Maine College of Art

Opening Reception for Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways | Maine College of Art & Design
2018-10-05 17:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
The opening night of the featured Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways exhibition at MECA&D's Institute of Contemporary Art.
Find more information about the exhibition at meca.edu/traces

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Opening Reception for 'Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways' | MECA&D
2018-10-05 17:00 - 20:00 | ICA at MECA&D, 522 Congress St., Portland, Maine, 04101, United States

EXHIBITION: IXNOS
2018-10-06 - 2018-12-14 | USM Glickman Library, Reading Room, 7th floor, 314 Forest Ave., Portland, ME, 04103, United States
IXNOS (which means “trace” in Greek) will focus on Lesvos, one of the most significant locations involved in the current worldwide movement of migrants and refugees. This year Portland celebrates its 15 year anniversary of its sister-city relationship with Mytilene, Lesvos. The island is also a major world center for bird migration. The exhibit will consist of photographs, art work, portfolio books, texts and artifacts relating to these paths of migration through the island. In addition to work by Allen-Efstathiou and Snell, featured will be photographs by Michael Honegger of Nice, France; maps by Dr. Irwin Novak, plus work by Jeff and Lydia Badger, and members of the Peregrine Press -- Jessyca Broekman, Kate Chappell, Delphine Sherin, Kit Browne Pike, Susan Amons, Debbie Schmitt, Kate Katomski and others.
Opening Reception: October 6, 5:00 - 6:45 pm.
Documentary Film Screening: Sunday, October 7, 3:00 pm, Luther Bonney Hall, USM Portland Campus.
Artists' Panel Discussion: Thursday, November 8, 5:30 pm, Room 423/4 Glickman Library, USM Portland Campus
Sponsored by the Hellenic Society of Maine with support from Peregrine Press.

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RECEPTION: IXNOS Opening
2018-10-06 17:00 - 19:00 | USM Glickman Library, Reading Room, 7th floor, 314 Forest Ave., Portland, ME, 04103, United States
IXNOS (which means “trace” in Greek) will focus on Lesvos, one of the most significant locations involved in the current worldwide movement of migrants and refugees. This year Portland celebrates its 15 year anniversary of its sister-city relationship with Mytilene, Lesvos. The island is also a major world center for bird migration. The exhibit will consist of photographs, art work, portfolio books, texts and artifacts relating to these paths of migration through the island. In addition to work by Allen-Efstathiou and Snell, featured will be photographs by Michael Honegger of Nice, France; maps by Dr. Irwin Novak, plus work by Jeff and Lydia Badger, and members of the Peregrine Press -- Jessyca Broekman, Kate Chappell, Delphine Sherin, Kit Browne Pike, Susan Amons, Debbie Schmitt, Kate Katomski and others.
Exhibition open from 10/5 - 12/14.
Artists' Panel Discussion Wednesday, November 7, 5:30 pm, Room 423/4 Glickman Library, USM Portland Campus
Sponsored by the Hellenic Society of Maine with support from Peregrine Press.

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Gallery Talk: "All Good Art is Protest Art", Winslow Myers
2018-10-07 15:00 - 16:00 | Yvette Torres Fine Art, 464 Main St., Rockland, ME, 04841, United States
When Will We Ever Learn?
Yvette Torres Fine Art has gathered a group of artists whose work depicts the injustice and consequences of war, genocide and the resulting plight of refugees for an October exhibition. Their works spans the decades from 1952 - 2018. Artists include, Samuel Gelber, James Graham, Frances Kidder, Cynthia Motian McGuril, Winslow Myers, Elaine Schmitt Urbain, John Urbain and others.
On Sunday, October 7 at 3pm, artist, author and activist, Winslow Myers will do a presentation titled “All Good Art is Protest Art” Winslow Myers interests have been divided Between painting, teaching and citizen activism. He volunteered for the California based non-profit, Beyond War for 25 years, served on its board, and wrote a book on its philosophy of war prevention, “Living Beyond War: A Citizens Guide.” He has also published over 140 opinion editorial pieces on war and related issues
The exhibit will run from September 28 through October 21, 2018. The opening reception: Friday, October 5, 5 - 8pm.
Yvette Torres Fine Art is located at 464 Main St. Rockland, Maine. Fall hours are, Thursday. through Saturday 12 – 5 and Sunday 12 – 4 or by appointment. The phone number is 332-4014. www.yvettetorresfineart.com
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to refugee resettlement programs in Maine.

