University of New England - Innovation for a Healthier Planet

Activating the Labyrinth: A Performance for Two People in Three Parts

Activating the Labyrinth: A Performance for Two People in Three Parts

September 6, 2025

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

UNE Art Gallery Labyrinth

To celebrate the closing of our remarkable exhibit “An Unreliable Record: Exploring the Photographic Imaginary”, curated by Nelleke Mack, UNE Art Gallery Portland presents an outdoor performance by Elana Adler and Patricia Brace. Free and open to the public; refreshments served; rain date September 7th. Much like the Cottingley Fairies photographs that blurred the lines between fantasy [...]

An Unreliable Record: Exploring the Photographic Imaginary

Artwork from the Stephen K. Halpert Photographic Collection at UNE; curated by Nelleke Mack July 10 - September 7, 2025 Opening reception Thursday, July 10, 5-7 p.m. In 1917, two girls set off into the woods of West Yorkshire to make some magic. Elsie, aged 16, and Frances, aged 9, borrowed a quarter-plate camera to [...]

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 [...]

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’ [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

An Evening with Irises

An Evening with Irises

January 18, 2024

5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Portland Campus Art Gallery

Van Gogh's Irises 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.

“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

Plate Rim, archival pigment print, 2016 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 [...]