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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

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 the family dynamic, specifically related to women’s experiences as artist-parents, in the context […]

Inspiration in the Archives

Inspiration in the Archives: A Conversation about Poetry

May 8, 2024

5:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Maine Women Writers Collection

With poet and teacher Beth Alison Jones, & poet and archivist Jefferson Navicky Facilitated by Dr. Jennifer Tuttle, Director of the Maine Women Writers CollectionFREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FMI, please contact MWWC Curator Sarah Baker Join us for an evening of poetry sprung from research in the Maine Women Writers Collection (MWWC). Beth […]

Long Night Against Procrastination

Long Night Against Procrastination

April 25, 2024

7:00 pm - 11:59 pm

Ketchum Library

Struggling with getting that final paper done? Need dedicated study time? Join us on April 25th from 7 p.m. – midnight for a night of academic support, free food, giveaways, de-stress activities, and most importantly: productivity! Long Night Against Procrastination (LNAP) is a motivating co-working event to help you power through your assignments. We’ll help […]

An Evening with Irises

An Evening with Irises

January 18, 2024

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Portland Campus Art Gallery

Join artist-florist John Sundling and UNE Education and Outreach Archivist Cathleen Miller for a fun, casual talk about art, taking van Gogh’s “Irises” as a starting place for uplifting conversation about the nature of beauty. Followed by a closing reception for “Seeking Light”, up through January 21.

Archival Portraits 2023

Archival Portraits

October 31, 2023

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Ketchum Library, Biddeford

October is Archives Month! To celebrate and raise awareness about UNE’s Special Collections and archives, come join us for this year’s Archival Portraits event! Just like last year, UNE Special Collections wants to take your picture! But we want to capture the contents of your bag or pockets. Just like every face is different, every pocket […]

Archival Portraits 2023

Archival Portraits

October 18, 2023

11:30 am - 1:30 pm

Abplanalp Library, Portland

October is Archives Month! To celebrate and raise awareness about UNE’s Special Collections and archives, come join us for this year’s Archival Portraits event! Just like last year, UNE Special Collections wants to take your picture! But we want to capture the contents of your bag or pockets. Just like every face is different, every pocket […]

Donna Loring Lecture

Reading by Morgan Talty

October 5, 2023

12:00 pm - 1:30 pm

St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, Biddeford

This year’s Donna Loring Lecture will be a reading by Morgan Talty, author of Night of the Living Rez October 5, 2023 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. St. Francis Room, Ketchum Library, UNE Biddeford CampusFree and open to the public; refreshments providedFree books available for UNE students with student ID (while supplies last)Event will be recorded as […]

“Camera Lucida” Gallery Walk with Rose Marasco

“Camera Lucida” Gallery Walk with Rose Marasco

September 28, 2023

4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Portland Campus Art Gallery

Renowned photographer Rose Marasco will lead a gallery walk at the UNE Art Gallery in Portland to talk about the artwork in her solo exhibition “Camera Lucida”, featuring pieces from the Maine Women Writers Collection, the Stephen K Halpert Collection of Photography at UNE, and the personal collection of the artist. Join us to learn more […]

American Breakdown: A Conversation with Jennifer Lunden

American Breakdown: A Conversation with Jennifer Lunden

September 28, 2023

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Online

Online on Zoom and livestreamed on une.edu/live; free and open to the public  This event will celebrate the publication of Lunden’s book, American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body’s Revolt, and the Nineteenth-Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life (Harper Wave 2023), and will include a reading, facilitated conversation, and Q&A. American Breakdown is a Silent Spring for the human […]