UNE鈥檚 medical-themed art exhibits focus of Press Herald feature
Two art exhibitions inspired by health and medicine currently on display at the 91直播视频 are the focus of a
The article, published in the paper鈥檚 Sunday, Feb. 23, edition, focuses on the exhibits 鈥沦础狈颁罢鲍础搁驰,鈥 on display at the Jack S. Ketchum Library on the Biddeford Campus, and 鈥淭he House of the Soul鈥 at the University鈥檚 Art Gallery in Portland.
The interactive by printmaker Carrie Scanga and writer Emily Rapp Black, is intended to be a safe space for people to tell their stories of illness, change, and struggles with physical or mental health. The piece features dozens of hanging sheets of butcher paper, each with laser-cut designs inspired by water.
As the name suggests, the sheets form a paper 鈥渟anctuary,鈥 which houses a desk with paper and pencils at the center for people to write their stories. Scanga and Black hope to take the exhibit on the road, using the stories told at 91直播视频as the beginning of a larger conversation.
which opened Friday at 91直播视频Portland, features 10 artists and illustrators and a unique mix of views of the human body; some are artistic, while others lean more scientific.
鈥淚 wanted to do something that would integrate the intellectual interests of the university with the visual arts. These shows honor the university鈥檚 strong medical tradition,鈥 Hilary Irons, gallery and exhibitions director at UNE, told reporter Ray Routhier.
Oran Suta, B.F.A., a multimedia medical illustrator who teaches in UNE鈥檚 College of Osteopathic Medicine, was also interviewed for the article. Suta, who also submitted three of his own new works to 鈥淭he House of the Soul,鈥 said the display will show people that there are many different views of the human form.
鈥淲e all live in these bodies, but we all have such different views of them,鈥 Suta told the paper. 鈥淲hen I鈥檓 working as an illustrator, I am technical and descriptive; that鈥檚 my point of view. But there are far more bold and engaging concepts out there was well.鈥
鈥淪ANCTUARY鈥 is on display in Biddeford now through May 15,S and 鈥淭he House of The Soul鈥 is on view in Portland through June 14. Both exhibits are free and open to the public.
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