Videos - Lord Hall Dedication
Robert Kennedy, UMaine President:
"The dedication of this magnificently renovated building represents a
true milestone in UMaine's proud heritage in celebrating art in ways
unmatched in any institution in this state. Lord Hall symbolizes much of
what the University of Maine is all about. It stands proud and strong,
now more than ever, as a place where people can gain an appreciation for
things that make us better as a society and as a culture."
James Linehan, Chair, UMaine Department of Art:
"We have 25 faculty members, 10 full-time, 15 part-time, almost 200
majors and over 500 non-majors annually who take our courses. We have a
very vibrant, lively art community on this campus and today, we're very,
very happy that we have a brand new home."
Glenn Cummings, Majority Leader, Maine House of Representatives:
"For those people who have traditionally believed that arts are somehow
secondary, or as a faculty member who I once worked with who called them
the fluff disciplines, shockingly enough, I would say that our future in
the United States, and in this economy, is central to creativity and our
ability to think differently. So the way that we think and how we look
at the future of the economy, I would link it direcly with
entrepeneurship, with higher education, and with our ability to be
creative and thinking differently in the ways that we go about doing
things."
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