News + Events
Geary's Announces the Winner of their Summer Ale ContestPosted: 2013-02-07 |
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Local brewery, D.L. Geary Brewing Company, announced today that Kaitlin Callender is the winner of the Maine College of Art / Geary Brewing Summer Ale contest for 2013! Kaitlin is a junior studying graphic design at MECA. Geary's stated: "We loved her use of light and color against the waterfront. Congrats Kaitlin!" Second Place (tie):
Maria Antuna
Hugh McCormack
Check out Geary's blog here, and see all the submissions here. | |
MECA Alumni Adriana Warner Curates 'The Other Side of Shade'Posted: 2013-01-28 |
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MECA Fashion Show: Call for Wearable ArtPosted: 2013-01-25 |
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Maine College of Art is hosting
Maine: 4 Seasons in a Day A fashion show and sale to support Maine College of Art on Saturday April 20, 2013. MECA alumni, students, faculty and staff are invited to submit proposals for wearable art to be included in the show. We are seeking apparel, jewelry, accessories, and wearable art that will make a strong visual impact on the runway.
In 2011 Maine philanthropist and Burt’s Bees founder Roxanne Quimby donated $400,000 to support a new fashion and textile design program at Maine College of Art. Roxanne has had a long-standing interest in the field, and over the years has collected an outstanding array of vintage and couture dresses. To further support MECA, selected dresses from her collection will be included in the fashion show and made available for purchase. The sale will take place in the ICA at MECA over the course of two days and culminate in a dynamic closing celebration and runway show featuring presentations of vintage fashions and MECA student and alumni wearable art. To apply: Email 3-5 images of your work with a proposal no more than one page in length to ehutton@meca.edu. Submissions should include either images of the actual work or a combination of sketches of the proposed work and previously completed works. Submissions will be juried by members of the Advancement office. Deadline to apply is 5:00pm on Friday, February 15, 2013. Selected artists may opt to have their work available for sale. All sales will include a 50% commission made to Maine College of Art. Artists may model their own creations, or a model will be available for the runway display. Artists are responsible for delivery and pick-up of their work. For more information contact Erin Hutton at ehutton@meca.edu or 207.699.5025.  Image: Skirt and lace scarf by Anne Emlein. Photograph by Jesse Burke | |
Art History Professor, Eda Cufer, Featured at Tate Modern in LondonPosted: 2013-01-17 |
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During 2012, Eda Cufer, an Adjunct Assistant Professor, Art History, has been involved in a major exhibition at the Tate Modern in London. Neue Slowenische Kunst (1984-1992):A Historical Perspective showcased the work (painting, performance and music) of the Slovenian Collective that Assistant Professor Cufer participated in NSK or "New Slovenian"Art was a unique aesthetic and political collective emerging in the 1980's. At the Spring (2012) Symposium Assistant Professor Cufer gave a talk , "You Name It! Over-identification, Temporary Hegemonic Zone, Stiob and contributed a major essay to the exhibition's catalogue. | |
MECA Printmaking Talent Featured at Lewis Gallery in the Portland Public Library Through February 23Posted: 2013-01-07 |
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The Center for Maine Contemporary Art will again sponsor a winter exhibition at the Lewis Gallery in the Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square. The exhibition, titled Prints: Breaking Boundaries, is curated by CMCA Curator Emeritus Bruce Brown and will run from through February 23rd. It features the work of 35 Maine artists who use new techniques and materials to expand the definition of fine art printmaking, which in the past has traditionally been limited to editions of etchings, engravings, silkscreens, woodcuts, and lithographs printed on archival paper. These traditional processes increasingly are giving way to one-of-a-kind prints on a variety of surfaces. Contemporary prints can include drawing, painting, monotype printing, encaustic, and digital manipulation, as well as multiple layers of collaged, stitched, or folded paper and even added objects for a 3-D or sculptural effect.
