On Photography and Other Matters… with Richard Renaldi

Richard Renaldi will talk about his newest series and contextualize the work in relation to the recurring themes throughout his career.Join photographer Richard Renaldi as he discusses his newest series Disturbed Harmonies and contextualizes the work in relation to the recurring themes that have emerged in his thirty-five plus years of making photographs. Header image: Work from Richard Renaldi's series Disturbed HarmoniesView the entire Fall 2023 Alumni Lecture Series here.Richard Renaldi was born in Chicago in 1968. He received a BFA in photography from New York University in 1990. He is represented by Benrubi Gallery in New York and Robert Morat Galerie in Berlin. Five monographs of his work have been published, including Richard Renaldi:... Read more »

Unfolding Universe: Cycles of Creation & Destruction with Granville Carroll

Join artist, Afrofuturist, and educator Granville Carroll as he shares his project In the Finite, Infinitely.Join artist, Afrofuturist, and educator Granville Carroll as he shares his project In the Finite, Infinitely. Dive into the creative and imaginative world where matter and energy coalesce into celestial corporeal forms. Experience the universe unfold and reform through transformational cycles of creation and destruction.Header image: Unfolding, 2020 by Granville CarrollView the entire Fall 2023 Alumni Lecture Series here.Granville Carroll is a visual artist, educator at Arizona State University, and Afrofuturist working with digital technology, poetry, and alternative processes to conjure new worlds. Carroll’s artwork explores photographic representation and vision to understand the process of existence and interpretation. Simultaneously, he... Read more »

Greenlight Your Film Career in One Year: CCF Virtual Open House

Join our virtual open house to learn more about Maine Media College's Certificate in Collaborative Filmmaking (CCF).Greenlight your film career in one year. Join our virtual open house to learn more about our Certificate in Collaborative Filmmaking (CCF).Through this interactive Open House, you will learn how the Certificate in Collaborative Filmmaking (CCF) program at Maine Media College provides participants an intense hands-on, creativity-driven entry into the film, television and web media industries.Meet with Wayne Beach (Film Program Chair), and CCF students to learn first-hand about this intensive, immersive experience. Once registered you will receive an email from Maine Media with a Zoom link on the day of the event.Who Should AttendIndividuals seeking an alternative to... Read more »

Setting the Look: Transforming Environments in Film & TV with Lydia Marks

This Alumni Lecture features the words and work of award-winning set decorator Lydia Marks (The Devil Wears Prada, Sex and the City).Go behind the scenes of set decoration for film, TV and photography with accomplished set decorator Lydia Marks. Drawing on case studies from her work on films and shows such as The Devil Wears Prada, Sex and the City, Tick Tick Boom!, Maniac, Invasion, The Time Traveler’s Wife, and Synecdoche NY, Lydia will shed light on the unexpected ways set decoration can can amplify story, character and tone. Whether it’s transforming a Harlem block into Times Square or a suburban landscape to reflect an extraterrestrial invasion, she’ll also explore the surprising aspects of her... Read more »

1930’s Hollywood: Women in the Sun & Shadows with Imogen Sara Smith

Join this lecture exploring women in 1930s Hollywood, guided by film critic, historian, and Criterion Channel regular Imogen Sara Smith.Writer and film historian Imogen Sara Smith will explore the role of women in shaping one of cinema’s most volatile and memorable decades: 1930’s Hollywood. The thirties found Hollywood navigating the Great Depression, technologies that would transform the medium, censorship, an influx of European emigres, the triumph of the studio system, and the evolution of genres. Through it all, women played powerful roles behind the scenes within the studios, while also dominating screens with bold and transgressive performances. See how women shaped the rich delights of this complex and alluring era that still invades our dreams.View... Read more »

Alumni Lecture with Sean Kernan & Arno Minkkinen

Join this special Alumni Lecture double-feature with beloved artists and friends Sean Kernan and Arno Minkkinen.Join not one but two Maine Media legends for this wonderful double-feature lecture, hosted by Provost Elizabeth Greenberg. Header image by Arno MinkkinenView the entire Fall 2023 Alumni Lecture Series here.Arno Rafael Minkkinen is a Finnish American photographer, essayist, curator, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Lowell as well as docent at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. National Endowment for the Arts and Massachusetts Cultural Council grant recipient, Minkkinen’s awards include being knighted in 1993 with the Order of the Lion First Class Medal for his service to Finnish Photography followed by the Finnish State Art Prize in... Read more »

Greenlight Your Film Career in One Year: CCF Virtual Open House

Join our virtual open house to learn more about Maine Media College's Certificate in Collaborative Filmmaking (CCF).Greenlight your film career in one year. Join our virtual open house to learn more about our Certificate in Collaborative Filmmaking (CCF).Through this interactive Open House, you will learn how the Certificate in Collaborative Filmmaking (CCF) program at Maine Media College provides participants an intense hands-on, creativity-driven entry into the film, television and web media industries.Meet with Wayne Beach (Film Program Chair), and CCF students to learn first-hand about this intensive, immersive experience. Once registered you will receive an email from Maine Media with a Zoom link on the day of the event.Who Should AttendIndividuals seeking an alternative to... Read more »

Pictures and Stories with Brenton Hamilton

Join our final Alumni Lecture of the season with beloved friend and photography star Brenton Hamilton.Join renowned photo historian Brenton Hamilton as he discusses the profound impact of photography as a storytelling tool and explores the intersection of imagery and narrative, revealing how photographs have the unique ability to transcend language and culture. Hosted by Elizabeth Greenberg, Maine Media Provost.Header image by Brenton Hamilton View the entire Fall 2023 Alumni Lecture Series here.Brenton Hamilton is a working artist and beloved instructor, whose teaching specialties include, B&W Craft, Historic Processes, and the History of Photography. His own work is inspired by the 19th century and has become a principal area of research and inspiration both as... Read more »

Event Series Alumni Lecture Series

Story Genre & the Writer: Make the Writing Fun with Jule Selbo

Online via Zoom

Knowing story genres means that you’re thinking about your audience: is that important?  Writer Jule Selbo will examine how understanding story genres in screenplays, novels, plays and short stories can not only be empowering and make the writing fun, but helps you see where your work lives in the marketplace. Jule is an award-winning novelist and screenwriter, a playwright, and a professor whose books on character and genre are used in universities throughout the world. Hosted by Wayne Beach.