Art shows feature talented Senior
College Members
Maine Senior College members are an
artistic lot, there are many thespians, singers, musicians, writers, and
poets among our ranks. Two of Maine's Senior Colleges have started art
shows to celebrate the accomplishments of the visual artists in our midst.
The Festival of Art at the
Hutchinson Center is now in its 6th year. This May more than 139 artists
exhibited their work at the Center. Among the artists, 55 were artists
returning to the show. Works includes quilting, wood totem carvings,
weavers, painters, jewelry makers, rug makers, metal sculpture, ceramics
and basket makers. In addition, the event featured a demonstration and a
slide lecture.
 Maureen Conlon-Peirce, an artist in
Sanford and a member of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) the
Senior College in Portland, connected with the artists at Hutchinson
Center, and a number of artists from OLLI participated in the shows. In
2004 Conlon-Peirce led the initiative to host a local art show at OLLI,
which will continue with OLLI Art 06 in the fall. The first two shows were
daylong events. Following last year's show, several artists were selected
for a two-month invitational show at Glickman Library on the University of
Southern Maine's Campus. The 2006 show will be held at the Glickman
beginning October 5th and continuing through the end of the year, giving
more exposure to member artists.
Chinese Brush Painting by
Dona Sherburne
Washington
County Community College’s (WCCC) College for Seniors Joins Maine Senior
College Network
Washington
County Community College’s (WCCC) College for Seniors has joined the
Maine Senior College Network (MSCN), an organization of the state’s
Senior Colleges. The WCCC
program, which began in the spring, will be known as Washington County
Senior College and brings the number of Senior Colleges in the state to
16. WCCC is the first
community college to join the network of community-based Senior Colleges.
|
What
We're Doing
Here are just a few things that are making news at Senior
Colleges across the State:
 Phyllis Young, from Acadia
Senior College proudly announces their new website. You are all invited to
visit them at: www.acadiaseniorcollege.org
The York
County Senior College got a nice mention in an article on the AARP
webletter this week. This is a national newsletter sent over email to AARP
members who are registered online. Here is the URL: http://www.aarp.org/learntech/lifelong/peer_learning.html
"The Second
Act" is a community television show produced by and for Mainers
in the second half of life. The series draws on a volunteer crew
of hosts, camera operators and producers. The
September show airs Mondays at 6 a.m., 1 and 6 p.m. on the Community
Television Network. Several other community television stations
in Maine also air the program."The Second Act" is sponsored by
AARP Maine, the CommunityTelevision Network and Osher Lifelong Learning
Institute, with support from the
Southern Maine Area Agency on Aging and the CommunityTelevision
Association of Maine.
|
Maine