Join us for a show that honors connection, empathy, and kindness at the root of studio practice Conduits of Care reflects the connectivity of community engagement, social consciousness, and visual art practices, through the lens of artists whose work supports an ethos of care. Both contemplative and outwardly-focused practices provide space for viewers to find [...]
Beginning in the 1950s, composers in search of new sounds and new modes of performance began to push beyond the limits of traditional notation and experiment with alternative ways of visualizing sonic thought. This exhibition juxtaposes Cornelius Cardew’s Treatise — the landmark graphic score composed between 1963 and 1967 — with works by contemporary artists [...]
The experience of loss is universal; Gone From My Sight asks how we can witness death with a spirit of curiosity and intention while still honoring sorrow. Maine artists Jacqueline Scott, Rachel Sperry, Fran Vita-Taylor, and Ronnie Wilson, along with poet Hazel Koziol, offer a range of responses to this fundamental challenge. The exhibit features painting, sculpture, [...]
Another Shore looks at issues surrounding climate migration, political disruption, and how even a simple act of relocation is an act of upheaval and faith. Artists include Portsmouth artist Sachiko Akiyama, whose carved wood sculptures evoke voyages and transformation; New York sculptor M. Annenberg, who looks at the human impacts of a warming planet, and Maine [...]
December 4, 2025 - May 17, 2026 Direct Snap looks into the pattern, ritual, and focus inherent to athletics. Artists Jo Ophardt (working with football imagery) and Miguel Pavón (looking at boxers and their environment) present work that investigates the psyche of the athlete and the collaboration of the spectator. Like a sporting event, the [...]
Work by artists of the Maine & national Deaf communities and photographs by Michael Kolster September 25, 2025-February 8, 2026 Unspoken Resilience celebrates Maine’s Deaf community through a group exhibition of work by Deaf artists and craftspeople, in conversation with Michael Kolster’s recent series of color photographs of Lewiston. The exhibit foregrounds American Sign Language and issues [...]
To celebrate the closing of our remarkable exhibit “An Unreliable Record: Exploring the Photographic Imaginary”, curated by Nelleke Mack, UNE Art Gallery Portland presents an outdoor performance by Elana Adler and Patricia Brace. Free and open to the public; refreshments served; rain date September 7th. Much like the Cottingley Fairies photographs that blurred the lines between fantasy [...]
Artwork from the Stephen K. Halpert Photographic Collection at UNE; curated by Nelleke Mack July 10 - September 7, 2025 Opening reception Thursday, July 10, 5-7 p.m. In 1917, two girls set off into the woods of West Yorkshire to make some magic. Elsie, aged 16, and Frances, aged 9, borrowed a quarter-plate camera to [...]
May 16 - October 26, 2025 Closing Reception: Thursday, October 16, 2025, 4 - 7 p.m. Through the media of film, printmaking, sculpture, sound, and painting, artists Sophie Hamacher and Aliza Sternstein plumb the possibilities of describing the heart outside of the boundaries of symbolic image. Hamacher’s interdisciplinary work (presented here in the form of an immersive [...]
"What Her Diary Reveals: Daily Narratives and Untold History" is the new exhibit in the MWWC's display case in Marcil Hall on the Biddeford Campus, created by Elia O'Hara (English and Political Science double major '25) in collaboration with Education and Outreach Archivist Cathleen Miller. The exhibit includes diaries from the MWWC's holdings from the [...]
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