UMVA members were representing at the big conference hosted by Creative Portland last week.  Intrepid photographer and valued member Dave Wade was there shooting for Creative Portland and also for UMVA!  Here are the shots....thanks Dave Christine Sullivan Lesley MacVane, Tom Handel (both from Portland Media Center) with Mayor Ethan Strimmling John Ripton Lesley MacVane Titi deBaccarat and John Ripton Christine Sullivan and Ann Tracy

Although the Members Open show is still up until June 28th, UMVA artists are busying preparing for the next show.  Gallery hours are generally 1 to 4 pm on Sat & Sun, so go check out the show before it's too late... and start looking forward to  We are located inside the Portland Media Center, 516 Congress St., just to the east (or left if you're facing it) of MECA.

Although Dave Wade is the defacto photographer for UMVA, Ann Tracy took a few shots at the 1st Friday opening of the Members show.

The Union of Maine Visual Artists is pleased to present the “UMVA Members' Spring Exhibition” at the UMVA Gallery in the Portland Media Center, 516 Congress Street, Portland Maine, June 2-28, 2019. Thirty-four artists from across Maine will be represented in the exhibition. The work is new and engaging and ranges across several media.   The Opening and Artists' Reception is Friday, June 7, 5-8 p.m . at the UMVA Gallery, 516 Congress Street. Free and open to the public. The UMVA Gallery is open during regular operating hours of the Portland Media Center ( http://portlandmedia.org/location-hours/ ) In addition, for the June show the Gallery is open 1-4 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. On First Friday Art Walk, June 7, the Gallery hours are 1-8 p.m.   Artist Christine Higgins describes her “cathedral sunrise II” as a work of “pulp paper handmade fibers.” Its quiet colors, organic forms and hues and soft texture evoke the silence of a sunrise in the woods.   In An