BOOKS: Welcoming Immigrants with Children's Literature
2018-11-18 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Print: A Bookstore, 273 Congress St., Portland, ME, 04101, 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 companion to her award-winning I’M NEW HERE. In her interconnected books, new arrival students and "long term” students explore belonging and friendship. Anne will be joined by Kirsten Cappy of I’m Your Neighbor Books, who will share other books set in immigrant communities. Additionally they will demonstrate how Maine has taken the lead nationally on using children’s books to welcome immigrants with the creation of the Welcoming Library. Audience members will have the opportunity to purchase immigration titles for the benefit of Greater Portland schools.

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FILM: Through the Repellent Fence | SPACE Gallery
2018-11-19 19:00 - 21:00 | SPACE Gallery, 538 Congress St., Portland, ME, 04103, 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 “put land art in a tribal context.” Aided by the communities on both sides of the border in 2015 the artists installed a series 28 huge inflatable spheres emblazoned with an insignia known as the “open eye” that has existed in Indigenous cultures from South America to Canada for thousands of years. The spheres were evenly spaced apart and extended north and south of the border a mile in each direction. “It’s a metaphorical suture stitching together cultures that have inhabited these lands long before borders were drawn.”
The film provides an intimate glimpse into the arduous process behind creating an ambitious artwork that will give voice to the shared history and enduring culture of Indigenous societies that have made the region their home for thousands of years before a border ever divided it. Interwoven with this thread are lush scenes using stunning cinematography to absorb viewers into striking land art environments that have preceded Post Commodity’s work. Scenes with other artists and intellectuals working in the land art realm provide context and insight as well. These include scenes with Chris Taylor of Texas Tech University’s Land Arts of the American West program, writer Lucy Lippard and Matt Coolidge of the Center for Land Use Interpretation.
Through The Repellent Fence is an adventure in the artistic process blended with a road trip of discovery visiting sites and diverse perspectives to explore how land art can generate community interaction and perceptual shifts in how we interpret, engage and draw inspiration from our natural world.
Followed by a live video chat with Postcommodity's Raven Chacon, led by Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways co-curator Julie Poitras Santos.

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LECTURE: Ranu Mukherjee | Maine College of Art & Design Visiting Artist
2018-11-29 18:00 - 19:00 | Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, 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 Hall.

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Ranu Mukherjee: Visiting Artist Lecture
2018-11-29 18:00 - 19:00 | Osher Hall, Maine College of Art & Design, 2nd Floor, 522 Congress St., Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Ranu Mukherjee: Visiting Artist Lecture
Thursday, November 29, 2018; 6–7pm
Osher Hall, Porteous Second Floor
Free and open to the public
Ranu Mukherjee, Cracks, 2017, pigment and milk paint on paper on panel 75 x 51 inches (190.5 x 129.5 cm)
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. Her work is marked by a deliberate use of saturated color, layering or collision of time frames,fragmentation and sensuality. Her art evokes questions of visibility, abstraction and the illusion of knowing, intensified by the algorithmic distribution of news images and information. In recent projects, she explores the present as a confluence of tension between colonial legacy and indigenous power, and ways that the colonized speak to the future. Her elemental treatment of landscape embodies the force of otherness; of the hybrid, the diasporic and the speculative.
“There is cultural time and there is material time. The body connects to both.” Shadowtime - Ranu Mukherjee

PANEL: Legacy and Influences of Immigration in Maine
2018-11-29 18:30 - 20:00 | Rhines Auditorium, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Way, Portland, ME, 04101, 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 immigrants.
Panelists TBA.
Find more information at Portland Public Library.

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FILM: Human Flow by Ai Weiwei
2018-11-29 19:00 - 21:30 | Olin Arts Center, Bates College, 75 Russell St., Lewiston, ME, 04240, 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 homes to escape famine, climate change and war, the greatest displacement since World War II. Filmmaker Ai Weiwei examines the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact. Over the course of one year in 23 countries, Weiwei follows a chain of urgent human stories that stretch across the globe, including Afghanistan, France, Greece, Germany and Iraq.
Hosted by the Bates College Museum of Art.

