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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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 […]
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, […]
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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LECTURE: Soldiers and Kings | Jason De León
LECTURE: Soldiers and Kings | Jason De León
Lecture title: Soldiers and Kings: Violence, Masculinity, and Photoethnographic Practice in the Context of Human Smuggling Across Mexico By Jason De León, MMV artist and Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan Since 2015 I have been involved in an analog photoethnographic project focused on documenting the daily lives of Honduran smugglers who profit from transporting undocumented […]
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LECTURE: Welcome to Dawnland: The First Nations host the First Immigrants | Dr. Chris Beach
LECTURE: Welcome to Dawnland: The First Nations host the First Immigrants | Dr. Chris Beach
Dr. Beach's talk will focus on the 1600s, when the indigenous Wabanaki nations hosted the first French and English immigrants to their Dawnland tidewater territories. Dr. Beach is a Maine immigrant himself, and an historian long interested in Maine and nearby Canadian history. Part of Becoming American: A Documentary Film and Discussion Series on Our Immigration […]
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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. This dinner is the companion to the dinner on September 25th. Limited capacity. To participate please contact: Host: CANMP & Communities Against Hate […]
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EXHIBITION: Face to Face | Portraits by Rabee Kiwan
Born in Lebanon, Rabee Kiwan immigrated to the United States in 2002 to complete his medical training and he has lived in Portland since 2009. Rabee has been painting portraits, landscapes, and still lifes since he was a young child when his father gave him a watercolor set. Drawing inspiration from everyday life sustains his […]
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LECTURE: Soldiers and Kings | Jason De León
LECTURE: Soldiers and Kings | Jason De León
Lecture title: Soldiers and Kings: Violence, Masculinity, and Photoethnographic Practice in the Context of Human Smuggling Across Mexico By Jason De León, MMV artist and Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan Since 2015 I have been involved in an analog photoethnographic project focused on documenting the daily lives of Honduran smugglers who profit from transporting undocumented […]
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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. This dinner is the companion to the dinner on September 26th. Limited capacity. To participate please contact: Host: CANMP & Communities Against Hate […]
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LECTURE: The Muslim on the Airplane | Amal Kassir
LECTURE: The Muslim on the Airplane | Amal Kassir
Watching the news, it seems like ethnic divides are ever-deepening. But how can we solve these complicated problems when each side lives in fear of the other? The answer is simple, argues Syrian-American poet Amal Kassir – it starts with, “What’s your name?” Amal Kassir is a Muslim Woman, born and raised in Denver, CO […]
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Jason De León: Visiting Artist Lecture
Jason De León: Visiting Artist Lecture
Jason De León is an anthropologist whose multidisciplinary approach to the study of migration from Latin America to the United States is bringing to light the lives and deaths of clandestine migrants crossing the U.S.–Mexico border into the Sonoran Desert of Arizona.
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LECTURE: Jason De León | Maine College of Art & Design Visiting Artist
LECTURE: Jason De León | Maine College of Art & Design Visiting Artist
Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks and Pathways featured artist Jason De León will talk about his practice and work in the exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design. The talk will be hosted in MECA&D's Osher Hall. >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<
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EXHIBITION: Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways | Maine College of Art & Design
Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways exhibition at MECA&D's Institute of Contemporary Art. Migration, mobility, and displacement is the story of our era. Fears about human mobility and border crossers are reshaping politics; climate change promises to cause massive displacements; global leaders are scrambling to reconfigure and secure borders; people everywhere are moving to find […]
EXHIBITION: Home: Reflections on Place
Home: Reflections on Place is an art exhibit of work created by New Mainers. Home brings together artists who are first-generation Americans to explore the idea of personal residence or refuge. Leaving one’s home and finding another, assimilating ideas of family, culture and community in a new place are part of the immigrant experience. […]
EXHIBITION: Dorothea Rabkin: Tragedy to Transformation
Dorothea Rabkin & her sister Rose Dorothea Rabkin (1921-2008), fled post-war Berlin with her twin sister, Rose. They had been hidden throughout World War II by brave families who risked themselves to give shelter to “hidden children” and thereby saved their lives. Landing in New York City by boat, Dorothea found her new country to be open-minded, welcoming […]
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Opening Reception for Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways | Maine College of Art & Design
Opening Reception for Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways | Maine College of Art & Design
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 >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<
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Opening Reception for ‘Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways’ | MECA&D
Opening Reception for ‘Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways’ | MECA&D
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 >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<
