Arnold Newman Master Lecture Series

Join Maine Media for two back-to-back lectures with photographers Sal Taylor Kydd and Shana and Robert ParkeHarrison.Join us for the first event in our 2023 Arnold Newman Lecture Series! Photographers Sal Taylor Kydd and Shana and Robert ParkeHarrison will each share their work, speak about their photographic experience, and answer questions from the audience.The event is free and open to the public. Parking is available on campus.Maine-based photographic artist and writer Sal Taylor Kydd uses various photographic media in a personal narrative that explores themes around memory and belonging; combining her poetry with alternative processes of photography and object-making. Her fine art photographs have been exhibited both domestically and internationally, including the UK, Barcelona, San... Read more »

Join Maine Media for two back-to-back lectures with photographer Elizabeth Opalenik and visual artist Jeanne WellsJoin us for the next event in our 2023 Arnold Newman Lecture Series! Photographer Elizabeth Opalenik and visual artist Jeanne Wells will each share their work, speak about their creative process, and answer questions from the audience.The event is free and open to the public. Parking is available on campus.Elizabeth Opalenik lives and works in Oakland, California, but this peripatetic artist is often on the move. As a photographic artist, she believes that all good photographs are self-portraits that lie somewhere between imagination and dreams. Her 44-year career has found her teaching or making images on six continents, seeking the... Read more »