FILM + FOOD: Recipe Film Screening and Community Dinner | hosted by Maine College of Art & Design
2018-11-30 16:30 - 18:30 | Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
A short screening of recipe films created by MECA&D students in the Public Engagement class Animation Exchange in collaboration with cooks from In Her Presence, a not-for-profit serving women from various immigrant communities in Maine through English classes, self-advocacy tools, and a variety of workshops. Community dinner featuring recipes from In Her Presence contributors to follow.
Hosted by Maine College of Art & Design: Public Engagement Department
For more information contact Amelia Garretson-Persans at agarretson-persans@meca.edu
This event will take place in the MECA&D Cafe. The film screening will begin at 4:30PM, with a community dinner to follow at 5PM.

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Traces | FILM + FOOD: Recipe Film Screening + Community Dinner | @ MECA&D
2018-11-30 16:30 - 18:30 | Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

In Her Presence Cooking Video & Tasting Event
2018-11-30 16:30 - 19:00 | Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Culinary Talents of Immigrant Women to Be Showcased in Cooking Videos Screening and Food Tasting on November 30
The public event is a collaboration of In Her Presence and Maine College of Art & Design
On Friday, November 30, 4:30-5pm, cooking videos of seven immigrant women preparing their most treasured recipes will be screened at Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D), Osher Hall, 2nd floor, 522 Congress Street, Portland. A tasting of the dishes in the videos will follow from 5–7 pm. On hand will be the immigrant women who participated in the project - a partnership of the In Her Presence non-profit and MECA&D - and the MECA&D student filmmakers who made the videos. The screening and tasting event is open to all members of the public.
“Maine College of Art & Design appreciates the opportunity to partner with In Her Presence, which is doing so much to empower women and girls from minority communities in Maine,” said Amelia Garretson- Persans, MECA&D project faculty advisor. “We encourage the Portland community to join us on November 30th to get to know the chefs behind the recipes, experience their delicious dishes, and gain insight into cultures from all over the world.”
Claudette Ndayininahaze, co-founder with Abusana Micky Bondo, In Her Presence, said, “We are thrilled to be able to share the talents of some of the remarkable women from In Her Presence. We hope this series will help them raise their visibility in the community and achieve their personal ambitions.”
Among the chefs and recipes showcased in the videos are Yolande Matoko Makaba, a resident of Portland, who came to Maine in 2016 from The Republic of the Congo. In the video, she prepares crème brûlée and crêpes, which she describes as the “most requested recipes within the realm of desserts,” and “simple and small, but very delicious.” Yolande trained professionally in the French pastry arts back home and has worked in grand hotels and restaurants. She hopes to someday use her skills professionally in the U.S. Other dishes featured in the videos include fish, brochette (BBQ skewers), and desserts from countries such as Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq, and Angola.
Each year, Maine College of Art & Design partners with a local nonprofit organization on a public engagement project designed to benefit the community.
For updates on the project, visit inherkitchen.org or follow them on Instagram (@in.her.kitchen).
To RSVP to the screening and tasting (RSVP recommended) email inherkitchenofficial@gmail.com. There is a suggested donation of $10 for this event.
About In Her Presence
In Her Presence is created by and for women from minority communities in Maine. Through increased educational opportunities and providing access to knowledge through high level training, the nonprofit’s goal is to empower more women and girls to reduce systems of inequity, to advocate for themselves and their families, understand, analyze and assess the impact of racial injustices and learn tools to combat inequities. (www.inherpresence.org)

December Open House: MFA + MAT Admissions
2018-12-01 10:00 - 14:30 | Maine College of Art & Design, First Floor, 522 Congress St., Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Visit MECA&D for an Open House!
Come see first-hand why students are choosing to study in MECA&D's close-knit community and rigorous artistic programs. At an Open House, you'll have a chance to:
+ Get to know faculty and current students
+ Take a tour of our studios and res halls
+ Have your portfolio reviewed with professional artists
+ Explore the vibrant art scene in downtown Portland, Maine
This Open House is specifically designed for students interested in our MFA and MAT programs — each program will have a separate track. We'll send you more information within 48 hours of registration.
Sign up below!
If you have any questions about our Open Houses, you can contact us at admissions@meca.edu or 207.699.5026.

