Siglinde Langholz, Threadscapes II at the Maine Discovery Museum

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

September 6, 2013 Announcement, Events, Exhibition, News

The Discovery Museum and the Intermedia MFA Program at the University of Maine are pleased to presentThreadscapes II, an art installation created by Siglinde Langholz. The exhibit will be opened from September 13th to October 20th at the Discovery Museum in Bangor.

Threadscapes II is an interactive installation in which the artist Siglinde Langholz explores and responds to relational experiences between threads, movement, manipulation, attraction, and interactive systems. This project considers textile processes as a language, where haptic and symbiotic systems commingle to develop modes of thinking, making, and moving.