ICA Projects
- ICA Projects is a program within the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art and Design that celebrates experimentation, alternative methods, and collaboration.
- DB Amorin Tracing the Veer
Events
September 1, 5:00 – 8:00pm
- September First Friday
- This Is Out of Hand
September 1, 6:00pm
- The Birth Rites of Syphilis, by Aidia Rayne w/ Sam Seda, Patrick Corrigan, and David Yearwood
September 11 – 13, 2023
September 11, 2023
- 9:00am – 10:00am
Cycle of Self-Determination, Performance and Gallery Talk with Gina Siepel
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME - 10:00am – 11:30am
Spoon Carving workshop and demo w/ Ben Gancsos
Maine College of Art & Design: Room 507 - 12:00pm – 1:15pm
Catalina Ouyang Artist Lecture
Maine College of Art & Design: Osher Hall - 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Public Art Studio talk with Addy Smith-Reiman, Ling-Wen Tsai, and Jesse Salisbury.
Meet at Gathering Stones – Sculpture by Jesse Salisbury for TEMPOart Maine. The sculpture is located at Fish Point along the Eastern Promenade Trail, an easy walk from both Fort Allen Park and Commercial Street.
September 12, 2023
- 9:00am – 10:00am
Ken Payne Artist Lecture
Maine College of Art & Design: Room 507 - 10:00am – 11:30am
Spoon Carving workshop and demo w/ Ben Gancsos
Maine College of Art & Design: Room 507 - 12:00pm – 1: 15pm
Lewis Colburn Artist Lecture
Maine College of Art & Design: Osher Hall - 1:30pm – 2:50pm
Physical Computing in Art and Craft Panel Discussion
Moderated by Kyle Patnaude: with John Gardiner and Lewis Colburn.
Maine College of Art & Design: Osher Hall
September 13, 2023
- 10:00am – 11:30am
Out of Hand – Wood Carving Panel Discussion
Moderated by Joshua Reiman: with Raul De Lara, Gina Siepel, Lewis Colburn, Lin Lisberger, Napoles Marty, Kieran Kinsella and Duncan Hewitt
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME - 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Kodai Hihara Artist lecture (presented by the Schoodic Sculpture Symposium)
Maine College of Art & Design: Osher Hall - 1:30pm – 3:00pm
On Stone, Place, and Process
Moderated by Kazumi Hoshino: with Mark Herrington, Andreas Von Huene, Sam Finkelstein, Isabel Kelley, Mari Beltran, and Jesse Salisbury
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME - 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Closing Reception for This Is Out of Hand with Artists
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
October 6, 2023
- 5:00 – 8:00pm
Opening Reception - Liveable Worlds - October First Friday
November 3 – 4, 2023
Liveable Worlds Symposium
Adventures in Art
The ICA partners with Maine College of Art & Design's Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program to present Adventures in Art, a contemporary art education program for K-12 teachers and students. Using the current ICA exhibition and on-going curriculum connections, Adventures in Art features classroom visits from MAT candidates, field trips, ICA exhibition tours, art-making experiences, responsive student exhibitions, and more.
If you are interested in participating in Adventures in Art programming, please contact Rachel Somerville, Program Chair of the MAT program, at rsomerville@meca.edu