Co-curators David Little and Stephen Halpert mounted an exhibition of approximately 80 historic and contemporary works of art that represented Mount Katahdin and surrounding region. Included were works by Sanford Gifford, Jervis McEntee, James Fitzgerald, Marsden Hartley, Carl Sprinchorn, Maurice “Jake” Day, Vincent Hartgen, William Kienbusch, and many living artists, including Susan Siegel, Michael Boardman, Sam Cady, Alice […]

The 2013 Annual Sculpture Garden Invitational featured works by 10 artists that were placed around the UNE Art Gallery and Labyrinth area.  Artists included:  Nancy Nevergole, Jean Noon, Judy O’Donnell, Elizabeth Ostrander, Andy Rosen, Constance Rush, Patric Santerre, Antoinette Schultze, Cat Schwenk, Melita Westerlund and Carole Whelan.  The annual display of sculpture has been continuing for […]

Maine Women Pioneers III was co-curated by Anne B. Zill, Gael May McKibben and Andres A. Verzosa. This exhibition was the third on this subject in the history of this Art Gallery, striving for national impact in defining pioneering Maine women artists of our age. Homage was the second of four exhibitions honoring 50 living Maine women pioneers. Homage  highlighted veteran artists […]

Upon Reflection was a presentation of photographs taken by Judy Ellis Glickman over a 35-year period. Best known among these were the powerful black and white images from Holocaust, the Presence of the Past and her strong portraits of Resistance and Rescue: Denmark’s Response to the Holocaust. Well represented with other work among a broad range of […]

The UNE Annual 2012 Sculpture Garden Invitational honored Grant Jacks, the first sculpture garden curator, and Shirley Jacks, who as editor of Maine Biz was the first to write about the newly re-opened UNE Art Gallery. This year offered an original mix of works.  Fanciful and imaginative, conceptual and whimsical, these works of sculpture placed in the […]

An exhibition of artist books by Rebecca Goodale was comprised of images and texts about Maine’s rare flora and fauna. Each book in this exhibition was made with a particular purpose–about a single species, seasonal narratives, or interrelated species or habitat.  The books are poetic interpretations of various subjects portrayed on pages that are filled with color and […]