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Admission Tours Available Mon-Fri
2024-09-19, 2024-09-18, 2024-09-17, 2024-09-16, 2024-09-13, 2024-09-12, 2024-09-11, 2024-09-10 and 4 more dates
FREE. Opento the Public. Sponsored by UMF Admissions. Contact UMF Admissions,207-778-7050. farmington.edu. umfadmit@maine.edu

"The Thinking Hand" Gallery Talk
2024-09-18 12:30 - 13:30 (America/New_York) | Emery Community Art Center, 16 Main St, Farmington, ME, United States
Please join us for a gallery talk with several of the artists featured in Emery Community Art Center’s current exhibition, “The Thinking Hand,” including Susie Brandt, Kate Buehner, Cherie Giampietro, Stan Keach, Mary McFarland, Dawn Nye, Jan Royall, Ellen Roberts, and Barbara Sullivan. During the talk, artists will discuss the ideas and process behind the works in the show. The talk will be followed by a Q&A with the artists. 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/

Art Exhibit: The Thinking Hand
2024-09-18 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-14 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-13 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-12 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-11 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-07 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-06 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-05 12:00 - 16:00 and 1 more date | Emery Community Art Center, 16 Main St, Farmington, ME, United States
Gallery Hours: Wed.-Sat., 12pm-4pm
“The Thinking Hand” presents a broad survey of artworks by local and nationally recognized artists engaging the legacies of craft and the poetics of technique and process as methods of material exploration and storytelling. Celebrating the “by hand” ethos of art-making, this show includes fiber arts, woodblock prints, artist books, ceramics, fresco, sculpture, drawing, painting, stained glass and more. The selection of works features various representations of body and embodiment, familiar objects presented in new contexts, and works that harness the metaphorical power of unconventional materials. Many of the artworks explore the rituals of labor-intensive processes as meditations on nature, time, domestic culture and personal narrative, while others engage new approaches to traditional techniques as a language for social and environmental activism. 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/2024/06/12/the-thinking-hand/

Global Experiences Fair
2024-09-18 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/

Voter Registration and Information
2024-09-17 11:30 - 13:00 | UMF Olsen Student Center
Stop by the table in the Student Center to register to vote or get more information on the process! By voting, you are keeping Maine’s democracy strong and continuing a long history of citizen participation in the governing of our state and nation. Location: Olsen Student Center. FREE. Open to the public. Sponsored by Gold LEAFa member-run lifelong living organization in Franklin County, and members of Third Act, a Maine group working to address climate issues. Contact: Eileen Kreutz, eileenkreutz@gmail.com.

National Voter Registration Day Event
2024-09-17 11:30 - 13:00 | UMF Olsen Student Center
Interested in registering to vote or learning more about it? Gold LEAF, UMF’s member-run lifelong living organization in Franklin County, is holding a voter registration table event in the Olsen Student Center. Stop by to register to vote and make your voice heard.

COME TOUR the Maine Mobile Biolab
2024-09-17 09:00 - 12:00 | Parking Lot next to Roberts Learning Center
Come tour Maine’s Mobile Biolab — a rolling life-sciences classroomand laboratory. With two dedicated educators aboard, the lab on wheels travelsall over Maine bringing life science and STEM learning to rural schooldistricts and community events in all 16 counties. The Biolab is a project ofEducate Maine and supported by wonderful partners in higher education, industryand the State of Maine. FREE. UMF Community Only. Goodies and coffee available from Orange Cat Cafe.

Visiting Writers Series presents graphic novelist Leela Corman
2024-09-12 19:30 - 20:30 | Olsen Student Center, The Landing
UMF’s Visiting Writers Series presents graphic novelist Leela Corman. This multi-faceted artist creates entirely hand painted comics and graphic novels in watercolor, gouache and acrylics. Location: Olsen Student Center, The Landing. FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by The Creative Writing Department. Contact: Amy Neswald, amy.neswald@maine.edu.

Artist Talk with Libra Professor Juliet Hinely
2024-09-11 12:30 - 13:30 | Emery Community Art Center, 16 Main St, Farmington, ME, United States
Join us for an artist talk with UMF Libra Professor, Juliet Hinely, as she discusses the ideas and processes behind her creative practice as an audio story producer and sound designer. Sponsored by the UMF Libra Professors Program. 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/

9/11 Remembrance Program
2024-09-11 08:00 - 10:00 | UMF Mantor Green
UMF is holding an information and remembrance program on theUniversity of Maine at Farmington’s Mantor Green commemorating the 23rdanniversary of Sept. 11, 2001. American flags positioned on the greenwill form the message “9/11… WEREMEMBER…” Beginning at 8:15am on Wednesday, UMF willring a bell 2,996 times to honor those who perished on that day. There will be a simple line where people can queue up to ring the bell. We also have a table with oversized postcards that individuals may fill out tothank our First Responders for their service, As in the past, these will bedelivered to the various locations in town (fire station, ambulanceservice, police station), to thank them for their service. Contact Connor Fahey, connor.fahey@maine.edu, or Kirsten Swan, kswan@maine.edu. This event is free and open to the public.

Ribbon Cutting for new UMF Fitness Court®
2024-09-06 12:00 - 14:00 | 131 Perkins St., across from the UMF Fitness & Recreation Center
Maine’s newest outdoor Fitness Court® will open Friday, September 6, on the University of Maine at Farmington (UMF) campus. UMF is the first higher education partner to team up with Community Health Options and National Fitness Campaign (NFC) as part of a campaign to build Fitness Courts across the state.
The Fitness Courts provide access to free outdoor exercise equipment for anyone over the age of 14 at any fitness level, allowing people to use their own body weight to get a complete workout using seven exercise stations in as little as seven minutes.
Fitness Court® Ambassadors Alison Thayer, UMF associate director of Fitness and Recreation, and Mike Colella, UMF assistant director of Fitness and Wellness program, will demonstrate how to use the stations and perform various exercises. Fitness Court® Ambassadors, including UMF student athletes, UMF Fitness & Recreation staff, students and special guests will host a sample class for anyone who wants to join in.
