Passamaquoddy citizen Chris Newell is imparting his knowledge of the Wabanaki Confederacy to advise on the Portland Museum of Art’s expansion.
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Barbara Sullivan’s Contemporary Art of Fresco Painting
Sullivan’s frescos are original and surprising but also wry and even feisty; she both embraces and enhances the clunkiness of the medium, animating her subjects.
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Josefina Auslender’s Portraits of Argentina’s Dirty War
Auslender’s art brings personal associations and a sense of intimacy to images of torture based on the crimes of Argentina’s ruling junta from 1974 to 1983.
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A Korean-American Artist’s Search for His Family’s Past
Young Sun Han’s art explores sometimes painful, sometimes revelatory aspects of his family’s narrative and Korean history more generally.
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Maine College of Art & Design Announces 2022 MFA Visiting Artist Summer Lecture Series
Work with a roster of renowned Visiting Artists during an eight-week summer intensive for MECA&D’s MFA in Studio Art.
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Painter Andrew Wyeth’s Beloved Islands Are Acquired by Colby College
Allen and Benner, two islands off the coast of Maine, will become home to campus for arts and climate research.
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Applications Are Open for the MFA in Studio Art at Maine College of Art & Design
Students can enroll in a Full Residency in Portland, ME or a Low Residency from anywhere in the world. Apply by January 21 to be considered for a full-tuition scholarship.
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Bob Thompson’s Provocative Challenge to Euro-American Art History
A new retrospective expands on the late artist’s legacy as a Black Expressionist who teased out Civil Rights-era tensions in the United States.
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This Thanksgiving, Don’t Forget the History of Native Bounties in the US
The documentary short Bounty and its accompanying website make a potent statement from the Penobscot Nation that they are still here.
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David Driskell’s Wheel of Action
A retrospective pays homage to the pioneering artist and curator, who passed away last year.
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Maine College of Art Is Now Accepting Applications for Its MFA in Studio Art Program
Apply by January 22 to be considered for the full-tuition scholarship. The priority deadline is February 26.
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An Artist Who Lived to Paint
Jon Imber, who succumbed to ALS in 2014, emulated Guston, de Kooning, and others while developing a provocative and personal vision of figure and landscape.