MFA Grants Now Open
MFA GRANT for Spring 2012 deadline: MARCH 23, 2012 Please submit your grant in person to Velma Figgins in Chadbourne Hall no later than 3:00 pm on MARCH 23rd, 2012. MFA Grants Spring 2012 MFA RESEARCH GRANT Form
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Featured Student: Bethany Engstrom
Submitted by Bethany Engstrom on Wed, 10/27/2010 – 7:18pm Bethany Engstrom is currently in her third year of the Intermedia MFA program. In her work, she explores everyday experiences and the way in which they are perceived by creating works that meld found and constructed objects with new media. Her personal and educational background in […]
Read moreJuxtapositions Opening
UMA Exhibits Artwork by UMaine Graduate Students The UMA Department of Art will host a group exhibition of artwork by current students and recent graduates of the four-year-old University of Maine Intermedia Master of Fine Arts (MFA) Program. The exhibition, titled Juxtapositions, will run from January 30 – February 17, with an opening reception from 2-5pm […]
Read moreMFA Takes Over Pixxelpoint New Media Arts Festival in Slovenia!
University of Maine faculty member Owen Smith and Intermedia MFA student Reese Inman recently traveled to Italy and Slovenia to participate in the Pixxelpoint New Media Arts Festival. This year’s event was the 12th annual and was entitled “Lets Get Ready.” According to the Festival organizers the name Let’s Get Ready “. . . merely […]
Read moreIMFA Open House
The University of Maine Intermedia MFA program is pleased to announce its annual open house exhibition titled “Converging Paths: Intermedia MFA Art Walk” on December 15, 2011 from 5:00 – 7:00pm. This art walk will be centered in Lord Hall on the University of Maine campus in Orono and will included guided tours along an […]
Read moreVisiting Artist: Christina Bechstein
On the evening of Thursday, December 2nd, Professor of Sculpture and Director of Public Engagement at MECA – Christina Bechstein spoke to students and faculty who gathered in Lord Hall 100 for her talk entitled “Cover the World”. One and a half hours was not enough to show in detail, the twenty-year career of Bechstein’s […]
Read moreNew Materials Added to Intermedia Collections
Submitted by Sarah.Lou on Thu, 11/10/2011 – 8:06pm The following materials have been recently added to the Intermedia collection and are available or your consideration and use in 404 Chadbourne hall: Voids Between Nietzsche’s “death of God” and the ascent of Buddhism in twentieth-century America and Europe, the idea of “void” has permeated Western art […]
Read moreGuest Lecture: Laurence LeBouhellec
Submitted by Sarah.Lou on Tue, 10/18/2011 – 9:58am The University of Maine Intermedia MFA program is pleased to announce the distinguished art critic and philosopher, Laurence Le Bouhellec, of their annual Dick Higgins Memorial Lecture. Le Bouhellec will present two public lectures. The first lecture, on Tuesday October 25th at 6:30pm in Lord Hall100, is […]
Read moreVisiting Artist: Aaron Stephan
Portland-based artist, Aaron Stephan has been called the Philosopher of Stuff and Maine’s most creative artist and for good reason; his art is funny, highly crafted, and intellectually sharp and seemingly everywhere you look. Stephan ‘s work can be found in museums and galleries around the state and most notably in public spaces thanks to […]
Read moreVisiting Artist: Zach Poff
Digital new media artist, Zach Poff, addressed an audience of faculty and students on campus this past October 3rd about his ideas and questions that shape and mould his work. Poff’s current focus explores how “artists can exploit the flexibility and currency of information technology to challenge the values of a culture that is being […]
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