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Help Artists Keep Gallery Space

UMaineFarmington is threatening to close down the UMF Art gallery. It's such a wonderful space and brings the work of artists from all over Maine to a community that otherwise wouldn't be exposed to this high level and diversity of work. Farmington is lucky to have a large gallery space in the community Emery Arts Center that focuses predominantly on showing art from the UMF student body and local artists, along with a special show (retrospective, national open call etc.) once in a while. Joe McDonnell (President of UMF) is saying that such a small university as UMF shouldn't have two galleries. The galleries serve very different purposes and bring together very different communities. The UMF gallery (because of its wider scope of work) encourages people from all over the state to travel to Farmington to see these wonderful exhibits by accomplished artists. Sarah does an amazing job curating thought provoking and varied exhibits. This decision about whether or...

Sheltered in Place - a Pandemic Art Show

The Covid pandemic reshapes our lives. It continues to strip down our existence, separating us from loved ones and exposing weaknesses in our system of governance and our political leadership. It demonstrates the devastating impact of the nation's grave social injustices. Systemic racism and socioeconomic disparity put oppressed peoples at greater risk for Covid-19. Then, on May 25, as many of us bunkered inside our homes, we witnessed the cold-blooded murder of George Floyd. This videotaped tragedy and the eruption of Black Lives Matter protests across the nation revealed the depth and breadth of racism in America. It is a contagion every bit as present and virulent as the coronavirus. In the face of both existential challenges – pandemic and racism – we can only recover through radical social change. The images and words of UMVA artists in this online exhibition surface from the isolation and compression of life in the pandemic. The works express personal and universa...

Abstract Photography

Abstract Photograpy A nine-artist exhibit presented by the Union of Maine Visual Artists (UMVA) featuring: J im Kelly, Ann Tracy, John Ripton, Dave Wade, Mark Barnette, CE Morse, Lesley MacVane, Greg Mason Burns, and Jan Pieter van Voorst van Beest . Curated by Greg Mason Burns. For this exhibit, abstract photography is defined as digitally or otherwise manipulated such that the subject is obscured enough to not be considered realist or documentary photography, for example. Photography outside the “realist” or “object” world, so to speak. To learn more about the UMVA and to join, please visit out website at TheUMVA.org . If you would like to purchase a piece from this exhibit, please contact the artist first. Alternatively, you can email Greg Mason Burns at gmburns@gregmasonburns.com and he will inform the artist of your interest. Mark Barnette Website Instagram Photography is my preferred method for skirting despair. Beauty without sentimentality is a primary goal of...

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