Maine College of Art

Bare Portland: The Great Play Reading Series
2016-01-24 16:00 - 18:00 (America/New_York) | Osher Hall, Maine College of Art & Design, 2nd Floor, 522 Congress St., Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Bare Portland: The Great Play Reading Series

Free and open to the public, "The Great Play Reading Series" kicks off this Sunday, January 24 at 4:00pm in MECA&D's Osher Hall (second floor). Join us as we welcome Bare Portland who will perform Desire Under the Elms by the great American tragedian Eugene O'Neill. This series is made possible by a generous grant from the Maine Theater Fund at the Maine Community Foundation.

CS Adult Winter/Spring Term Begins
2016-01-24 | Porteous Building, Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

Maine Regional Affiliate Scholastic Art Awards Competition Exhibition
2016-01-23 09:00 - 2016-02-13 17:00 (America/New_York) | Porteous Building, Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
First Floor Hallway
Through February 13, Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm, Saturday and Sunday from 12:00noon to 4:00pm.
The Awards Ceremony and Closing Reception is at MECA&D on Saturday, February 13th beginning at 1:00pm in the cafe.
For the 2016 Maine Regional Affiliate Scholastic Art Awards Competition a total of 799 submissions were judged, which included 743 individual entries and 56 senior portfolios. This translates into 1,191 artworks being included in the jury process. The end results were: For individual entries; 108 Honorable Mentions, 51 Silver Key Awards, and 34 Gold Key Awards which include the 5 American Visions Nominees. The 56 senior portfolios resulted in 7 Honorable Mentions, 5 Silver Key Awards, 4 Gold Key Awards.
Students who received Gold Key and Silver Key for Individual pieces plus Seniors who were received Gold Key, Silver Key or Honorable Mention will be invited to participate in an exhibition here at MECA&D.
The Exhibition will take place from Jan 23 to Feb 13, 2016. All award winning students including Honorable Mention students and senior portfolios will receive a certificate acknowledging their achievement at the ceremony.

MECA&D Painters 10 Years Later
2016-01-22 12:00 - 2016-02-13 17:00 (America/New_York) | June Fitzpatrick Gallery at Maine College of Art & Design, first floor
Through February 13, Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00-5:00pm
First Friday Reception February 5, 5:00-8:00pm, Performance by Patricia Brace on February 5 at 7:00pm
An annual exhibit featuring Maine College of Art & Design painting majors a decade after graduation. This year's participants are Patricia Brace, Kate Cleaves, Taylor Franklin, Joanna House, Lisa Pixley, Charles Read, Destiny Schwartz, and Devin Witter. Please call 207.699.5018 or email alums@meca.edu for more information.
Image: Taylor Franklin, Wrecking Ball, Acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 inches

Half and Half
2016-01-22 10:00 - 2016-02-05 19:30 (America/New_York) | ICA at MECA&D, 522 Congress St., Portland, Maine, 04101, United States
Half and Half, a print exchange between students at Maine College of Art & Design and Xian Academy of Fine Arts Xian, China
Artists at Work, through February 5, Monday - Friday 10:00am–3:00pm
Closing reception Friday, February 5, 5:30pm–7:30pm

BFA Ceramics Show
2016-01-15 08:00 - 2016-02-05 17:00 (America/New_York) | Porteous Building, Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
BFA Ceramic Show at Maine College of Art & Design

The Senior Ceramic Students at Maine College of Art & Design will be having a self-curated exhibition on the first floor, at Zand Head Gallery at the Free Street Entrance and the front window on Congress Street. The show will begin on Friday, January 15 and will be up until Friday, February 5. The artists will be holding a closing event on that first Friday in February at 5 p.m. The show will be open to the public for the whole duration during MECA&D’s business hours. Most of the work is for sale.

Tinderbox
2016-01-11 - 2016-03-05 | Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design, first floor
Ushering in the ICA at MECA&D’s 2016 spring exhibition, Tinderbox merges brutally insightful visual art, contextual information nodes for public engagement, as well as an “art punk” concert. Curated by Kyle Patnaude, its premise is to look at the new role of artists and communities in establishing a dialogue towards political, cultural, and social parameters of confrontation transpiring across the country. The exhibition focuses on areas of tension in which art and artists can become a catalyst and through their creative activism, respond further than conventional art allows. Given countless points of conjecture, this exhibition establishes a self-reflexive space in which discussion through context can begin.
Learn more about the exhibition.

Information Sessions for the CS International Retreats to France and Greece in Osher Auditorium
2016-01-10 16:00 - 18:00 UTC
France: 4PM
Greece: 5PM

CS Adult Intensive Week
2016-01-04 - 2016-01-08

MAT Spring Classes Begin
2016-01-04

From the Inside: 2015 Staff Exhibition
2016-01-01 - 2016-01-21 | June Fitzpatrick Gallery at Maine College of Art & Design, first floor
Artists exhibiting include Nik Bsullak '99, Jill Dalton '99, Shannon Googins '14, Megan Lloyd, Leeanna Morris MFA '14, Maia Snow '13, Phil Stevens '91, Dietlind Vander Schaaf, and Annie Wadleigh.

100% MAT Refund Period Ends
2016-01-01

Grades available online for students via MyMECA&D
2015-12-22

Residence Halls close for Winter Break
2015-12-19 10:00 UTC

Deadline: All student grades must be submitted to the Registrar's Office
2015-12-18 17:00 UTC

Preferred Deadline: Faculty Submit Grades to Registrar's Office
2015-12-18 12:00 - 17:00 UTC

MAT Fall Semester Ends
2015-12-18

MFA Fall Semester Ends
2015-12-18

BFA Fall Semester Ends
2015-12-18

Foundation Reviews; Required Formal, End-of-the-Semester Reviews/Critiques
2015-12-14 - 2015-12-18

Academic Finals; No Studio Critiques Permitted
2015-12-14

MFA Winter Intensive
2015-12-13 - 2015-12-19

MFA Fall Classes End
2015-12-11

BFA Classes End
2015-12-11
Students prepare for academic finals and review week.

MAT Tuition Payment for Spring 2016 is Due
2015-12-04

MFA Tuition Payment for Spring 2016 is Due
2015-12-04

BFA Tuition Payment for Spring 2016 is Due
2015-12-04

Thanksgiving Holiday: All BFA, MAT and MFA classes cancelled, Residence halls are open, No meal services
2015-11-23 - 2015-11-27

Veterans Day: All BFA, MAT and MFA classes cancelled, Administrative offices closed
2015-11-11

DEADLINE: Applications for Spring 2016 AICAD Mobility Program
2015-11-07
Applications must be submitted to the Office of Registration and Academic Advising.
