An Unreliable Record Opening
July 10, 2025
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Portland Campus Art Gallery
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 prove that their fairy friends were real. Although the authenticity of the images (referred to by historians as the Cottingley fairies photographs) has been routinely called into question, […]
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 […]
At Home: A Reading by Rose Marasco
September 14, 2023
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Portland Campus Art Gallery
Join artist Rose Marasco for a reading and celebration of her new book At Home (OSMOS Books 2023), a memoir and meditation on the history of photography. Marasco is a key feminist voice among practitioners of vernacular photography and a widely exhibited photographer with works in many museum collections, who has also spent decades as a beloved and highly regarded teacher of photography. […]
Opening for Rose Marasco: Camera Lucida
June 23, 2023
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Portland Campus Art Gallery
June 23-October 8, 2023 Opening reception: Friday, June 23, 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.Book event: Thursday, September 7, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Rose Marasco, a major voice in the world of contemporary photography, is celebrated in the solo exhibition “Rose Marasco: Camera Lucida” opening Friday, June 23 at the University of New England Art Gallery in […]
Opening reception for Home and Other Realms
October 21, 2022
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Portland Campus Art Gallery
October 21, 2022-January 22, 2023 Opening reception: Friday, October 21, 4 – 7 p.m. This two-part exhibition will highlight the recent work of photographer Michael Kolster in a solo exhibit, “Home and Other Realms”, in conversation with work from the Stephen K. Halpert Collection of Photography. An amalgam of three distinct series—self-portraits; architectural photographs of Lewiston’s […]
The Permanent Photography Collection: Recent Acquisitions in the Stephen K. Halpert Photography Collection at UNE
July 23, 2021
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Portland Campus Art Gallery
This omnibus exhibit will feature approximately 70 recently collected photographic works selected by Stephen Halpert, Curator of Photography, and steward of the Stephen K. Halpert Photography Collection at UNE. Opens July 23 at the UNE Art Gallery Portland Campus. Visitors Welcome! Please mask if unvaccinated; social distancing required for all. The UNE Art Gallery on the […]
