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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

photograph by Amy Pierce Photography, 2011 story written by Carol Ayoob   Joel Chadabe, President of Intelligent Music, a research and development company; and founder and President of Electronic Music Foundation, arrived on the University of Maine Campus on the morning of April 12, with a full day of student visits planned, a talk, and […]

written by Carol Ayoob The Intermedia MFA Program shook hands once again, recently, with experimental music composer David Jensenius, who presently splits his time between Kitchener, ON and Brooklyn, NY. Many of the program’s grads met Jensenius a year ago at a polish restaurant while on a class trip to New York. Since it was […]

The Distinguished Guest Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the President’s Office and the Intermedia MFA Program, invited well-known digital artist Reza Safavi to visit the Orono campus this past week for a whirlwind two-day schedule that included a presentation, interactivity programming workshop and meeting students one-on-one. Safavi lead a three-hour workshop with both Intermedia MFA students […]

Submitted by Matthew.Leavitt on Tue, 10/26/2010 – 12:10pm Last month, on September 14, 2010, our tired and fearless leader, Professor Laurie Hicks returned from her visit to China the night before her invited guest and colleague Graeme Sullivan visited the U-Maine Campus for a talk on “Art Practice As Research”. She introduced Mr. Sullivan, the […]

George Kinghorn, Director and Curator of the UMMA, is scheduled to visit Intermedia MFA students to discuss their portfolio’s, grant writing and other topics on October 27th.  The Intermedia MFA Program is hosting curators from museums and galleries state-wide over the course of the fall 2010 semester in an effort to help graduate students make […]