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Process and Place: MECA 2013 Residency ExhibitionPosted: 2012-12-19 |
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Process & Place: The Maine College of Art 2013 Residency ExhibitionThe 2013 Residency Exhibition runs from January 14, 2013 through February 10, 2013 on the second floor of the Porteous Building. On Friday, January 18, there will be an opening reception from 5:30-6:30pm, followed by a panel discussion with five residency recipients from 6:30-8:00pm in Osher Hall. This exhibition is a group show showcasing the work of 18 individual artists all of whom were selected for artist residencies through Maine College of Art during the past three years. Artist residencies took place at the Jenny Family Compound in Baie Saint Marie, Nova Scotia and at the Stephen Pace House in Stonington, Maine, and resulted in work ranging from encaustic paintings to artist books to a wave machine. Process & Place features the work of artists Rachael Eastman ‘94, Martha Almy ‘95, Richard Abbott ‘78, Mark Marchesi ‘99, Celeste Roberge ‘79, Dietlind Vander Schaaf, Hannah Barnes ‘02, Jessica George MFA ‘09, Larissa Mellor ‘04, Erin Sweeney ‘94, Nik Bsullak ‘99, Crystal Heiden ‘06, Alison Taylor ‘94, Willamain Somma, Conan Masterson, Christine Negus, Adriane Herman, and Richard Metz MFA ’00.
Series One explores the landscape of identity; perception of self, carved from physical and emotional spaces. Though the characters in the work appear to be isolated and alone, they are connected. Each explores their own territory within the same world, challenged by the vulnerability inherent to exposure. The product of the first artistic collaboration between Alison Taylor, Martha Almy, and Willamain Somma, Series One is location specific, produced during an artists’ residency in Baie St. Marie Nova Scotia. The artists have known each other since they were children. For more information, please contact Dietlind Vander Schaaf (dvanderschaaf@meca.edu) | |
CREATE: An Exhibition of Works by Continuing Studies StudentsPosted: 2012-12-19 |
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CREATE will run from Monday, January 7 through Sunday, February 3, 2013 on the first floor of the Porteous building in the ramp hall and Free Street hall, as well as the Friedman Gallery. An opening will be held from 5-7pm on Thursday, January 10. This exhibition features the work of the following artists, all of whom have taken a workshop or class through the Continuing Studies department at Maine College of Art in the last two years: Aileen Agnew, Angela Cook, Ann Casady, Anne Harwood, Betsy Elliman, Brenda Overstrom, Bronwyn Sale, Catherine Field, Cheryl Rau, Chris Beneman, Christopher Irvine Rice, Daniel Grenier, Diane Atwood, Diane Carbone, Diane Noble, Donna Roggenthien, Elizabeth Lonsdale, Ellen ODonnell, Erinn McCusker, Ginger Brown, Hannah Hamilton, Jenny LaMacchia Campbell, Jenny Scheu, Jess Lauren Lipton, Jim Gagnon, Jocelyn King, Susan Giglia, Judith Logan, Judith Long, Judy Kane, Judy O'Donnell, Karen Merritt, Karen Pride, Kathryn Wagner, Kit Pike, Kyler Henningsen, Len Gulino, Lucinda White, Lucy A. Green, Lyn Means, Margareta Meta McDonald, Maria Canning, Marin Magat, Munira Naqui, Patty Lage, Rachel Michaud '81, Rebecca Gratwick, Sara Gray, Steve Hayes, Tamara Pride, Tammy Bonneau Walter, Tim Reimensnyder '84, Ulrika Blank, Wendy Kaye, and Wendy Seltzer.
Elizabeth Lonsdale, Jay Pritzker pavilion, silver gelatin print, 16" x 20", 2012 | |
From the Inside Staff Exhibition AnnouncedPosted: 2012-12-19 |
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Opens Thursday, January 24, 2013 and runs through Friday, February 15, 2013. From The Inside is the annual Maine College of Art staff show at the June Fitzpatrick Gallery on Congress Street. This exhibition showcases the work of 11 artists who work behind the scenes at the College. Featuring artists Angela Warren MFA ‘11, Stacy Howe MFA ‘10, Daniel Gardner, Rachel Katz MFA ‘00, Annie Wadleigh, Dietlind Vander Schaaf, Phil Stevens ‘91, Katie Uffelman ‘10, Jill Dalton ‘99, Jon Rudnicki, Megan Lloyd, and Shannon Cote, this show represents artists working in the Admissions Department, the Office of Residential Life, the MFA program, the Business Office, Alumni Relations, Artists at Work, and the Office of Advancement.
