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FILM: Human Flow by Ai Weiwei
Olin Arts Center, Bates College 75 Russell St., Lewiston, ME, United StatesHuman 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 […]
LECTURE: Understanding Violence in Central Africa, Laura Seay
Chace Community Forum 178 Main St, Waterville, ME, United StatesUnderstanding Violence in Central Africa From Laura Seay: "I am an assistant professor of Government at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. My research is centered around the study of community responses to conflict and U.S. foreign policy in Africa’s Great Lakes region. I am currently finishing a book, Substituting for the State, about the role non-state actors play in […]
FILM: Infiltrators by Khaled Jarrar | Maine College of Art & Design
Maine College of Art & Design 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, United StatesThe checkpoint is closed: “Detour, detour!” shouts a taxi driver, announcing the beginning of yet another uncertain search for a way around the barriers curtailing Palestinian movement in the West Bank. Infiltrators is a visceral “road movie” that chronicles the daily travails of Palestinians of all backgrounds as they seek routes through, under, around, and […]
Traces | FILM: Infiltrators by Khaled Jarrar | @ MECA&D
Maine College of Art & Design 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, United States
Empower the Immigrant Woman Conference
USM Wishcamper Center 34 Bedford St., Portland, ME, United StatesWith a mission to “Empower, Educate & Inspire the Immigrant Woman”, EIW works to motivate Maine’s immigrant women to, with the League of Women Voters, highlight voting engagement issues specific to their mission, raise awareness of their challenges, and honor their community “Trailblazers”. The all-day conference will kick off at 9am with a Forum whose […]
November Open House: BFA Admissions
Porteous Building, Maine College of Art & Design 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, United StatesCome see first-hand why students are choosing to study in MECA&D's close-knit community and rigorous artistic programs.
BOOKS: I’m Your Neighbor at the Harlow Gallery
Harlow Gallery 100 Water Street, Hallowell, ME, United StatesWelcoming Immigrants with Literature As part of the Maine Migrations statewide celebration, we are 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 […]
WORKSHOP: Multi-generational Art Workshop with Pamela Moulton & Titi de Baccarat
Meeting Room 1, Portland Public Library 5 Monument Way, Portland, ME, United StatesJoin teaching artists Pamela Moulton and Titi de Baccarat for a multi-generational art workshop on Saturday, November 10 between 11:00am and 3:00pm. The artists will work with Adults, Children and Teens to create imaginary, surreal, multi-cultural houses to be suspended on an interactive papermache tree which will be kept on display at Portland Public Library and/or bring […]