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UMF Public Forum presents "An Evening of Stories"
2024-09-25 19:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | Emery Community Art Center, 16 Main St, Farmington, ME, United States
Please join us for the first UMF Public Forum event of the fall semester, “An Evening of Stories,” featuring Creative Writing faculty members Lewis Robinson and Amy Neswald; local author Shannon Bowring; and UMF students Milo Gaudette and Manu Ritchie. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A and a reception with light refreshments. The UMF Public Forum Series is sponsored by the President’s Office. 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/2024/08/22/fall-24-umf-public-forum/

Staff/Faculty Pickleball
2024-09-25 12:30 - 13:30, 2024-09-23 12:30 - 13:30 | Fitness and Recreation Center, 153 Quebec St, Farmington, ME, United States
Play pickleball at the FRC to earn your level II incentive! More details located on the registration form via the QR code (can be found in email sent to all staff/faculty as well as posted at the FRC.) Location: Fitness and Recreation Center Court 2. FREE. UMF Community Only. Sponsored by: Fitness and Recreation Center – Wellbeing Initiative. Contact: Mike Colella, 207-778-7505.

COLLOQUY Exhibition: Nature, Vision, Expression
2024-09-25 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-24 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-22 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-21 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-20 12:00 - 16:00 | UMF Art Gallery, 246 Main St, Farmington, ME, United States
Antoinette Prien Schultze and Brigtitte Keller are longtime friends whose artwork forms a rich conversation on abstraction, process, material, natural form, and modern design. Schultze’s monumental sculptures speak to the resilience of the threatened natural world, while the deceptively complex, layered surfaces of Keller’s immersive paintings evoke both the enduring and transient aspects of nature. Both artists’ abstractions are inflected by their deep connections to classical music, especially Bach. Location: UMF Art Gallery. FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by: Division of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Contact: Sarah Maline, 12-4pm daily and by appointment; closed Mondays. Call/text Sarah at 207-778-1062 for appointment; or email. maline@maine.edu. artgalleryumf.org.

Voter Registration by Town Office
2024-09-25 10:00 - 14:00 | UMF Olsen Student Center
Voter registration will be available at the Olsen Student Center by the Farmington Town Office. FREE. Open to the public.

Admission Tours Available Mon-Fri
2024-09-25, 2024-09-24, 2024-09-23, 2024-09-20, 2024-09-19, 2024-09-18
FREE. Opento the Public. Sponsored by UMF Admissions. Contact UMF Admissions,207-778-7050. farmington.edu. umfadmit@maine.edu

Forest Bathing in Flint Woods
2024-09-24 17:00 - 18:00 | Meet in Education Center Lobby
Do you love nature and connecting with the environment? Need a relaxing break from the daily grind? Come connect with our local forest and enjoy some rejuvenating forest therapy. Forest bathing is the predominantly Japanese practice of taking in the forest atmosphere through all of one’s senses. Not simply a walk in the woods, it is the conscious and contemplative practice of being immersed in the sights, sounds, and smells of the forest. No special equipment required, just comfortable walking shoes! FREE. UMF Community Only. Sponsored by : Office of Experiential and Global Education. Contact: Kat Burns, 207-778-7519.

Voter Registration and Information
2024-09-24 11:30 - 13:00, 2024-09-23 11:30 - 13:00, 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.

Women's Rugby
2024-09-21 13:00 - 15:00 | UMF Prescott Field
UMF vs. Wellesley. Location: Prescott Field. FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by UMF Club Sports. Contact: Kirsten Swan, 207-778-7593, kswan@maine.edu.

Annual Student Clubs & Organizations Fair
2024-09-20 12:30 - 14:00 | Mantor Green, Farmington, ME, United States
An opportunity to meet folks from all the clubs and organizations at UMF. Get involved in your campus! Location: Mantor Green (rain location Olsen Student Center). FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by Student Senate. Contact: Cece Carr, 207-778-7593, christina.carr@maine.edu.

Art Exhibit: The Thinking Hand
2024-09-20 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-19 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-18 12:00 - 16:00 | 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/

The Sabbatical Heard 'Round the World
2024-09-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Lincoln Auditorium, Roberts Learning Center
An hour-long presentation, including poetry, music and trivia, detailing the seven-month travel destinations undertaken during Dr. Peter Hardy’s latest year-long sabbatical. Location: Lincoln Auditorium, Roberts Learning Center. FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by UMF STEM Division. Contact: Peter Hardy, 207-778-7528, peter.hardy@maine.edu.

Opening reception and artists' talk: “COLLOQUY”
2024-09-19 16:00 - 19:00 | UMF Art Gallery, 246 Main St, Farmington, ME, United States
Opening reception for COLLOQUY: Nature, Vision, Expression, 4-7pm. Artists’ talk and Q&A: 5:30pm.
Antoinette Prien Schultze and Brigtitte Keller are longtime friends and abstractionists whose artwork forms a rich conversation on process, material, natural form, and modern design. Schultze’s monumental sculptures speak to the resilience of the threatened natural world, while the deceptively complex, layered surfaces of Keller’s immersive paintings evoke both the enduring and transient aspects of nature. Both artists’ abstractions are inflected by their deep connections to classical music, especially Bach. Location: UMF Art Gallery. FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by: Division of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Contact: Sarah Maline, 207-778-1062, maline@maine.edu. artgalleryumf.org.

"The Thinking Hand" Gallery Talk
2024-09-18 12:30 - 13:30 | 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/

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/

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.