Rachel Katz, float(low), paper collage, 7.5" x 12", 2012; Jay York image credit | |
Marketing Basics for Artists: January - April 2013Posted: 2012-12-17 |
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MECA Wins Winter Window Walk CompetitionPosted: 2012-12-09 |
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MECA earned top honors at the 2012 Window Walk competition sponsored by Portland's Downtown District.
Under the guidance of MECA Graphic Design professor, Samantha Haedrich, MECA Graphic Design students collaborated with organizers of the annual Holiday Sale to produce the visual identity for this year's event. An important aspect to this assignment included dressing MECA's large window facing Congress Street in anticipation of the holidays.
Watch the video below to see the behind the scenes of the creation of this year's holiday window.
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Art Trumps Capitalism at MECAPosted: 2012-12-07 |
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MECA students donated their art to friday's pop-up-shop. Buyers traded volunteer time for the work created. Listen to MPBN feature: MECA Students 'Sell' Art in Exchange for Community Using community service as currency was the concept behind the Yankee Swap Pop Up Shop on Free Street during last friday's Art Walk. The one-night-only shop sold handmade goods and art created by MECA students, purchased in exchange for volunteer time. | |
Next ProDev Series hosted on December 12 in Osher Hall: Tax EssentialsPosted: 2012-12-06 |
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The next workshop in the Professional Development Series is Tax Essentials. This series of workshops on business basics for artists is presented by Creative Portland, Maine College of Art, and Maine Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts with generous funding by the Quimby Family Foundation. A panel of three professional presenters will bring practical information to artists and small businesses about how taxes work and how to get them done efficiently and smartly. Topics will include recordkeeping, setting up books, sales tax, deductions, hobby loss rule, expense tracking and more. Presenters include: Caren-Marie Michel, Artist and MECA Alum Tom Gangewer, partner at Local Economy Justin Coffin from at Macdonald Page & Co LLC The workshop takes place at 6pm in Osher Hall at Maine College of Art. Admission is free for current students, alumni, faculty, and staff. The fee for all others is $10. Register online using Brown Paper Tickets | |
Two Future Mother Events at the ICAPosted: 2012-12-05 |
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Outstanding AlumniPosted: 2012-12-04 |
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Outstanding MECA AlumniBFACeramics Graphic Design Metalsmithing & Jewelry Sculpture Painting Eric Hongisto ‘97 Guggenheim winner, professor at University of San Francisco William Mills ‘80, Gepetto Studios, NY makes soft sculpture puppets, props for films, Letterman Connie Hayes ‘80 Painter Printmaking Julianna Swaney ‘05, entrepreneur/artist, artstarphilly.com Brian Wilk ’95 Hasbro Inc. Design Director, Pawtucket, RI Photography
MFAAaron Stephan MFA‘00, studio artist: public art aarontstephan.com Randy Regier MFA ‘07, studio artist randyregier.com Nancy Nesvet MFA ’04 curator | |
Geary's Brewing Company Hosts Design CompetitionPosted: 2012-12-01 |
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Each year, the D.L. Geary Brewing Company hosts a competition on campus for the design of the packaging for the Geary's Summer Ale. All undergraduate students are allowed to submit a design. The winning design is then featured on the labels of one million bottles of beer, as well as on the six-pack and 12-pack boxes. The student with the winning design is awarded $5,000. This year, there were more than 60 entries to the contest. The winner is selected in January and works with Geary on bringing the concept to production for a launch in late spring. See all the entries.
For more information, please contact Jessica Tomlinson, Director of Artists at Work.
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MECA Student Wins Royal Majesty Drag CompetitionPosted: 2012-11-27 |
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Jake Michaud, Junior Woodworking & Furniture Design major and Public Engagement minor, came in first place 13th Annual University of Southern Maine Royal Majesty Drag Competition and Show on Friday, November 16th, 2012. In his first drag performance ever, Jake transformed into diva "Betweenya Thighs" and electrified the audience by lip-syncing and dancing her heart out to Beyonce's "Move Your Body. Betweenya received a standing ovation from the 700+ crowd housed in the Holiday Inn By the Bay's Grand Ballroom. The event is held annually and is open to any student competitor attending an accredited college or university in Maine. Betweenya is MECA's second champion in the history of the event. Jelly Jacobs(Aaron Decker '12, Metalsmithing & Jewelry Alumni) won top honor in 2010.
