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Circle of the Sun

Circle of the Sun Opening

March 7, 2026

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Portland Campus Art Gallery

March 7-June 8, 2025 Circle of the Sun investigates the work of three alumni of the Arctic Circle Residency, all of whom have ties to Maine and visual vocabularies related to photography. Artists Justin Levesque, Katie McElearney, and Shoshannah White create work that poses questions about our ongoing relationships with the land, emphasizing the critical point of Arctic ecosystems’ impact on our [...]

As Above, So Below

As Above, So Below Opening

February 20, 2025

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Biddeford Campus Art Gallery

As Above, So Below Workshop

April 16, 2025 - April 16, 2026

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Girard Marine Science Center

February 20 - May 4, 2025 As Above, So Below is a two-person show featuring the work of painters C. Michael Lewis and Liz Awalt.  A study in contrasting perspectives on our planet, from a starting point of opticality and encompassing both the scientific and the sublime, “As Above, So Below” focuses on artwork by two [...]

Spark of Life: Abstraction, Microscopy, and Discovery

Spark of Life opening reception

November 13, 2024

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Portland Campus Art Gallery

Panel Discussion

January 17, 2025

4:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Portland Campus Art Gallery

The UNE Art Galleries and UNE’s Histology and Imaging Core present Spark of Life: Abstraction, Microscopy, and Discovery. The work on view centers around the photography of the University’s imaging lab, in conversation with contemporary artwork. Emphasizing the materiality of abstraction, the artwork in this exhibit works together to build a complex sense of harmony revolving around a [...]

Studio Ecosystems: UNE Visual Art Faculty Show 2024

November 7, 2024 - February 9, 2025

Biddeford Art Gallery

November 7, 2024 – February 9, 2025 With this exhibition of work from UNE faculty in the visual arts, the unique creative climate of each individual studio practice is honored. The creative process builds its own systems and psychic environments in a different way for each artist, based on research; material relationships; and narrative, and in Studio [...]

The Numbers Game

June 7, 2024

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Portland Campus Art Gallery

June 7-October 13, 2024 Opening reception Friday, June 7, 5-8 p.m. Mathematics is the foundational, abstract system we use to find order in the world and in theory, by examining the workings of numbers. For artists, processes such as measuring, counting, segmenting, and responding to symmetry are methods that grant numbers a primary place in the [...]

Light and Shadow: Motherhood, Creativity, and the Discourse of Ability

Opening reception for Light and Shadow

May 31, 2024

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Biddeford Campus Art Gallery

May 31-October 20, 2024 Opening reception Friday, May 31, 4 - 7 p.m. Including the work of five artists and text by art historian Virginia Rose, “Light and Shadow” highlights the creative practices of artists who are also mothers of children with developmental or physical differences. The exhibit focuses on creative processes as part of [...]

New Photography at UNE Art Gallery

Recent Aquisitions in the Stephen K. Halpert Collection of Photography

February 16, 2024

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Portland Campus Art Gallery

Join us to celebrate the new acquisitions in our collection. The display showcases new photographic works procured by Stephen K. Halpert, curator of photography at UNE, in his signature narrative curatorial style, focusing on his longstanding interest in work that documents diverse perceptions of daily life in Maine and across the world.  The show, open [...]

Archival Portraits 2023

Archival Portraits

October 31, 2023

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Ketchum Library, Biddeford

October is Archives Month! To celebrate and raise awareness about UNE's Special Collections and archives, come join us for this year's Archival Portraits event! Just like last year, UNE Special Collections wants to take your picture! But we want to capture the contents of your bag or pockets. Just like every face is different, every pocket [...]

Archival Portraits 2023

Archival Portraits

October 18, 2023

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Abplanalp Library, Portland

October is Archives Month! To celebrate and raise awareness about UNE's Special Collections and archives, come join us for this year's Archival Portraits event! Just like last year, UNE Special Collections wants to take your picture! But we want to capture the contents of your bag or pockets. Just like every face is different, every pocket [...]

“Camera Lucida” Gallery Walk with Rose Marasco

September 28, 2023

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Portland Campus Art Gallery

Plate Rim, archival pigment print, 2016 Renowned photographer Rose Marasco will lead a gallery walk at the UNE Art Gallery in Portland to talk about the artwork in her solo exhibition "Camera Lucida", featuring pieces from the Maine Women Writers Collection, the Stephen K Halpert Collection of Photography at UNE, and the personal collection of the [...]