University of Southern Maine

SUMMER 2009

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SENIORS
The Senior show was a huge success this year. Congratulations to all of our art graduates and good luck! Kudos to everyone involved. See you all in the Fall!

HERE’S WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO SUMMER 2009!
Rebecca Goodale, artist and co-ordinator of the Kate Cheney Chappell ’83 Center for Book Arts at USM, had a solo exhibition at the Turtle Gallery, Deer Isle, from August 23-October 17. Becky's work will also be shown in the upcoming exhibtion at USM/LA’s Atrium Gallery, Spineless Wonders.

Sculptor and part-time USM art faculty, Lin Lisberger just opened her show at Chesterwood Contemporary Sculpture, Chesterwood, CT. Another exhibit, Bridges, is on view at Two Point Gallery, Portland, through the month of August.

Printmaker, Judith Allen is exhibiting internationally at the Benaki Museum in Athens, Greece. Her work can also be seen at the Salonika Biennale in Greece through September 2009.

Ceramic faculty David Schneider’s work is being shown this summer at the Mast Cove Galleries in Kennebunkport and at the Barn Gallery in Ogunquit.

Photographer Bernie Meyer’s work is featured with other artists at the Courthouse Gallery in Ellsworth.

Debe Loughlin’s two sculptures were featured in the Odysseus Project- Coming Home at the Fort Point Gallery, Boston. This collaboration between artists and writers was sponsored by the Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequence.

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The USMART Program offers the intimacy of an art school within the abundant and varied environment of a University. Located on the University's Gorham Campus, students are able enjoy the secure environment of a small liberal arts campus within a small New England town, yet have easy access to the many cultural offerings of Greater Portland.

USMART highlights:
• a low student teacher ratio

• mentorship and peer learning

• an education that provides a thorough grounding in a student's field

• an emphasis on students' ability to think creatively, rather than to adhere to a specific approach of art marking

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