Of Sibyls and Source Opening Reception
Of Sibyls and Source: Ranges & Ruptures is an exhibition of videos, textiles, installations, and live performances that investigate ideas surrounding oracles, land, community, mapping and geo-mythic space. Together, the artists tell stories and create experiences that invite alternative ways of being with each other and place.
Of Sibyls and Source: Ranges & Ruptures is a collection of work made in dialogue with the sites of Monti Sibillini National Park, Umbria, Italy, and Acadia National Park. These creative gestures tenderly explore the possibility in timespace for mountains to kiss, for springs to flow through each other, and for horizons to merge.
Join us for the Exhibition Opening on Thursday February 5th from 5:30pm – 7:30pm in the Crewe Center for the Arts Great Hall Gallery. This event is free and open to the public.
Exhibiting Artists Include:
Susan Bickford (Newcastle, ME)
Sam Jones (Blue Hill, ME)
Heather Lyon (Blue Hill, ME)
Kristin Mariani (Chicago, IL)
misael soto (Miami, FL)
Guest Artists Include: Firefly the Hybrid (Bangor, Maine), Douglas Paisley (Brooklyn, NY), Ken Hoffmann (Blue Hill, Maine), Andrea Goodman (Trevett, Maine) , Robin Lane (Portland, Maine), Matt Shaw (Blue Hill, Maine), Justin Moriaty (Portland, Maine)
EXHIBITION PROGRAMMING
All programming to be held at the Crewe Center for the Arts.
- Thursday, February 5th:
- 12 pm onward De-Code Compliance performance by misael soto on the terrace in front of the Crewe Center
- A bit about misael soto’s durational De-Code Compliance performance:
The Department of Reflection’s De-Code Compliance Team has been assessing publicly accessible outdoor areas since the Spring of 2021. Who does our public infrastructure truly serve and how are these dynamics visibly apparent in our common areas? How can we collectively better address these concerns? DoR’s De-Code Compliance Team conducts exploratory field research to find out the answers to these and other questions via alternative methods. The public is invited to watch and engage with us as we work. Findings are offered to related institutions afterwards.
- A bit about misael soto’s durational De-Code Compliance performance:
- 5:30 – 7:30 pm Opening reception
- 6 pm Performance by Kristin Mariani in the exhibition hall
- 6:30 pm Performance by invited artist Firefly the Hybrid in the Arts Lab
- 12 pm onward De-Code Compliance performance by misael soto on the terrace in front of the Crewe Center
Of Sibyls and Source is on view from February 5 to March 21, 2026, at the Crewe Center for the Arts Gallery on our Portland campus.
Event Details
Parking is available in our University of Southern Maine Portland Garages 1 and 2 at a rate of $4.15 per hour. You may reserve your parking ahead of time via the USM Parking Interface. Additionally, the Portland METRO Husky Bus and the METRO #4 pickup/drop-off directly in front of the Crewe Center Deering Avenue entrance. An updated bus schedule can be found on the METRO website and bus fair is $2 each way.
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