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Examining Our Relationship With Death: A Participatory Art Project, Lia A. Davido

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Death is a fact of life, yet researchers such as Caitlin Doughty, Todd Harra, Ernest Becker, and others, have found that people deem death a taboo topic of conversation. Doughty herself started a social movement, death positivity, to encourage this taboo to be broken, and to normalize talking about death. However these researchers published their findings in the early to mid 2010’s, before a major pandemic made death a more common occurrence for people. Inspired by previous researchers' experiences, this project asks the question: How do people feel about death now, and can socially engaged art create a space where …

Nothing To See Hear, Adam Kuykendall

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Nothing to See/Hear is a research experiment into minimalist visual narrative via the short film Not the Boss of Me, in which the criteria for production mandated only the bare essential elements required to construct and convey a plot and its characters be used while filming within a nondescript space - in this case, a mostly empty soundstage. How does one tell a story and define its characters without direct expository dialogue? What is needed to establish and define locations and/or environments when limited to only one or two items? Can an audience engage their imagination to fill in the …

Pinus Longaeva: Exploring The Intersections Of Art And Science Through Ancient Bristlecone Pine Trees, Delaney Burns

Honors College

This creative thesis develops a series of 30” by 20” woodblock prints that explore the intersections of art and science through ancient bristlecone pine trees. These trees can live for over 5,000 years, making them extremely important to dendrochronology, the study of dating and analyzing tree rings. The growth patterns of these tree rings are used to study climate change over long periods of time. This thesis focuses on these trees due to their importance to climate change and personal significance to the author. By studying the history of ecological art movements, these prints are placed in the category of …

Campus Recreation Call For Artists, University Of Maine Campus Recreation

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Screenshot of University of Maine Campus Recreation webpage with a call for artists to design a banner to showcase Campus Recreation’s statement for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion for the New Balance Recreation Center and/or Maine Bound Adventure Center.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Smith, Students Talk With Local Media About 'Free The Vaccine' Exhibit, Student Art Campaign, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

Division of Marketing & Communications

Susan Smith, director of the lntermedia Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Maine and student Anna Mart in spoke with WABI (Channel 5) and WVll (Channel 7) about the traveling "Creativity vs. COVID: Ending the Pandemic for Good" campaign Initiated by the Center for Artistic Activism and UMaine's "Creativity vs. COVID" art initiative.

Covid-19_Umaine News_Media Report On 'Creativity Vs. Covid' Campaign At Umaine, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

Division of Marketing & Communications

Screenshot of UMaine in the News regarding the Associated Press, the Mount Desert Islander, The Irregular and the Penobscot Bay Pilot reporting on a campaign initiated by Susan Smith, director of the lntermedia Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Maine, to encourage the public to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and to support equitable distribution of vaccines across the population.

Covid-19_Jack Pine Project Webpage, University Of Maine

Teaching, Learning & Research Documents

Screenshot of the webpage of the University of Maine Jack Pine Project which sought to connect artists, art educators, and art therapists with residents from around Maine during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Jack Pine Project was a collaboration of the Maine Folklife Center and Maine Studies Program at the University of Maine, and the Hutchinson Center in Belfast.

Covid-19_Umaine News_University Of Maine Project Tells Story Of Covid-19 Pandemic Through Arts, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications

Division of Marketing & Communications

Screenshot of Maine News release regarding the Jack Pine a Maine Folklife Center, Maine Studies Program, and the Hutchinson Center project that used arts to tell the story of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Grand Challenge No. 5: Communicating Archaeology Outreach And Narratives In Professional Practice, Todd J. Kristensen, Meigan Henry, Kevin Brownlee, Adrian Praetzellis, Myra Sitchon

Journal of Archaeology and Education

Communicating archaeology to non-expert audiences can convey the role and value of the discipline, implant respect for heritage, and connect descendant communities to their past. A challenge facing archaeology communicators is to translate complex ideas while retaining their richness and maximizing audience engagement. This article discusses how archaeologists can effectively communicate with non-experts using narrative and visual tools. We provide a communication strategy and three case studies from North America. The examples include the packaging of archaeological theory in the shape of mystery novels for student consumption; the use of artwork to anchor archaeological narratives in public outreach; and, the …

Paper, Pulp, And Place: Investigating Connections Through Process Art, Olivia Bradstreet

