Inspired by the unfurling spirals of the fern plant, dancers Molly Gawler, Shana Bloomstein and pianist Shepsi Eaton join together to create a magic evening of dance, circus, music, clowning and fun. Sponsored by ArtsFarmington. $20 for adults, more if you can less if you cannot and no one turned away. Free, 18 and younger […]
The UMF Emery Community Art Center is presenting “The Van Gogh Shogh,” where solo performer and clown, Donna Oblongata, uses the lens of Vincent Van Gogh's life and legacy to ask urgent questions about the nature of art, success, reproduction, and the potential meaning(lessness) of a creative life. The show takes place Sunday, July 20, at 4 p.m. […]
Emery Community Arts Center presents Endgame and Act Without Words I by Samuel Beckett. Endgame, which premiered in London in 1957 alongside Act Without Words I, is written by Nobel Prize-winning playwright Samuel Beckett. Written in a macabre post-apocalyptic world, the tragicomedy explores the absurdity of aging, mundanity, and family. Will the suffering end for these […]
Emery Community Arts Center presents Endgame and Act Without Words I by Samuel Beckett. Endgame, which premiered in London in 1957 alongside Act Without Words I, is written by Nobel Prize-winning playwright Samuel Beckett. Written in a macabre post-apocalyptic world, the tragicomedy explores the absurdity of aging, mundanity, and family. Will the suffering end for these […]
Emery Community Arts Center presents Endgame and Act Without Words I by Samuel Beckett. Endgame, which premiered in London in 1957 alongside Act Without Words I, is written by Nobel Prize-winning playwright Samuel Beckett. Written in a macabre post-apocalyptic world, the tragicomedy explores the absurdity of aging, mundanity, and family. Will the suffering end for these […]
The April 22 Earth Day event will feature a book launch in the Emery Performance Space with Bodhi Simpson, University of Maine at Farmington professor of counseling psychology with an emphasis in the creative arts, who will speak about the message of her award-winning story of “The Girl Who Cried for the Earth.” She will also facilitate […]
Bodhi Simpson, University of Maine at Farmington professor of counseling psychology with an emphasis in the creative arts, will share her award-winning story of “The Girl Who Cried for the Earth” along with images of the original painted illustrations. Following the story, she will facilitate a brief guided meditation and supportive creative practice with drawing […]
Emery Community Arts Center invites the public to the opening reception celebrating our new exhibition, "Holobiont: Woodcut Prints and Collage by Amanda Lilleston." A holobiont is a host organism and its associated organic community that functions as a single ecological unit. Inspired by the interconnected systems of biology and physiology, Lilleston uses woodcut printmaking as […]
The University of Maine at Farmington invites the public to a series of Public Forum events on the UMF campus during the spring 2024 semester. These thematic panel discussions explore creative and academic topics while engaging perspectives from UMF faculty, students and members of the Farmington community. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A […]
Lon Chaney, renowned for his mastery in portraying tortured and afflicted characters, stars as Erik, a disfigured and masked figure who dwells beneath the Paris Opera House. The plot revolves around Erik's fixation on a young opera singer, whom he guides in her pursuit of stardom. Live piano accompaniment by Doug Protsik. Sponsored by ArtsFarmigton. […]
Please join us on October 23rd at 7:00pm to hear true stories told without notes by UMF students, faculty and staff. Sponsored by the UMF Creative Writing Program. Location: Emery Community Arts Center. FREE. Open to the Public. Contact: Ann Bartges, 207-778-7461, [email protected]. https://wpsites.maine.edu/emerycommunityartscenter/
Human beings have a tendency to center themselves in everything that occurs on Earth. Even scientific hypotheses and theories are subject to anthropocentric bias, and this is no less evident in how humans interpret insect sounds. In the first part of this program, Moss will define characteristics of insect sound-making and discuss how those sounds […]