December Open House: BFA Admissions
2018-12-01 10:30 - 15:00 | Porteous Building, Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Visit MECA&D for an Open House!
Come see first-hand why students are choosing to study in MECA&D's close-knit community and rigorous artistic programs. At an Open House, you'll have a chance to:
+ Get to know faculty and current students
+ Take a tour of our studios and res halls
+ Have your portfolio reviewed with professional artists
+ Explore the vibrant art scene in downtown Portland, Maine
This Open House is specifically designed for students interested in our BFA program — we'll send you more information within 48 hours of registration.
Sign up below!
If you have any questions about our Open Houses, you can contact us at admissions@meca.edu or 207.699.5026.

PANEL: Identities in Migration: On Being Somali-Mainers
2018-12-01 17:30 - 19:30 | Talbot Lecture Hall, USM Portland Campus, 85 Bedford St., Portland, ME, 04101, United States
A panel of Somali-Mainers discuss the historical context in which they migrated to the United States, what it means to be Somali in Maine, and how their identities have been shaped by migration.

Hosted by the World Affairs Council of Maine.

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Info Session: Artist Painting Retreat on the French Riviera
2018-12-02 15:00 - 16:00 | ME

FILM: REASON 4369
2018-12-04 18:00 - 20:00 | L/A Arts, 221 Lisbon St., Lewiston, ME, 04240, United States
*** Note date change due to inclement weather***

Reason 4369 is directed by Zamzam Elmoge, produced by the GENZ team. The film focuses on giving a platform for Lewiston kids to tell their stories and break the stereotypes they hear about themselves every day. Click here to watch the trailer.

This is a free event. Refreshments provided. There will be a Q&A with the filmmakers following the screening.

The #GENERATIONZPROJECT is a film-based storytelling initiative that focuses on empowering the adolescents of Generation Z on sharing their stories. They are a group of high school students from Lewiston High School committed to expressing their identities and having their voices be heard by older generations.

Hosted by Museum L-A in partnership with Tree Street Youth, Generation Z Project, and L/A Arts.

WORKSHOP: I_Legal Demonstration and Action | Maria Patricia Tinajero
2018-12-07 11:00 - 20:00 | Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design, first floor
I_Legal (2018) explores paper “as the first technology” that allowed for global mobilization of ideas, a kind of global immigration that explores the connections between art, history, politics and the environment. I_Legal (2018) devotes attention to the process of fermentation that acts as a source of energy and as a metaphor for free mobilization. The fermented plant fibers become pulp used to cast paper suitcases, tangible symbols of mobility. In this context, the suitcase is viewed as a familiar object that challenges its conventional use by asking the viewers to respond to the emotional burden of unwanted mobilization. These paper-thin “shells” are inadequate containers in their attempt to hold our most intimate articles; yet they are ghostly presences that invite us to reflect upon vulnerability as the foundation for strength. These are transient beings entangled in the tentacles of temporal mobilization and permanent displacement. On December 7, the paper suitcases will be disassembled in a process of cutting, soaking and re-pulping that captures the poetic gesture of tracing imperceptible immigration that takes place all the time. The repurposed paper suitcases, as postcards, serve two purposes:

As the “starter” for action to support immigrants in distress by writing letters to oppose the proposed Public Charge Regulation (http://www.regulations.gov/document?D=USCIS-2010-0012-0001)
As a “thank you” gift to all who participate in this action

Drop-in Workshop: 11:00AM-5:00PM
Demonstration & Letter Writing: 5:00-8:00PM

CELEBRATION: AFRiCAN DUNDADA presents "A Celebration Of Culture"
2018-12-07 17:00 - 21:00 | Rhines Auditorium, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Way, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
AFRiCAN DUNDADA and the Portland Public Library presents “A Celebration of Culture” an event that celebrates Portland’s culture and diversity.
Come and enjoy free Yoga, Meditation and an Afro Beat Dance class by Veeva and Miss Holmes before we start the night with original poetry by Isaac Kinzambi, stand up comedy by Maine’s own (Mr. Funny Man comedian) James Swaka and dance with the traditional Acholi Dancers. AFRiCAN DUNDADA will perform with his unique style of music – a mix of Afro Beat, reggae, dance-hall and hip-hop and the evening will conclude with a dance party by Maine’s best DJ – DJ Be See of AD.vs.FX.
Find more information at Portland Public Library.

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CONVERSATION + FOOD: The History of Chinese in Maine | hosted by Maine College of Art & Design
2018-12-13 17:00 - 19:00 | Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
While there has been a relatively small population of Chinese residents of Maine over the years, those who have settled here have made their mark, dating back to the first Chinese immigrant who came in 1857. Come hear some stories about these early Chinese Mainers, and also enjoy some Chinese tea and snacks, sponsored by the Chinese & American Friendship Association of Maine.

