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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 […]

Archives Month!

Archives Month Fun

October 31, 2024

11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Ketchum Library

Did you know that October is American Archives Month? Stop by Ketchum Library for snacks and fun archives-themed activities! Thursday, October 31, 202411 a.m. – 2 p.m. Come meet your friendly UNE archivists!

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 […]

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 […]

Donna M. Loring Lecture

A Salute to Cpt. Joanne Murphy and the Women Who Served in Vietnam

October 1, 2024

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Bush Center Boardroom, UNE Biddeford Campus

Captain Joanne P. Murphy was Donna Loring’s Commanding Officer while they served together

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 […]

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 […]

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

May 31-October 20, 2024 Opening reception Friday, May 31, 4 – 7 p.m. 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 […]

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 […]