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.
Highlights
Art Students Engage in Critiques
Student Kate Hendrick thoughtfully discusses her work during a class critique in ART 151, Fundamentals of Perceptual Drawing.
Painting Students at Work
Introduction to Painting students, Ashley Ricker and Laura Tracy, work on their self-portraits.
Students Experience a Working Artist's Studio
Student enrolled in ART 341, The Visual Book II: Historical Influences, visit Wolfe Editions in Portland and have the unique opportunity of setting type with a Master Printer.
Students Experiment with Alternative Firing Methods
Ceramics students experience hands-on the various firing techniques of Raku, Saggar, and Horsehair (shown here).
Plein Air Painting on the Beautiful Gorham Campus
Painting students take advantage of the gorgeous day and bring their easels outside for painting en plein air.
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.
More Information
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.
Announcing the George Burk Memorial Scholarship Fund - Gifts will Continue to Support Talented and Deserving Art Students. (Please Designate George Burk Scholarship in "Other" box.) First Scholarship was Awarded for Fall 2018.
Professor Burk was an accomplished painter and a beloved and respected teacher who nurtured the creative spirit and helped launch many artistic careers.
News
Andrea Sulzer Exhibition, Once Removed, Opens at Mauer Zilioli Contemporary Arts in Germany
USM receives $1 million gift to launch new Center for the Arts project
Art Professor Jan Piribeck participated in USM's first Digital Humanities Institute
The USM Art Department will host Open Studios on Friday, May 4th, from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. on the Gorham Campus
2018 BFA Exhibition: Please Join us in Celebrating our Graduating Art Students
Fifty-one works by thirty-four students were selected for this year's Student Juried Show.
Boundless Possibilities: USM Book Arts in the Lewis Gallery at Portland Public Library
On Display: “Under the Influence,” A Map Design Project from Prof. Mary Hart's Art 141: Surface, Space, Time—2D Design class
USM Art Department and Galleries present Beehive Design Collective exhibition, announce spring 2018 season
