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In December 2009, MFA students and faculty visited Portland, OR and Philadelphia, PA.

Highlights from Portland included: exploring the Chinese Gardens, visiting Powell’s Books, meeting Andy Paiko and Ethan Rose, a glass artist and a sound artist who collaborated to put together the Transference show at the Museum of Contemporary Craft, and of course, the Nike Kitchen.  In between, we held interviews with each other, met two fantastic MFA alums (Shaun Jarvis, MFA ‘05 and Sandra Preston, MFA ‘08), went on a walking tour of the city with former-MFA faculty Tracey Cockrell, sampled some fantastic Portland beer, ate yummy vegan food, and had a super fun karaoke night.

Highlights from Philly included: a visit to the West Collection, curator/artist talk with Sue Spaid and Caroline Lathan-Stiefel, MFA ‘01 at Locks Gallery, and of course, Cai Guo-Qiang: Fallen Blossoms at Philadelphia Museum of Art. In between, we held more interviews with each other, met some great perspective students and reconnected with Karyn Olivier, a 2008 visiting artist, enjoyed a delicious dinner at Farmacia, local/organic/slow food place.

Maine College of Art’s MFA program is travelling to Portland, Oregon and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in December. We warmly invite you to an impromptu, informal evening soirée (in a hotel room!) with current & prospective students, alumni, former faculty, and friends…

The MARK SPENCER HOTEL

409 SW 11th Avenue, Portland

Monday, December 7th 8:00-10:00 p.m.
ROOM #305

BEST WESTERN Independence Park Inn
Ro0m #308


235 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia

Thursday, December 10th 8:00-10:00 p.m.
ROOM TBA.



RSVP for the room numbers… rduclos@meca.edu

Photo: Alisha Gould, MFA summer garden party 2009

And what an extraordinary summer it was….

Please join us in welcoming Brian Dunn who will offer a lecture on Monday evening, August 3rd at 6:30 pm in MECA’s new Osher Hall located in the Porteous Building at 522 Congress Street.

Please join us in welcoming Jonah Freeman who will offer a lecture on Monday evening, July 27th at 6:30 pm in MECA’s new Osher Hall located in the Porteous Building at 522 Congress Street.

Hello Meth Lab in the Sun #13,  2008
(Jonah Freeman, Justin Lowe and Alexandre Singh/Courtesy of Ballroom Marfa)

Please join us in welcoming Jane Wildgoose who will offer a lecture on Monday evening, July 6th at 6:30 pm at MECA’s new Osher Hall located in the Porteous Building at 522 Congress Street.

Please join us in welcoming Benny Nemerofksy Ramsay who will offer a lecture and brief performance on Monday evening, July 13th at 6:30 pm at MECA’s new Osher Hall located in the Porteous Building at 522 Congress Street.

Images
Top: Patriotic 2002 (with Pascal Lièvre)
Bottom: Live To Tell 2005

**Join us**
AUGUST 7th, 2009
2:00 to 8:00 pm

Aaron T. Stephan MFA ‘02 Vessels Absent 2008

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Maine College of Art
OSHER HALL
522 Congress Street

1:30-2:00 Check-in and light refreshments
2:00-2:30 Welcome and brief introduction to the MFA
2:30-3:45 Talks by current MFA students, alumni, and advisors
3:45-4:00 Question and Answer panel
4:00-5:00 Behind the scenes studio visits and tours
5:00-7:00 OPEN STUDIOS for First Friday general public
7:00 -8:00 Cocktail “mixer” for MFA students and alumni

The MFA welcomes Professor Amelia Jones from the University of Manchester UK to MECA on Monday evening, June 29th at 6:30 p.m. in the new Osher Hall.

Prof. Jones will present a lecture on:

Live Art in (Art) History:
The Slovenian JJJ Project
and the Durationality of Meaning

MFA student, Ryan Conrad (’10) opens his curated exhibition and launches the accompanying catalogue for Future of the Past: Revibing the Queer Archives at MECA on First Friday, June 5th. Congratulations, Ryan!