Admission Tours Available Mon-Fri
2025-01-29, 2025-01-30, 2025-01-31, 2025-02-03, 2025-02-04, 2025-02-05, 2025-02-06, 2025-02-07
FREE. Opento the Public. Sponsored by UMF Admissions. Contact UMF Admissions,207-778-7050. farmington.edu. umfadmit@maine.edu

Lunar New Year Celebration
2025-01-29 11:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for our annual Lunar New Year Celebration as we celebrate the year of the Snake! Enjoy delicious cuisine and participate in a number of fun traditional activities including the Dragon Dance, Language Introduction and Calligraphy! Location: South Dining Hall, UMF Olsen Student Center. Cost: $7.28 (NQFL-Not Quite a Free Lunch rate). Open to the Public. Sponsored by: Office of Global Education and Sodexo. Contact: Lynne Eustis, 207-778-7122, leustis@maine.edu.
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Opening Reception, "Holobiont: Woodcut Prints by Amanda Lilleston"
2025-01-30 17:00 - 19:00 | Emery Community Art Center, 16 Main St, Farmington, ME, United States
Emery Community Arts Center invites the public to the opening reception celebrating our new exhibition, “Holobiont: Woodcut Prints and Collage by Amanda Lilleston.” A holobiont is a host organism and its associated organic community that functions as a single ecological unit. Inspired by the interconnected systems of biology and physiology, Lilleston uses woodcut printmaking as a tool to explore the mutuality between the world and the bodies it continually shapes. Please join us on Thursday Jan. 30th to meet the artist and experience this stunning collection of Lilleston’s print work. Location: Emery Community Arts Center. FREE. Open to the Public. Contact: Ann Bartges, 207-778-7461, ann.bartges@maine.edu. https://wpsites.maine.edu/emerycommunityartscenter/2025/01/16/amanda-lilleston-holoboint/

Art Exhibit, "Holobiont: Woodcut Prints by Amanda Lilleston"
2025-01-31 12:00 - 18:00, 2025-02-01 12:00 - 18:00, 2025-02-03 12:00 - 18:00, 2025-02-04 12:00 - 18:00, 2025-02-05 12:00 - 18:00, 2025-02-06 12:00 - 18:00, 2025-02-07 12:00 - 18:00, 2025-02-08 12:00 - 18:00 and 2 more dates | Emery Community Arts Center
“Holobiont” presents a selection of woodcut prints and collages by Maine-based artist, Amanda Lilleston. A holobiont is a host organism and its associated organic community that functions as a single ecological unit. Inspired by the interconnected systems of biology and physiology, Lilleston uses woodcut printmaking as a tool to explore the mutuality between the world and the bodies it continually shapes. Through drawing, relief carving, and printing, she transforms imagery of the body and landscape into shifting and evolving compositions, investigating the idea of self and what that means in an interconnected environment. Lilleston is an Assistant professor of Art at Cooby College and has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally including the International Triennial Colour in Graphic Arts in Torún, Poland; Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial; the Atlanta Print Biennial; the Zillman Art Museum, and upcoming participation in the DI CARTA / PAPERMADE 6th edition: International Contemporary Art Biennale at the Museo Civico Palazzo Fogazzaro in Schio, Italy.
Holobiont will be on view in Emery Community Arts Center from Jan. 30-March 8, 2025. Gallery Hours: Mon.-Sat., 12pm-6pm; closed holidays and university breaks. Location: Emery Community Arts Center. FREE. Open to the Public. Contact: Ann Bartges, 207-778-7461, ann.bartges@maine.edu. https://wpsites.maine.edu/emerycommunityartscenter/2025/01/16/amanda-lilleston-holoboint/
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Silent Movie Comedy Festival
2025-02-01 19:00 - 21:00 | Emery Community Arts Center
ArtsFarmington presents – A Silent Movie Comedy Festival with live traditional musicaccompaniment by Doug Protsik on “old time piano” on Saturday, Feb. 1, at 7:00pm at theEmery Community Arts Center. Tickets are $20 for adults but more if you can, less if you can’t. All are welcome. No one turned away. Free for UMF Students. This family-friendly event is also free for all youth 18 and under through our Arts Inspire Youth fund. Purchase tickets at the door or online at www.artsfarmington.org.

