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Please note the Maine Center for the Arts is closed for renovation. Look
for these exhibits in a town near you.
Worldviews
USM Art Gallery
September 9, 2008 to Novemer 9, 2008
Maya Ceramics from the Palmer Collection
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Learn about Maya
ideology--religion, beliefs and cosmic concerns-through ceramics and
other artifacts from the Hudson Museum's collections, which were produced
by Maya scribes and artisans during the Classic period.
The ceramics show
views of a variety of worlds important to the Maya. On some vessels
are the gods, monsters and heroes of Xibalba, the Underworld. On others
are palace scenes with rulers and their attendants. Some show aspects
of the cosmos so integral to the cyclical Maya universe and others
depict plants and animals from the world of nature.
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Molas: From the
Jane Gruver Collection
For over 30 years,
Jane Gruver, "the Mola Lady," and her husband Dr. Daniel
Gruver lived and worked among the Kuna of the San Blas Islands of
Panama. Jane acquired a deep appreciation and understanding of Kuna
mola making and collected the molas to document this tradition. Beginning
in 1994, she began to donate molas to the Hudson Museum as a way of
recording this artform and the lifeways of the Kuna for the future.
Molas are reverse
appliqued fabric panels made to adorn women's blouses and were probably
derived from body painting of the pre-Conquest era. The design motifs
range from local flora, fauna, and sealife to everyday scenes, Kuna legend
and myth, magazine ads, political posters, and scenes taken from books.
Through these images, the Kuna capture their world in vibrant color.
University of Maine at Machias
Art
Gallery
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Woven Traditions from Around the World
Among the Hudson Museum collections are baskets from around the World. All are made from locally available materials, such as grasses, bark, roots, branches, reeds, rushes, fronds, and straw. A variety of techniques were used to create the baskets ranging from coiling, to plaiting and twining. Explore how people around the World created baskets. |
Husson
College, Bangor, Maine
Opening August 15, 2007
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 Featuring
Native American Collections from the Northeast, Plains and Southwest
in the W. Tom and Bonnie Sawyer Library, as well as a mini-exhibit on
traditional medicine, medical practices, and disease in the School of
Health. |
Jewelry From the Palmer Collection
October 4, 2008
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| Presented during the Boston Pops Eslanade Orchestra |
Reveres and Feared
Reach Center, Deer Isle Elementary
November 7, 2008
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| The Hudson Museum and the Insect World held in Conjunction with Hudson Vagabond Puppets, Life Cycle of the Butterfly. Two daytime school shows, one evening puplic show. |
Ethnographic Weapons with Sweeney Todd
February 25, 2008
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Drums and Percussion Intruments with DRUMline
March 3, 2008
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Asian Collections from the Hudson with
National Acrobats of China
March 20, 2008
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Before Columbus with Luna Negra
May 5, 2008
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For more information
please call 581-1901
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