Area Gallery
Woodbury Campus Center, Portland
After Hours: USM Employee Art
January 20 – February 13, 2009
Reception: Thursday, January 22, 2009, 4:00 - 6:00 PM, with DJ Jean, Best of Show award at 5:00 PM, followed by karaoke.
This exhibit, juried by widely known sculptor Lissa Hunter, celebrates the creativity of USM faculty and staff.
New Mainers, Portraits of Our New Neighbors
February 27 - March 30, 2009
Women & Gender Studies Program and Reception: February 27, 2009, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Abromson Center, 88 Bedford Street, Portland
Black and white photographs by Jan Pieter van Voorst van Beest featured in a new book collaboration with Pat Nyhan and Reza Jalali.
Organic Constructivism, Imagined and Otherwise
April 3 - May 9, 2009
Reception: Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Welded steel and wood constructions by USM alumnae Laura Dunn '96 and Sue Bennett '98
Art Gallery
Gorham Campus
UBART: a Juris Ubans Retrospective
January 20 - February 15, 2009
Reception: Sunday, February 1, 2009, 1:00 - 3:00 PM. Snow date: February 8
Gallery talks: January 29 & February 8, 2009, 3:00 PM
This retrospective honors forty years of creative activity in teaching, collecting, and making art by retiring USM Professor Juris Ubans. Curated by Dennis Gilbert; catalog available.
Canopy: Michelle Forsyth, Visiting Artist-in-Residence
February 24 - April 8, 2009
Forsyth's cut paper installation is a collaborative effort with art students inspired by the Maine '47 forest fires.
Michelle Forsyth
ArtTalk: February 27, 2009
Art Gallery, Goryham
After the talk, a reception for Canopy will follow in the gallery. Snow date: March 20
Favoring the formal elegance of pattern and the visceral qualities of the handmade, Forsyth's work is a reflection on the onslaught of images of suffering in contemporary life.
BFA Senior Thesis Exhibit
April 17 - May 10, 2009
Reception: Friday, April 17, 2009, 6:00 - 8:00 PM
This exhibit is the concluding project of fifteen graduating BFA students including a full range of disciplines.
Lecture Series
in the Visual Arts
All talks are held on Fridays, 1:00 PM, in Burnham Lounge, Robie Andrews Hall, Gorham
Are You Experienced? Art, Religion and the Psychedelic Revolution
Visiting Critic: Ken Johnson
ArtTalk: March 6, 2009. Snow date: March 13
Born and raised in the Portland area, Johnson now reviews art for the New York Times. His talk will explore the metaphysical, psychedelic, and other affinities amongst art since the 1960s.
Collaboration and Dialogue in Creative Practice
Visiting Artist: Lucinda Bliss
ArtTalk: April 3, 2009. Snow date: Friday, April 10
Bliss has exhibited her drawings and paintings in New England and beyond as well as has engaged in collaborations at alternative sites.