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FILM: Greek Migration Then and Now: Documentary Films
2018-10-07 15:00 - 16:30 | Luther Bonney Hall, USM Portland, 85 Bedford St., Portland, ME, 04101, United States
IXNOS (which means “trace” in Greek) will focus on Lesvos, one of the most significant locations involved in the current worldwide movement of migrants and refugees. This year Portland celebrates its 15 year anniversary of its sister-city relationship with Mytilene, Lesvos. The island is also a major world center for bird migration. The exhibit will consist of photographs, art work, portfolio books, texts and artifacts relating to these paths of migration through the island. In addition to work by Allen-Efstathiou and Snell, featured will be photographs by Michael Honegger of Nice, France; maps by Dr. Irwin Novak, plus work by Jeff and Lydia Badger, and members of the Peregrine Press -- Jessyca Broekman, Kate Chappell, Delphine Sherin, Kit Browne Pike, Susan Amons, Debbie Schmitt, Kate Katomski and others.
Sponsored by the Hellenic Society of Maine with support from Peregrine Press.

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EXHIBITION: With the heart and the reason | Titi de Baccarat
2018-10-08 - 2018-11-07 | Railroad Square Cinema, 17 Railroad Square, Waterville, ME, 04901, United States
I don't do politics, but I do practice art. My artistic creation is both poetic and social. I create because I dream. I believe things move only if we dream. But it is not just works of art that create change; change is created by the reflections, questions and emotions that art arouse. Dedicated to justice in a hostile political context, I was forced to flee my country, Gabon, with only the wealth of my artistic ability. I live in Portland, since February 2015, and I'm working through my African identity and my experiences as an asylum seeker in the United states: My pain, fear, uncertainty, and my hope for my future here.

- Titi de Baccarat

Opening for the exhibition preceding screening of Black Girl at Railroad Square on October 8th.

FILM: Black Girl at Railroad Square
2018-10-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Railroad Square Cinema, 17 Railroad Square, Waterville, ME, 04901, United States
Join Railroad Square Cinema for a screening of Black Girl. Black Girl, directed by Ousmane Sembene, is a celebrated classic that tells the story of a Senegalese woman named Diouana who moves to France from Dakar with the family for whom she works. Frustrated by her limited role as a maid, Diouana is repeatedly reminded of her social inferiority by those around her and struggles to find fulfillment and comfort in a racist French society.
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FILM: Maineland
2018-10-09 15:00 - 17:00, 2018-10-11 15:00 - 17:00 | Frontier Café and Cinema, 14 Main St., Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
Chinese teenagers from the wealthy elite who have big American dreams settle into a boarding school in small-town Maine. As their fuzzy visions of the American dream slowly gain more clarity, their relationship to home takes on a poignant new aspect.

Screenings at 3pm and 7pm at Frontier Café and Cinema in Brunswick. Ticketed event.

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LECTURE: Solving The "Refugee Crisis": Displacement, Mental Health, and Durable Solutions by Nadia El-Shaarawi
2018-10-10 12:00 - 13:30 | University of Maine Orono, Memorial Union, Bangor Room, Memorial Union, Orono, ME, 04469-5748, United States
Drawing on her research with migrants and refugees in Jordan, Egypt, and along the Balkan Route, Nadia El-Shaarawi, Assistant Professor of Global Studies at Colby College, will discuss the mental health effects of displacement and uncertainty.

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FILM: Maineland
2018-10-10 15:00 - 17:00 | Frontier Café and Cinema, 14 Main St., Brunswick, ME, 04011, United States
Chinese teenagers from the wealthy elite who have big American dreams settle into a boarding school in small-town Maine. As their fuzzy visions of the American dream slowly gain more clarity, their relationship to home takes on a poignant new aspect.

