The Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA&D
MECA&D Sculpture Department
522 Congress Street, Portland ME 04101
Free and open to the public
MECA&D Sculpture Department
522 Congress Street, Portland ME 04101
Free and open to the public
Monday
September 11, 2023
9:00am – 10:00am
Performance and Gallery Talk with Gina Siepel
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
10:00am – 11:30am
Spoon Carving workshop and demo w/ Ben Gancsos
Maine College of Art & Design: Room 507
12:00pm – 1:15pm
Catalina Ouyang Artist Lecture
Maine College of Art & Design: Osher Hall
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Public Art Studio talk with Addy Smith-Reiman and Jesse Salisbury.
Meet at Gathering Stones – Sculpture by Jesse Salisbury for TEMPOart Maine. The sculpture is located at Fish Point along the Eastern Promenade Trail, an easy walk from both Fort Allen Park and Commercial Street.
Tuesday
September 12, 2023
9:00am – 10:00am
Ken Payne Artist Lecture
Maine College of Art & Design: Room 507
10:00am – 11:30am
Spoon Carving workshop and demo w/ Ben Gancsos
Maine College of Art & Design: Room 507
12:00pm – 1: 15pm
Lewis Colburn Artist Lecture
Maine College of Art & Design: Osher Hall
1:30pm – 2:50pm
Physical Computing in Art and Craft Panel Discussion
Moderated by Kyle Patnaude:
with John Gardiner and Lewis Colburn.
Maine College of Art & Design: Osher Hall
Wednesday
September 13, 2023
10:00am – 11:30am
Out of Hand – Wood Carving Panel Discussion
Moderated by Joshua Reiman:
with Raul De Lara, Gina Siepel, Lewis Colburn, Lin Lisberger, Napoles Marty, Kieran Kinsella and Duncan Hewitt
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Kodai Hihara Artist lecture (presented by the Schoodic Sculpture Symposium)
Maine College of Art & Design: Osher Hall
1:30pm – 3:00pm
On Stone, Place, and Process
Moderated by Kazumi Hoshino: with Mark Herrington, Andreas Von Huene,
Sam Finkelstein, Isabel Kelley, Mari Beltran, and Jesse Salisbury
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Closing Reception for This Is Out of Hand with Artists
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
September 11, 2023
9:00am – 10:00am
Performance and Gallery Talk with Gina Siepel
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
10:00am – 11:30am
Spoon Carving workshop and demo w/ Ben Gancsos
Maine College of Art & Design: Room 507
12:00pm – 1:15pm
Catalina Ouyang Artist Lecture
Maine College of Art & Design: Osher Hall
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Public Art Studio talk with Addy Smith-Reiman and Jesse Salisbury.
Meet at Gathering Stones – Sculpture by Jesse Salisbury for TEMPOart Maine. The sculpture is located at Fish Point along the Eastern Promenade Trail, an easy walk from both Fort Allen Park and Commercial Street.
Tuesday
September 12, 2023
9:00am – 10:00am
Ken Payne Artist Lecture
Maine College of Art & Design: Room 507
10:00am – 11:30am
Spoon Carving workshop and demo w/ Ben Gancsos
Maine College of Art & Design: Room 507
12:00pm – 1: 15pm
Lewis Colburn Artist Lecture
Maine College of Art & Design: Osher Hall
1:30pm – 2:50pm
Physical Computing in Art and Craft Panel Discussion
Moderated by Kyle Patnaude:
with John Gardiner and Lewis Colburn.
Maine College of Art & Design: Osher Hall
Wednesday
September 13, 2023
10:00am – 11:30am
Out of Hand – Wood Carving Panel Discussion
Moderated by Joshua Reiman:
with Raul De Lara, Gina Siepel, Lewis Colburn, Lin Lisberger, Napoles Marty, Kieran Kinsella and Duncan Hewitt
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Kodai Hihara Artist lecture (presented by the Schoodic Sculpture Symposium)
Maine College of Art & Design: Osher Hall
1:30pm – 3:00pm
On Stone, Place, and Process
Moderated by Kazumi Hoshino: with Mark Herrington, Andreas Von Huene,
Sam Finkelstein, Isabel Kelley, Mari Beltran, and Jesse Salisbury
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Closing Reception for This Is Out of Hand with Artists
Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
Lewis Colburn, Provisional System (Sacrifice Zone Pumping Station), 2022
Courtesy of the Artist
Catalina Ouyang, reliquary corpus (Thérèse, 1938), 2022
Courtesy of the Artist and Lyles & King, New York
Raul De Lara, Torso, 2022
Courtesy of the Artist
Vik Muniz & Marcelo Coelho, Sandcastle #1 (Chateau de Chambord) Sandcastles, 2014
Courtesy of the Artist
Cycle of Self-Determination, by Gina Siepel