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CONVERSATION: Recipes + Tiles
CONVERSATION: Recipes + Tiles
Please join Love Lab Studio to celebrate the work of 2 important Portland groups: Sister Makings and Bondeko. 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. Bondeko is a design […]
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EXHIBITION: IXNOS
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 […]
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RECEPTION: IXNOS Opening
RECEPTION: IXNOS Opening
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 […]
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Gallery Talk: “All Good Art is Protest Art”, Winslow Myers
Gallery Talk: “All Good Art is Protest Art”, Winslow Myers
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, […]
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FILM: Greek Migration Then and Now: Documentary Films
FILM: Greek Migration Then and Now: Documentary Films
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 […]
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EXHIBITION: With the heart and the reason | Titi de Baccarat
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 […]
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FILM: Black Girl at Railroad Square
FILM: Black Girl at Railroad Square
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 […]
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FILM: Maineland
FILM: Maineland
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 […]
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LECTURE: Solving The “Refugee Crisis”: Displacement, Mental Health, and Durable Solutions by Nadia El-Shaarawi
LECTURE: Solving The “Refugee Crisis”: Displacement, Mental Health, and Durable Solutions by Nadia El-Shaarawi
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. >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<
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FILM: Maineland
FILM: Maineland
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. >> Click here […]
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FILM: Between Two Worlds: Identity and Acculturation
FILM: Between Two Worlds: Identity and Acculturation
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 […]
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FILM: Maineland
FILM: Maineland
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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EXHIBITION: VR Pop-up: At the Periphery | Maine College of Art & Design
EXHIBITION: VR Pop-up: At the Periphery | Maine College of Art & Design
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 […]
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Traces | Exhibition: VR Pop-up: At the Periphery | @ MECA&D
Traces | Exhibition: VR Pop-up: At the Periphery | @ MECA&D
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 […]
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EXHIBITION: New Mainers
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 >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<
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EXHIBITION: Barça/Barzak: The immigrant’s hope | Papa Mendy
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 […]
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October Open House: MFA + MAT Admissions
October Open House: MFA + MAT 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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EXHIBITION: VR Pop-up: A Shared Space | Lewiston | Daniel Quintanilla + UnitedYES
EXHIBITION: VR Pop-up: A Shared Space | Lewiston | Daniel Quintanilla + UnitedYES
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 […]
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FOOD: Community Garden Potluck
FOOD: Community Garden Potluck
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 […]
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EXHIBITION: Seeing Otherwise
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. >> Click here to return to Exhibition […]
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CONVERSATION: Page to Stage at the Portland Public Library
CONVERSATION: Page to Stage at the Portland Public Library
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 […]
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FILM: Help Wanted? Immigration and Work
FILM: Help Wanted? Immigration and Work
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 […]
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READING: Refuge Malja ملجأ | hosted by Maine College of Art & Design
READING: Refuge Malja ملجأ | hosted by Maine College of Art & Design
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 […]
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Traces | READING: Refuge Malja ملجأ | @ MECA&D
Traces | READING: Refuge Malja ملجأ | @ MECA&D
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 […]
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CONVERSATION: The Stories We Carry
CONVERSATION: The Stories We Carry
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 […]
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CONFERENCE: Meeting the Mental & Physical Needs of Immigrants, Refugees & Asylum Seekers
CONFERENCE: Meeting the Mental & Physical Needs of Immigrants, Refugees & Asylum Seekers
For Immigrants, refugees, or asylum seekers, leaving their country is only the beginning of their struggles. For mental health and medical providers to be effective, we need to understand the mental and physical stressors that arose from their displacement and beyond. This program will give participants a greater understanding of the challenges these groups face, […]
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Closing Reception | Tim Bavington: Rock & Roll Abstraction
Closing Reception | Tim Bavington: Rock & Roll Abstraction
Closing Reception: Tim Bavington: Rock & Roll Abstraction Oct. 19, 5–7pm Abstract painter translates Rolling Stones, Beatles, Cream, and Jimi Hendrix songs into visual experiences Dedicated to using music and art as a gateway to learning, the Bob Crewe Gallery at Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D) is exhibiting Tim Bavington: Rock & Roll Abstraction July […]
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2018 Dorothy Schwartz Forum: who is we?
