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MECA&D’s 2021 COLLECT Art Sale Returns Online & In-Person

  “The first-ever COLLECT show I participated in, three paintings left my studio and went to new homes. It is incredibly validating as a creator to feel your work has an impact.” – . . .

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Congratulations 2021 Graduates!

Congratulations Classes of 2020 and 2021!! On Sunday, May 16, 2021, Maine College of Art & Design honored the graduating classes of 2020 and 2021 during the College’s 110th Commencement at the . . .

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2021 Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipients

2021 Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipients Celebrated Artist Sonya Clark to Address New MECA&D Grads Honorary Degrees To Be Conferred Upon Clark and Daniel N. Crewe Portland, . . .

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2021 Belvedere Fund Awardees Announced

The Belvedere Fund for Professional Development in the field of crafts at Maine College of Art & Design was established in 2008 in memory of Deborah Pulliam of Castine, Maine. Deborah was a lover of . . .

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The ICA At MECA&D’s 2021 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition

The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D) is pleased to announce the 2021 Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Thesis Exhibition opening on Saturday May 15, 2021. The MFA . . .

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MECA&D’s 2021 COLLECT Art Sale Returns Online & In-Person

MECA&D’s 2021 COLLECT Art Sale Returns Online & In-Person

  “The first-ever COLLECT show I participated in, three paintings left my studio and went to new homes. It is incredibly validating as a creator to feel your work has […]

TD Charitable Foundation Supports Maine College of Art & Design  with COVID-Relief Financial Aid Funding for Students of Color

TD Charitable Foundation Supports Maine College of Art & Design with COVID-Relief Financial Aid Funding for Students of Color

TD Charitable Foundation Supports Maine College of Art & Design with COVID-Relief Financial Aid Funding for Students of Color The TD Charitable Foundation, the charitable giving arm of TD Bank, […]

Maine College of Art & Design  Presents the 2020 COLLECT Online Summer Art Sale

Maine College of Art & Design Presents the 2020 COLLECT Online Summer Art Sale

Annual art sale to continue online, raising critical funds for student scholarships while supporting emerging and established artists June 10, 2020 - Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D) is […]

MECA&D Presents the 2019 COLLECT Summer Art Sale

MECA&D Presents the 2019 COLLECT Summer Art Sale

Annual art sale raises crucial funds for student scholarships while supporting emerging and established artists.

Maine College of Art & Design Receives $3 Million from the Lunder Foundation

Maine College of Art & Design Receives $3 Million from the Lunder Foundation

Maine College of Art & Design Receives $3 Million from the Lunder Foundation Gift supports College’s effort to provide financial aid to talented students from all backgrounds Portland, Maine – […]

MECA&D Educates Artists of All Ages

MECA&D Educates Artists of All Ages

Maine College of Art & Design donor Fred Thompson and his grandson Milan Pejic both took classes through MECA&D’s Continuing Studies program in the summer of 2018. Milan took a […]

MECA&D Announces Matthew Goetting as Vice President of Institutional Advancement

MECA&D Announces Matthew Goetting as Vice President of Institutional Advancement

Laura Freid, President of Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D), has announced Matthew Goetting as the new Vice President of Institutional Advancement. In his new role, Goetting will lead MECA&D’s . . .

COLLECT: Summer Art Sale 2017

COLLECT: Summer Art Sale 2017

Maine College of Art & Design Invites Collectors and Appreciators to Summer Art Sale from June 29 - July 1 at MECA&D’s ICA (Institute of Contemporary Art) Featuring the original […]

MECA&D Student Named Winner in Spring Into Something National Sweepstakes

MECA&D Student Named Winner in Spring Into Something National Sweepstakes

Portland, ME – Natalia Lefebvre, a student at the Maine College of Art & Design, was recently selected as one of four lucky winners in Sodexo’s SPRING INTO SOMETHING NEW […]

Lily Yeh Announced As 2017 Commencement Speaker

Lily Yeh Announced As 2017 Commencement Speaker

Internationally Celebrated Artist and Founder of Barefoot Artists Lily Yeh to Address New MECA&D Grads; Honorary Degrees Granted to Lily Yeh, Alison Hildreth, and Peter and Paula Lunder Lily Yeh, […]

MECA&D Receives 2016 Economic Development Achievement Award

MECA&D Receives 2016 Economic Development Achievement Award

City of Portland and Portland Development Corporation Honors Economic Impact of MECA&D Maine College of Art & Design accepted the 2016 Economic Development Achievement Award from the City of Portland […]

MECA&D.EDU Receives Outstanding Website Award

MECA&D.EDU Receives Outstanding Website Award

Maine College of Art & Design and Eri Design, website design & app development firm in Worcester, MA, are extremely proud to announce that we have received a Web Marketing Association […]

Maine Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum to Lead MECA&D as Interim President

Maine Poet Laureate Stuart Kestenbaum to Lead MECA&D as Interim President

Former Director of Haystack Mountain School of Crafts Will Serve As MECA&D’s President Until a Permanent Successor to Don Tuski is Hired MECA&D’s Board of Trustees has recently announced that […]

Statement Following Orlando Tragedy

Statement Following Orlando Tragedy

These past few days have been filled with mourning as we try to make sense of the murder of 49 and the wounding of 53 in Orlando, Florida. No doubt […]

MECA&D President Don Tuski, Ph.D Accepts Presidency at PNCA

MECA&D President Don Tuski, Ph.D Accepts Presidency at PNCA

After Six Consecutive Years of Institutional Growth, MECA&D President Don Tuski, Ph.D Accepts Presidency at Pacific Northwest College of Art Plans for National Presidential Search to be Announced Soon . . .

Maine Startup & Create Week Hosted at MECA&D

Maine Startup & Create Week Hosted at MECA&D

Celebrate entrepreneurship, cultivate creativity, and drive high-impact innovation at Maine Startup & Create Week, June 20-26, 2016. David Hutchins '87, an effects animator at Walt Disney Animation . . .

Salt at MECA&D Releases Digital Story Archive

Salt at MECA&D Releases Digital Story Archive

Extensive digital collection of Maine stories launches Salt Story Archive the result of partnership between renowned documentary studies institute and innovative, Portland-based company Photos of a wild . . .

Maine College of Art & Design Presents Art in Exodus

Maine College of Art & Design Presents Art in Exodus

Maine College of Art & Design presents Art in Exodus, a mentoring, exhibition, and storytelling project through which refugee artists will share their art and culture through an exhibition and […]

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