The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art features innovative exhibitions that showcase new perspectives and trends in contemporary art. Located in stunning galleries in our landmark Porteous Building, the ICA at MECA presents cutting edge work by local, national, and international artists.
Past Exhibitions
2016
- Tinderbox: January 11–March 5, 2016
- MECA Through & Through: March 23, 2016
- Collective Actions: April 1–April, 2016
- 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition: May 6–May 27, 2016
- Brothers, Some Good Times, and The Last Huraa: June 3–June 5, 2016
- Ceramics Pop-up Shop: June 9—June 19, 2016
- Ann Hirsch: Sharing Love: July 1—August 12, 2016
- Made in LA: July 1— Sunday, July 31, 2016
2012
- The World Over: 2012 MECA Faculty Exhibition: November 7–December 22, 2012
- MEGAWORDS: August 16–October 6, 2012
- Lisi Raskin + Kimberely Kay: MotorPark: June 13–October 6, 2012
- Bridgman & Packer: October 5–6th, 2012
- The Art Department: Lazer Hotel: June 13–August 5, 2012
- Francis Cape: Utopian Benches: June 13–August 5, 2012
- 2012 MFA Thesis Exhibition: May 10–June 2, 2012
- Consumption: April 17–19, 2012
- Access to Tools: Publications from the Whole Earth Catalog, 1968–1974: January 25–April 8, 2012
- Michael Bell-Smith: January 25–April 8, 2012
2011
- A Perpetual Present: 2011 MECA Faculty Selects Exhibition: November 16–December 23, 2011
- Time-Lag Records: Listening Room: October 12–26, 2011
- Miguel Calderón: Inverted Star / Poseídos: October 12–26, 2011
- Rally: 2011 Maine College of Art Alumni Exhibition: August 24–October 9, 2011
- Speak More Clearly: August 24–October 9, 2011
- Drawn to Disaster: June 22–August 7, 2011
- Project Space Videos: June 22–Sunday, August 7, 2011
- 2011 MFA Thesis Exhibition: May 14–June 12, 2011
- Lili Reynaud-Dewar: Cléda’s Chairs: April 26–29, 2011
- FOREST: April 19–23, 2011
- Fracturing the Burning Glass: Between Mirror and Meaning: January 26–April 10 , 2011
- ICA Collaboration with the Portland Pirates: March 1–6, 2011
2007
- intervals: MFA Alumni Exhibtion: October 12–27, 2007
- Maine College of Art 33rd Annual Art Auction: November 9, 2007
- Anthromorph Alumni Exhibition: August 29–October 7, 2007
- Corridor at Sea: The Performative Object: June 15–August 19, 2007
- Maine College of Art MFA Thesis Exhibition: May 12–25, 2007
- BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition: May 12–29, 2007
2002
- MECA Art Auction
- William Pope.L: eRacism
- Playground
- 2002 Senior Thesis Exhibition
- Terrain: Sculpture Today
- 2002 Maine College of Art Faculty Exhibition
- 2002 Scholastic Art Awards
2001
- Maine Contemporary Furniture
- MECA Art Auction
- Two Photographers
- 2001 Maine College of Art MFA Faculty Exhibition
- Katarina Weslien, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Ulf Rolloff
- Domestic Culture: home in visual culture
- 2001 Maine College of Art Faculty Exhibition
- DAY WITH(OUT) Art
2000 & Previous2000
- MECA Art Auction
- Translation/Seduction/Displacement
- Robert Farber: A Retrospective, 1984–1995
- Senior Thesis Exhibition 2000
- Beyond Decorum: The Photography of Iké Udé
- Scholastic Art Awards
- Congressional Art Awards
- 2000 Maine College of Art Faculty Exhibition
1999
- Rez Williams: Steel Walls and Waterlines
- Eva Marco
- The Art of Reading : Books and Non-Books
- From the Centre to the Edge
- Maine College of Art Alumni Exhibition
- Lucy Mitchell: Omnium Gatherum
- Senior Thesis Exhibition 1999
- 1999 Maine College of Art BFA Exhibition
- Maine High School Competition
- 3 Installations
- 1999 Maine College of Art Faculty Exhibition
1998
- Do It
- Tonee Harbert, Bradley McCallum,
- Martha Rosler Lesley Dill, Judy LaBrasco, Susie Brandt
- 1998 Senior Thesis Exhibition
- 1998 Maine College of Art BFA Exhibition
- Maine High School Competition
- David Thomas, Tom Friedman, Lucy White
- 1998 Maine College of Art Faculty
- Uta Barth, Nancy Chunn, Anthony Caro
- Zeke Berman, Harvey Quaytman,
- Deborah Oropallo
- Quiet in the Land
- David Ireland
- Flow Thru Out by Mierle Laderman
- Ukeles
