Department of Art – News

Janna Ahrndt, Assistant Professor of Art, Presented Paper at ISEA Symposia in Seoul, South Korea

amy.hagberg — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 18:41:28 +0000

Janna Ahrndt, Assistant Professor of Art, with collaborator Assistant Professor Christine Bruening of LSU, presented a paper at the 30th International Symposium on Electronic Art … Read More

Art History Professor Susan Waller Recorded Conversation on Artists’ Models.

amy.hagberg — Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:27:33 +0000

The Artists’ Models: Diana Seave Greenwald and Susan Waller in conversation, hosted by Impressionist Futures online, Monday, November 11th. This discussion coincides with the … Read More

Exhibition reveals the office workers who moonlight as artists

Michael Kmack — Fri, 04 Oct 2024 17:24:32 +0000

A call for submissions to USM’s first Employee Art Exhibition yielded 40 pieces by 24 artists across 18 departments.

Kat Zagaria Buckley published an article in the Boston Art Review on PMA Exhibition.

amy.hagberg — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 19:04:53 +0000

Kat Zagaria Buckley, Director of USM Art Exhibitions & Outreach, has a published article in the Boston Art Review of Jeremy Frey’s Woven exhibition currently on view … Read More

Renovation project opens a time warp to campus life in the 1800s

Michael Kmack — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 20:21:57 +0000

Nineteenth century students may have looked more serious in their waistcoats and bodices, but their private notes prove them to be just as silly and mischievous as their modern counterparts.

BFA student, Katie Riley, exhibiting sculpture in “Rising” Exhibition at Portland Gallery, 82 Paris.

amy.hagberg — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 19:55:50 +0000

Two companion sculptures, Void, created by BFA Senior student Katie Riley are in juried exhibition Rising curated by Bella Hendry. Katie Riley created these … Read More

Artist-in-residence transforms wall from barrier to bonding experience

Michael Kmack — Thu, 30 May 2024 18:40:20 +0000

Students observed Ryan Adams for months as he planned and painted a mural in Westbrook.

Community celebrates major construction milestone on the new Crewe Center for the Arts

daniel.hartill — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 19:01:41 +0000

University leaders, arts faculty and students, and founding donors were joined by Consigli Construction Co., Inc. and other members of the project design/build team to mark a major milestone in the evolution of a building project when the last structural beam is put in place.

Part-Time Painting & Drawing Faculty, Sam Jones, in Exhibition at Cerulean Arts in Philadelphia

amy.hagberg — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 16:01:22 +0000

Cerulean Arts presents A Ponderable Path featuring work by Sam Jones, Robert Reinhardt and Ryan Ward, three artists who embrace experimentation, play and the physicality of … Read More

Sculpture Professor Emeritus, Duncan Hewitt, Has Essay Published in Maine Arts Journal.

amy.hagberg — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 14:54:27 +0000

Expert from Duncan Hewitt – The Materials, Maine Arts Journal 2023: Materiality “I don’t give too much weight to the cultural meaning of the materials … Read More