This event will be hosted in the Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA&D.

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Traces | CONVERSATION + FOOD: The History of Chinese in Maine | @ MECA&D
2018-12-13 17:00 - 19:00 | Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

Traces | CONVERSATION + FOOD: The History of Chinese in Maine | @ MECA&D
2018-12-13 17:00 - 19:00 | Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

Delve: Salt Fall 18 Final Exhibition
2018-12-13 17:00 - 19:30 | Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
DELVE features work by the members of Salt’s Fall 2018 class.
Over the past semester, students in audio and visual storytelling honed their skills while seeking out the narratives of people in Maine and beyond: from a chef building an aquaponics greenhouse in Brunswick, to the mystery of a ransacked home in Greene, to the end of a harvesting tradition in Presque Isle, to the story of conjoined twins leaving home for the first time in Connecticut, to a “dating” service between farm sellers and seekers looking for land throughout the state.
Their collective body of work demonstrates a deep respect for the stories of those they met along the way.
Featured Storytellers

Eve Austin
Asher Brown&gt
Mollie Burke
Anna Cassell
Robyn Edgar
Emma Geiger
Meaghan Gonsior
Leta Hallowell
Becca Haydu
Bailey O’Brien
Emily Scott
Sofia Stuart-Rasi
Lucas Westcott
Allison Wilson

Photography credit: Emma Geiger (cropped)

Gallery Talk by MMV Artist Yu-Wen Wu | Maine College of Art & Design
2018-12-13 18:00 - 19:00 | Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks, & Pathways featured artist Yu-Wen Wu will discuss her artwork in the galleries, describing the research processes and community practices that contribute to her work.
This event will be hosted in the Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA&D.

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Making Migration Visible | Yu-Wen Wu: Gallery Talk | @ MECA&D
2018-12-13 18:00 - 19:00 | Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways featured artist Yu-Wen Wu will discuss her artwork in the galleries, describing the research processes and community practices that contribute to her work. Following her talk, the artist will lead a workshop in conjunction with her Leavings/Belongings series. Leavings/Belongings is comprised of multitudes of cloth wrapped bundles representing all that is left behind– home, family, possessions and what may be carried in migration–survival, hope, dreams. In the tradition of gathering to make things and tell stories, this workshop invites participation in the making of bundles and the sharing of stories.
This event will be hosted in the Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA&D.

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LECTURE: Les Sénégalais d”Amérique: The “Push Pull” of Senegalese Emigration, Professor Linda Beck
2018-12-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Colby College, 4000 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME, 04901, United States
Professor of Political Science/Director of International and Global Studies has a MA and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin; 1991 MA University of Wisconsin. Her areas of expertise are Political Science: Comparative Politics (Africa, Muslim World), Environmental Politics, Political Philosophy. Since joining the faculty in 2006, Linda Beck has developed several new courses that reflect her research interests, such as Civic Engagement & Social Accountability in which students work on a service-learning project with one of Maine’s many non-profit organizations.
Linda has herself conducted research on social accountability in both Africa and Asia. She has also worked with Maine’s environmental community, serving as president of the Maine Conservation Alliance. Her work on environmental issues in the US and overseas informs her newly developed course, Environmental Politics in Comparative Perspective. Linda has published various articles, chapters in edited volumes and a book on ethno-politics and democratization in Senegal (W. Africa), and has conducted research for various development organizations such as the US Agency for International Development, the World Bank, Freedom House, and the International Budget Project.
Details about lunch and registration will be published at a later date.

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LECTURE: Les Sénégalais d'Amérique: The “Push Pull” of Senegalese Emigration, Prof. Linda Beck
2018-12-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Chace Community Forum, 178 Main St, Waterville, ME, 04901, United States
Les Sénégalais d'Amérique: The “Push Pull” of Senegalese Emigration
Professor of Political Science/Director of International and Global Studies has a MA and a PhD from the University of Wisconsin; 1991 MA University of Wisconsin. Her areas of expertise are Political Science: Comparative Politics (Africa, Muslim World), Environmental Politics, Political Philosophy. Since joining the faculty in 2006, Linda Beck has developed several new courses that reflect her research interests, such as Civic Engagement & Social Accountability in which students work on a service-learning project with one of Maine’s many non-profit organizations.

