Jill Dalton '99
Jill Dalton, besides being a MECA graduate with Honors and a BFA in Sculpture, also works at MECA as the Alumni Coordinator, a recently recreated position. She is also the owner of Dragyn Designs and co-owner of Filament Gallery, an art space on Portland’s Munjoy Hill that shows the work of emerging contemporary artists. In 2002, she attended a mixed media and motion workshop with Arthur Ganson at the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Jill is a an experienced curator and has skills in mixed media fabrication, flameworking, casting and mold making, welding, antique restoration, faux finishing and facilitating arts programming to people with disabilities. Her work has been recently exhibited at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, the Edwards Art Gallery in Plymouth, New Hampshire and Three Fish Gallery in Portland. She will be participating in a group exhibit curated by Bruce Brown at D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center in Brooklyn in January, entitled Home. Jill says, about her work: "I am observing, absorbing, collecting, sorting and synthesizing parts. . . My work leads me through spaces of inquiry into realms of absurdity and ambiguity melded with my daily life occurrences."

"Bonnet", muslin, pine strips, thread, 84" x 84" x 132"

"Pantyrunner", steel, latex, underwear, 60"x 18"x 60"