“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 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 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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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 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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Maine College of Art & Design (MECA&D) and Indigo Arts Alliance (IAA) are pleased to announce a partnership between the two organizations funded in part by a three-year grant from the Crewe Foundation.
MECA&D presents Art in Exodus, a mentoring and exhibition project through which refugee artists and Mainers from underrepresented populations share their art and culture.
MECA&D is specifically interested in partnering with people of color who also identify as women, are members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and/or have experienced religious persecution. We recognize that language . . .
The Public Engagement Program at Maine College of Art & Design presents the exhibition STILL STANDING, The Abyssinian Meeting House Story Archive, to be held at Maine College of Art & Design.
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 […]
Public Engagement Fellow Sarah Milkowski-Dahlgren '17 has been selected to receive the Maine Campus Compact Student Heart and Soul Award at their 15th annual awards ceremony, hosted at the Hall […]
Public Engagement students organized the "Turn the Tide" rally, calling for the leaders at the conference to agree on cutting carbon emissions, and transitioning to 100 percent clean energy by […]
Printmaking Student Sara Inacio '17 has artwork featured in the First New York International Miniature Print Exhibition. This exhibition is the Manhattan Graphics Center (MGC)’s first juried competition and . . .
Partners from all over Portland, including the City of Portland, Catholic Charities, Opportunity Alliance, Preble St, and ILAP banded together to support the exhibition Art in Exodus in the front window of . . .
Senior Chloe Beaven and junior Caitlin Ervin are the Public Engagement Fellows for 2014-2015. Sophomore Hannah Howard is the Project Assistant. They will receive a financial scholarship and academic credit . . .
Next Thursday at 6 pm MECA&D will be hosting a film screening of Ocean Frontiers followed buy a panel discussion with participants from the Island Institute and Environmental Artist Dorothy Palanza. […]