‘Anguish’ Exhibition

Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design, first floor

Anguish Artist: Martha McDonald; Photographer: Christian Capurro; Medium: dress-crepe paper fused to muslin and interfacing, polyester thread, metal fasteners, cotton tape, elastic cord; platform--birch plywood. Dimensions: dress: 67" x 55"; platform: 14" x 89" x 89" On view from October 28, 2016 – January 14, 2017 Exhibition Opening: Friday, October 28, 2016, 5:00–8:00pm Institute of Contemporary […]

Artist Lecture: Saya Woolfalk

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

MECA&D’s Visiting Artist & Guest Lecturer Series invites professional artists, educators, curators, thought leaders, and creative entrepreneurs to present on topics of interest and importance to the MECA&D community. All lectures in this series are hosted in Osher Hall and are open to the public at no charge. Seating is limited. Supported in part by the Gene R. […]

“Freedom Over Me” Book Launch at Portland Public Library

Rhines Auditorium, Portland Public Library 5 Monument Way, Portland, ME, United States

Ashley Bryan Presents New Book: Freedom Over Me at the Portland Public Library Rines Auditorium. November 5, 2016, 2:30-4:30pm Followed by Book Signing by Award Winning Maine Author, Illustrator Ashley Bryan, 93, artist and author/illustrator of over 50 books, will present his newest and most ambitious book to date: Freedom Over Me. Books will be available […]

‘Journeys: Translations of Travel & Transience’ Exhibition

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

An exhibition, featuring seven artists whose work is impacted by movement. Journeys will be opening in the Artists at Work Gallery, at Maine College of Art & Design, on Saturday, November 12th, and will be running through November 30th. Movement is essential to knowing the world in which we exist; to feel the shape of […]

Remembrance Day for Lost Species: Poetry Reading

Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design, first floor

Friday, December 2, 12:30pm Please join local poets in the galleries in the ICA at Maine College of Art & Design for a lunchtime reading of poems in memoriam to species extinctions. This reading has been organized in response to a global movement of artists and creatives seeking to bring attention to these losses through […]

MECA&D Holiday Sale

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

Mark your calendars for this free, all ages event and give the gift of original art! The sale is produced by the Artists at Work team to benefit MECA&D’s education, outreach, and student programs while providing an opportunity for MECA&D students, alumni, faculty and staff to sell unique, handmade arts, crafts and gifts for the […]

Info Session: Painting Retreat on the French Riviera

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

Painting Retreat on the French Riviera Students are housed in the 19th century Italianate "Villa" (above) and in the Château. The Château de La Napoule With Diane Dahlke, May 15–22, 2017 Info Session: Sunday, December 4th 3:00-4:00pm in Osher Hall We will hold an Informational Session on Sunday, December 4th from 3:00-4:00pm in MECA&D’s Osher Hall. […]

Viewing: PBS’ Mercy Street

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

The Maine Film & Video Association (MFVA) will be hosting South Portland producer Lisa Quijano Wolfinger of Lone Wolf Media in a presentation of the Second Season of her most recent project, the prime time episodic drama for National PBS, Mercy Street. Wolfinger will be screening the first episode of the Second Season over a month earlier […]

‘Selected Works’, Emmett Freeman ’17

Maine College of Art & Design, First Floor 522 Congress St., Portland, ME, United States

Selected Works, Emmett Freeman '17 An installation of sculptural ceramic figures by Emmett Freeman '17. Zand Head Gallery, First Floor January 1–18, 2017, 9:00am–5:00pm What’s going on in this piece figure 4, Earthenware, Terra Sigillata, 2016