ON VIEW
April 22 – 29
+ May 12 – 20
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Friday, April 21, 5 – 7 pm
+ Thursday, May 11, 5 – 7 pm
April 22 – 29
+ May 12 – 20
EXHIBITION OPENINGS
Friday, April 21, 5 – 7 pm
+ Thursday, May 11, 5 – 7 pm
@maevedoolan
www.maevedoolan.com
Maeve
Maeve Doolan is a mixed media artist and teacher whose artwork and pedagogy are influenced by her love for learning to work with new mediums. She grew up on a small horse farm in Connecticut and works as a residential faculty member at a private high school in Massachusetts. She was formally trained as a painter and sculptor. She gravitates toward traditional techniques, as well as experimentation with alternative mediums and processes. In her work, she engages with the senses to talk about bodily awareness and the benefits of being connected to one’s body.
Rejuvenation: Through her work, Doolan sheds light on the current global pandemic of malaise caused by job burnout and a lack of a cultural emphasis on happiness. Facing these struggles, Doolan creates healing artwork for herself and others. Doolan’s work harnesses the emotional power of art objects to serve as rejuvenation devices. Doolan makes mixed media instructional aids that show how to regulate and optimize the flow of energy in one’s body. Her work gives the viewer the tools to help recalibrate the viewer’s physical and mental makeup, which brings them closer to meeting their needs and fullest potential.
www.maevedoolan.com
Maeve
Doolan
Maeve Doolan is a mixed media artist and teacher whose artwork and pedagogy are influenced by her love for learning to work with new mediums. She grew up on a small horse farm in Connecticut and works as a residential faculty member at a private high school in Massachusetts. She was formally trained as a painter and sculptor. She gravitates toward traditional techniques, as well as experimentation with alternative mediums and processes. In her work, she engages with the senses to talk about bodily awareness and the benefits of being connected to one’s body.
Rejuvenation: Through her work, Doolan sheds light on the current global pandemic of malaise caused by job burnout and a lack of a cultural emphasis on happiness. Facing these struggles, Doolan creates healing artwork for herself and others. Doolan’s work harnesses the emotional power of art objects to serve as rejuvenation devices. Doolan makes mixed media instructional aids that show how to regulate and optimize the flow of energy in one’s body. Her work gives the viewer the tools to help recalibrate the viewer’s physical and mental makeup, which brings them closer to meeting their needs and fullest potential.
The MFA Thesis Exhibitions for the Class of 2023 are interdisciplinary shows that incorporate a range of making practices unified by the overwhelming concerns these students have for their environment, their communities, their families, and their own well-being. With an emphasis on the personal, and at times the anecdotal, these 21 artists make a variety of contributions in the form of ceramics, garments, furniture, installations, paintings, photographs, poems, prints, sculptures, and videos. The nature of their work and research demonstrates the caliber and cultural relevance of our program.
2023 MFA artists (April 22 – 29)
Corinne Colpitts, Deanna Jacome, Marlena Faxon, Jordann McKenna, Allison Overpeck, Maya Parry, Phoebe Snyder, Richard Takita, Michael Tilbury, Ryan Wight
2023 MFA artists (May 12 – 20)
McKenna Bishop, Maeve Doolan, Grace Hager, Mattie Hinkley, Rebecca Laws, James Meyer, Ted Moore, Steffany Ojeda, Connor Pirruccello-McClellan, Deborah Santoro, Anthony Surratt
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Corinne Colpitts, Deanna Jacome, Marlena Faxon, Jordann McKenna, Allison Overpeck, Maya Parry, Phoebe Snyder, Richard Takita, Michael Tilbury, Ryan Wight
2023 MFA artists (May 12 – 20)
McKenna Bishop, Maeve Doolan, Grace Hager, Mattie Hinkley, Rebecca Laws, James Meyer, Ted Moore, Steffany Ojeda, Connor Pirruccello-McClellan, Deborah Santoro, Anthony Surratt
Institute of Contemporary Art
at Maine College of Art & Design
522 Congress St.Portland, ME 04101
Gallery Hours:
Wed–Sun, 11:00am–5:00pm,
Thursday, 11:00am–7:00pm