University of New England - Innovation for a Healthier Planet

Upcoming Exhibits

Another Shore: Migration In Our Time

June 5 – October 25, 2026

Opening reception: Friday, June 5, 5 – 7 p.m.

In an era of global challenge, crisis, and transformation, migration to a new place offers an outlet for people whose lives must change. “Another Shore” looks at issues surrounding climate migration, political disruption, and how even a simple act of relocation is an act of upheaval and faith. Artists include Portsmouth artist Sachiko Akiyama, whose carved wood sculptures talk about voyages and transformation; New York sculptor Marcia Annenberg, who looks at the human impacts of a warming planet, and Maine painter Flynn Donovan, who migrated to the US from Ecuador and whose work thematizes metamorphosis. The exhibition will also include text by Anne Marie Mukankusi, a survivor of the Rwanda genocide, who is now based in Maine. In a time of uncertainty, the impulse to find safe harbor is more pressing than ever.