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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 Mar 2021

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.


Developing Innovative Practices Through Third-Space Partnerships: Reflections On Project Dare (Dementia Knowledge, Art, Research And Education), Corinne A. Green, Michelle J. Eady Dr, Pippa Burns, Jessica Baker, Jennine Primmer, Penelope Harris, Carinya Barkley, Victoria Traynor Mar 2021

Developing Innovative Practices Through Third-Space Partnerships: Reflections On Project Dare (Dementia Knowledge, Art, Research And Education), Corinne A. Green, Michelle J. Eady Dr, Pippa Burns, Jessica Baker, Jennine Primmer, Penelope Harris, Carinya Barkley, Victoria Traynor

Journal of Educational Research and Practice

Partnerships between schools, universities, and community organizations have mutual benefits for all involved. These partnerships value the contributions of all participants and capitalize on the expertise and knowledge that each brings. This reflective paper details a collaborative third-space partnership between a university, a primary school, and a community organization. The partnership facilitated the design, development, and implementation of a unique program called Project DARE (Dementia knowledge, Art, Research, and Education). A research-based evaluation of the Project DARE feasibility study can be found elsewhere (Burns et al., 2020). The aim of this paper is to reflect upon the formation of the …


Covid-19_Umaine News_Media Report On 'Creativity Vs. Covid' Campaign At Umaine, University Of Maine Division Of Marketing And Communications Mar 2021

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.


Visualising Anthropocene Extinctions: Mapping Affect In The Works Of Naeemah Naeemaei, Linda Williams Jan 2021

Visualising Anthropocene Extinctions: Mapping Affect In The Works Of Naeemah Naeemaei, Linda Williams

Animal Studies Journal

While many writers have advocated the importance of narrative as a means of engaging with the problem of extinction, this paper considers what the qualities of visual aesthetics bring to this field. In addressing this question, the discussion turns to the problem of the ethical limits of art raised by Adorno and takes a theoretical turn away from posthumanism to consider how visual responses can redirect attention back to human agency. The focus of visual analysis is on five paintings by the contemporary Iranian artist Naeemeh Naeemaei. Neither exclusively Western nor overtly internationalist in their approach, these artworks refer to …