Linda has herself conducted research on social accountability in both Africa and Asia. She has also worked with Maine’s environmental community, serving as president of the Maine Conservation Alliance. Her work on environmental issues in the US and overseas informs her newly developed course, Environmental Politics in Comparative Perspective. Linda has published various articles, chapters in edited volumes and a book on ethno-politics and democratization in Senegal (W. Africa), and has conducted research for various development organizations such as the US Agency for International Development, the World Bank, Freedom House, and the International Budget Project.
Find out more about this event on the Mid-Maine Global Forum website.

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MUSIC: International Open Mic
2018-12-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
A night of community through music and performance, sponsored by the Maine Immigrant Musical Instrument Project, Jenny Van West Music, and Mayo Street Arts. Featuring a diverse and international lineup of local musicians.

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Drawing Now: Exhibition
2019-01-17 11:00 - 2019-03-22 17:00 | Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design, first floor
Drawing Now
On view from January 17–March 22, 2019
Exhibition Opening: Friday, February 1, 2019, 5:00–8:00pm
Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design
ICA Gallery hours: Wed–Sun, 11:00am–5:00pm, Thurs, 11:00am–7:00pm, Friday, 11:00am–5:00pm, (FFAW until 8:00pm)
This exhibition is organized by the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design, Director of Exhibitions, Erin Hutton and co-curated by Bruce Brown and Munira Naqui.
Drawing Now celebrates the works by artists of the Drawing Collective and three guest artists. With its members hailing from eleven countries, the Drawing Collective’s objective is to maintain the development of an international aesthetic. The common denominator uniting these artists is the practice of drawing.
Descendants of Bauhaus, De Stijl, Réalities Nouvelles and Art Concret their works represent a contemporary continuum of research in the formal purity of abstraction. The core of the Drawing Collective lies in the inter-connectivity of artists separated by geographical, linguistic and cultural barriers. Devoted to the exploration of new strategies and methods, their works expand upon a rich intellectual and aesthetic history of abstract drawing.
Following Paris and Sydney, Drawing Now at the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design in Portland, Maine is the Drawing Collective's first exhibition in the United States.
Bruce Brown and Munira Naqui, Guest Curators
Artist Biographies
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Wahida Azhari (Germany) A Hamburg-based artist, Azhari is inspired by the relationships between space, emptiness and light.
Louise Blyton (Australia) A reductive artist experimenting with light and form, Blyton explores the fragility of beauty through subtle shifts of light and shadow.
Christine Boiry (France) Boiry’s work comes from the study of color, material and movement to create a minimal space, in search of rhythm, emptiness and light.
Anne Brochot (France) Brochot’s work is influenced by the geometrical patterns, materials and tools of architecture, as well as the organic structures of the countryside.
Liz Davidson (Canada) Davidson’s drawings are not preparatory sketches for other works. They are studies of light and shadow observed through the seasons in her studio in rural Quebec.
Elena Dombrovska (Ukraine) Dombrovska uses the line as a structural and form producing element to reflect on the aesthetics of geometric forms.
Clint Fulkerson (USA) Fulkerson is a graduate of the Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D). Fulkerson’s work features complex patterns and forms made by an accumulation of hand drawn marks. His art is influenced by science, mathematics and information technology, as well as an innate curiosity about the fundamental aspects of existence.
André Geertse (Netherlands) Geertse’s work is inspired by his time spent on the North Sea Coast of the Netherlands with the spectacle of sea, light and air. The work reflects a strength of color, space and light.
Ellen Golden (USA) Golden’s drawings flow from an intuitive and emotional response to the natural world. Her drawings are products of a very focused meditative process.
Barbara Halnan (Australia) Halnan, a multimedia artist believes drawing is essential to her art-making. Her fine line drawings on paper reference the flatness of the dry lake bed .of Menindee in NSW - the distant horizon, the sky and the colors of the local vegetation, sand and earth.
Daniel G. Hill (USA) A multi-disciplinary artist who has worked in sculpture, installation, painting, and digital media, Hill focuses on the works construction and its physical presence that gives rise to self reflective viewing ito remind us of our capacity to wonder. Hill is an Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at the Parsons School of Design in NYC and is the President of American Abstract Artists.
Erdem Kucuk-Koroglu (Turkey) Having a master’s degree in mathematics has greatly influenced Kucuk-Koroglu’s artwork, which he describes as geometric abstract paintings.

