
Ramone Lampos '20
Maine College of Art & Design is pleased to announce that Ramone Lampos ’20 has won a 2020 International . . .”
Maine College of Art & Design is pleased to announce that Ramone Lampos ’20 has won a 2020 International Sculpture Center Award for Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture. Ramone is one of 12 artists chosen for the award this year. “The MECA&D Sculpture Department is excited and proud of Ramone Lampos for winning . . .Read More

Portland Museum of Art's 2018 Biennial
Maine College of Art & Design shares deep roots with the Portland Museum of Art. In 1882, the Portland . . .”
Maine College of Art & Design shares deep roots with the Portland Museum of Art. In 1882, the Portland Society of Art was founded, which encompassed both the art school and the museum.Read More

Eden McDowell '17
Art and architecture have always fascinated me; I have combined the two since my earliest memories. As soon . . .”
Describe a body of work that you are currently working on: Post graduation, I am finding balance between personal, conceptual research and commissioned work. I’m currently designing and building a table for a woman I just met to help support my practice and upcoming trip to the Venice Biennale. Amid local projects, I am reading . . .Read More

Vivian Beer '00
Vivian Beer '00 was announced the Winner of Ellen DeGeneres' Design Challenge on last night's finale. Vivian . . .”
Vivian Beer '00 was announced the Winner of Ellen DeGeneres' Design Challenge on last night's finale. Vivian won a $100,000 cash prize from Wayfair.com and her work will be featured in HGTV Magazine. The episode challenged the final two contestants to design furniture for greenrooms at The Ellen DeGeneres Show. View Vivian's Work through . . .Read More

Vivian Beer ’00
I tiptoe through contemporary design, craft and sculptural aesthetics, sampling from each one.””
MECA&D Sculpture major Vivian Beer is a New Hampshire furniture designer and maker who describes herself as “tiptoeing through contemporary design, craft and sculptural aesthetics, sampling from each one.” She creates one‐of‐a‐kind and limited production pieces that “intends to transform our expectations of and . . .Read More

Jackie King '17
MECA opened many doors for me artistically; there are so many possibilities for my work now. ”
Describe a body of work that you are currently working on. The body of work that I’m working on currently is focused on addressing issues of sexuality and objectification. Previously, I was making a body of work that raised questions about how humans treat animals. I feel a personal responsibility to make work that raises awareness . . .Read More

John Nelson '12
Art school helps you learn to work really hard because there is no final answer, so the work is unlimited.”
Upon graduation, John Nelson started his own business, Nelson Metal Fabrication. He works full-time creating custom metalwork and architectural elements as well as fabricating signs. Collaborating with Woodworking & Furniture Design alum Jonas Eule '12, he launched a line of furniture. John Huckins '12 joined Nelson Metal . . .Read More

Elise Bothel '10, Art Ed '13
I believe that the arts are a positive experience innate to the nature of us all.”
After receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture, Elise Bothel furthered her education, also at MECA&D, by becoming certified to teach art through MECA&D's Post-Baccalaureate Certification program (which has evolved into our current MAT program). She currently teaches at Narragansett Elementary School in Maine and was selected . . .Read More

Ling-Wen Tsai
Ling-Wen Tsai Quiet Voids opens Friday March 11 at SPEEDWELL . . .”
Ling-Wen Tsai Quiet Voids opens Friday March 11 at SPEEDWELL projects Join Professor of Sculpture, Foundation, and MFA Ling-Wen Tsai (蔡姈妏) for her solo exhibition Quiet Voids at SPEEDWELL projects, 630 Forest Avenue, Portland, ME. Interested in the nature of seeing, and how our visual experiences influence . . .Read More

Sculpture Faculty Joshua Reiman
I encourage my students to be curious, thoughtful explorers of life and visual culture. Participating in this . . .”
Visitors to Joshua Reiman’s website are greeted by the enigmatic film still of a man in a suit and bow tie climbing up from the Seine river in Paris with a snorkel mask perched on the top of his head. The character is from Reiman’s film Panning for the Immaterial (2015). He is looking for […]Read More

Sculpture Faculty Joshua Reiman
Glass Houses is a thought-provoking and meditative show that draws in the viewer.”
Assistant Professor of the MFA in Studio Art and Sculpture, Joshua Reiman, has a review of his show Glass Houses in HyperAllergic. "Glass Houses is a thought-provoking and meditative show that draws in the viewer, but only up to a point — purposefully. The vitrines create a sense of disconnect and distance between the viewer […]Read More

Ling‐Wen Tsai
I believe that identities are deeply rooted in cultural perspective.”
Associate Professor of Sculpture and Digital Media at MECA&D, Ling‐Wen Tsai’s career began with a degree in nursing from Chung‐Shan Medical College in Taiwan, where she spent her first 25 years. Art was her true calling, however, and her traditional parents were unable to quell her “burning desire to create.” After earning her . . .Read More