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Art Exhibition: "Artful Antics: Mt. Blue High School Art Show"
2024-05-24 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-05-23 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-05-22 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-05-18 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-05-17 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-05-16 12:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Emery Community Art Center, 16 Main St, Farmington, ME, United States
“Artful Antics” is a playful celebration of student voice and choice by Mt. Blue High School art students. Artists from all of our Mt. Blue art courses created original pieces based on their personal interests and ideas. Viewers will experience a wide range of 2D and 3D materials and processes including collage, painting, printmaking, pastels, mixed media, ceramics, fiber arts and sculpture. The exhibit also includes artworks from MBC staff who embrace sharing their own artistic voice alongside our student artists. The exhibition will be on view in Emery Arts Center from May 16-June 1, 2024. Location: Emery Community Arts Center. FREE. Open to the public. Sponsored by the UMF Division of Arts & Humanities. Contact: Ann Bartges, 207-778-7461, ann.bartges@maine.edu.

Admission Tours Available Mon-Fri
2024-05-24, 2024-05-23, 2024-05-22, 2024-05-21, 2024-05-20, 2024-05-17, 2024-05-16, 2024-05-15 and 10 more dates | ME
FREE. Opento the Public. Sponsored by UMF Admissions. Contact UMF Admissions,207-778-7050. farmington.edu. umfadmit@maine.edu

Western Maine Audubon “Memories of a Wildlife Biologist”
2024-05-08 19:00 - 20:00 | Thomas Auditorium, Preble/Ricker Hall
Western Maine Audubon is proud to present a talk by RonJoseph titled, “Memories of a Wildlife Biologist.” The talk will be held livein Thomas Auditorium, Preble Hall on the UMF campus at 173 High Street inFarmington on Wednesday, May 8 th at 7:00 pm. It is free and open to interestedguests of all ages. For those not able to attend in person, it will also beavailable live via Zoom. For more information and the Zoom link, visit theWestern Maine Audubon website on the day of the presentation at https://western.maineaudubon.org/.
Inaddition, the talk will be recorded and made available on the WMA website a fewweeks after the presentation. Location: Thomas Auditorium, UMF PrebleHall. FREE and Open to the Public. Contact: Will Jones, twilljo@gmail.com.Co-sponsored by NASC and the UMF student chapter of The Wildlife Society.

Art Exhibition: "By Any Means Necessary: 2024 Senior Show"
2024-05-04 12:00 - 18:00, 2024-05-03 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-05-02 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-05-01 12:00 - 16:00 | Emery Community Arts Center
Etienne Desrosiers, Apollo Donovan, Kimlie Gillespie, Elayne Gustafson, Stanley Keach, Sean Maher, Jed Malinowski, Shawn Morin and Grace Pimenta present their capstone projects for the 2024 senior exhibition, By Any Means Necessary. This year’s senior show spans a vibrant landscape of storytelling modalities: graphic novels, hijacked bible tracts, experiments in handmade cinema, a tarot deck, trading cards and charmingly absurd pen and ink drawings. Each artist brings their own distinctive style and vision along with a few surprises. Location: Emery Community Arts Center. FREE. Open to the public. Sponsored by the UMF Division of Arts & Humanities. Contact: Ann Bartges, 207-778-7461, ann.bartges@maine.edu./ Mon-Fri: 12-4, Sat. 12-6pm, closed Sundays, holidays and university breaks

UMF 2024 Commencement
2024-05-04 11:00 - 12:30 | 123 Narrow Gauge Square, Farmington, ME, United States
This year’s ceremony will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 4, at the new, larger, outdoor facility, on the grounds of the Narrow Gauge Outdoor Venue, located off Front Street in Farmington near UMF’s Prescott Field.
The UMF 2024 Commencement ceremony will be a live, in-person event. The new venue offers plenty of room for students, guests, and alumni, so tickets won’t be necessary. In case of inclement weather, the event will be held at the same time in the UMF Fitness & Recreation Center.