Emma Langridge (Australia) Landridge, who considers herself primarily a painter, applies the same strict practice used in her paintings in her drawings. She uses everyday materials, strictly controlled procedures, and a reliance on millimeter increments with allowance for irregularities.
Danielle Lescot (France) Lescot is a painter, ceramist and sculptor who lives and works in Paris. Lescot”s drawings are results of a daily exploration of color and form in her studio.
Jean-Luc Manguin (France) The basis of Manquin’s art work is the square, a quadrilateral figure that is a surface to divide evenly, a checker board space to fill, or an element to build into a grid.
Marilyn Chapin Massey (France) Passionate about color, Massey’s work is inspired by the colors and shapes of urban areas, such as New York and Paris. Massey”s recent drawings use non color as she continues to experiment with the underground transportation web.
Munira Naqui (USA) The Drawing Collective founder Naqui, born in Bangladesh came to the USA in 1982 after studying in Moscow. She lives in Portland and works from her studio in New Gloucester. For Naqui, drawing is a meditative exercise that follows the manner of Tibetan mandalas, always focusing on the process to reach clarity of thought.
Michael Perlbach (Germany) A visual artist who uses a drawing technique he calls “dissolution”, Perlbach’s drawings are assembled from tiny structures sometimes not distinguishable from simple dots.
Marion Piper ( UK) Drawing and painting are increasingly indivisible activities in Piper’s studio. Each sets the stage for the other and creates space for an improvised performance in both the manufacture and the content of the work. Colour, materials and surface form part of the plot.
Tineke Porck (Netherlands) The nature of Porck’s art is abstract, minimal and has interfaces with constructivism, zero and minimal art. She uses a basic language of form - lines, points, crosses and surfaces – and sober colors, such as shades of grey, white and black.
Grieteke Roosma (France) Roosma pursued drawing and photography after earlier careers in education and fashion design. A keen observer of nature and different cultures, her drawings are abstract studies greatly influenced by the physical and emotional world.
Diane Scott (New Zealand) A sculptor, Scott uses sculpture to inform her drawings through their shared concerns of space, illusion, materiality and light. She employs different media for her drawings that push the boundaries of traditional drawings.

Jamel Sghaier (Germany) After serving in the Merchant Marines, Tunis-born Sghaier, became a self-taught visual artist. His work is inspired by pure abstractions of forms. He currently lives and works in Tunisia and Germany.
Bogumila Strojna (France) A sculptor born in Poland Strojna lives and works in Paris.She has used drawing as a sketching tool, as well as a point of departure to develop independent works.
Truong Thanh (Vietnam) Thanh focuses his work on the use of three-dimensional geometry, inspired by constructivist and minimalist art. His drawings are based on the structures of objects and their response to forces.
Richard van der Aa (France) Born in New Zealand, van der Aa lives and works in Paris. He is the founder of ParisCONCRET. The works on paper van der Aa is presenting in Drawing Now are indicative of the lexicon of reduced but evocative forms the artist has been employing over many years in his exploration of the limits of minimalism and formal abstraction.
Wilma Vissers (Netherlands) A Dutch visual artist who is inspired by emptiness and space, Vissers believes spatiality and infinite space must be present even in the smallest work.

Participating artists also include the following guest artists:
Josefina Auslender (USA) Born in Argentina during the era of abstract art, Auslender established herself as a successful sculptor. The troubled times of the 80s in that part of the world brought her to the USA where she started again as a visual artist. Her repertoire include intricately executed drawings that go beyond intellectual mark making. She uses simple forms to address complex issues related to her unique world view.
Kevin Townsend (USA) An internationally recognized artist and professor currently living and working in Kansas City as part of KCAI’s foundation department, Townsend’s expanded drawing practice centers around mark-making, obsession and the phenomenology of time. He previously taught as visiting professor in the Art Education Department of Massachusetts College of Art and Design and as a visiting artist and lecturer in Drawing & Painting at Boston’s School of the Museum of Fine Art at Tufts University.
Michael Winkler (USA) Winkler is a visual/conceptual artist. For over 35 years he has been engaged in an exploration of the imagery and implications of a process-based transformation of the signs of language. His abstract images reveal the patterns encoded in the letter-sequences of the spelling of word. Winkler says: “A word’s spelling is an unplanned product of a collective awareness which extends back to the word’s ultimate origin.”

