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Admission Tours Available Mon-Fri
2024-05-17, 2024-05-16, 2024-05-15, 2024-05-14, 2024-05-13, 2024-05-10, 2024-05-09, 2024-05-08 and 7 more dates
FREE. Opento the Public. Sponsored by UMF Admissions. Contact UMF Admissions,207-778-7050. farmington.edu. umfadmit@maine.edu

Art Exhibition: "Artful Antics: Mt. Blue High School Art Show"
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.

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, 2024-04-30 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-04-29 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-04-27 12:00 - 18:00 | 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.

Closing Reception For Into the Fire Pottery Exhibition
2024-04-28 14:00 - 15:00 | UMF Art Gallery, 246 Main St, Farmington, ME, United States
Into the Fire: Anagama Potters in the Circle of Jody Johnstone celebrates the work of 12 artists who fire their work in a traditional Japanese cave-kiln built by Jody Johnstone in Swanville, Maine. The closing reception is 2-4pm on Sunday, 28 April, with Q&A with the artists at 2pm.
Location: UMF Art Gallery. FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by; Division of the Arts and Humanities. Contact Sarah Maline, 207-778-1062, maline@maine.edu, artgalleryumf.org

Art Exhibit: "Into the Fire-Anagama Pottery"
2024-04-28 12:00 - 16:00, 2024-04-27 12:00 - 16:00 | UMF Art Gallery, 246 Main St, Farmington, ME, United States
The UMF Art Gallery is featuring a spring pottery exhibit created by what many believe to be the finest pottery firing technique—Anagama pottery. “Into the Fire: Anagama Potters in the Circle of Jody Johnstone,” will treat viewers with a display of pottery created by this ancient, wood-fired method.
The Art Gallery exhibit, located on the University of Maine at Farmington campus, will run from March 22–April 28, 2024. It will welcome visitors with an opening reception, Friday, March 22, from 4-7 p.m. It is free and open to the public.
This exhibition features the work of Kyla Cech, Andrea Dove, Miki Glasser, Becca Van Fleet Webb, Ellen Huie, Jody Johnstone, Betsy Levine, David Orser, Ellen Sedgwick, Cory Upton-Cosulich, and Siem van der Ven—a diverse group of artists who gather twice a year (in spring and autumn) for the intense weeks-long process of wood firing. Location: UMF Art Gallery. FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by; Arts and Humanities. Contact Sarah Maline 207-778-1062, maline@maine.edu, artgalleryumf.org. 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.

Maine Fiddlehead Festival
2024-04-27 10:00 - 15:00 | UMF Roberts Learning Center Courtyard
2024 Maine Fiddlehead Festival – A Celebration of Local Foods
Location: Roberts Courtyard, FREE, Open to the Public. Sponsored by; Sustainable Campus Coalition. Contact Mark Piers (207) 778-7015, edward.pires@maine.edu, https://www.umf.maine.edu/sustainability/maine-fiddlehead-festival/

Accepted Student Day
2024-04-27 09:30 - 14:30 | Check-in Theo Kalikow Education Center
New incoming Fall 2024 UMF students and their families will join us for info sessions, lunch, and other connection events.
Location: Check-in is at the Theo Kalikow Education Center. FREE. Open to the Public. Sponsored by; UMF Office of Admissions. Contact Lisa Ellrich, 207-778-7050, umfadmit@maine.edu, https://www.umf.maine.edu/admissions-aid/asd/
