University of New England - Innovation for a Healthier Planet

April is National Poetry Month

And we're celebrating with haiku! Take a moment out of your day to write a simple verse or two. As a reminder, a haiku consists of three lines of verse with five syllables, seven syllables, and five syllables. Stations are set up in the libraries for you to use if you wish. Here are some [...]

Circle of the Sun

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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, [...]

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 Peter Caradonna and UNE Histology Lab.Layers of neurons highlighting the unique organization of the retina. CGRP+ bipolar neurons (yellow), NF200+ nerve fibers (magenta), cell nuclei (cyan). Confocal microscopy. Artists Jackie Brown, Meg Brown Payson, and Carter Shappy will be joined by UNE Histology 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

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

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 [...]