As part of winning duties, Betweenya performed again at the 14th annual event on November 22nd, 2013 at the Holiday Inn by the Bay. This year's event raised $4,000 for USM's Center for Sexualities and Gender Diversity.
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2012 BFA Awards AnnouncedPosted: 2012-11-17 |
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Maine Type Lab, First Friday Vote Button BoothPosted: 2012-11-12 |
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Maine Type Lab, First Friday Vote Button Booth Participants: Cassondra Amicone, Kaitlin Callender, Trisha Cobb, Klarizza Cruz, Molly Feole, Sarah Mohammadi, Annie Mora, Rangeley Morton, Sheyenne Rivers
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Professional Development Workshop: Pricing and Valuing Your ArtworkPosted: 2012-11-09 |
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The next workshop in the Professional Development Series is Pricing and Valuing Your Artwork. This series of workshops on business basics for artists is presented by Creative Portland, Maine College of Art, and Maine Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts with generous funding by the Quimby Family Foundation.
Presenters include:
Andres Verzosa, owner of Aucocisco Galleries
Annette Elowitch, owner of Baridoff Galleries Fine Art Auctions
Meagan Mattingly, Arts in Education Associate for the Maine Art Commission
Kyle Bryant, Artist, Owner of The KB Company
The workshop takes place at 6pm, November 14 in Osher Hall at Maine College of Art. Admission is free for current students, alumni, faculty, and staff. The fee for all others is $10.
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Fall 2012 NewsletterPosted: 2012-11-07 |
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THE WORLD OVER: MECA Faculty Exhibition on View at the ICA through December 22Posted: 2012-11-07 |
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THE WORLD OVER: MECA Faculty Exhibition on view at the ICA through December 22
The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art (ICA at MECA) in Portland will present the exhibition The World Over through December 22, 2012. Featured artists include Jeffrey Clancy (Metalsmithing & Jewelry), Elizabeth Jabar (Printmaking) and Colleen Kinsella (Printmaking), Adam Manley (Woodworking & Furniture Design), and Gail Spaien (Painting). All are current faculty members of the BFA program at Maine College of Art. The World Over is the sixth in MECA’ s series of juried thematic faculty exhibitions. This exhibition was juried by Amie Scally, Deputy Director/Curator of White Columns, New York. Jeffrey Clancy is a visual artist, designer and educator whose studio practice is informed by historical and traditional craft practices and theory. Clancy is represented by Gallerie Elisa Plateau, Brussels, Belgium, has been awarded The Society of Arts and Crafts Artist Award, Boston, MA. Recent exhibitions include Vestige, a solo exhibition at Gallery 37-A, Portland, ME; Art Brussels, 2010; Generously Odd: Craft Now, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY; Re-make / Re-model, National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN; Exterior / Ulterior National Ornamental Metal Museum, Memphis, TN; “Exhibition in Print 2010, Neo-Palatial: A Curatorial Imaginarium,” Guest Curator Garth Clark, Metalsmith Magazine. Elizabeth Jabar is a print based artist and her hybrid works on paper explore ideas of ethnicity and heritage. In her printed assemblages and artists books she displays a highly personal visual language, incorporating cultural motifs from folk art, religious traditions and textiles. Her works have been shown at galleries and museums nationally and internationally, including Victoria Arts Connection, Victoria, BC, Canada, National Gallery of Art, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Pyramid Atlantic, Rhode Island School of Design, Montserrat College, Colby College Museum of Art, The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, The Center for Maine Contemporary Art, University of New England, La Jolla Fiber Arts, La Jolla California, New York and The Center for Book Arts, New York, New York. Her work was recently published in 50/ 50 A Survey of Contemporary Printmaking. Colleen Kinsella’s primary focus is split between printmaking and music. Her work has been published on over twenty-five album covers. She and her partner, who are known for their one-of-a-kind art and music production, began the group Big Blood and started Dontrustheruin Records out of their home. Her work was selected for this year’s Biennial at the Portland Museum of Art and was featured on the catalogue cover. She has shown at the International Print Center in New York; Dean Johnson Galley, Indianapolis, IN; Seattle’s Wall of Sound, Columbia College, Chicago, IL; and the Southern Graphics Council, Chicago, IL. Gail Spaien has been granted numerous awards and fellowships including the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Artists Advancement Grant, the Maine Arts Commission Good Idea Grant and Artist Visibility Grant, the Djerassi Foundation Resident Artists Program in Woodside, CA, Millay Colony for the Arts in Austerlitz, NY and, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Gail's exhibitions include the DeCordova Museum of Contemporary Art, in Lincoln, MA, Center for Maine Contemporary Art in Rockport, ME, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, in California, Crocker Art Museum, in Sacramento, CA, the Portland Museum of Art, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Portland, Maine, and the Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville, Maine. She is represented by Aucocisco Gallery in Portland, Maine, Miller Block Gallery in Boston, MA and the William Scott Gallery in Provincetown, MA.
