January 29 – March 24

Gorham Art Gallery

Open to students across all majors at the University, the Juried Student Exhibition fosters student preparation for professional art settings and processes, provides feedback from art professionals in the community, and exposes student artwork to a wide range of viewers.

Award winners’ Gallery

A sculpture with a log as its base and a welded creature resembling a serpent atop
Coffin, “To Some I am Prey,” 2025. Metal, bone, and wood. 3 ft. wide x 4 ft. 6 in. high x 2 ft. deep. 1st place Best-in-Show, 2026 Juried Student Exhibition, University of Southern Maine Art Gallery.
A painting resembling a quilt, square, and featuring animals such as woodpeckers, whales, and goats, with an owl at its center.
Courtney Rog, “Courtney Elisabeth’s, Folklore,” 2025. Acrylic on wood, 60 x 60 in. 2nd Place Best-in-Show Winner, 2026 Juried Student Exhibition, University of Southern Maine Art Gallery.
A vase whose neck is shaped like a rib cage.
Alyssa Letendre, “Bare,” 2025. Mason Stains and Glaze on ceramic, 12 in. wide x 21 ½ in. high x 21 in. deep. 3rd place Best-in-Show Winner, 2026 Juried Student Exhibition, University of Southern Maine Art Gallery.
Two copper vessels, one on the right resembling a kettle, and one on the left resembling a gas canister.
Kait Crawford, “Mechanical Infusion,” 2025. Stoneware clay and glaze, 18 in. wide x 30 in. high x 18 in. deep. Winner, Honorable Mention, 2026 Juried Student Exhibition, University of Southern Maine Art Gallery.
An image of an armature and a computer sitting on a pedestal.
Daniel G. Stephens, “Photonic Healing Machine,” 2025. Various gauges of uncoated wire, electrical wire, dental
floss, batteries, Raspberry Pi Pico, 30lb. paper, olive oil,
neoprene heat shrink tubing + video art; Arm: 4 ¼ in. wide x 9 1/3 in. deep x 15 3/4 in. long, Glasses: 6 ½ in. wide x 4 ¼ in. deep x 6 in. long, Video: 2:03 running time, looped. Winner, Honorable Mention, 2026 Juried Student Exhibition, University of Southern Maine Art Gallery.
A painting of a woman looking at a man, resting her head on her hand.
Alyssa Letendre
Bare
2025
Mason Stains and Glaze on Ceramic
12 in. wide x 21 ½ in. high x 21 in. deep.

Join us in thanking this year’s judges:

Rosalba Breazeale (they/them, b. 1989) is an artist and educator, and studio director at 205 Ocean Ave studios based on the traditional lands of the Wabanaki Confederacy, so-called Portland, ME. They hold an MFA from the University of New Mexico and BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Their multidisciplinary art practice encompasses analog, digital, and alternative process photography, soft fiber sculpture, and installation with an emphasis on regenerative practice. Breazeale’s identity as a Queer, Jewish, transnational adoptee from Peru forms the foundation from which they create work addressing connection to land, diasporic experience, European colonization, and related environmental issues.

Born and adopted from Cuenca, Ecuador, Raquel P. Miller is an artist living and working in Biddeford, Maine. Through painting and ceramics, she is interested in unearthing the unexpressed and revealing what cannot be seen — exploring emotions, memory, grief, and dreams. She was the recipient of a 2022 BIPOC Fellowship at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.  She was an artist in residence at SPACE Gallery in Portland, ME (2023, 2025), and the recipient of the David C. Driskell Fellowship and Residency at Black Seed Studio with Indigo Arts Alliance (2024).  Her works have been exhibited bicoastally and online with a duo-show Memories to Give debuting at 82 Parris in 2025.

Important dates

Tuesday, March 24Final day of the exhibition
Wednesday, March 25 –
Friday, March 27		Artwork pick up.

Join us in thanking this year’s exhibition sponsors:

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