Alumni News Artists at Work Awards Aminata Conteh ’21 and Helena Jefferson ’22 were selected as interns at Indigo Arts Alliance, an arts incubator and residency program in Portland, ME, committed to cultivating the artistic development of artists of African descent that was founded by Assistant Professor in Illustration Daniel Minter, Hon. DFA ’19, and Marcia Minter, Hon. DFA ’19.
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Ebenezer Akakpo ’01, Hannah Rosengren ’13, and CS faculty member Kifah Abdullah were some of the artists to create banners and signs for Creative Portland as an addition to the city of Portland, ME’s public health campaign Stay the Course, created by LK Weiss ’11 of Portland Design Co and their team. Jenny McGee Dougherty ’05, Maia Snow ’13, Meg Hahn ’17, Baxter Koziol ’17, Alumni Relations & Events Coordinator Isabelle Maschal O’Donnell ’17, Anne Buckwalter MFA ’12, Adjunct Instructor in Sculpture and Foundation Benjamin Spalding MFA ’17, and Elyse Noelani Grams MFA ’20 were featured in the 2020 CMCA Biennial in Rockland, ME.
Joseph Della Valle ’97, Harlan Crichton ’12, Cole Caswell MFA ’08, Christian Farnsworth MFA ’09, Below: Work from the 2020 CMCA Biennial: 2a: Jenny Tim Greenway Salt ’03, Program Chair of McGee Dougherty ’05, 2b: Baxter Koziol ’17, 2c: Anne Photography Justin Kirchoff, Assistant Professor Buckwalter MFA ’12 Scott Peterman, and CS faculty member Thurston Howes were featured in the show, Faculty 2a Photography, at Cove Street Arts in Portland, ME. Ebenezer Akakpo ’01 created the installation Hope and Friendship in downtown Portland, ME, as part of the Creative Bus Shelter program organized by Creative Portland, in partnership with Greater Portland Metro and the Greater Portland Council of Governments, and made possible by a National Endowment for the Arts “Our Town” grant award. The project aims to strengthen communities by engaging local artists and arts administrators, in partnership with transit providers and in collaboration with the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center, for positive social impact and systems change. Below: Ebenezer Akakpo ’01, Hope and Friendship bus shelter installation
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