2018 Dorothy Schwartz Forum: who is we?
(Above) Schwartz Forum installation sketch by Lisa Pixley. The Schwartz Forum brings people together with expert guides to grapple with a big question. This year’s question – who is we? – arises any time we say or hear or read a thing like we live here … or we are thrilled to announce … or […]
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PANEL: Printers Without Margins: A Fellowship for Change
PANEL: Printers Without Margins: A Fellowship for Change
Pickwick Independent Press is a community print shop in Portland, Maine that had the opportunity to give six activists a fellowship this year. Each Fellow was guided through the process of printing and distributing their own supporting materials. This panel will host and highlight these fellows as they talk about their activism, the printed matter […]
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PANEL: History of Immigration in Maine
PANEL: History of Immigration in Maine
Held in conjunction with the exhibition Home: Reflections on Place, hosted by the Portland Public Library. Join us for a panel discussion about the History of Immigration in Maine hosted by Portland Press Herald reporter, Megan Doyle. Panelists will talk about advocacy and programs to support Maine immigrants. Panelists include: Julia Trujillo, Director of the Office of […]
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FILM: Family and Community
FILM: Family and Community
Screening of My American Girls by Aaron Matthews. Described by the Los Angeles Times as “packed with uncommon honesty and humor,” this intimate cinema-verite documentary captures the contradictions of contemporary immigrant life in America, showcasing the rewards and the costs of assimilation. Filmed over the course of a year, the film follows the family of Sandra and […]
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EXHIBITION: Out of the Fog: Retracing the Path to Greenland
Pairing Iceblink, a project by artist Carrie Scanga, with the archival source materials from Marie Peary Stafford’s papers that inspired Scanga’s work, this exhibit explores the personal and societal projections of spiritual aspirations onto the Arctic landscape. Stafford’s return to the land of her birth as an explorer in 1932 is documented in her journals […]
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Gallery Talk: Seeing Otherwise | Caroline Webb
Gallery Talk: Seeing Otherwise | Caroline Webb
Co-curator Caroline Webb will introduce visitors to the Seeing Otherwise exhibition at the Colby College Museum of Art. Featured work by Romare Bearden, Phong Bui, Lalla Essaydi, Whitfield Lovell, Meleko Mokgosi, Richard Mosse, Leo Rubinfien, Alfred Stieglitz, and Fred Wilson invites an novel view of displacement and reinvention, presence and absence, memory and identity. […]
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FILM+PANEL: There Is My Home
FILM+PANEL: There Is My Home
There Is My Home features Hawa Ibrahim and Batula Ismail, two women trying to support their families as farmers in Maine. Born and raised in the Jubba River Valley of Somalia, both learned to farm at a young age from their parents. When civil war broke out in 1991, their villages were repeatedly raided for food. […]
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EXHIBITION: VR Pop-up: At the Periphery | Maine College of Art & Design
EXHIBITION: VR Pop-up: At the Periphery | Maine College of Art & Design
Virtual reality filmmaker Daniel Quintanilla, 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 […]
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EXHIBITION: Flight | Alison Hildreth
Alison's sources are often derived from literature and history. In her current body of work she has been combining disparate ideas concerning migrations, refugees, medical drawings, astronomy, architectural traces, and more. Visual representations of these interests appear as a shape shifting progression where one image morphs into another, changes but still holds the prior imprint. […]
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MUSIC + POETRY: The Power of We: Celebrating the Opening of the GPIWC Digital Language Lab & Fourth Floor Expansion
MUSIC + POETRY: The Power of We: Celebrating the Opening of the GPIWC Digital Language Lab & Fourth Floor Expansion
The Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center believes in the Power of We. By working together, we can make great things happen. It is in this spirit that the Center showcases its expansion and launch of English language programming with an evening of music, art and conversation. Representatives from the business, non-profit and political sectors will […]
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LECTURE: Fierce Compassion, Well-Being, and the Reclamation of our Shared Humanity | Dr. Kamilah Majied
LECTURE: Fierce Compassion, Well-Being, and the Reclamation of our Shared Humanity | Dr. Kamilah Majied
The Bertha Crosley Ball Center for Compassion hosts a public lecture by Dr. Kamilah Majied, Howard University, Department of Social Work. This colloquy will offer participants the opportunity to learn about and practice cultivating fierce compassion through contemplative practice. The goal is to develop sustainability in our efforts to ground our day to day to […]
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EXHIBITION: Peter Turnley: Refugees | Bates College Museum of Art
Peter Turnley (American, b. 1955) is a photojournalist known for documenting the human condition and current events. Over the last thirty years, Turnley has photographed some of the world’s most significant conflicts including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the 2003 war in Iraq. This exhibition, which is drawn from the permanent collection, focuses on one of […]
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MUSIC: Hiroya Tsukamoto
