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 […]
Category: Exhibits
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, […]
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 […]
The Numbers Game
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 […]
Tidal Shift: Work from the Searsport EcoArts Residency
January 19-May 20, 2024 Closing reception Thursday, April 25, 4 – 6 p.m. The UNE Art Gallery in Biddeford presents work from the first suite of artists-in-residence at the Searsport EcoArts Residency (SEAR), in conversation with our School of Marine and Environmental Programs. SEAR is the first residency in Maine that is focused on exploring ecology, and provides […]
Recent Acquisitions in the Stephen K. Halpert Collection of Photography at UNE
February 16-May 19, 2024 Opening reception Friday, February 16, 5 – 8 p.m. 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 […]