Admissions News + Events
Beginning to Performance Art class presents 'performance feast'Posted: 2013-04-01 |
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 Come check out the Beginning to Performance Art class' show. performance feast 2013 | April 02-April 11 | 55 Oak Street, Portland, Maine Students from Beginning Performance Art class at Maine College of Art present performance feast 2013. The exhibition includes live performances and performance-based works in photography, text, video, sculpture, and installation. Artists: Ally Stallcup, Ashley Roger, Chloe Beaven, Elana Shorey, Hannah Rowlett, Robert Bennett Jr., Taylor French Benoit, Victoria Koronkiewicz. Exhibition: Performance-based work in photography, text, video, sculpture, and installation will be on displayed throughout the duration of the exhibition: April 02- April 11, 2013. Live Performance Schedule: (open to the public) - Tuesday (04/02) 6-9pm: live performances followed by discussions - Thursday (04/04) 6-9pm: live performances followed by discussions - First Friday (04/05) 5-8pm: live Performances Gallery Hours: - Tuesday (04/02) 6-9pm - Thursday (04/04) 6-9pm - First Friday (04/05) 5-8pm - By chance or appointment | |
MICA Students visit MECA for collaborate projectPosted: 2013-03-29 |
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A handful of students from the Maryland Institute College of Art are visiting the MECA campus this week as part of a class called "Road, Movies, and Travelogues." The class requires students to propose and carry out a road trip and create artwork based on their adventure. With MICA professors Nadia Hironska and Eva Wylie, the group visited MECA for a series of activities: making a collaborative print with MECA professor Adriane Herman's students and visiting local printmaker David Wolfe's studio. Their visit was encouraged and organized by the ICA, Office of Public Engagement, and Printmaking Department. Today that will be inviting the general public to the ICA from 1:00 to 3:00 to watch them finish a book project and speak about the project. | |
Barridoff Auction at MECAPosted: 2013-03-27 |
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 Fairfield Porter FINE AUCTION AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN ART // APRIL 24, 2013 6 P.M.
Previews
Tuesday, April 23, 6 PM – 8 PM
and Wednesday, April 24, 10 AM – 5 PM
To be held at the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art
522 Congress Street Portland, Maine
Annette and Rob Elowitch
Art Consultants and Auctioneers
Shipping and mailing address only:
Suite 1A - 136 50 Market Street
So. Portland, Maine 04106
Tel: 207 772 5011 Fax: 207 772 5049
Maine license 00795
A portion of the proceeds of the sale will help support Maine College of Art and its programs.
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Sculpture senior Kyle DiMare presents his Public Engagement Capstone projectPosted: 2013-03-25 |
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Designed to Play: An Exploration in Community Communication Through Sculpture Wednesday, March 27 at 12 noon, Osher Hall Kyle DiMare, a senior in Sculpture, worked with the local organization Learning Works / Youth Build Alternatives in Portland. Kyle designed and led a series of workshops on the design process and sculptural building. Using a model of co-creation students worked collaboratively on sculptural forms as a platform for building social relationships, and developed critical communication, problem solving and creative skills. | |
Sue Lennox, CEO & Co-Founder of OzGREEN, added to Spring '13 Lecture Series on 4.19 at 6:30pmPosted: 2013-03-25 |
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Sue Lennox is co-founder and co-CEO of Australia’s OzGREEN and a member of the Centre for Social Impact Advisory Council. She has 30 years of experience innovating environmental education and community building in urban, regional, remote, and indigenous communities in Australia, India, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Pakistan. In 2007, Sue was named as one of Sydney’s Top 100 Most Influential People by the Sydney Magazine.
The lecture will bet at 6:30pm on Friday April 19th in Osher Hall.
The workshop will expand upon the issues discussed in the lecture and will offer participants the opportunity to reflect upon their own gifts and potential actions around the issues of climate change. She will be doing a one day version of the Leading with the Heart Workshop described in this flyer: click here
Note: The workshop will be from 9am to 5pm on Sunday April 21st and will be free for MECA students faculty and staff and offered to community member by donation. There will be a potluck style lunch so participants are asked to bring a dish to share. For more information, please contact Lilly Morrow at lmorrow@meca.edu.
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