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 […]
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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, […]
Aftersound: A Sound Concert
Aftersound: A Sound Concert
January 24, 2025
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Portland Campus Art Gallery
Aftersound is a new listening series organized by Patrick Carey and Ron Harrity, focused on multi-channel / spatial audio performances and installation works in and around Portland. This will be the first of many immersive events in both dedicated music venues and less traditionally listening-oriented spaces. The name derives from Maryanne Amacher’s concept of the “after […]
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 […]
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 […]