Masthead Image: Clint Fulkerson, Portal 20 (cropped), graphite, ink and gouache on paper, 30" x 22", 2018

Meet the Residencies: Info Session
2019-01-22 18:00 - 20:00 | Osher Hall, Maine College of Art & Design, 2nd Floor, 522 Congress St., Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Meet the Residencies: Information Session
Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 6–8pm
Maine College of Art & Design, Porteous Building, Osher Hall
Admission is free. To reserve a seat, contact artistsatwork@meca.edu or 207.699.5016.

Maine College of Art & Design and Hewnoaks present "Meet the Residencies". Representatives from Maine artist residencies will offer an overview of their various programs.
Presenters include the Hewnoaks Artist Colony, Monson Arts, The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, Monhegan Artist Residency, MECA&D Residencies, Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, and the Joseph A. Fiore Art Center. Administrators will discuss the specifics of their residency, who is a good fit, and what makes for a successful application.
Snow date: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 at 6:00pm.
Cover image: Meg Hahn, 2017 MECA&D alum, was accepted into two residency programs last summer, the Monhegan Artist Residency and Hewnoaks (Photographer: Alban Maino)

Charles Tracy: Visiting Artist Lecture
2019-01-25 13:30 - 14:30 | Osher Hall, Maine College of Art & Design, 2nd Floor, 522 Congress St., Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Charles Tracy: Visiting Artist Lecture
Friday, January 25, 2019, 1:30pm
Maine College of Art & Design, Porteous Building, Osher Hall
Admission is free, all are welcome.
Charles Tracy is a landscape architect with the National Park Service who guides long-distance trail development and regional landscape conservation initiatives in New England, including the New England National Scenic Trail. On the national level, he specializes in partnerships with artists and arts organizations to expand the experience of art in national parks and art as a catalyst for inspiring environmental stewardship.
Crossing, 2015 (cropped in header) BANDALOOP founder Amelia Rudolph on Dana Pillar; Photo by Braden Mayfield

Susanna Coffey: Visiting Artist Lecture
2019-01-31 12:30 - 13:30 | Osher Hall, Maine College of Art & Design, 2nd Floor, 522 Congress St., Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Susanna Coffey: Visiting Artist Lecture
Thursday, January 31, 2019, 12:30–1:30pm
Maine College of Art & Design, Porteous Building, Osher Hall
Admission is free, all are welcome.
Susanna Coffey, Green, 2013, 15x12", oil on panel
Susanna Coffey is the F.H. Sellers Professor in Painting at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She received a BFA from from the University of Connecticut at Storrs and an MFA from The Yale School of Art.
Her portraits are investigations of the iconic human head. The work is driven by questions about what a portrait image can mean. What is a beautiful appearance? Why do conventionally gendered images involve caricature? Can inchoate feeling-states be adequately portrayed?
Meticulously observed, most works show her in many guises and locations: under dramatic lighting, highly costumed, inside a studio, within landscapes, foliage, places of fiery devastation, and amidst phantasmagoric patterns. Some portraits seem almost entirely abstract with only the barest suggestion of a human face.
Susanna Coffey’s work is represented by Steven Harvey Fine Arts Projects in New York City, Alpha Gallery in Boston and Galeria Isabel Ignacio in Seville, Spain.

Kevin Townsend: Visiting Artist Lecture
2019-01-31 18:00 - 19:00 | ME
Kevin Townsend: Visiting Artist Lecture Series
Thursday January 31, 2019, 6–7pm
Maine College of Art & Design, Porteous Building, Osher Hall
Admission is free, all are welcome.
Kevin Townsend is an internationally recognized artist and professor currently living and working in Kansas City as part of KCAI’s foundation department. Kevin’s expanded drawing practice centers around mark-making, obsession and the phenomenology of time. His current work brings together elements of drawing, sound, video, installation, and performance where the resulting works are temporary, durational, and often public.
Kevin Townsend is currently included in the ICA at MECA&D exhibition Drawing Now.
Supported in part by the Gene R. Cohen Charitable Foundation, and the Isabel K. Pease Trust.
Image: Kevin Townsend, in ghost time (cropped for header), unfixed chalk on panel, 72" x 108", 2 hours, 2016
