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 […]
Category: Exhibits
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, […]
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 […]
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
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 […]
New Photography at UNE Art Gallery
Recent Aquisitions in the Stephen K. Halpert Collection of Photography
February 16, 2024
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Portland Campus Art Gallery
Join us to celebrate the new acquisitions in our collection. The display showcases new photographic works procured by Stephen K. Halpert, curator of photography at UNE, in his signature narrative curatorial style, focusing on his longstanding interest in work that documents diverse perceptions of daily life in Maine and across the world. The show, open […]
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 […]