10/27/22: Film Screening: I KNOW A MAN … ASHLEY BRYAN 7:00pm, Emery Performance Space Free and open to the public The documentary film, I KNOW A MAN … ASHLEY BRYAN, directed by Richard Kane, is a story about a 90+ year-old artist who skips and jumps in his heart…
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10/18/22: Urban Maine: Stories and Sounds 3:00pm-5:00pm Free and open to the public Fusion First Year Students will present their video interviews of authors, booksellers, tattoo artists and other members of the Portland community. Additionally, work includes video and sound pieces of the UMF-Farmington area.
Comments closed10/14: Keynote Lecture: James Phelan, “Close Reading and Narrative Medicine: Edwidge Danticat’s ‘Sunrise/Sunset’” 11:45am-1:00pm Free and open to the public Dr. James Phelan (Ohio State University) teaches and writes about narrative theory, the medical humanities, and the English and American novel. Rather than working in only one historical period, Phelan gravitates toward theoretical…
Comments closedPaying Attention: A Celebration of Dan Gunn and the Practice of Close Reading Friday, October 14, 2022 Emery Community Arts Center University of Maine Farmington Schedule of Events: 8:45 Welcome 9:00-10:15 Session 1 *Adèle St. Pierre (The Moses Brown School), “The beauty of words and the power of grammar in J.M.G. LeClézio’s ‘Mondo’” *Christine Darrohn (University of Maine Farmington), “Lingering: A Close Reading of Katherine Mansfield” *Astra Pierson…
Comments closed9/8/22: UMF Creative Writing Faculty Reading 7:15pm-8:15pm, Emery Performance Space Free and open to the public Please join the UMF Creative Writing faculty Julia Bouwsma, Gretchen Legler, Amy Neswald, Lewis Robinson, Amber Stone, and Jeffrey Thomson for a short reading of their work.
Comments closed10/6: Late Wonders: Book Launch and Poetry Reading with Wesley McNair 7:00pm, Emery Performance Space Free and open to the public With a plain-spoken tenderness, Wesley McNair’s story-like poems celebrate the dreamers and the misfits, the small but hard-earned triumphs of everyday life. Since the publication of his first book…
Comments closed9/18/22: Outdoor Concert: Songs From Here 2:00pm, Emery’s Lawn ArtsFarmington presents, Songs from Here, poems and melodies from New England with Sarah Tuttle, Bridget Convey, Erica Ball and Christie Paul. If it rains, the concert will be moved indoors to Emery’s performance space. For more details and to make reservations, please visit: https://www.artsfarmington.org Songs…
Comments closedBARBARA SULLIVAN Forty + Years: A Retrospective Sept. 29 – Dec. 10, 2022 Flex Space Gallery Opening Reception: Thursday, September 29th, 4:30-7:00pm Artist Talk with Barbara Sullivan: Wednesday, October 4th, 5:00pm LINK TO ARTIST TALK LINK TO HYPERALLERGIC ART REVIEW OF EXHIBITION BY CARL LITTLE Forty Plus Years: A Retrospective…
Comments closed8/29/22-10/14/22: New Work by Fred Dearnley Emery Community Arts Center Public Reception with the Artist: Thursday, September 8th, 5-7pm Free and open to the public New Work is an exhibition of recent photographs by Fred Dearnley. Dearnley’s photography is a combination of art and science. He originally worked as a marine biologist, with…
Comments closed9/8: Double-Feature Art Exhibition Reception COLLABORATION: THE POWER OF TWO & FRED DEARNLEY: NEW WORK 5:00pm-7:00pm Gallery Talks presented by the Artists begin at 5:30pm Free and open to the public Please join us for a special public reception celebrating two art exhibitions on view at Emery, “Collaboration: The Power…
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