The participating artists represent 18 Maine communities, from York to Farmington and Orono, and include Karen Adrienne, Judith Allen-Efstathiou, Debra Arter, Will Barnet, Holly Berry, Shawn Brewer, Martha Briana, Kyle Bryant, Sam Cady, Crystal Cawley, Corliss Chastain, Nancy R. Davison, Kristin Fitzpatrick, Harold Garde, Tanner Gasco-Wiggin, Rebecca Goodale, Susan Groce, Tom Hall, Adrienne Herman, Frances Hodsdon, Elizabeth Jabar, Lin Lisberger, Cindy McGuirl, Daniel Minter, Meg Brown Payson, Damir Porobic, Ellen Roberts, Kris Sader, Delphine Sherin, Jennifer Strode, Andrea Sulzer, David Twiss, Sarah Vosmus, Barbra Whitten, and Henry Wolyniec. The exhibition runs through February 23rd. Admission is free.
FMI, visit www.cmcanow.org | |
MECA Painters 10 Years Later: On View at June Fitzpatrick GalleryPosted: 2013-01-04 |
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MECA PAINTERS 10 YEARS LATER
An annual exhibit featuring Maine College of Art painting majors a decade after graduation John Capello Jason Cornell Michael Marks Nolan Stewart Sage Tucker-Ketcham Stacey Vallerie June Fitzpatrick Gallery at MECA 522 Congress Street Portland, Maine First Friday Artwalk Reception January 4, 2013, 5:00 – 8:00pm Gallery Hours: Tuesday–Saturday noon-5:00pm Call 207.699.5018 or email alums@meca.edu for more information.  "West End Sunset" oil on canvas, 16"x20" by Michael Marks | |
MECA Hosts Portland Greendrinks on January 8 to Support Preble Street Resource CenterPosted: 2012-12-19 |
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Come to Portland Green Drinks on January 8!WHEN: Tuesday, January 8, 5:30-8pm This is a 21+ event. Bring Your Own Drinking Vessel, $2/$5 entry Portland Greendrinks is part of the international Greendrinks network -- an informal, volunteer-managed social networking group built around a common interest in the natural environment. It occurs on the second Tuesday of every month, starting around 5:30 pm. The goal of Greendrinks is pretty simple: good times shared among people working in, or interested in, environmental and sustainability issues. All proceeds from this event go towards the Preble Street Resource Center. The mission of Preble Street is to provide accessible barrier-free services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger, and poverty and to advocate for solutions to those problems.
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Process and Place: MECA 2013 Residency ExhibitionPosted: 2012-12-19 |
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Process & Place: The Maine College of Art 2013 Residency ExhibitionThe 2013 Residency Exhibition runs from January 14, 2013 through February 10, 2013 on the second floor of the Porteous Building. On Friday, January 18, there will be an opening reception from 5:30-6:30pm, followed by a panel discussion with five residency recipients from 6:30-8:00pm in Osher Hall. This exhibition is a group show showcasing the work of 18 individual artists all of whom were selected for artist residencies through Maine College of Art during the past three years. Artist residencies took place at the Jenny Family Compound in Baie Saint Marie, Nova Scotia and at the Stephen Pace House in Stonington, Maine, and resulted in work ranging from encaustic paintings to artist books to a wave machine. Process & Place features the work of artists Rachael Eastman ‘94, Martha Almy ‘95, Richard Abbott ‘78, Mark Marchesi ‘99, Celeste Roberge ‘79, Dietlind Vander Schaaf, Hannah Barnes ‘02, Jessica George MFA ‘09, Larissa Mellor ‘04, Erin Sweeney ‘94, Nik Bsullak ‘99, Crystal Heiden ‘06, Alison Taylor ‘94, Willamain Somma, Conan Masterson, Christine Negus, Adriane Herman, and Richard Metz MFA ’00.
