Art in Exodus Storytellling

On National Refugee Day, Monday, June 20, from 6-8pm, MECA&D hosts “Stories from Art in Exodus,” a storytelling event through which the work of the artists in the Art in Exodus exhibition will come to life. Art in Exodus is a mentoring, exhibition, and storytelling project through which refugee artists share their art and culture through an exhibition […]

Visiting Artist Lecture: Seth Goldenberg MFA ’05, Designer

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

Seth Goldenberg, CEO of The Epic Decade Seth Goldenberg is the Founder & CEO of The Epic Decade, a design think tank group propelled by the essential question "How will we Live, Learn, Work, Play, and Sustain ourselves in the 21st century?" The studio works with clients, sponsors, and partners to convene thought leaders, develop […]

Visiting Artist Lecture: Hrag Vartanian, Editor-in-Chief of Hyperallergic

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

Hrag Vartanian, Editor-in-Chief of Hyperallergic Hrag Vartanian is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Hyperallergic, the winning art blogazine based in Brooklyn, NY. His art criticism explores the evolving status of art, its audience, and its transmission and reception. His words and images have appeared in countless publications, and he has been invited as a guest […]

Made in LA

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

Made in LA On view from Friday, July 1, 2016 – Sunday, July 31, 2016 Please join us for the opening reception on Friday, July 1, 2016, 5:00–8:00pm June Fitzpatrick Gallery at Maine College of Art & Design An interactive exhibition of the thriving yet often hidden creative makers in Lewiston Auburn, Maine, showcasing the […]

Ann Hirsch: Sharing Love

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

Ann Hirsch: Sharing Love Video still from: how to be alluring (After Chris Farley), part of hornylilfeminist.com, run time 16 secs, 2015, courtesy the artist and American Medium, Brooklyn. On view from Friday, July 1—Friday, August 12, 2016 Exhibition Opening, Friday, July 1, 5:00-8:00pm Visiting Artist Lecture, July 25, 5:30-7:00pm, Osher Lecture Hall Institute of Contemporary Art […]

Visiting Artist Lecture: Huma Bhabha, Sculptor

Huma Bhabha, Sculptor Huma Bhabha is known for her engagement with the human figure and her use of found materials. Often tending towards the grotesque, Bhabha's sculptural works and photo-based drawings feature bodies that appear dissected and dismembered, but one can likewise view them as monuments to human life reclaimed from the detritus of a […]

Visiting Artist Lecture: Lori Nix, Photographer

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

Lori Nix, Photographer Lori Nix was born in the late 1960’s and raised in the American Midwest. Her early exposure to the destructive powers of Mother Nature and Hollywood dystopian stories fueled her young imagination. For the last 20+ years she has constructed small scale dioramas and photographed them. Beginning with retelling the tall tales […]

Women Make Movies Make History

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

With Special Guest Ariel Dougherty, director and Women Make Movies co-founder General Admission $10 / $7 for MECA&D Faculty / $5 for MECA&D Students Screening of historic, narrative shorts from the 1970s — “Domestic Tranquility” and “Sweet Bananas” — followed by Q&A talkback with director Ariel Dougherty on the films, the history of Women Make […]

The Inspiration of Abstraction

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

Doug Varone and Dancers team up with Abstract Painter and MECA&D Faculty member Michel Droge for a look at the inspired work of Joan Mitchell through dance, imagery, and dialogue.