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September
Exhibition Back Cove: Heart of Portland May 9 – Oct 12 The first of two exhibits focusing on local waters. Over 40 works representing aesthetic, ecological, geographical, and design perspectives on Back Cove from collaborative teams of local artists and scientists and students of different ages. Student public art on the Back Cove site and an historic shoreline trail corresponds to the indoor exhibit. Sponsored by the New Century Community Program, Maine Community Foundation, Shop ‘n Save, Affordable Photo, and Bernard C. Meyers Photography. Exhibition Objects of Influence: Sept 13 – Oct 13 |
Thursday, Sept. 13, 4-6 p.m.
Art in various media by USM faculty Ray Chen, Gary Green, Stephen Fasciana, Richard Lethem, George Burk, Lin Lisberger, and Juris Ubans, displayed with art or objects of influence chosen by the artists. Art Talk Katherine Bradford Tuesday, Sept 18, 7 p.m. Painted in a spare, gestural style, Bradford’s solitary, awkward figures aspire to grace, to connection, to another dimension altogether. In 1980, Bradford moved from Brunswick, Maine to New York City but returns to Maine each summer. She has had one person shows in New York, Boston, Chicago, California, and had work in the Portland Biennial and MECA’s Domestic Culture exhibit last spring. Her work is on view at ICON Gallery in Brunswick until Sept. 22. Panel Discussion Casco Bay Diaspora Oct 11, 5-7 p.m. |
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Top left: Juris Ubans; top right: Richard Letham; middle left: Gary Green; middle right: Ray Chen; bottom: George Burk
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Katherine Bradford, Shaver, shower, gouache on paper, 10”x8”, 2001 |
| Meanings of Home, a panel moderated by
Art Gallery Director Carolyn Eyler explores the question: "How
does the displacement of local indigenous flora and fauna relate to
the global disenfranchisement of human populations?" Panelists
include Jonathan Carter, botanist and Director of Forest Ecology Network,
ecoartist Aviva Rahmani; Jan Thompson, USM faculty member in the College
of Nursing; Michele Dionne, Ph.D, research director, Wells National
Estuarine Reserve; and Roberta Hill, ecological educator, Portland
Water District.
October Exhibition Hands and Harmony: The Culture of Work and Music in Lewiston’s Franco-American Community |
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Oct 18 – Nov 21 A selection of photographs by Jere DeWaters combining |
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