been hidden throughout World War II by brave families who risked themselves to give shelter to “hidden children” and thereby saved their lives. Landing in New York City by boat, Dorothea found her new country to be open-minded, welcoming […]

CONVERSATION: Recipes + Tiles

Love Lab Studio 26 Brackett Street, Portland, ME, United States

Please join Love Lab Studio to celebrate the work of 2 important Portland groups: Sister Makings and Bondeko. Sister Makings seeks to co-create sanctuary that promotes equitably shared learning experiences, we co-create space for local and new neighbor sisters and their families to gather regularly around conversation, food, service, and craft. Bondeko is a design […]

Opening Reception for ‘Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways’ | MECA&D

ICA at MECA&D 522 Congress St., Portland, Maine, United States

The opening night of the featured Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways exhibition at MECA&D's Institute of Contemporary Art. Find more information about the exhibition at meca.edu/traces   >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<

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 15 year anniversary of its sister-city relationship with Mytilene, Lesvos. The island is also a major world center for bird migration.  The exhibit will consist of […]

RECEPTION: IXNOS Opening

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 15 year anniversary of its sister-city relationship with Mytilene, Lesvos. The island is also a major world center for bird migration.  The exhibit will consist of […]

Gallery Talk: “All Good Art is Protest Art”, Winslow Myers

Yvette Torres Fine Art 464 Main St., Rockland, ME, United States

When Will We Ever Learn? Yvette Torres Fine Art has gathered a group of artists whose work depicts the injustice and consequences of war, genocide and the resulting plight of refugees for an October exhibition. Their works spans the decades from 1952 - 2018. Artists include, Samuel Gelber, James Graham, Frances Kidder, Cynthia Motian McGuril, […]

FILM: Greek Migration Then and Now: Documentary Films

Luther Bonney Hall, USM Portland 85 Bedford St., 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 15 year anniversary of its sister-city relationship with Mytilene, Lesvos. The island is also a major world center for bird migration.  The exhibit will consist of […]