Drapkin follows sisters lead to lead MVHS seniors Apr 5, 2008
She took an independent study course at Maine College of Art last year in jewelry design and may pursue this interest. Drapkin said that all of her teachers have been a positive influence in her life, but particularly, Alison Jordet. (Courier Publications, ME)
Broad new strokes for an art school Oct 11, 2007
But in recent years the school has faced increased competition from other art schools such as Massachusetts College of Art, Maine College of Art, and New Hampshire Institute of the Arts, said Laura Tonelli, the school's dean of academic affairs. This, along with increased program offerings by public and private colleges, contributed to the shrinking enrollment, said Sturnick. (Boston Globe -- Local)
Mother practices 'spiritual parenting' Jun 30, 2007
Grenzeback, now 19 and bound this fall for the Maine College of Art, first showed signs that he was different when he was 5. He refused to go to school unless he was costumed as a Power Ranger or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. (Boston Globe)
Drummer Trish Muchemore is a natural knockout Apr 24, 2007
"The music is also a part of her photography, an art she studied at the Maine College of Art for a few years. Muchemore doesn't snap a lot of pics these days. But the theme is music when she does. She shoots bands Hotrod performs with and drops by the Brickhouse just down the street from her home to snap some of the bands that play there.Music is an earnest pursuit, but she's not sure where she's taking it. Currently she's considering a return to school for a teaching degree. She'd like to teach... (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Read Indepth Article Apr 13, 2007
Last September, the jurorsEllen Miller, founder of Miller Block Gallery in Boston; Johnnie Winona Ross, nationally recognized artist and former faculty member of the Maine College of Art; and Judith Stein, freelance curator, art critic, and authorviewed more than 3,680 slides and 37 videos in consideration for this years Biennial. A Jurors Prize will be announced at the Members Opening Reception on April 11, as will one or more purchase prizes awarded by the Museums curatorial department,... (AbsoluteArts.com)
Good conduct for Kitty Beller-McKenna Mar 20, 2007
It is part of a larger Portland project, in which school age children, working with the Maine College of Art, took photos of body parts and wrote poetry to go with the pictures. "So (Alexander's) music is the setting of that poetry. " She was so inspired and she wrote a work so appropriate, like she knows us. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
DESIGNS ON BUFFALO Feb 25, 2007
" There were plenty of twists and turns in the road for Annie Martin, the oldest of four children of a sales rep and a stay-at-home mother with an artistic background who fostered her children's creativity. But if you had to pick just two turning points in Adams' life, they might be meeting her husband and selling that necklace. First, the husband: After attending Alfred University and the Maine College of Art in Portland, where she studied ceramics, Adams decided she "didn't want to be a... (Buffalo News -- Arts)
Portland's welcome vibe Jan 29, 2007
Students from nearby Maine College of Art hang out here, but it has a welcome vibe for everyone. Farther up Congress Street, I walk by Yes Books, where Bob Dylan shopped for photography books and poetic texts by William Blake when he was in town to perform. (Boston Globe)
These paintings are literally on the water Jan 5, 2007
Heiden is a 2002 Jonathan Law High School graduate and a recent graduate of the Maine College of Art, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in sculpture. At college one day, she was reading a National Geographic Magazine when a professor spotted her and the article she was reading. (Milford Mirror, CT)
An artist on the move Sep 11, 2006
She later received her master's of fine arts in studio art and critical theory from Maine College of Art, in 2002. Self portrait in mirror by Barbar Rita Jenny. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Movers & Shakers Jun 5, 2006
Maine College of Art grad joins Blind Dog ... Burke is a 2006 graduate of the Maine College of Art. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Elite Takeover: Apr 24, 2006
Rather than merely throwing them away, the library partnered up with the Maine College of Art and had artists create works of art from the discarded books. For example, one artist took a book titled Feeding the Brain and cut out the middle and filled it with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. (Slate)
CORRECTING and REPLACING Summus Works, Inc. Subsidiary N'East Magazine Releases Winter/Spring Issue Mar 11, 2006
The issue and new website also mark the first impressions of new Designer Danny Louten, who brings to the magazine a proven background in magazine design and a degree from the Maine College of Art. Articles cover everything from winter surfing to athlete profiles including Seth Wescott, the Olympic Gold Medalist snowboarder from Maine. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
