The University of Maine Department of Art will present two related exhibitions as part of the 2015 Maine Photo Project. A juried exhibition will feature the work of 19 Maine photographers, while Young Photographers will include work by 14 artists from Orono middle and high schools, as well as the Carleton Project and Shaw House, a Bangor shelter for homeless and at-risk teens.
Read MoreYour Fall Guide to the Maine Photo Project
Everyone loves summer in Maine, but insiders know that nothing is better than the fall. It’s foliage season, fair season, and—this year—photo season. Here’s your exclusive guide to the bounty the Maine Photo Project has to offer in September and October.
Read MoreMAINE PHOTO PROJECT KEYNOTE LECTURE SEPTEMBER 10
Siegel’s talk is entitled “Making Photography New: Abelardo Morell and Current Trends in Photography.” She will speak about Morell's work and its relationship to larger trends in the world of contemporary photography.
Read MoreTodd Webb: Georgia O'Keeffe and the American West
Often acting with a historian’s eye to preserving the details of the receding past, Webb's finely-crafted images documented aspects of life during crucial periods in New York City, France, England, and the American West.
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Maine Photo Project Recognized by Maine Arts Commission and Maine Office of Tourism
Awards will fund collaborative marketing and programming initiatives for this year-long, statewide collaboration of 32 arts and cultural nonprofit organizations.
Read More"George Daniell: Island Life: Grand Manan and Monhegan" at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art
The combination of coastline, fisherman, and a far reaching Northern border are presented through the lens of New Yorker George Daniell’s camera in the OMAA’s third Maine Photo Project exhibit.
Read MoreReviewers Announced for Portfolio Review Days!
UPDATED July 24! New reviewers: Jessica May, Jennifer McDermott, and Eliot Dudik.
Read MoreMAINE PHOTO PROJECT ANNOUNCES 2015 EVENT SCHEDULE
Offerings kick off with two Portfolio Review Days in August and also include a keynote lecture and public symposium.
Read MoreJuried Photo Show Opens at Ogunquit's Barn Gallery
As the first of its two Maine Photo Project exhibitions, the Barn Gallery in Ogunquit is hosting an open, juried exhibition of regional photography, with an opening reception on Saturday, June 27 (free and open to the public). The exhibition was juried by Maine collector and curator-at-large Bruce Brown.
Read MoreRose Marasco in Her Own Words
In preparation for Rose Marasco: index, PMA Curator Jessica May sat down with Rose as she walked through the milestones of her life's work.
Read More"Rose Marasco: Patrons of Husbandry" at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art
The second in a series of five photography exhibitions at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Rose Marasco: Patrons of Husbandry (June 5 - July 5, 2015) highlights selections from the artist’s Maine Grange series.
Read MoreMaine and Photography--Inextricably Linked
Almost from their beginnings, Maine and photography have been inextricably linked.
Read MorePhotography All Season Long at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art
The OMAA will host five Maine Photo Project exhibitions in 2015, featuring work by Verner Reed, Todd Webb, George Daniell, Rose Marasco, and Michael Alpert.
Read MoreFirst-year Bowdoin Student and World-Renowned Photographer Come Together in the Maine Winter
A Mind of Winter: Photographs by Abelardo Morell opens May 5 at the Bowdoin Museum. Here's the story of how it happened.
Read MoreSNAP! Get ready for Maine photography in May!
May is the month when we are kicking it into high gear, with no fewer than twelve different Maine Photo Project exhibitions on view, many of them opening this week!
Read MoreLooking Back to Look Forward: Historical Photographic Processes at PhoPa Gallery
This resurgence of interest in historic processes seems to fit into a common theme today, which spans a variety of fields, of looking back to look forward.
Read Morecurrents7: Elizabeth Atterbury at the Colby College Museum of Art
Atterbury’s exhibition combines three-dimensional work with photographs of manipulated and pliable materials such as paper and sand. Placed in a gallery setting, the work poses questions about museum display, documentation, and reproduction.
Read MoreUMA Faces: 50 Years/50 Portraits
We are celebrating our 50th anniversary at UMA this year and for this show we celebrate what is of most importance to us, our Alumni.
Read MoreA Gateless Garden: Quotes by Maine Women Writers
Photos and words, words and photos…this is the dance we have been choreographing for two years. A Gateless Garden: With Quotes by Maine Women Writers started with words.
Read MoreMAINE PHOTO PROJECT DEBUTS THIS MONTH
The long-awaited Maine Photo Project, a statewide photography collaboration in 2015, will debut this month with exhibitions opening at the Danforth Gallery at the University of Maine, Augusta; the University of New England Art Gallery, Portland; the Maine Museum of Photographic Arts, Portland; and the Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville. Maine has a decade-long history of such collaborations, which are rare in other states, and this is thought to be the largest Maine initiative to date.
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