Department News

Photos from “Bearing the Light: A Transformation of Site”

Several of our student’s from  Susan Smith’s IMFA collaboration class created an incredible array of site specific installation and performance work at Fort Knox in Prospect Maine on May 7th.  Here are a few photos from the event that explored site-specific and socially engaged work that invited the public to view and experience Fort Knox in a […]

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Photo of artist's at Fort Knox

Bearing the Light: A Transformation of Site comes to Fort Knox in May

Four IMFA students (Alicia Champlin, Eleanor Kipping, Stasiu Levitsky, Jim Winters) along with their instructor, Susan Smith, have been in collaboration through the spring semester to bring Bearing the Light: A Transformation of Site. Bearing the Light is an exploration of site-specific and socially engaged work that invites the public to view and experience Fort […]

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Artist as Laborer: Susan Smith to present at IMRC Center

On Tuesday, April 25th at 7 p.m., artist, and UMaine Intermedia MFA Faculty member will present her work as a part of Tuesdays at the IMRC, the Intermedia MFA program’s visiting artist lecture series. Susan lives in the small town of Dover-Foxcroft, where she has seen the impact of a town that has been hit […]

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Four Aspects: Contemporary performance in practice

On Friday, April 28th at 7 p.m., the IMRC Center will host an evening of experimental performance. Studio Ajar: Performance Edition is a showcase of performative works developed by UMaine Intermedia MFA students over the course of several months or more. Images from Alicia Champlin’s Performance “I am Sitting” 2017Composer and performer Steve Norton is […]

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Two UMaine Intermedia Faculty member receive Maine Arts Commission Fellowship

The University of Maine Intermedia MFA department would like to congratulate faculty member Amy Stacey Curtis and Susan Bickford as recipients of the 2017 Maine Arts Commission Fellowship.  The MAC awards seven artists with this prestigious award and grants artists with prizes of $5000 to contribute to their practice and research. The Maine Arts Fellowship […]

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Two MFA candidates discuss creative practices at University of Maine Museum of Art

On Wednesday, April 26th at 1 p.m., University of Maine Intermedia MFA students Alicia Champlin and Eleanor Kipping will present their work at the UMMA in Bangor at 1 pm. Audiences are welcome to bring lunch and admission is free.  [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” […]

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Sondra Perry to visit IMRC Center as a part of Tuesdays at the IMRC

On Tuesday, April 18th at 7p.m., artist Sondra Perry will present her work as a part of Tuesdays at the IMRC, the UMaine Intermedia MFA program’s visiting artist lecture series. Through the use of video, installation, video-game software, and performance, Sondra Perry’s work probes the relationships between, identity, technology, politics and violence within the contemporary […]

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