Empty Spaces: A New Normal The Union of Maine Visual Artists with the Portland Media Center and I are pleased to host the upcoming exhibition: “Empty Spaces: A New Normal”, with fifteen photographic artworks by myself, Natalie E. Brown, and a collaborative multimedia work section by selected members of the Portland Community. This includes the work of Jasper Gaffney, Josh Heriot, Sam Murphy, and Libby Scutt. This collection addresses the impact of the pandemic on both tourism and everyday life in the world; to illustrate the eerie silence all around us; but, also the beauty of that stillness and an overtake of nature in an otherwise turbulent time. The collection will go live at UMVA Gallery@PMC on March 1st and will be on display through the 27th, 2021. The collection can be visited in person with pre existing appointments and for the duration of the month online from the Portland Media Center , The Union of Maine Visual Artists , and my own website. Call ahead to book in person vi

UMVA members Roland Salazar Rose and John Ripton worked on this fine book project with a grant from the Maine Arts Commission.  Solar Flares & Salazar directs pubic attention to the existential threat now posed to our environment, and asks everyone to be responsible stewards on "Spaceship Earth." You can read the rest of the article by clicking HERE.  

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