EXHIBITION: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado
A selected exhibition of photographs by photographer Sebastião Salgado. >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<
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Curious Nature: 2018 Alumni Triennial
Curious Nature brings together a diverse group of artists who draw inspiration from the natural world. Employing various mediums, from painting to sculpture, photography, and installation, their works are rooted in the act of looking closer.
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EXHIBITION: Everyday Maine
An exhibition featuring over 190 photographs from 74 Maine photographers. Curated by Bruce Brown, the exhibit features a joyous collection of Maine’s diversity across ability, economics, gender, geography, national origin, race, sexual orientation and work. “Our goal is to show in these times in our state, there is no ‘us’ and ‘them,’ there’s ‘we,’ said […]
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FILM: The Century of Immigration: 1820 – 1924
FILM: The Century of Immigration: 1820 – 1924
Episode 4 of New York: A Documentary Film examines the great wave of immigration that began in the late 19th century, tripled New York’s population and transformed the city and the nation. On camera, renowned historians like David McCullough and writers like Pete Hamill describe the new tide of humanity from southern and eastern Europe — Italians, […]
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LECTURE: 2018 Oak Fellow | Bassam Khabieh
LECTURE: 2018 Oak Fellow | Bassam Khabieh
Syrian photojournalist Bassam Khabieh has powerfully documented war crimes and other ongoing human rights violations in the Syrian conflict, with images featured by organizations such as UNICEF, the World Health Organization, Reuters, and The Atlantic. In 2015 Khabieh was awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal for “photographic reporting from abroad requiring exceptional courage and enterprise.” […]
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LECTURE: Refugee Crisis: The Changing Face of Forced Migration in El Salvador
LECTURE: Refugee Crisis: The Changing Face of Forced Migration in El Salvador
Power in Community Alliances, in conjunction with the Maine Multicultural Center will host a slide show presentation on the findings of Bangor's Sister City Delegation to El Salvador to study the changing dynamics of forced migration. The transition from a flow primarily of economic refugees to a new wave of migrants fleeing for their lives has […]
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EXHIBITION: Maine + Jewish: Two Centuries
The exhibition presents the experiences of one of Maine's distinctive communities over 200 years, from 19th-century immigrants to more recent residents and summer visitors. Illustrating how Jewish life has become an essential part of Maine’s rhythms and character, it looks at where and why Jews settled in Maine, religious dimensions, working lives, Jewish summer camps, […]
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Lecture: Martina Castro | Maine College of Art & Design Visiting Artist
Lecture: Martina Castro | Maine College of Art & Design Visiting Artist
Martina Castro, founder of Adonde Media and co-founder of Radio Ambulante, will discuss storytelling and podcasting in the Americas as part of MECA&D's Visiting Artist lecture series. The talk will be hosted in MECA&D's Osher Hall. Martina Castro is a bilingual radio producer, sound designer and podcast consultant. She is CEO & Founder of Adonde Media, […]
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POETRY + MUSIC: Kol Nidre Services with Kifah Abdullah
POETRY + MUSIC: Kol Nidre Services with Kifah Abdullah
Painting by Kifah Abdullah Join us for our communal night of atonement that will include poetry and cello music from immigrant artist, Kifah Abdullah. Hosted by Beth Israel Congregation. >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<
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LECTURE: Climate Change, Conflict, and Migration: An Example from Africa | Andrew Stanicoff
LECTURE: Climate Change, Conflict, and Migration: An Example from Africa | Andrew Stanicoff
Andrew Stanicoff is a geologist, natural resource planner, analyst, and manager with 35 years of experience in geology, hydrology, agriculture, fisheries, forestry, climatology, and oceanography. He has 40 years of experience in developing countries and 24 years in Africa. During the last ten years, Mr. Stancioff has worked to develop methods and models to monitor […]
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LECTURE: Finbar O’Reilly
LECTURE: Finbar O’Reilly
Finbarr O’Reilly is the co-author of Shooting Ghosts, a unique joint memoir with retired U.S. Marine Sgt. Thomas James Brennan. Their story about the unpredictability of war and its aftermath is told in alternating first-person narrative, and explores the things they’ve seen and done, the ways they have been affected, and how they have navigated […]
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CONVERSATION: “Maine Calling” Discussion with Immigrants in Maine
CONVERSATION: “Maine Calling” Discussion with Immigrants in Maine
Maine Public Radio's call-in show "Maine Calling" hosts a discussion about immigrants in Maine—how they are received and perceived, and how they become members of the community here. The show airs live at 1 pm; it is rebroadcast at 8 pm and is online at mainecalling.org. >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<
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FILM + CONVERSATION: The Home Road by Tonya Shevenell
FILM + CONVERSATION: The Home Road by Tonya Shevenell
Screening of documentary film The Home Road followed by discussion with director Tonya Shevenell. >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<
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LECTURE: Lives Still In Limbo: UnDACAmented and Navigating an Uncertain Future, Roberto Gonzalez, Ph.D.