John Harlow: Take Only What You Can Carry
2025-02-06 12:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-07 12:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-08 12:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-09 12:00 - 16:00, 2025-02-11 12:00 - 16:00 | UMF Art Gallery, 246 Main St, Farmington, ME, United States
The UMF Art Gallery proudly presents ‘Take Only What You Can Carry,” a real-life photographic exhibit by John Harlow, UMF Art and New Media alumni. The exhibit is on display from Thursday, Feb. 6 through March 28.
Harlow’s work in photography and video conveys intimate, raw documents of family life, domestic spaces, and personal chaos. Inspired by conversations and encounters in his photowalks through poor and working-class neighborhoods of his hometown of Skowhegan, His work is deeply human, combining elements of documentary photography with a painterly sensibility that invites viewers to confront discomfort, beauty, and vulnerability all at once.
Location: UMF Art Gallery. FREE. Open to the Public. The UMF Art Gallery is dedicated to bringing contemporary art to the campus and regional communities. The gallery is located at 246 Main Street, behind the Admissions Office.
Gallery hours are Tuesdays-Sundays 12-4 p.m., and by appointment. Please contact Sarah at maline@maine.edu or 207-778-1062 for more information or to make an appointment. https://www.artgalleryumf.org/

Artist Talk with Amanda Lilleston
2025-02-07 12:30 - 13:30 | Emery Community Arts Center
Join us for an artist talk with printmaker Amanda Lilleston as she discusses the ideas and processes behind her new exhibition, “Holobiont,” currently on view in Emery Community Art Center’s main gallery.
Holobiont will be on view in Emery Community Arts Center from Jan. 30-March 8, 2025. Gallery Hours: Mon.-Sat., 12pm-6pm; closed holidays and university breaks. Location: Emery Community Arts Center. FREE. Open to the Public. Contact: Ann Bartges, 207-778-7461, ann.bartges@maine.edu. https://wpsites.maine.edu/emerycommunityartscenter/2025/01/16/amanda-lilleston-holoboint/

Sigma Tau Delta Book Sale
2025-02-12 12:00 - 14:00 | Olsen Student Center, 99 South St, Waterville, ME, United States
The English Honor Society will be selling wrapped books for its “Blind Date with a Book” sale. Books will be sold for $1 (paperback) and $2 (hardback). Proceeds will fund graduation honor cords for the society. Location: Olsen Student Center. FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by: Sigma Tau Delta. Contact Misty Krueger. 207-778-7473.

Global Experiences Fair
2025-02-12 12:00 - 14:00 | UMF Olsen Student Center
Whether you are just beginning to think about a global experience or you are finalizing your study away plans, this event is for you! Stop by and talk with students who have studied away for a semester and/or participated in faculty-led short term travel course, hear from visiting exchange students and connect with study abroad provider representatives. Location: Olsen Student Center. FREE. UMF Community Only. Sponsored by: Office of Global Education. Contact: Lynne Eustis, 207-778-7122, leustis@maine.edu, https://www.umf.maine.edu/global/

Sigma Tau Delta Book Sale
2025-02-12 12:00 - 14:00 | The Landing, 2 Center St, Skowhegan, ME, United States
The English Honor Society will be selling wrapped books for its “Blind Date with a Book” sale. Books will be sold for $1 (paperback) and $2 (hardback). Proceeds will fund graduation honor cords for the society. Location: The Landing, Olsen Student Center. FREE. Open to the Public. Snow date Friday, Feb. 14, if UMF closed on Feb. 13. Sponsored by: Sigma Tau Delta. Contact Misty Krueger. 207-778-7473.
