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Art Exhibition: Abandoned Industry
2024-02-11 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-10 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-09 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-08 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-07 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-06 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-04 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-03 12:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) and 3 more dates | UMF Art Gallery, 246 Main St, Farmington, ME, United States
The UMF Art Gallery is kicking off its spring semester season with a moving multi-artist exhibit, “Abandoned Industry.” This exhibition is on display from Jan. 25 – March 3, 2024. An opening reception will be held at the gallery Thursday, Jan. 25, from 4-7 p.m. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

Maine is marked physically and poetically by its working past. This exhibition explores the remains of past industry to question how visual culture and social texture are altered as the nature of work itself changes over time.

The exhibition features the artists Jill Snyder Wallace, Alana Ranney, Connor Pirrocello-McClellan, Donald Peterson, Deborah Hall, Vera Johnson, Bruce Habowski, Mark Barnette, and Mike Burd, working in sculpture, photography, painting, and mixed media.

The UMF Art Gallery is dedicated to bringing contemporary art to the campus and regional communities. artgalleryumf.org 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. Sponsored by Arts & Humanities.

Art Exhibition: Markeith Chavous, 'the waves and the mantram, part 1′
2024-02-10 16:00 - 18:00, 2024-02-03 16:00 - 18:00 | UMF Emery Community Arts Center
Emery Community Arts Center proudly presents the North American debut of ‘the waves and the mantram, part 1.’ The exhibit features a multi-channel film installation by Markeith Chavous, media artist, poet and UMF graduate of the class of 2011. ‘the waves and the mantram, part 1‘ is the first in a trilogy of cinematic triptychs that thread together varied narratives, accounts, images, poems and documents of belief and spirituality; and the environments that surround, impact, and inform those beliefs. It is a slate, an elastic model of being. This project debuted in 2023 in Scotland at the Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival’s Exhibitions Programme, and was then subsequently exhibited in South Korea at the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA) as part of the Experimental Film & Video 2023 exhibition. Location: Emery Community Arts Center. FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by Emery Community Arts Center. Contact: Ann Bartges, 207-778-7461, ann.bartges@maine.edu. https://wpsites.maine.edu/emerycommunityartscenter/2023/12/22/markeith-chavous/ Mon-Fri: 12-4, Sat. 12-6pm, closed Sundays, holidays and university breaks.

Art Exhibition: Markeith Chavous, 'the waves and the mantram, part 1′
2024-02-09 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-08 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-07 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-06 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-05 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-02 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-01 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-01-31 12:00 - 16:00 | UMF Emery Community Arts Center
Emery Community Arts Center proudly presents the North American debut of ‘the waves and the mantram, part 1.’ The exhibit features a multi-channel film installation by Markeith Chavous, media artist, poet and UMF graduate of the class of 2011. ‘the waves and the mantram, part 1‘ is the first in a trilogy of cinematic triptychs that thread together varied narratives, accounts, images, poems and documents of belief and spirituality; and the environments that surround, impact, and inform those beliefs. It is a slate, an elastic model of being. This project debuted in 2023 in Scotland at the Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival’s Exhibitions Programme, and was then subsequently exhibited in South Korea at the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA) as part of the Experimental Film & Video 2023 exhibition. Location: Emery Community Arts Center. FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by Emery Community Arts Center. Contact: Ann Bartges, 207-778-7461, ann.bartges@maine.edu. https://wpsites.maine.edu/emerycommunityartscenter/2023/12/22/markeith-chavous/

Admission Tours Available Mon-Fri
2024-02-09, 2024-02-08, 2024-02-07, 2024-02-06, 2024-02-05, 2024-02-02, 2024-02-01
FREE. Opento the Public. Sponsored by UMF Admissions. Contact UMF Admissions,207-778-7050. farmington.edu. umfadmit@maine.edu

UMF Public Forum: The Promises and Perils of Artificial Intelligence
2024-02-07 19:00 - 20:00 | Emery Community Art Center, 16 Main St, Farmington, ME, United States
Theme: Artificial Intelligence
Panelists: Frank Giampietro, Dan Jackson, Steven Pane and Paloma Shelton (UMF ’24), moderated by Steve Quackenbush
The Spring 2024 Public Forum Series presents three thematic panel discussions that engage interdisciplinary perspectives from UMF faculty, students and members of the Farmington community. This mix of faculty, students, and local artists, educators and activists captures the richness of the UMF/Farmington community. The UMF Public Forum is a University event series sponsored by the Office of the President. Each presentation will be followed by a discussion and a reception with light refreshments. Location: Emery Community Arts Center. FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by the Office of the President. Contact: Ann Bartges, 207-778-7461, ann.bartges@maine.edu. https://wpsites.maine.edu/emerycommunityartscenter/2023/12/29/spring-2024-umf-public-forum/

Artist Talk with Markeith Chavous
2024-02-07 12:30 - 13:30 | UMF Emery Community Arts Center
Please join us for an artist talk with Markeith Chavous (UMF ’11) as he discusses the ideas and processes behind his current video installation, ‘the waves and the mantram, part 1.’ The exhibition will be on view in Emery Community Arts Center’s Flex Space Gallery from Jan. 25-March 7, 2024. Location: Emery Community Arts Center. FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by Emery Community Arts Center. Contact: Ann Bartges, 207-778-7461, ann.bartges@maine.edu. https://wpsites.maine.edu/emerycommunityartscenter/2023/12/22/markeith-chavous/
