USM Art Department
USM ART is a nationally accredited program that provides students with a rigorous studio experience, historical understanding of the complexity of art practices, and the critical skills needed to become informed visual artists, art educators and art historians. Learn more about USM Art Department.
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Art Student, Dani Cournoyer, was selected as a 2019 Featured Graduate at Commencement, Saturday, May 11th.
Ten 2019 Graduates were selected for excelling in their classrooms while also achieving success by engaging in their campus and their surrounding communities.
Summer Art Lab is July 8th-12th. Registration is Open through Gorham Parks & Recreation for Local Youth grades 3-12.
USM Art Education students lead local youth in fun and creative activities under Faculty supervision. Art Lab is a USM/ Gorham Recreation partnership.
Highlights
Advanced Students Work on Self-Directcted Themes
Advanced Painting students, Ashley Ricker and Sydney Stulz, thoughtfully work towards developing their unique voice.
Freshman Students Encouraged to Dive into Complex Projects
Students in Art Foundation class, 3-Dimensional Design, carve though solid plaster blocks to reveal their individual visions.
Students Work Collaboratively on Campus Community Projects
Introduction to Painting students, Lindsey Bosk, Han Nguyen, and Amber Provencher, work together creating decorative coverings to spruce up the Gorham Library interior pillars.
Low Student-Teacher Ratio Allows Individualized Instruction
Ceramics Professor, David Schneider, shares construction tips with BFA student, Paisley Stewart.
Studio Classes Engage Students in Critiques
Student Kate Hendrick thoughtfully discusses her work during a class critique in ART 151, Fundamentals of Perceptual Drawing.
Art Students Respond to Politics and History
Introduction to Digital Arts Students look back at history through the lens of today and install their response to a World War 1 Poster Exhibition in the Portland Area Gallery.
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Where Do USM Art Students Go After Graduation?
If you were wondering what students do with a Liberal Arts degree, see what some USM Art Department Graduates are doing today.
The Art Department has hired Hannah Barnes as a full-time faculty member for painting and drawing.
We are very happy to announce that Hannah Barnes will be joining the Art Department full-time beginning fall 2019.
Expand the Scope of Your Experience with a Digital Media and Design Minor
Combining this minor with an Art Major prepares students with knowledge and skills pertinent to the "real world" applications of digital communication and design.
Last Year the Art Department Awarded 3 Art Students Scholarships - This Year 6 Art Students are Receiving Scholarships for the next Academic Year.
See what Scholarships are Available for Art Students and how to help grow Scholarships for Art students.
News
Celebrating student awards and graduates with the USM Art Department and Galleries
Raphael Diluzio, Associate Professor of Art, Passed Away Unexpectedly
Art Department Faculty, Jan Piribeck, and BFA Alumnus, Justin Levesque, exhibiting in "Melt Down" at CMCA
USM Visiting Artist Ólöf Nordal to discuss Iceland “Experiment on Turf”
Congratulations to All the Art Student Award Recipients at this year's Student Juried Show
Juried Student Exhibition Opens March, 14th at the USM Art Gallery, Gorham
Not 'just ice': USM faculty, alumni weigh in on Westbrook ice disk
