On October 30th the University of Maine IMFA Program is proud to welcome Cullen Washington Jr. to speak to students and faculty about his work. Cullen Washington utilizes the grid to communicate humanity and inter-connectedness. He describes his collage abstract paintings as non-representational fields of activity. Washington has shown nationally and internationally including The Queens Museum, The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Saatchi Gallery London and The Studio Museum in Harlem. He will be a resident at The Joan Mitchell Foundation New Orleans and has been a resident at The Studio Museum in Harlem and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He is the recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation Award and in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Studio Museum in Harlem, Charles Saatchi Gallery, and the Alexandria Museum of Art, Louisiana.
The Intermedia MFA Tuesdays at the IMRC Lecture Series provides the UMaine, Orono and Bangor community with a diverse schedule of compelling speakers, and performances by contemporary and interdisciplinary artists and performers from around the country and world.
All events are free, open to the public and take place at the Innovative Media Research Commercialization Center, located in Stewart Commons at the University of Maine, at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays throughout the semester.