Series One explores the landscape of identity; perception of self, carved from physical and emotional spaces. Though the characters in the work appear to be isolated and alone, they are connected. Each explores their own territory within the same world, challenged by the vulnerability inherent to exposure. The product of the first artistic collaboration between Alison Taylor, Martha Almy, and Willamain Somma, Series One is location specific, produced during an artists’ residency in Baie St. Marie Nova Scotia. The artists have known each other since they were children. For more information, please contact Dietlind Vander Schaaf (dvanderschaaf@meca.edu) | |
CREATE: An Exhibition of Works by Continuing Studies StudentsPosted: 2012-12-19 |
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CREATE will run from Monday, January 7 through Sunday, February 3, 2013 on the first floor of the Porteous building in the ramp hall and Free Street hall, as well as the Friedman Gallery. An opening will be held from 5-7pm on Thursday, January 10. This exhibition features the work of the following artists, all of whom have taken a workshop or class through the Continuing Studies department at Maine College of Art in the last two years: Aileen Agnew, Angela Cook, Ann Casady, Anne Harwood, Betsy Elliman, Brenda Overstrom, Bronwyn Sale, Catherine Field, Cheryl Rau, Chris Beneman, Christopher Irvine Rice, Daniel Grenier, Diane Atwood, Diane Carbone, Diane Noble, Donna Roggenthien, Elizabeth Lonsdale, Ellen ODonnell, Erinn McCusker, Ginger Brown, Hannah Hamilton, Jenny LaMacchia Campbell, Jenny Scheu, Jess Lauren Lipton, Jim Gagnon, Jocelyn King, Susan Giglia, Judith Logan, Judith Long, Judy Kane, Judy O'Donnell, Karen Merritt, Karen Pride, Kathryn Wagner, Kit Pike, Kyler Henningsen, Len Gulino, Lucinda White, Lucy A. Green, Lyn Means, Margareta Meta McDonald, Maria Canning, Marin Magat, Munira Naqui, Patty Lage, Rachel Michaud '81, Rebecca Gratwick, Sara Gray, Steve Hayes, Tamara Pride, Tammy Bonneau Walter, Tim Reimensnyder '84, Ulrika Blank, Wendy Kaye, and Wendy Seltzer.
Elizabeth Lonsdale, Jay Pritzker pavilion, silver gelatin print, 16" x 20", 2012 | |
From the Inside Staff Exhibition AnnouncedPosted: 2012-12-19 |
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Opens Thursday, January 24, 2013 and runs through Friday, February 15, 2013. From The Inside is the annual Maine College of Art staff show at the June Fitzpatrick Gallery on Congress Street. This exhibition showcases the work of 11 artists who work behind the scenes at the College. Featuring artists Angela Warren MFA ‘11, Stacy Howe MFA ‘10, Daniel Gardner, Rachel Katz MFA ‘00, Annie Wadleigh, Dietlind Vander Schaaf, Phil Stevens ‘91, Katie Uffelman ‘10, Jill Dalton ‘99, Jon Rudnicki, Megan Lloyd, and Shannon Cote, this show represents artists working in the Admissions Department, the Office of Residential Life, the MFA program, the Business Office, Alumni Relations, Artists at Work, and the Office of Advancement.
Rachel Katz, float(low), paper collage, 7.5" x 12", 2012; Jay York image credit | |
Marketing Basics for Artists: January - April 2013Posted: 2012-12-17 |
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MECA Wins Winter Window Walk CompetitionPosted: 2012-12-09 |
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MECA earned top honors at the 2012 Window Walk competition sponsored by Portland's Downtown District.
Under the guidance of MECA Graphic Design professor, Samantha Haedrich, MECA Graphic Design students collaborated with organizers of the annual Holiday Sale to produce the visual identity for this year's event. An important aspect to this assignment included dressing MECA's large window facing Congress Street in anticipation of the holidays.
Watch the video below to see the behind the scenes of the creation of this year's holiday window.
