2017 Salt Alumni Exhibition

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

2017 Salt Alumni Exhibition October 6–November 10, 2017 Opening Reception: Friday, October 6, 2017, 5:00-8:00pm Artists at Work Gallery, First Floor, Porteous Building This exhibition features the work of thirteen alumni from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, which is now a graduate certificate program at MECA&D. As we welcome Salt to campus— Fall 2017 […]

Confabulations of Millennia

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

Confabulations of Millennia On view from October 6–December 8, 2017 Exhibition Reception: Friday, October 6, 2017, 5:00–8:00pm Melora Kuhn, Waterfall Bust, 2016 Curated by artist Richard Saja, Confabulations of Millennia brings together the works of 19 contemporary artists who take direct inspiration from the 18th and 19th centuries. Using established styles, techniques and objects perfected in the […]

Khen Rinpoche Tsetan: “Dealing with Negativity in the World Around Us”

Khen Rinpoche Tsetan, Tibetan Lama speaks on "Dealing with Negativity in the World Around Us" Friday, October 6, 7:00pm Osher Hall, Second floor, Porteous Free and open to the public Khen Rinpoche Lobzang Tsetan, a Tibetan Buddhist monk and educator, founded the Siddhartha School in 1995 in his remote home village of Stok, Ladakh. What […]

Visiting Artist: Jackie Brown

Jackie Brown, a sculpture installation artist whose work stems from an interest in nature, science, and living systems.

2017 MECA&D PechaKucha

PechaKucha 20x20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds, as you explain your idea or story. This night celebrates MECA&D with special presentations from our community.  When: Thursday, October 19, 2017. Doors open at 6:30pm. Showtime is 7:20pm. Where: The Portland House of Music, 25 Temple St., Portland. Cost: $7 General […]

Wayne Higby: Artist Talk

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

ELEMENTAL INTERSECTIONS: Conversations on Art & Environment | Part 3: Earth Thursday, October 26, at 5:30 pm Osher Hall, Second Floor, Porteous Join Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts at MECA&D for a conversation exploring the intersections of art-making and our environment. Artist Wayne Higby will join Donna Loring of Maine's Penobscot Nation and marine geologist […]