Screening at Frontier Café and Cinema in Brunswick. Ticketed event.

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FILM: Between Two Worlds: Identity and Acculturation
2018-10-10 18:00 - 20:00 | Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St., Auburn, ME, 04210, United States
Screening of The New Americans Episode 1: The Nigerians by Steve James. In this series, Steve James, co-producer of the acclaimed documentary Hoop Dreams, turns his camera on the struggles of the Nwidor family, Nigerians forced to flee their home due to military oppression. Israel, a former chemical engineer, his wife Ngozi and their two children have been waiting for resettlement for years in a refugee camp in Benin. They share their hopes and humorously acknowledge their exaggerated expectations of new life in America. In their first weeks in low-income housing in Chicago, they are grateful for a dry place to sleep and their first McDonald’s hamburgers, but find much of their new world confusing. Both parents struggle with low-paying jobs in the hotel industry, and the expectations of their family in Nigeria to send money home regularly. We watch as their attempts to adapt and succeed crumble at times into despair, but also share with them moments of hope as they struggle to attain their American Dream.
Part of Becoming American: A Documentary Film and Discussion Series on Our Immigration Experience. The Becoming American series is a three-month public program featuring documentary film screenings and moderated discussions designed to encourage an informed discussion of immigration issues against the backdrop of our immigration history.
Please register to attend here. Sponsored by Museum L-A.

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EXHIBITION: VR Pop-up: At the Periphery | Maine College of Art & Design
2018-10-11 16:00 - 19:00 | Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Virtual reality filmmakers Daniel Quintanilla and UnitedYES, working with the Yarn Corporation,
will be in the gallery to share At the Periphery, a virtual experience that explores the often
paradoxical idea of "visibility" as it relates to the immigrant experience. In this virtual journey,
one is transported to spaces occupied temporarily or permanently by immigrant communities
in Maine: a seasonal blueberry camp, a community farm organized by refugees, a takeout
restaurant.
This event will be hosted in the Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA&D.

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Traces | Exhibition: VR Pop-up: At the Periphery | @ MECA&D
2018-10-11 18:00 - 19:00 | Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Virtual reality filmmakers Daniel Quintanilla and UnitedYES, working with the Yarn Corporation, will be in the gallery to share At the Periphery, a virtual experience that explores the often paradoxical idea of "visibility" as it relates to the immigrant experience. In this virtual journey, one is transported to spaces occupied temporarily or permanently by immigrant communities in Maine: a seasonal blueberry camp, a community farm organized by refugees, a takeout restaurant.
This event will be hosted in the Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA&D.

CONVERSATION: "What do I do?" Strategies for Bystanders Workshop
2018-10-11 18:30 - 20:00 | Auburn Public Library, 49 Spring St., Auburn, ME, 04210, United States
Co-hosted by Museum L-A and Green Dot L/A.
Green Dot L/A partners with a nationally recognized violence and harassment prevention program to offer bystander trainings, at no cost, to local organizations and groups. Presentations can range from short introductions to longer skill-building trainings, each tailored to the groups needs. We have all felt it...that impulse to act to protect someone nearby from a harmful act or words, but may not have known what to do. Join us for a look at how anyone can make their community a little safer by discouraging violence in flexible, practical ways. Limited capacity, please register to attend here.
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EXHIBITION: Freeing the Captive: The Work of Kifah Abdullah
2018-10-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Beth Israel Congregation, 291 Main St., Waterville, ME, 04903, United States
Painting by Kifah Abdullah

Come for an opening at 5 pm to see the work of Kifah Abdullah displayed at Beth Israel Congregation, and a night of poetry, song, and dance.

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EXHIBITION: New Mainers
2018-10-12 - 2018-11-04 | Ocean House Gallery, 299 Ocean Road, Cape Elizabeth, ME, United States
Photographs by Jan Pieter van Voorst from New Mainers: The Portrait of Our Immigrant Neighbors by Pat Nyhan andJan Pieter van Voorst, with a foreword by Reza Jalali. Hosted by Ocean House Gallery.
Opening reception Friday, October 12th, 5-7pm.
Photograph by Jan Pieter van Voorst

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EXHIBITION: Barça/Barzak: The immigrant's hope | Papa Mendy
2018-10-13 - 2018-10-18 | SPEEDWELL, 630 Forest Avenue, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Hosted by SPEEDWELL Projects, Barça/Barzak is a pop up shop featuring furniture by Senegalese artist Papa Mendy in conjunction with Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks, and Pathways. Each piece is handcrafted and made one-of-a-kind from repurposed wood sourced from traditional West African boats.