MUSIC: Hiroya Tsukamoto
Hiroya Tsukamoto is a one of a kind composer, guitarist and singer-songwriter from Kyoto, Japan. Hiroya takes you on an innovative, impressionistic journey filled with earthy, organic soundscapes that impart a mood of peace and tranquility. Tickets available here. >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<
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PANEL: Welcoming the Stranger in Maine and in the Jewish Culture
PANEL: Welcoming the Stranger in Maine and in the Jewish Culture
The discussion will relate to the history of Jews welcoming the stranger, giving refuge to immigrants as an act of love. The topic will be: "Why give refuge? Why is welcoming the stranger a time honored practice, and what are the costs and benefits?" The panel discussion will be followed by a reception. Hosted by […]
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THEATER: Refuge Malja ملجأ
When a Jewish-American war photographer feels compelled to assist a young refugee who steps in front her camera, she calls an old friend to translate but hesitates to reveal why she is so drawn to the boy. This poetic, decade-spanning drama explores how we each define and find our own malja (refuge). Written by Bess […]
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Migrations: Poetry at SPACE
Migrations: Poetry at SPACE
A diverse collection of poets who live in Maine read and perform work that tracks the traces, paths, and pathways of various kinds of migration. All of the participating poets have been featured in Deep Water, a weekly poetry column in the Maine Sunday Telegram. Hosted by SPACE. Doors open at 6:30, event begins at 7. $5-$10 donation […]
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LECTURE: Piro Rexhepi | Colby College
LECTURE: Piro Rexhepi | Colby College
Piro Rexhepi | Geopolitical Whiteness: Euro-Atlantic Integration and the Postsocialist Assembling of Race and Sexuality to Control Migration in the Balkans As the final integration of the Western Balkans into the EU and NATO security structures completes the legal and political infrastructure of sealing the Euro-Atlantic geopolitical borders along the Balkans Refugee Route, overlapping national […]
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Julia Maria Künnap: Windgate Visiting Artist Lecture
Julia Maria Künnap: Windgate Visiting Artist Lecture
Julia Maria Künnap: Windgate Visiting Artist Lecture Thursday November 1, 2018. 12–1pm Porteous Building, Osher Hall, Second Floor Julia Maria Künnap graduated in 2004 from the Estonian Academy of Arts, Jewellery Art Department under Prof Kadri Mälk. Before this she studied at Konstfack, Stockholm and in 2006 was the Artist in Residence at Alchimia School […]
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RECEPTION: Open Studios at Monson Arts Center
RECEPTION: Open Studios at Monson Arts Center
Stop by the Monson Arts Center from 3-5PM to see what’s been happening in the studios during the October residency session. Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways featured artist Maria Patricia Tinajero will be a resident artist at the Center, and will be on site showcasing work produced during her residency. >> Click here to […]
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Eric Gottesman: Visiting Artist Lecture
Eric Gottesman: Visiting Artist Lecture
Since 1999 he has been working in and around the Middle East and Africa collaborating with communities to produce photographs and videos that often challenge preexisting images and perceptions of a culture and/or place as well as the concept of singular artistic authorship
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EXHIBITION: A Nation of Immigrants: Home Lost, Home Found
This is a raw and fraught time in the world as we struggle to respond to the fact that 65 million people have been displaced from their homes. What is the experience of those newly arrived and those who may have come long ago? What has been gained, what has been lost? What does it […]
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SYMPOSIUM: Art + Politics | Maine College of Art & Design
SYMPOSIUM: Art + Politics | Maine College of Art & Design
Leaders in the art community will speak on the role of art in cultivating spaces for civic engagement on controversial topics and sparking social change. Break-out groups led by local experts will explore specific topics, ranging from Wabanaki perspectives on mobilities, borders, and sustainability to artists's political action. The symposium culminates in a keynote address […]
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CONVERSATION: Positive Proof: Contributions from our Immigrant Community
CONVERSATION: Positive Proof: Contributions from our Immigrant Community
A discussion with members of the immigrant community from entrepreneurs to teachers. Following the 4pm matinee of Refuge Malja ملجأ at Portland Stage. >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<
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CONVERSATION: Children of War: The Young Refugee Experience
CONVERSATION: Children of War: The Young Refugee Experience
Artistic Perspective discussion following the 2pm matinee of Refuge Malja ملجأ at Portland Stage inviting immigrant community members to talk about what they left behind. >> Click here to return to Exhibition Affiliated Events Calendar <<
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FILM: El Mar La Mar
FILM: El Mar La Mar
An immersive and enthralling journey through the Sonoran Desert on the U.S.-Mexico border, EL MAR LA MAR weaves together harrowing oral histories from the area with hand-processed 16mm images of flora, fauna and items left behind by travelers. Emerging from the ethos of Harvard's Sensory Ethnography Lab, J.P. Sniadecki's attentive documentary approach mixes perfectly with […]