The Center for Maine Contemporary Art (CMCA) will host a closing reception celebrating our 2023 CMCA Biennial from 2:30 to 5 p.m. May 6. The event will include music from local DJ’s Zoë Sessums and Jordan Crosthwaite and refreshments in the courtyard and will be preceded by a performance from Biennial artist Heather Lyon titled “Milk Feed,” taking place from 2:30 to 3 p.m.
The CMCA Biennial is the longest-running statewide juried exhibition in Maine and highlights the latest developments in contemporary art by Maine-based and connected artists.
Lyon’s performance “Milk Feed” explores intimacy, nourishment and connection. Positioned on the lobby floor in direct relationship to her large-scale fabric works, Lyon and co-performer Sam Jones will engage in slow gestures of exchange. The reach is an extending gesture of care. Marks representing code and whale song in Lyon’s quilts are signals of exchange — reaching and transmission.
Biennial artists:
Rachel Gloria Adams
Nick Benfey
Philip Brou
Shane Charles
Shaina Gates
Elyse Grams
Dylan Hausthor
Alanna Hernandez
Rebecca Hutchinson
Jenny Ibsen
Michael Kolster
Jared Lank
Nate Luce
Alex Lukas
Heather Lyon
Dafna Maimon + Ethan Hayes-Chute
Haley MacKeil
Mandana MacPherson + Gigi Obrecht
Geoffrey Masland
Travis Morehead
Madeleine Morlet
Pamela Moulton
Elaine Ng
Anna Queen
José Santiago Pérez
Ransome
Mariah Reading
Lynn Richardson
Brian Smith
Juliette Walker
Holden Willard
Erin Woodbrey
Evelyn Wong
CMCA is located at 21 Winter St., Rockland. For more information, go to cmcanow.org.
Categories: Artists Reception, exhibitions, gallery, Rockland, shows
