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LECTURE: Welcome to Dawnland: The First Nations host the First Immigrants | Dr. Chris Beach

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

Dr. Beach's talk will focus on the 1600s, when the indigenous Wabanaki nations hosted the first French and English immigrants to their Dawnland tidewater territories. Dr. Beach is a Maine immigrant himself, and an historian long interested in Maine and nearby Canadian history. Part of Becoming American: A Documentary Film and Discussion Series on Our Immigration […]

LECTURE: Soldiers and Kings | Jason De León

Diamond Building, Colby College 4000 Mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville, ME, United States

Lecture title: Soldiers and Kings: Violence, Masculinity, and Photoethnographic Practice in the Context of Human Smuggling Across Mexico By Jason De León, MMV artist and Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan Since 2015 I have been involved in an analog photoethnographic project focused on documenting the daily lives of Honduran smugglers who profit from transporting undocumented […]

Community Conversation and Dinner

Randall 218 in the Randall Student Union at UMA, Augusta 46 University Drive, Augusta, ME, United States

The Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) and Communities Against Hate are hosting a set of two dinners bringing together old and New Mainers for facilitated conversation around race, religion and prejudice. This dinner is the companion to the dinner on September 26th. Limited capacity. To participate please contact: Host: CANMP & Communities Against Hate […]

LECTURE: The Muslim on the Airplane | Amal Kassir

Diamond Building, Colby College 4000 Mayflower Hill Dr., Waterville, ME, United States

Watching the news, it seems like ethnic divides are ever-deepening. But how can we solve these complicated problems when each side lives in fear of the other? The answer is simple, argues Syrian-American poet Amal Kassir – it starts with, “What’s your name?” Amal Kassir is a Muslim Woman, born and raised in Denver, CO […]

Jason De León: Visiting Artist Lecture

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

Jason De León is an anthropologist whose multidisciplinary approach to the study of migration from Latin America to the United States is bringing to light the lives and deaths of clandestine migrants crossing the U.S.–Mexico border into the Sonoran Desert of Arizona.

LECTURE: Jason De León | Maine College of Art & Design Visiting Artist

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

Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks and Pathways featured artist Jason De León will talk about his practice and work in the exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design. The talk will be hosted in MECA&D's Osher Hall.   >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<

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 <<