{"id":924,"date":"2012-10-12T15:05:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T15:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/?p=924"},"modified":"2024-09-06T11:09:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T15:09:39","slug":"maine-women-pioneers-iii-vanguard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/2012\/10\/12\/maine-women-pioneers-iii-vanguard\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine Women Pioneers III &#8211; Vanguard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/3Corner2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-803\" width=\"450\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/3Corner2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/library.une.edu\/art-galleries\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/07\/3Corner2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Maine Women Pioneers III was co-curated by Anne B. Zill, Gael May McKibben&nbsp;and Andres A. Verzosa. This exhibition was the third on this subject in the history of this Art Gallery, striving for national impact in defining pioneering&nbsp;Maine women artists&nbsp;of our age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The series &#8211; Vanguard, Homage, Worldview and Dirigo &#8211; had&nbsp;four distinct conceptual frameworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Vanguard<\/strong>&nbsp;featured&nbsp;avant-garde, experimental and innovative works by nine Maine artists who offer insights into the future using mixed media, conceptual installation, performance and video elements.&nbsp; The artists featured were:&nbsp; Susan Bickford, Diana Cherbuliez, Amy Stacey Curtis, Alicia Eggert, Lauren Fensterstock, Lihua Lei, Julie Poitras Santos, Carrie Scanga, and Ling-Wen Tsai.<br>&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Homage&nbsp;<\/strong>highlighted&nbsp;veteran artists who are powerful examples of career and lifelong originators of creative accomplishment, ahead of the curve without resting on their laurels. &nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Worldview&nbsp;<\/strong>focused&nbsp;upon the work of artists who are connected to their world&#8211;who create and are inspired by ethics, emotions and existential, holistic themes, as activists, healers and&nbsp;visionaries.<br>&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>Dirigo&nbsp;<\/strong>presented&nbsp;artists embodying Maine\u2019s motto, I lead, whose works exhibit iconoclastic individualism and breaks with preconceived norms and traditions, expanding their mediums into pioneering terrains.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A series of educational programs was designed to utilize some of Maine\u2019s enormously talented art professionals \u2013 gallerists, educators, entrepreneurs, media experts and writers. The Quimby Family Foundation generously provided the Maine Women Pioneers III with a lead grant.&nbsp; Donald Sussman also made an early contribution.&nbsp; We remain&nbsp;enormously grateful to these and other contributors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine Women Pioneers III was co-curated by Anne B. Zill, Gael May McKibben&nbsp;and Andres A. Verzosa. This exhibition was the third on this subject in the history of this Art Gallery, striving for national impact in defining pioneering&nbsp;Maine women artists&nbsp;of our age. The series &#8211; Vanguard, Homage, Worldview and Dirigo &#8211; had&nbsp;four distinct conceptual frameworks. 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