LECTURE: Lives Still In Limbo: UnDACAmented and Navigating an Uncertain Future, Roberto Gonzalez, Ph.D.
At DACA's six year mark, more than 814,000 young people had benefited from the program and, as a result, had taken giant steps towards the American mainstream. Things changed under the Trump administration when U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced an end to what had become a very successful policy on September 5th, 2017. What […]
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Community Conversation and Dinner
Community Conversation and Dinner
The Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) and Communities Against Hate are hosting a set of two dinners bringing together old and New Mainers for facilitated conversation around race, religion and prejudice. Second dinner will take place on October 2nd. Limited capacity. To participate please contact: Host: CANMP & Communities Against Hate Contact: Steve Wessler […]
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Community Conversation and Dinner
Community Conversation and Dinner
The Capital Area New Mainers Project (CANMP) and Communities Against Hate are hosting a set of two dinners bringing together old and New Mainers for facilitated conversation around race, religion and prejudice. Second dinner will take place on October 3rd. Limited capacity. To participate please contact: Host: CANMP & Communities Against Hate Contact: Steve Wessler […]
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LECTURE: Alia Malek
LECTURE: Alia Malek
Alia Malek is a journalist and former civil rights lawyer. She is the author of “A Country Called Amreeka: US History Re-Told Through Arab American Lives,” “The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria,” and editor of “Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post 9/11 Injustices.” In April, 2011, she moved to Damascus, Syria and […]
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EXHIBITION: 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, Don Alter, Samuel Gelber, James Graham, Frances Kidder, Cynthia Motian McGuril, Winslow Myers, Elaine […]
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September Open House: BFA Admissions
September Open House: BFA Admissions
Come see first-hand why students are choosing to study in MECA&D's close-knit community and rigorous artistic programs.
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PANEL: From the Northern Triangle to the U.S. Border
PANEL: From the Northern Triangle to the U.S. Border
Panel features former U.S. Ambassador to Honduras, James Nealon. The World Affairs Council of Maine in collaboration with the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center and Mainers for Accountable Leadership will host a panel discussion on the recent increase in asylum seekers migrating from the Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras) to the United States. We will discuss the myriad […]
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FILM: Promise and Prejudice
FILM: Promise and Prejudice
Screening of Welcome to Shelbyville by Kim A. Snyder. This powerful documentary takes an in-depth look at Shelbyville, a small Tennessee town in the heart of the Bible Belt, as it grapples with discrimination in the face of changing demographics. On the eve of the 2008 presidential election, Shelbyville’s longtime residents are challenged with how best to […]
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FILM: The Search For General Tso
FILM: The Search For General Tso
Screening of The Search for General Tso by Ian Chenney. As much an immigration history as a culinary one, this entertaining and informative documentary uses the ubiquitous Americanized Chinese dish, General Tso’s chicken, as a lens onto a larger story of migration, adaptation and innovation in American popular culture. Early on, the film poses the question, […]