Category: Events | Art Galleries

Arrows & Operators: Visual Debates in Music

July 10, 2026

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Portland Campus Art Gallery

July 10 - November 1, 2026 Opening reception Friday, July 10, 5 - 7 p.m.; featuring a live performance of selections from Cornelius Cardew’s Treatise 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 [...]

Gone From My Sight

Closing reception

June 6, 2026

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Portland Campus Art Gallery

March 6 - June 8, 2026 Please join the UNE Art Gallery and Westbrook College Alumni Weekend for a closing reception for our remarkable exhibition Gone From My Sight. Artist walkthroughs; live music; food and drink! Free and open to the public, no registration required. We hope to see you there! The experience of loss is [...]

Direct Snap

Direct Snap opening

December 4, 2025

4:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Biddeford Campus Art Gallery

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 [...]

Celebrate Deaf Resilience and Creativity

October 25, 2025

12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Portland Campus Art Gallery

You are invited to the UNE Art Gallery Portland Saturday, October 25th from 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. for a self-directed art activity in conjunction with “Unspoken Resilience: Healing from the Lewiston Shooting Two Years In”. This Saturday, we recognize the 2-year mark of the shooting that ended the lives of 4 Deaf Mainers, injured [...]

Narrative Medicine & Visual Art: Opening Perception and Sharpening Observation for Health Professions Learners

October 8, 2025

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Biddeford Campus Art Gallery

Join us for a vibrant evening of art, conversation, and connection at the UNE Biddeford Campus Art Gallery! This interprofessional event brings together health professions students for a unique exploration of how visual art can deepen clinical observation and enhance medical understanding. Featuring: Sophie Hamacher, Artist & Filmmaker Dr. Andrew Eisenhower, Cardiologist Hilary Irons, UNE [...]

“Unspoken Resilience” at UNE Art Gallery

Unspoken Resilience Opening

September 25, 2025

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Portland Campus Art Gallery

Join us fo the opening of an art show that corresponds with Deaf Culture Week and honors victims of Maine’s deadliest-ever mass shooting will open at the University of New England Art Gallery in Portland on Sept. 25. Co-curated by Michelle Ames and Meryl Troop. Learn more. A reception for the show will be held from 5 [...]

Activating the Labyrinth: A Performance for Two People in Three Parts

September 6, 2025

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

UNE Art Gallery Labyrinth

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 [...]

As Above, So Below Workshop

Liz Awalt Workshop

April 16, 2025

2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Girard Marine Science Center

Join Liz Awalt for a hands-on Workshop in support of her exhibit "As Above, So Below." This unique opportunity is open to all students, faculty and staff. During the workshop, Liz will guide participants through a water-based painting or drawing activity, using the tanks in the Girard Marine Science Center as inspiration. The emphasis will [...]

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 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, [...]