Creativity vs. COVID: Ending the Pandemic for Good shares work from the Free the Vaccine for Covid-19 collective, from handmade gifts to parody music videos. It introduces audiences to key issues that limit access to medicine and provides robust methods anyone can use to advocate for change from anywhere, especially at this time of social […]
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“I see the nature of existence as something that includes the human organism but is not constrained or defined by it.” – Reed Hayden Reed Hayden is an artist from coastal Maine who draws primary inspiration for his work from the practice of Zen and the study of cognitive evolution. His medium of choice is […]
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Katarina Hoeger “I know so many people who feel disconnected and exploring connections between us often motivates me. I lost many friends, including one of my closest, to loneliness and mental health issues, and this has definitely inspired me to use my artistic practice to reach individuals, to instigate thought, discussion, wonder, or consider what […]
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“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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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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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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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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“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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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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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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