Department News

New Phytologist

“When I heard that my work was selected for the cover, It was a big surprise. First, because I don’t usually see art pieces on the cover of scientific journals. Secondly, because It wasn’t created with that in mind.”   Big Congratulations to Adrianna Cavalcanti, who is a second-year IMFA student, as her piece Biomimicry has been […]

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Intermedia MFA Fall 2020 Visiting Artist Lecture Series

Farah Al Qasimi  Farah Al Qasimi (b.1991, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; lives and works in Brooklyn and Dubai) works in photography, video, and performance. Her recent commission with Public Art Fund, Back and Forth Disco, is on view around New York City through May 17. Her work has been featured in exhibitions at Jameel […]

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Pandemic Interview with Armando Garma Fernandez

Armando Garma Fernandez “I would be lying if I said that I have been able to adapt and continue making work” Armando Garma Fernandez is originally from Mexico City, Mexico. When he was eight years old his family moved to the United States so his father could pursue a career teaching at a University level. […]

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Rachel Church Art

Filtering the Cyan(otype) Sea – Rachel Church

Recent alumni Rachel Church and artist Melissa Bardsley just had a show titled, “Filtering the Cyan(otype) Sea” with Project Emmersive, located in Bidderford, Maine. Church describes her work as: “This work began with a series of cyanotypes that was inspired by the work of Anna Atkins. Atkins was a botanist who in 1843 used the […]

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Creating Community in Unstable Times

 University of Maine IMFA graduate student Rochelle Lawrence wanted to connect with her classmates in a creative manner, while we were all under quarantine. Through learning about the history and dynamics of mail art, Lawrence decided to send out bags and bags of fire bread. On a whim, she carved a block to create prints […]

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Adeles Paintings

Adele Drake

“I was determined to learn to paint, but I would always feel the pull of making performative and site specific work. I would also always feel the pull to be a teacher.” -Adele Drake Adele Drake  Adele Drake was born and raised in the city of Philadelphia she is of Irish, Swiss-German, and Italian descent. […]

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Logo for Apogee: the space between research and creation

2020 Intermedia MFA Thesis Exhibition

Congratulations to our 2020 graduates of the Intermedia MFA Program! Despite the hardships of the year the world wide pandemic, and two month quarantine these six amazing artists persevered through it all to complete their degree. Although their thesis exhibition has been postponed you can still view their official page here.         […]

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CMCA Biennial Art Exhibition

Congratulations, to Assistant Director of Intermedia MFA Program Susan Smith for being chosen as one of the artists for the biennial exhibition for the Center for Maine Contemporary Art. Out of five hundred submissions, thirty-four artists were chosen, representing seventeen Maine communities for the biennial exhibition. By jurors Nina Johnson-Milewski, owner, founder, and director of […]

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Featured Student

“My aim is to restore our connection with nature, using cross disciplinary methods to achieve a minimum footprint and widen the audience acceptance.” – Adriana Cavalcanti Adriana Cavalcanti   Adriana Cavalcanti was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her childhood was a constant back and forth from the city to the farm. The […]

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Copper Dresses

Featured Student- Rebecca Morgan

“I hope the audience will be able to walk away with questions about the piece, because if they walk away with questions, I have stimulated some part of their brain that has got them thinking about the bigger picture.” -Rebecca Morgan   Rebecca Morgan Rebecca Morgan is a Maine native, born and raised in a […]

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