Friday,
May 16, 2008
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George
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KINGHORN NAMED ART MUSEUM DIRECTOR George Kinghorn has
accepted the position of director of the University of Maine
Museum of Art, effective June 9. Kinghorn comes to UMaine from
Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville (Fla.), where he most
recently served as deputy director and chief curator. He was
instrumental in opening MOCA Jacksonville’s six-floor,
60,000-square-foot facility in the heart of downtown. He also
led a subsequent renovation of the museum’s galleries, which
added exhibition space and improved flow. During his nine-year
tenure, MOCA Jacksonville opened a children’s interactive
center, ArtExplorium Loft, and Café Nola, an upscale bistro,
which contributes to the museum’s annual revenues. In addition,
he added significant works to the permanent collection,
implemented a comprehensive strategic plan and created a
collections management master plan, which redefined the scope
of the collection.
A news release with more is here.
• TEACHERS REPRESENT
UMAINE WRITING PROJECT IN WASHINGTON, D.C. Two
teacher-consultants for the Maine Writing Project at the
University of Maine recently represented the program at the
spring meeting of the National Writing Project in Washington,
D.C. last month. Ken Martin, distance learning director at the
Washington County Consortium for School Improvement at the
University of Maine, Machias, and Lincoln MacIsaac, an English
teacher at Scarborough High School, also met with the
legislative assistant for education to each of Maine’s
Congressional representatives. They presented research-based
information on the impact of the National Writing Project (NWP)
on state efforts to improve student writing. Martin and
MacIsaac also met with U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud and U.S. Sens.
Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe.
More details are in a news release here.
• ART MUSEUM EVENT JUNE
2 The UMaine Museum of Art will host its second
1stMONDAYS@NOON event on June 2, 2008 from 12:00-1:00. Stephen
Hartgen will discuss "Vincent Andrew Hartgen: His Life and
Legacy", a new book about his father and legendary UMaine art
professor Vincent A. Hartgen. The event is free and open to the
public. Please visit the UMMA Web site at
www.umma.umaine.edu to learn more the 1stMONDAYS@NOON
series as well as current exhibitions and other museum
programs.
UMaine in Today's News:
• HIBBARD IN PRESS HERALD STORY
Comments from Diana Hibbard of UMaine's Cumberland County
Cooperative Extension staff were included in a Thursday
front-page Portland Press Herald story about the resurgence of
family vegetable gardens in Maine.
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UMAINE NEWS IN THE WEEKLY The May 15 edition of The
Weekly included these UMaine stories:
- a report on Matt Mulligan, the former Black Bear football
player who recently signed a free-agent contract with the Miami
Dolphins.
- a story, including comments from Danny Williams of the
University of Maine Foundation staff, previewing next week's
Bangor regional conference on small business and
entrepreneurship.
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