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Art Trumps Capitalism at MECAPosted: 2012-12-07 |
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MECA students donated their art to friday's pop-up-shop. Buyers traded volunteer time for the work created. Listen to MPBN feature: MECA Students 'Sell' Art in Exchange for Community Using community service as currency was the concept behind the Yankee Swap Pop Up Shop on Free Street during last friday's Art Walk. The one-night-only shop sold handmade goods and art created by MECA students, purchased in exchange for volunteer time. | |
Next ProDev Series hosted on December 12 in Osher Hall: Tax EssentialsPosted: 2012-12-06 |
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The next workshop in the Professional Development Series is Tax Essentials. This series of workshops on business basics for artists is presented by Creative Portland, Maine College of Art, and Maine Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts with generous funding by the Quimby Family Foundation. A panel of three professional presenters will bring practical information to artists and small businesses about how taxes work and how to get them done efficiently and smartly. Topics will include recordkeeping, setting up books, sales tax, deductions, hobby loss rule, expense tracking and more. Presenters include: Caren-Marie Michel, Artist and MECA Alum Tom Gangewer, partner at Local Economy Justin Coffin from at Macdonald Page & Co LLC The workshop takes place at 6pm in Osher Hall at Maine College of Art. Admission is free for current students, alumni, faculty, and staff. The fee for all others is $10. Register online using Brown Paper Tickets | |
Two Future Mother Events at the ICAPosted: 2012-12-05 |
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Outstanding AlumniPosted: 2012-12-04 |
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Outstanding MECA AlumniBFACeramics Graphic Design Metalsmithing & Jewelry Sculpture Painting Eric Hongisto ‘97 Guggenheim winner, professor at University of San Francisco William Mills ‘80, Gepetto Studios, NY makes soft sculpture puppets, props for films, Letterman Connie Hayes ‘80 Painter Printmaking Julianna Swaney ‘05, entrepreneur/artist, artstarphilly.com Brian Wilk ’95 Hasbro Inc. Design Director, Pawtucket, RI Photography
MFAAaron Stephan MFA‘00, studio artist: public art aarontstephan.com Randy Regier MFA ‘07, studio artist randyregier.com Nancy Nesvet MFA ’04 curator | |
Geary's Brewing Company Hosts Design CompetitionPosted: 2012-12-01 |
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Each year, the D.L. Geary Brewing Company hosts a competition on campus for the design of the packaging for the Geary's Summer Ale. All undergraduate students are allowed to submit a design. The winning design is then featured on the labels of one million bottles of beer, as well as on the six-pack and 12-pack boxes. The student with the winning design is awarded $5,000. This year, there were more than 60 entries to the contest. The winner is selected in January and works with Geary on bringing the concept to production for a launch in late spring. See all the entries.
For more information, please contact Jessica Tomlinson, Director of Artists at Work.
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MECA Student Wins Royal Majesty Drag CompetitionPosted: 2012-11-27 |
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Jake Michaud, Junior Woodworking & Furniture Design major and Public Engagement minor, came in first place 13th Annual University of Southern Maine Royal Majesty Drag Competition and Show on Friday, November 16th, 2012. In his first drag performance ever, Jake transformed into diva "Betweenya Thighs" and electrified the audience by lip-syncing and dancing her heart out to Beyonce's "Move Your Body. Betweenya received a standing ovation from the 700+ crowd housed in the Holiday Inn By the Bay's Grand Ballroom. The event is held annually and is open to any student competitor attending an accredited college or university in Maine. Betweenya is MECA's second champion in the history of the event. Jelly Jacobs(Aaron Decker '12, Metalsmithing & Jewelry Alumni) won top honor in 2010.
As part of winning duties, Betweenya performed again at the 14th annual event on November 22nd, 2013 at the Holiday Inn by the Bay. This year's event raised $4,000 for USM's Center for Sexualities and Gender Diversity.
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2012 BFA Awards AnnouncedPosted: 2012-11-17 |
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Best in show | |
Maine Type Lab, First Friday Vote Button BoothPosted: 2012-11-12 |
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Maine Type Lab, First Friday Vote Button Booth Participants: Cassondra Amicone, Kaitlin Callender, Trisha Cobb, Klarizza Cruz, Molly Feole, Sarah Mohammadi, Annie Mora, Rangeley Morton, Sheyenne Rivers
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