Honors College

A small papermaking studio was assembled for making archival quality handmade papers and pulps appropriate for printmaking, book arts, and paper cast to demonstrate the connections between artist practice, materials, and medium through process art. In the home studio a variety of machine-made cotton and abaca linters from an artist supplier were torn by hand and beaten by individual fiber types with a standard kitchen blender. Common papermaking additives were mixed into the pulp in controlled measurements to improve quality and colors. Application of the wet sheets and pulps for papercast and dried 3-dimensional paper sheets demonstrated that the blender …

Museum Of Art_Home Webpage, University Of Maine Zillman Art Museum

Museum of Art

Screenshot of the University of Maine Museum of Art website homepage, with a statement regarding being closed to the public and showing options for virtual tours during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Awakening From A Dream, Liam Reading

Honors College

I have created a hand-bound book of copper etchings and poetry called Awakening From A Dream. This project consists of over thirty handmade, printed, and illuminated plates that symbolize an introspective journey through the mind and out the other side. What begins with a looming existential dread transforms into an acceptance for the patterns of creation and destruction. Self-pity and fear of facing the unknown are met with delving deep into the recesses of the mind in order to reconcile my waking life with my nightmares. This is a process of overcoming heartbreak and depression, and becoming self-actualized. In …

Screening Of "John Imber's Left Hand, The University Of Maine College Of Liberal Arts And Sciences

Cultural Affairs Distinguished Lecture Series

Jon Imber's Left Hand documents the life of a local artist suffering from ALS, which eventually led to his death this past year. As a review in the Boston Globe described, "Produced and directed by Richard Kane, the film is generously sprinkled with images from all the different phases of Imber's consistently impressive career. A protege of the New York painter Philip Guston, he created early work that included monumental figure paintings of great tenderness and originality; his later work became increasingly abstracted, loosely brushed, and open - influenced both by Willem de Kooning and the Maine landscape he loved, …

Maine Museums

Maine Policy Review

This map and listing of Maine museums by location shows some of the many museums in the state, classified as history, art, mixed (e.g., art + history), and other. The list of museums and historical societies is adapted from one provided by Maine Archives & Museums and is not an exhaustive list of all museums. The map was produced with support from the Spatial Informatics group in the School of Computing and Information Science, University of Maine.

Art As A Tool To Communicate Science, Jillian Pelto

Honors College

My thesis explores effective ways to communicate science through art. My main goal is to illustrate significant environmental issues in a way that engages people emotionally, as well as intellectually. Researchers need a means of sharing fascinating things to broaden people’s horizons on science. In order to gain inspiration and ideas, I have researched and discussed a wide range of artists, past and present. This exploration has fueled the content of the body of artwork I have developed throughout this project.

Duchamp's Audience, Venice Lombardo

Honors College

An examination of Marcel Duchamp’s ideas of how art is defined, especially in regards to the role of the audience in determining whether an object is art and his challenges to how art was perceived, as demonstrated by his readymades. The struggle to define art is a significant element of society. With this paper, I argue against Duchamp’s view that the audience has a monopoly on power in the artist-audience relationship, showing that the audience can be persuaded to accept an object as art based on how the object is presented. This manipulation of the audience has meaningful consequences, as …

Maine Now Times (Fall 1992), National Organization For Women - Maine Chapter Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Maine Alumnus, Volume 41, Number 1, October 1959, General Alumni Association, University Of Maine

UMaine Alumni Magazines - All

Contents:

Sons and Daughters of Alumni in the Class of 1963 --- President Elliott Urges Support of Referendum --- It's An Important Move For The Man Who Has Directed the Association (Don Taverner '43, becoming the University's first Director of Development) --- Maine... Through the Eyes of Vincent Hartgen

Maine Federation News Vol. Xxxiii, No. 4 (May 1958), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Maine Federation News Vol. Xxxiii, No. 3 (March 1958), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Maine Federation News Vol. Xxxiii, No. 2 (December 1957), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Maine Federation News Vol. Xxxiii, No. 1 (October 1957), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Maine Federation News Vol. Xxxi, No. 2 (January 1955), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Maine Federation News Vol. Xxxi, No. 4 (May 1955), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Maine Federation News Vol. Xxx, No. 1 (January 1954), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Maine Federation News Vol. Xxx, No. 3 (March 1954), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Maine Federation News Vol. Xxix, No. 4 (May 1953), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Maine Federation News Vol. Xxix, No. 3 (March 1953), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Maine Federation News Vol. Xxix, No. 2 (Jan 1953), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.

Maine Federation News Vol. Xxix, No. 1 (Nov 1952), Maine Federation Of Women's Clubs Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

No abstract provided.