Alumni

Jaclyn Bousquet: Member of ChinaVine.org Research Team

This past May, UM Department of Art (BA Art Education, 2011) alumna, Jaclyn Bousquet, traveled to Beijing and the Dali area of Yunnan Province in China with Professor Laurie Hicks and members of the ChinaVine.org research team to document Rao San Ling, a “rite of spring” festival celebrated by the Bai, one of China’s many ethnic groups. She spent two weeks in Beijing and Dali...

Samantha Jones

Samantha C. Jones graduated from UMaine in 2010, and is earning her MFA in the Fibers and Material Studies program at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia. She was featured in the 2010 Student Showcase in Fiber Arts Magazine, with work first exhibited in "Spao et Ageiro: A Visual Conversation," at the Lord Hall Gallery. A longtime resident of Blue Hill, Samantha also runs...

Matthew Foster

Having just completed his BFA in Sculpture, Matthew is now working as the sculpture technician for the Department of Art. He is also continuing to make and exhibit his sculpture. Matthew approaches each of his pieces as a type of self-portrait and reflection of personal experience.  "The focus of my work is on the relationship between forms, repetition, and perceived motion. Our universe is...