Making Migration Visible is a state-wide initiative organized in conjunction with the Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, featuring events by over seventy partnering organizations 2018 EVENTS CALENDAR SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art 522 Congress St., Portland, ME www.meca.edu/traces ica @meca.edu
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Making Migration Visible is a state-wideinitiative organized in conjunction with the Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, featuring events by over seventy partnering organizations
2018 EVENTS CALENDAR SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER
Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art522 Congress St., Portland, ME
7 / Sun.4PM F ILMGreek Migration Then and Now: Documentary FilmsLuther Bonney Hall, USM Portland
8 / Mon.6PM EXHIBITIONWith the heart and the reason, Titi de BaccaratRailroad Square Cinema, Waterville
7:15PM F ILMBlack Girl by Ousmane SembeneRailroad Square Cinema, Waterville
9 / Tue.3PM + 7PM F ILMMaineland by Miao WangFrontier, BrunswickOct. 10 & Oct. 11 at 3pmOct. 11 at 7pm
10 / Wed.12PM LECTURESolving the “Refuge Crisis” Nadia El-Shaarawi Bangor Room, Memorial Union, UMO, Orono
6PM F ILMBetween Two Worlds: Identity and Acculturation Auburn Public Library
11 / Thu.5PM CONVER SATION Abdi Nor Iftin, Author and New MainerICA at MECA, Portland
5PM EXHIBITION Freeing the Captive: Kifah Abdullah Beth Israel Congregation, Waterville
6PM EXHIBITION At the Periphery: VR Pop-upICA at MECA, Portland
6:30PM CONVER SATION “What do I do?” Strategies for Bystanders WorkshopAuburn Public Library
12 / Fri.5PM EXHIBITIONNew MainersOcean House Gallery,Cape ElizabethUntil Nov. 4
19 / Wed.11 :30AM LECTUREClimate Change, Conflict, and Migration: An Example from Africa, Andrew StanicoffChace Community Forum, Waterville
20 / Thu.7PM F ILM + CONVER SATIONThe Home Road followed by a discussion with Director Tonya Shevenel Campus Center, UMPI, Presque Isle
25 / Tue.6PM CONVER SATION CANMP + Communities Against Hate Conversation and Dinner – Paired with dinner on Oct. 2Randall Student Union, UMA, Augusta
26 / Wed.6PM CONVER SATION CANMP + Communities Against Hate Conversation and Dinner – Paired with dinner on Oct. 3Randall Student Union, UMA, Augusta
7PM LECTUREVisiting Artist: Alia MalekOstrove Auditorium, Colby College, Waterville
28 / Fri.6PM PANELFrom the Northern Triangle to the U.S. Border Talbot Lecture Hall, USM Portland
SEPTEMBER
EXHIBITIONPhotographs by Sebastião SalgadoPortland Museum of Art Until Dec. 31
11 / Tue.6PM F ILMThe Century of Immigration: 1820–1924 Gendron Franco Center, Lewiston
12 / Wed.7PM LECTUREBassam Khabieh, 2018 Oak Fellow Ostrove Auditorium, Colby College, Waterville
13 / Thu.6PM LECTURERefugee Crisis: The Changing Face of Forced Migration in El Salvador Bangor Public Library
14 / Fri.EXHIBITIONMaine + Jewish: Two CenturiesMaine State Museum, AugustaUntil Oct. 25
18 / Tue.6PM LECTUREVisiting Speaker: Martina CastroOsher Hall, MECA, Portland
6:30PM MUSIC + POETRYKol Nidre Services with Kifah Abdullah Beth Israel Congregation, Waterville
ONLINE C A L ENDA R Find an up-to-date schedule with more information on each event at: www.meca.edu/traces
MAKING M IGRAT ION VISIBLE: TRACES, TRACKS, A ND PAT H WAYSOctober 5 – December 14, 2018Opening, Friday, October 5, 2018, 5–8pmIn light of vigorous local and national dialogues about immigration, the exhibition Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways seeks to make connections among local communities and to illuminate the experiences and materialities of displacement, exile, and mobility.
