Maine College of Art is hosting the Furniture Society Conference: Design, Community, and the Sublime from June 14-16. In addition to a dynamic range of intensives, lectures, demonstrations, and presentations, there will also be several exhibitions on view locally. Each gallery will hold an opening reception on First Friday Art Walk, June 1 at 5pm.

New Works: Matt Hutton, Jamie Johnston and Adam John Manley
June 1 - June 23
June Fitzpatrick Gallery at MECA
522 Congress Street

New Works represents the most recent creative output of three local artists working in and around the world of woodworking and furniture. Bound by history and medium, Matt Hutton, Jamie Johnston, and Adam John Manley explore ideas of place, materiality, function, and time through divergent means. This exhibition highlights the three as a group while investigating the unique approach of each through three respective new bodies of work.


Where are You Going, Where Have You Been?
June 1- June 30
Lewis Gallery at Portland Public Library
5 Monument Square

The Furniture Society and Maine College of Art present an exhibition of collaborative works: Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? is an exploration of work in all mediums by pairs and/or groups of artists at different points in their career, ranging from emerging to established artists through collaborative projects.

Participants By groups:
William Huston and Saer Huston
Peter Handler and Karen Singer
Hayami Arakawa and Vivian Beer
Karen Ernst and Sue Amendolara
Aaron Miley and Steven Sander
Charles Radtke and Sarah Perkins
Jordan Gehman and Mali Mrozinski
Amelia Toelke and Arielle Toelke
Seth Keller and Michelle Janssens-Keller
Laura Johnson Drake and Duan Haiyan
Owain Harris and Robert Dworkin
Matthew Hebert and Donald Fortescue
Brian Chan, Ken Stone and Hayami Arakawa
William Doub, Anne Long, Susan Pratt-Smith and Jeff Jelenfy

 
Then & Now: Alumni and Student Work from Maine College of Art
June 1-June 29
Rose Contemporary
492 Congress Street

Then and Now is a juried exhibition of work by alumni and current students of MECA who are investigating furniture in all mediums or working sculpturally with wood. This exhibition will be held at Rose Contemporary in Portland, Maine in conjunction with the 2012 Furniture Society Conference, hosted by Maine College of Art. The exhibition was juried by Chair of Woodworking & Furniture Design Matt Hutton, Visiting Assistant Professor of Woodworking & Furniture Design Adam Manley, and Owner of Rose Contemporary Virginia Sassman Rose and was coordinated by Tina McLuckie ’12.

The selected artists are Steven Anderson ’11, Vivian Beer ’00, Sarah Bouchard ’11, Nicole Farrand ’11, Forest Gagne ’14, Jordan Gehman ’06, Ted Lott ’05, Tina McLuckie ’12, Abby Mechanic ’13, Hannah Merchant ’13, Oliver Percival ’10, and Tanner Price ’12.

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Image: Ted Lott '05