Theater season begins with a bear hug for Shakespeare lovers
Shakespeare’s famous stage direction “Exit, pursued by a bear” gets a fresh interpretation in a new production of “The Winter’s Tale.”
Kentucky poet connects to Mainers through common language of rural life
Themes of history, community, and family feature prominently in the writing of the 22nd O’Brien Poetry Event Honoree, Maurice Manning.
Award-winning actor, USM alum Tony Shalhoub breaks ground on new Crewe Center for the Arts
The new building on USM’s Portland campus will be named The Crewe Center for the Arts
Sculpture Professor Emeritus, Duncan Hewitt, Has Essay Published in Maine Arts Journal.
Expert from Duncan Hewitt – The Materials, Maine Arts Journal 2023: Materiality “I don’t give too much weight to the cultural meaning of the materials … Read More
LILAC Team Presents at Oxford Brookes University Conference
The USM LILAC team presented their work at the Eighteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences July 2023 at Oxford Brookes University in Oxford, … Read More
Student who dreamt of Indigenous representation becomes the artist who delivers it
The mural painted by Marissa Joly occupies a prominent wall in the new McGoldrick Center for Career and Student Success.
Associate Professor Hannah Barnes and BFA Alumna Ali Dion ’23 Pair Up in Exhibition.
Associate Professor of Art and Art Department Chair, Hannah Barnes, and BFA Alumna Ali Dion ’23, are currently exhibiting new works in the exhibition, … Read More
Two USM Art Department Faculty, Annie Lee-Zimerle and Brian Zimerle, Open Art Exhibition at UMF Gallery.
Associate Professor of Art, Annie Lee-Zimerle, and Part-time Lecturer of Art, Brian Zimerle, are in current two-person show at the University of Maine Farmington … Read More
Art Professor Emerita, Jan Piribeck, and Professor of Social Work, Paula Gerstenblatt, Collaborate on Maine-Greenland Project.
The Maine-Greenland Project (MELG) explores connections between social and ecological systems within Maine and Greenland. Piribeck and Gerstenblatt became interested in Greenland because of the climate … Read More
Stonecoast MFA Faculty, Morgan Talty, receives accolades
Morgan Talty’s (Penobscot Indian Nation) national bestselling and critically acclaimed story collection “Night of the Living Rez,” was reviewed for “The New York Review … Read More