The canoe is legendary.
Noah used it to save humanity.
Westerners used it for four centuries for the slave trade.
My African brothers use it for clandestine immigration to the West.
Me I turn it into furniture as a sign of hope.

La pirogue est légendaire.
Noé s’en est servi pour sauver l’humanité.
Les occidentaux s’en sont servis quatre siècle durant pour les besoins de la traite négrière.
Mes frères africains s’en servent pour immigrés clandestinement vers l’occident.
Moi je la transforme en meubles en signe d’espoir.
- Papa Mendy

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October Open House: MFA + MAT Admissions
2018-10-13 10:00 - 14:30 | Maine College of Art & Design, First Floor, 522 Congress St., Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Visit MECA&D for an Open House!
Come see first-hand why students are choosing to study in MECA&D's close-knit community and rigorous artistic programs. At an Open House, you'll have a chance to:
+ Get to know faculty and current students
+ Take a tour of our studios and res halls
+ Have your portfolio reviewed with professional artists
+ Explore the vibrant art scene in downtown Portland, Maine
This Open House is specifically designed for students interested in our MFA and MAT programs — each program will have a separate track. We'll send you more information within 48 hours of registration.
Sign up below!
If you have any questions about our Open Houses, you can contact us at admissions@meca.edu or 207.699.5026.

EXHIBITION: VR Pop-up: A Shared Space | Lewiston | Daniel Quintanilla + UnitedYES
2018-10-13 13:00 - 16:00 | Center for Maine Contemporary Art, 21 Winter St., Rockland, ME, 04841, United States
A Shared Space | Lewiston by Daniel Quintanilla, Shuab Ahmed Mahat, and Hilowle Aden is a pop-up immersive 360° virtual reality experience inviting all of us to ask questions about the physical and social spaces we inhabit and what we lose when we are out of contact with one another. A Shared Space tells the story of friends Hilowle and Shuab, who grew up in Dadaab, Kenya– the largest refugee camp in the world. Today, both have started families and call Lewiston, Maine home. Raising children in the country’s least diverse state in the wake of Trump’s Muslim Ban and rising nationalist sentiments has created challenges neither expected. Hosted in Rockland at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art.

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FOOD: Community Garden Potluck
2018-10-13 16:00 - 18:00 | Boyd Street Urban Farm, 5 Boyd Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Please join Sister Makings & Cultivating Community for a community potluck in one of the most creative and diverse growing spaces in Portland. All are welcome, please bring a dish that you love, or from your cultural heritage to share. Sister Makings seeks to co-create sanctuary that promotes equitably shared learning experiences, we co-create space for local and new neighbor sisters and their families to gather regularly around conversation, food, service, and craft.

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RECEPTION: Barça/Barzak: The immigrant's hope | Papa Mendy
2018-10-13 18:00 - 20:00 | SPEEDWELL, 630 Forest Avenue, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
Barça/Barzak: The immigrant's hope | Papa Mendy
Exhibition On View: October 13 - 21, 2018
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 13, 6-8PM
Hosted by SPEEDWELL Projects, Barça/Barzak is a pop up shop featuring furniture by Senegalese artist Papa Mendy in conjunction with Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks, and Pathways. Each piece is handcrafted and made one-of-a-kind from repurposed wood sourced from traditional West African boats.

The canoe is legendary.
Noah used it to save humanity.
Westerners used it for four centuries for the slave trade.
My African brothers use it for clandestine immigration to the West.
Me I turn it into furniture as a sign of hope.