For more information on the exhibitions and artists, visit our website: http://www.meca.edu/meca-life/ica
And, please remember that the ICA is always free!
Gail Spaien Open Window Series 3 #1,2012
Acrylic on linen 55 x 60 inches | |
Continuing Studies Call for Student ArtPosted: 2012-10-24 |
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Interested students should email up to 5 images to Dietlind Vander Schaaf at dvanderschaaf@meca.edu for consideration. We prefer that images should be in .jpeg or .tiff format, 300 dpi and 4 x 5 inches or larger and should be titled by the student name and number (for example, DietlindVanderSchaaf1.jpg). Please include the title of the art work, the medium, and size specifications. For questions regarding submission requirements please contact Dietlind by email or call 207.699.5012. Studentswill be notified of acceptance by December 1st. The exhibition will take place on the first floor of the College and will be open for the February First Friday Art Walk. | |
Open Houses At MECAPosted: 2012-10-23 |
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MECA Announces Fall Lecture SeriesPosted: 2012-10-15 |
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MECA’s Visiting Artist and Guest Lecturer Series invites professional artists, educators, curators, thought leaders, and creative entrepreneurs to present on topics of interest and importance to the MECA community. All lectures in this series are open to the public at no charge. RSVPs to events@meca.edu are encouraged, as seating is limited. Call 207.699.5010 for more information.
Art for the As the director of Long Now, Alexander has facilitated projects such as the 10,000 Year Clock, The Rosetta Project, Long Bets, Seminars About Long Term Thinking, Long Server and countless others. Alexander shares several design patents on the 10,000 Year Clock with Danny Hillis, the first prototype of which is in the Science Museum of London. His experience also includes serving as an artist in residence at Silicon Graphics Inc., a project manager for Shamrock Communications, and a founding partner of Inertia Labs. Alexander has attended the Art Center College of Design and graduated with a bachelor of arts honors degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Industrial Design in 1995.
A Day With The Public Engagement Department Scott Berzofsky is a recent SMACT graduate from the MIT Program in Art, Culture and Technology. His work explores the relation between art, ecology and urban spatial politics. Before coming to MIT, Scott lived and worked in Baltimore, where he co-organized several artistic and activist initiatives including campbaltimore, Participation Park, The City from Below and STEW. His writing has appeared in Third Text, Critical Planning and The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest.
Printmaking, Book Arts, and Sculpture
Leanna Morris Materials and Process Leeanna Morris is currently in her first year of the MECA MFA program. She earned a BFA in Studio Art concentrating in photography and a minor in Art History from Southern Methodist University (SMU). After graduating Leeanna was a Studio Resident in ceramics at SMU’s Meadows School of the Arts. In her work, she is currently exploring ideas of installation and limitation through materials and process. She works in a variety of mediums, ranging from photography, ceramics, fibers, and drawing.
Scott Nash The Inspiration of Edward Gorey & The High Skies Adventure of Blue Jay the Pirate
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11.28Art Education Open House: January 29, 2013Posted: 2012-10-15 |
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More about the Art Education program
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The Art Education post-baccalaureate program will hold an open house and lecture on January 29 from 5-9pm for prospective students. The evening begins at 5pm with an information session about the 10-month program which prepares students for K-12 certification nationwide.