Maine College of Art & Design
| Maine College of Art | |
| Motto | Educate artists for life. |
|---|---|
| Type | Private Art School |
| Established | 1882 |
| President | Laura Freid |
| Undergraduates | 454 |
| Postgraduates | 58 |
| Location | , , United States |
| Website | www.meca.edu |
The Maine College of Art (MECA) is a private art college in Portland, Maine. Founded in 1882, the Maine College of Art is the oldest arts educational institution in Maine. In addition to offering a Bachelor in Fine Arts, Masters of Arts in Teaching, Master of Fine Arts, and a Salt Graduate Certificate in Documentary Studies, the school has a Continuing Studies Program for adults and youths. MECA is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD),[1] a consortium of thirty-six leading art schools in the United States, and is accredited by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. (NASAD[2]).
Location
Maine College of Art's renovated the Porteous Building in the late 1990s.[3] With 125,000 square feet (11,600 m2) of space, this former department store is now a five-floor vertical campus.[2]
Academics
MCA offers Bachelor of Fine Arts, Master of Fine Arts, and Master of Arts degrees. It also offers graduate certificates and continuing studies programs.
Students
There are 454[4] undergraduate students and 58 graduate students.[4] Roughly 32% of MECA students come from Maine and 68% are from the New England area outside Maine.[4]
The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art
The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at MECA offers a range of educational experiences and hosts exhibitions and events.
Recent exhibits include:[5]
- Confabulations of Millennia: October 6, 2017 to December 8, 2017
- 'American Genre: Contemporary Painting' Exhibition: July 20, 2017 - September 15, 2017
- UNLOADED: March 16, 2017 - April 14, 2017
- Collective Actions: February 1, 2017 - March 3, 2017
- Anguish: October 28, 2016 – January 14, 2017
- Ann Hirsch: Sharing Love: July 1–August 15, 2016
- MFA Thesis Exhibition: May 6–27, 2016
- Tinderbox: January 11–March 5, 2016
- Thomas Moser Legacy in Wood: July 22–September 20, 2015
- Residual Utopia, Alumni Biennial 2015: October 9–December 15, 2015
- The Wrong Kind of Bars: August 21–October 12, 2014
- Idea of North: February 22, 2014
- Kate Gilmore: Mind the Square: June 3–August 4, 2013
- Alex Da Corte: Fun Sponge: June 3–August 4, 2013
- MEGAWORDS: August 16–October 6, 2012
- Lisi Raskin + Kimberely Kay: MotorPark: June 13–October 6, 2012
- Lili Reynaud-Dewar: Cléda’s Chairs: April 26–29, 2011
- Fracturing the Burning Glass: Between Mirror and Meaning: January 26–April 10, 2011
- Mind Bending with the Mundane: September 1–October 17, 2010
External links
- Maine College of Art website
- Portland Press Herald: MECA’s new President sees Arts Education as key to navigating an ever-changing world - President Laura Freid envisions a bright future for the school's creative 'problem-solvers of the future.'
- Old Port Magazine: 'MECA's Next Chapter' - A Discussion with MECA's New President, Laura Freid
- Take Magazine: Q&A: Laura Freid, MECA President - Pushing empathy, vitality, and getting paid, Maine College of Art President Laura Freid helps Portland artists leave the cocoon.
- US News Maine College of Art Profile - Maine College of Art at glance
- https://web.archive.org/web/20120625201633/http://aicad.org/byname.htm Maine College of Art is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design
- https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/23/arts/design/23suth.html?pagewanted=all New York Times article about a MECA project where books became art available for checkout at libraries around the country.
References
- ^ "What is AICAD? - AICAD". AICAD. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
- ^ "National Association of Schools of Art and Design". Wikipedia. 2016-08-05.
- ^ "Porteous Building". Greater Portland Landmarks. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
- ^ a b c "MECA at a Glance - Maine College of Art". Maine College of Art. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
- ^ "Past Exhibitions - Maine College of Art". Maine College of Art. Retrieved 2017-01-19.