{"id":358,"date":"2019-07-24T19:39:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T19:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/?page_id=358"},"modified":"2026-01-21T09:23:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T14:23:34","slug":"exhibits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/home\/biddeford-campus\/exhibits\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current Exhibit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Direct Snap<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">December 4, 2025 &#8211; May 17, 2026<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opening reception: Thursday, December 4, 2025, 4 &#8211; 7 p.m.<\/h4>\n\n\n<div id=\"une_library_gallery_link_block-block_596bce7be8ea540c6af9a77c7bbd5393\" class=\"une_library_gallery_link_block layout- alignleft\"><a class=\"link-block\" data-fancybox-delegate=\"gallery-block_596bce7be8ea540c6af9a77c7bbd5393\" href=\"javascript:;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Awes-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"Miguel Pav\u00f3n, Awes (detail). Photograph, production print from film original.\" \/><span class=\"title\">Selected Images<\/span><\/a><div class=\"gallery-images\" style=\"display:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Awes-scaled.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"gallery-block_596bce7be8ea540c6af9a77c7bbd5393\" data-caption=\"Miguel Pav\u00f3n, &lt;i&gt;Awes&lt;\/i&gt;. (detail). Photograph, production print from film original,  20 x 16 inches, 2024. \" data-alt=\"Miguel Pav\u00f3n, Awes (detail). Photograph, production print from film original.\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/circlebest-scaled.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"gallery-block_596bce7be8ea540c6af9a77c7bbd5393\" data-caption=\"Jo Ophardt, &lt;i&gt;I\u2019m the Best Corner in the Game (Don\u2019t You Ever Talk About Me!).&lt;\/i&gt;. Papercollage, 4 x 4 feet, 2024.\" data-alt=\"Jo Ophardt, I\u2019m the Best Corner in the Game (Don\u2019t You Ever Talk About Me!). Papercollage.\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Emily-scaled.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"gallery-block_596bce7be8ea540c6af9a77c7bbd5393\" data-caption=\"Miguel Pav\u00f3n, &lt;i&gt;Emily&lt;\/i&gt;.  Photograph, production print from film original. 20 x 16 inches, 2015.\" data-alt=\"Miguel Pav\u00f3n, Emily. Photograph, production print from film original.\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Jeff-scaled.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"gallery-block_596bce7be8ea540c6af9a77c7bbd5393\" data-caption=\"Miguel Pav\u00f3n, &lt;i&gt;Jeff.&lt;\/i&gt; Photograph, production print from film original. 20 x 16 inches, 2015.\" data-alt=\"Miguel Pav\u00f3n, Jeff. Photograph, production print from film original.\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/Ophardt_Jo_1-scaled.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"gallery-block_596bce7be8ea540c6af9a77c7bbd5393\" data-caption=\"Jo Ophardt, &lt;i&gt;Quarterback.&lt;\/i&gt;   Oil on panel, 18 x 24 inches, 2024.\" data-alt=\"Jo Ophardt, Quarterback. Oil on panel.\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/11\/stlarryfitz-scaled.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"gallery-block_596bce7be8ea540c6af9a77c7bbd5393\" data-caption=\"Jo Ophardt, &lt;i&gt;Larry Fitzgerald.&lt;\/i&gt;  Oil on panel, 24 x 18 inches, 2014.\" data-alt=\"Jo Ophardt, Larry Fitzgerald, oil on panel.\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Wade-scaled.jpg\" data-fancybox=\"gallery-block_596bce7be8ea540c6af9a77c7bbd5393\" data-caption=\"Miguel Pav\u00f3n &lt;i&gt;Wade.&lt;\/i&gt; Production print from medium-format original. 20 x 204 inches, 2025. \" data-alt=\"Miguel Pav\u00f3n, Wade. Production print from medium-format original.\"><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Direct Snap<\/em> looks into the pattern, ritual, and focus inherent to athletics. Artists Jo Ophardt (working with football imagery) and Miguel Pav\u00f3n (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 exhibition revolves around carefully choreographed repetition. The gaze becomes a central anchor that links the viewer to both small moments and the larger role that professionalized sports play in American society, in which theatricality and redirected aggression are tempered by humanity and individual integrity. In <em>Direct Snap<\/em>, we find both formal exploration and a fundamental sense of empathy for the athletes who make up the artists\u2019 subject matter.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div id=\"une_library_link_blocks-block_ab40f2f104d2a1fa2239dab9a1796d87\" class=\"une_library_linkblock layout-row \"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/home\/biddeford-campus\/exhibits\/upcoming-exhibits\/\"  class=\"link-block\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/02\/persephone_install_4-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"Persephone in The Late Anthropocene exhibit in gallery space.\" \/><span class=\"title\">Upcoming Exhibits<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/home\/biddeford-campus\/exhibits\/past-exhibits\/\"  class=\"link-block\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/speculative.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"title\">Past Exhibits<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Exhibit Direct Snap December 4, 2025 &#8211; May 17, 2026 Opening reception: Thursday, December 4, 2025, 4 &#8211; 7 p.m. Direct Snap looks into the pattern, ritual, and focus inherent to athletics. Artists Jo Ophardt (working with football imagery) and Miguel Pav\u00f3n (looking at boxers and their environment) present work that investigates the psyche [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":340,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-358","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358"}],"version-history":[{"count":179,"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3183,"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/358\/revisions\/3183"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}