FARMINGTON — The University of Maine at Farmington is presenting Arts Week, Monday, April 23 through Friday, April 27. This annual celebration of the creative arts features a variety of art installations, performances, presentations and new media throughout the UMF campus. Arts Week events are free and open to the public. Refreshments will be available in the Emery Community Arts Center.
Monday, April 23 through Friday, April 27: Art installations in the UMF Art Gallery, Emery Community Arts Center and Nordica Auditorium.
Monday, April 23, performance space in the Emery Community Arts Center: 7 p.m., Pixel Hunter Video and Animation Festival.
Tuesday, April 24, in the Emery Community Arts Center:
6 p.m.: Grote Scholarship announcement; also at 6 p.m.: Elevator speeches by seven students from Melissa Thompson’s Project 2: Performance Management course.
6:30 p.m.: “Gruesome Playground Injuries” — a brief scene from the play by Rajiv Joseph, performed by Hailey Craig and Jonas Maines.
6:45 p.m.: “Fight Scene” — an original stage combat scene written and choreographed by Ian Grima and Jonas Maines.
7 p.m.: Student Greg Baxter will have his original composition, “The Devil in Beethoven,” played by Steven Pane, UMF professor of music.
Also at 7 p.m. in the Emery Community Arts Center: Sound and Spirit Visual and Performing Arts senior presentations and a one-person show, “Dear God, Oh God” by Josey Lewis.
On April 23-25, in Nordica Auditorium in Merrill Hall, “A Sensorial Experience” by Shane Waters; times to be announced.
Wednesday, April 25, in the flex space in the Emery Community Art Center and the UMF Art Gallery will feature senior capstone presentations. Times to be announced.
Thursday, April 26, Emery Community Arts Center:
7 p.m. “Gruesome Playground Injuries,” a play be Rajiv Joseph. performed by Jonas Maines and Hailey Craig.
Arts Week is sponsored by the UMF Division of the Arts. Some content may be for mature audiences.
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