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 […]
Author: Laura Taylor
Piece of My Heart: A Laboratory
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 […]
Circle of the Sun
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 […]
Circle of the Sun opening
Circle of the Sun Opening
March 7, 2025
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Portland Campus Art Gallery
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’ […]
As Above, So Below
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 […]
As Above, So Below opening
As Above, So Below opening
February 20, 2025
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Biddeford Campus Art Gallery
Join us on Thursday, February 20, 4 – 7 p.m. for the opening of As Above, So Below – 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, […]
Opening the Door to Discovery: “Spark of Life” panel discussion
Opening the Door to Discovery
January 17, 2025
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Portland Campus Art Gallery
Featuring Jackie Brown, Meg Brown Payson, Peter Caradonna, & Carter Shappy Artists Jackie Brown, Meg Brown Payson, and Carter Shappy will be joined by UNE Histology and Imaging Core Manager Peter Caradonna to discuss the power of embracing the unknown as part of the creative process. From the perspective of both artistic studio practice and […]
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
November 13, 2024-February 16, 2025 Opening reception Wednesday, November 13, 5-7 p.m. 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 […]
Studio Ecosystems: UNE Visual Art Faculty Show 2024
Studio Ecosystems opening reception
November 7, 2024
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Biddeford Campus 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 […]
Ultrasound Dance
Ultrasound Dance
September 26, 2024
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
SPACE Gallery
“Ultrasound Dance” uses light, choreography and music to elevate the intensely personal experience of the ultrasound. This human-scale representation is presented as part of UNE Art Gallery Biddeford’s exhibition “Light and Shadow: Motherhood, Creativity, and the Discourse of Ability”, on view through October 20, 2024, in collaboration with SPACE Gallery. Though the heavy moments of […]