Participating ArtistsAhmed Alsoudani, Caroline Bergvall, Edwige Charlot, Jason De León + Michael Wells + Lucy Cahill, Eric Gottesman, Mohamad Hafez, Romuald Hazoumè, Ranu Mukherjee, Daniel Quintanilla + United YES, María Patricia Tinajero, Yu-Wen Wu
ICA HoursWednesday–Sunday, 11am–5pmThursday, 11am–7pmFirst Friday Art Walk until 8pmThe ICA at MECA is always free
SYMPOS IUMMECA is hosting a one day symposium on ART+ POLITICS on November 2. The symposium will feature a panel of leaders in the arts community who will speak on the role of art in relation to political dialogue and civic action, a set of breakout workshops on various topics, and a keynote address. RSVP to [email protected]
ORGANIZER SThe exhibition is organized by Director of Exhibitions and Special Projects, Erin Hutton and co-curated by Julie Poitras Santos and Catherine Besteman.
Cover Image: Eric Gottesman, Film set, Jordan, 2011, Pigment Print
Making Migration Visible aims to promote the actions, passion, and creativity of organizations throughout Maine that are working to improve understandings about migration.
11AM BOOKS I’m Your NeighborHarlow Gallery, Hallowell
11 / Sun.12PM THEATER American Dreams by Linda BrittFirst Universalist Church of Auburn
3:30PM CONVER SATION Artist as ActivistPortland Stage, PortlandFollowing 2pm Matinee
6:30PM CONVER SATION Assimilation: What must we give—and give up— to be American?Beth Israel Congregation, Waterville
Ranu Mukherjee, begin, 2017, wool, 48” x 72”; commissioned by the FOR-SITE Foundation; photo: Robert Divers Herrick
ACLU-MAINEAuburn Public LibraryBates College Department of AnthropologyBates College Museum of ArtThe BCB Center for Compassion, University of Southern MaineBeth Israel CongregationBondekoBowdoin College Cafe at Maine College of Art by Sodexo Capital Area New Mainers ProjectCatholic Charities Maine Refugee and Immigration ServicesCenter for the Arts and Humanities,Colby CollegeCenter for Global Humanities, University of New England Center for Maine Contemporary ArtCenter for Small Town Jewish LifeChinese and American Friendship AssociationCivil Rights Team ProjectColby College Creative Writing Speaker SeriesColby College Museum of ArtCommon Street ArtsCony High SchoolCultivating CommunityEmily Liebling, Reiche SchoolEmpower the Immigrant WomanEngineFrontier Café & TheaterGreater Portland Immigrant Welcome CenterGulf of Maine BooksHarlow GalleryHellenic Society of MaineThe Holocaust and Human Rights Center of MaineI’m Your NeighborImmigrant Legal Advocacy ProjectIn Her PresenceInstitute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at Maine College of Art (MECA)Lewiston Public LibraryMaine College of Art/Artists at WorkMaine Historical Society
Maine Humanities CouncilMaine Immigrants’ Rights CoalitionMaine Jewish MuseumMaine Multicultural CenterMaine State MuseumMaine Women Writers CollectionMano en ManoMayo Street ArtsMid Maine Global ForumMonson ArtsMuseum L-ANew England Arab American OrganizationOak Institute for Human Rights, Colby CollegeOcean House GalleryPalaver StringsPeregrine PressPhotography and Migration Project Pickwick Press: Printers Without MarginsPortland Museum of ArtPortland Poet LaureatePortland Public LibraryPortland Public SchoolsPortland Stage TheaterPower in Community Alliance Print BookstoreRabkin FoundationRailroad Square CinemaReed Gallery, University of Maine, Presque IsleSALT Institute of Documentary Studies @ MECASister MakingsSMCC Student GalleriesSpace GallerySpeedwell ProjectsStonecoast Creative Writing Program, University of Southern Maine TEMPOart University of Maine, OronoUniversity of Southern MaineWorld Affairs Council of MaineWorld to Table
Partnering Organizations
Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art522 Congress St., Portland, ME
This groundbreaking exhibition and its many components would not have been possible without the gracious contributions of multiple organizations and individual donors. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support provided by a Lunder Foundation Challenge Grant, the Maine Arts Commission (an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts), Colby College, Coffee By Design, Alison D. Hildreth ’76 Hon. DFA ’17, Candace Pilk Karu Hon. DFA ’13, Jeremy Moser and Laura Kittle, and valuable support from an anonymous donor.
Yu-Wen Wu, Map of Global Migration 2018, Ink on Duralar, 12” x 30”, 2018