Chris Stiegler explores process, objecthood, and relationships in three exhibitions at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art.
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On announcing Nat May as the curator for the 2018 PMA Biennial, PMA Deputy Director and Chief Curator Jessica May says, “His research is meticulous, his eye is keen, and his curiosity is unbounded.”
TEMPOart aims to understand the concept of the American dream through a summer lineup of temporary public art installations.
The intangibility of memory, the diversity of grief, and the anguish of remembrance are laid bare for the public in “Anguish: The Misgivings of Remembrance” at the ICA at MECA. by Veronica A. Perez
The results are in — here are 51 state arts agency logos as ranked by our readers.
We’re looking at 51 arts agency logos for design quality, sense of place, and je ne sais quoi. Take the survey and tell us what you think.
Center for Maine Contemporary Art’s Executive Director and Chief Curator Suzette McAvoy reflects on CMCA’s new presence in Rockland, opening the space to new and wider audiences, and how she envisions CMCA’s role in defining the contexts of Maine art.
Julie Poitras Santos visits Katarina Weslien’s studio to discover new ways of seeing — if you can look below, and through, the water’s surface.
The Chart celebrates its anniversary with the most popular posts of 2016 so far and a readership survey to help us plan for our future.
Tim Fite is a musician and printmaker in residence this summer at SPACE Studios and Pickwick Independent Press. Meg Hahn talks with him about the the idea of foundational printmaking as process, performative drawing, and his relationship to rap and visual art.
On Our Radar: Aimee Goguen
Aimee Goguen is a video artist and experimental animator working and living in Los Angeles. Meg Hahn asks her five quick questions about her work.
Ann Hirsch will probably defy most expectations of a feminist artist thinking about gender, social media, and the implications of shame and display.
PLATFORM PROJECTS/WALKS positions Julie Poitras Santos as artist-as-curator, who has included fifteen artists and practitioners who’ll be leading walks, giving lectures, discussing readings, and presenting video works through August 14.
Lia Wilson reviews the site-specificity and flattening of time of S P E C T A C U L A R B L A C K D E A T H as part of the series A Long Wait.
Ken Ueno’s Fortress Brass employs the musical and architectural languages of wartime to imagine a friendlier, more beautiful alternative.
Meg Hahn talks with Able Baker Contemporary’s co-owners Stephen Benenson and Hilary Irons about the space and its current exhibition, American Optimism.
How are artists responding to police brutality, system injustice, and the Black Lives Matter movement?
“You can’t push it away. You can’t go under. You have to be in it.” Anna Wolfe-Pauly and Erin Colleen Johnson talk about Wolfe-Pauly’s project for the series A Long Wait happening on Fort Gorges this summer.
The variances in Nicole Eisenman’s techniques, both nuanced and bold, portray her strong ability, knowledge, and integrity to the discipline of painting. Meg Hahn explains the intimacy between the viewer’s interaction with the work, and Eisenman’s authorship in what she divulges.
Jessica Hankey’s photographic and video work on non-profits, community centers, clubs, and museums, investigates institutions and the relationships that constitute them. Using documentary and narrative filmmaking strategies, she investigates the unstable relationship between location, image, and perception. by Erin Colleen Johnson
Jaime Gaiti reviews the exhibition Drawing Redefined, which reveals ongoing, intimate drawing processes that have been developed alongside more sculptural bodies of work.
On Our Radar: Mark Price
Mark Price is an artist living and working in Portland, Maine. Here’s what he’s been working on lately, and four quick questions about what he’s also looking at.
In this episode, Anne interviews Pilar about the Maine-Aomori Printmaking Society, and we learn about the concepts of wabi-sabi, sashiko, and boro.
David Martinez takes a look at Walid Raad at the ICA/Boston and examines whether audio tours enhance or detract from a viewer’s experience.
Able Baker Contemporary, a new artist-run space co-founded by Stephen Benenson and Hilary Irons, is set to officially open its doors on April 8 in downtown Portland.