La pirogue est légendaire.
Noé s’en est servi pour sauver l’humanité.
Les occidentaux s’en sont servis quatre siècle durant pour les besoins de la traite négrière.
Mes frères africains s’en servent pour immigrés clandestinement vers l’occident.
Moi je la transforme en meubles en signe d’espoir.
- Papa Mendy

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MUSIC: Okbari Middle Eastern Ensemble
2018-10-13 19:30 - 21:30 | Mayo Street Arts, 10 Mayo Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
The Okbari Middle Eastern Ensemble presents music from the richly varied contemporary and historic cultural traditions of the Middle East including Ottoman Turkish Classical compositions, rural Turkish folk and devotional songs, Arabic classical and folk music, and dance music from the Armenian and Turkish immigrant diasporas. Tickets are available here.

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EXHIBITION: Seeing Otherwise
2018-10-16 - 2018-11-03 | Colby College Museum of Art, 5600 Mayflower Hill Drive, Waterville, ME, 04901, United States
Exhibition that confronts and explores representations of mobility in art. Curated by Catherine Besteman, Chloé Powers, and Caroline Webb.

Featuring work by: Romare Bearden, Phong Bui, Lalla Essaydi, Whitfield Lovell, Meleko Mokgosi, Richard Mosse, Fred Wilson, Leo Rubinfien, and Alfred Stieglitz.
Gallery talk by co-curator Caroline Webb at 12 noon on Thursday, October 25th in the Landay Teaching Alcove.

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CONVERSATION: Page to Stage at the Portland Public Library
2018-10-16 12:00 - 13:00 | Rhines Auditorium, Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Way, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
A brown bag lunch and discussion of the themes and ideas addressed in Refuge Malja ملجأ, moderated by Portland Stage. Page to Stage is a discussion series run like a book group and hosted in collaboration between the Portland Public Library and Portland Stage. Scripts will be available to read prior to the discussion, contact Raminta Moore at moore@portlandpubliclibrary.org or for more information, tbackus@portlandstage.org.

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FILM: Help Wanted? Immigration and Work
2018-10-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Museum L-A, 35 Canal St., Lewiston, ME, 04240, United States
Screening of Destination America Episode 1: The Golden Door by Stephen Stept and David Grubin. In this first episode from the acclaimed four-part series on immigration, historians Donna Gabaccia and Janet Nolan, among others, provide a historical context for America’s longstanding and sometimes conflicted relationship with immigrant labor. Reflecting that “once, there was no such thing as an illegal immigrant. If you could get here, you could stay,” Prof. Gabaccia notes that, from the start of U.S. history, immigrants were recognized as necessary to the country’s economic growth. The film focuses on three groups’ histories of immigration to America, looking at their reasons for emigrating, where they settled, and what kinds of work they contributed.
Part of Becoming American: A Documentary Film and Discussion Series on Our Immigration Experience. The Becoming American series is a three-month public program featuring documentary film screenings and moderated discussions designed to encourage an informed discussion of immigration issues against the backdrop of our immigration history.
Please register to attend here. Sponsored by Museum L-A.

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READING: Refuge Malja ملجأ | hosted by Maine College of Art & Design
2018-10-18 17:00 - 17:30 | Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States
A reading from Refuge Malja ملجأ by Bess Welden with Arabic translation by Ali Al
Mshakheel. A scene from the play Refuge Malja ملجأ will be read in English and Arabic.
Portland Stage will present Refuge Malja ملجأ as a full lenth production October 30 –
November 18, 2018. Short discussion regarding the play to follow.
This reading will be hosted by the Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA&D.

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Traces | READING: Refuge Malja ملجأ | @ MECA&D
2018-10-18 17:00 - 17:30 | Maine College of Art & Design, 522 Congress Street, Portland, ME, 04101, United States

CONVERSATION: The Stories We Carry
2018-10-18 17:30 - 20:00 | USM Glickman Library, Special Events Room, 7th floor, 314 Forest Ave., Portland, ME, 04103, United States
This interactive literary event will help the audience to explore some of the ways in which storytelling and oral histories preserve our cultures and connect us to our origin. A diverse slate of voices will tell the stories that they carry. Which stories does your family carry? We invite community members to come, share, and listen to a wide array of these stories. Community discussion and reception to follow.
Hosted by Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing

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