Making Migration Visible is a state-wideinitiative organized in conjunction with the Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, featuring events by over seventy partnering organizations

2018 EVENTS CALENDAR SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER

Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art522 Congress St., Portland, ME

www.meca.edu/tracesica@meca.edu

29 / Sat.2PM F ILMPromise and Prejudice Lewiston Public Library

3PM F ILMThe Search for General Tso by Ian ChenneyMaine Historical Society, Portland

OCTOBER

2 / Tue.4PM LECTURESoldiers and Kings, Jason De LeónPettengill Hall, Bates College, Lewiston

6PM LECTUREWelcome to Dawnland: The First Nations host the First Immigrants, Dr. Chris BeachMuseum L-A , Lewiston

3 / Wed.4PM LECTURESoldiers and Kings, Jason De León Diamond Building, Colby College, Waterville

7PM LECTUREThe Muslim on the Airplane, Amal Kassir Ostrove Auditorium, Colby College, Waterville

EXHIBITIONFace to Face: Portraits by Rabee KiwanCommon Street Arts Gallery, Waterville Until Nov. 3

4 / Thu.12PM LECTUREVisiting Artist: Jason De León Osher Hall, MECA, Portland

5 / Fri.4PM FOOD SHIFTING TIDES: Test Kitchen TeatimeMECA Green Space, Portland

5PM EXHIBITIONMaking Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks, and PathwaysICA at MECA, Portland Until Dec. 14

5PM CONVER SATION Recipes + TilesLove Lab Studio, Portland

EXHIBITIONDorothea Rabkin: Tragedy to Transformation Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation, Portland Until Dec. 18

EXHIBITIONHome: Reflections on PlacePortland Public Library Until Dec. 22

6 / Sat.5PM EXHIBITIONIXNOSGlickman Library, USM, PortlandUntil Dec. 14

7 / Sun.4PM F ILMGreek Migration Then and Now: Documentary FilmsLuther Bonney Hall, USM Portland

8 / Mon.6PM EXHIBITIONWith the heart and the reason, Titi de BaccaratRailroad Square Cinema, Waterville

7:15PM F ILMBlack Girl by Ousmane SembeneRailroad Square Cinema, Waterville

9 / Tue.3PM + 7PM F ILMMaineland by Miao WangFrontier, BrunswickOct. 10 & Oct. 11 at 3pmOct. 11 at 7pm

10 / Wed.12PM LECTURESolving the “Refuge Crisis” Nadia El-Shaarawi Bangor Room, Memorial Union, UMO, Orono

6PM F ILMBetween Two Worlds: Identity and Acculturation Auburn Public Library

11 / Thu.5PM CONVER SATION Abdi Nor Iftin, Author and New MainerICA at MECA, Portland

5PM EXHIBITION Freeing the Captive: Kifah Abdullah Beth Israel Congregation, Waterville

6PM EXHIBITION At the Periphery: VR Pop-upICA at MECA, Portland

6:30PM CONVER SATION “What do I do?” Strategies for Bystanders WorkshopAuburn Public Library

12 / Fri.5PM EXHIBITIONNew MainersOcean House Gallery,Cape ElizabethUntil Nov. 4

19 / Wed.11 :30AM LECTUREClimate Change, Conflict, and Migration: An Example from Africa, Andrew StanicoffChace Community Forum, Waterville

20 / Thu.7PM F ILM + CONVER SATIONThe Home Road followed by a discussion with Director Tonya Shevenel Campus Center, UMPI, Presque Isle

25 / Tue.6PM CONVER SATION CANMP + Communities Against Hate Conversation and Dinner – Paired with dinner on Oct. 2Randall Student Union, UMA, Augusta

26 / Wed.6PM CONVER SATION CANMP + Communities Against Hate Conversation and Dinner – Paired with dinner on Oct. 3Randall Student Union, UMA, Augusta

7PM LECTUREVisiting Artist: Alia MalekOstrove Auditorium, Colby College, Waterville

28 / Fri.6PM PANELFrom the Northern Triangle to the U.S. Border Talbot Lecture Hall, USM Portland

SEPTEMBER

EXHIBITIONPhotographs by Sebastião SalgadoPortland Museum of Art Until Dec. 31

11 / Tue.6PM F ILMThe Century of Immigration: 1820–1924 Gendron Franco Center, Lewiston

12 / Wed.7PM LECTUREBassam Khabieh, 2018 Oak Fellow Ostrove Auditorium, Colby College, Waterville

13 / Thu.6PM LECTURERefugee Crisis: The Changing Face of Forced Migration in El Salvador Bangor Public Library

14 / Fri.EXHIBITIONMaine + Jewish: Two CenturiesMaine State Museum, AugustaUntil Oct. 25

18 / Tue.6PM LECTUREVisiting Speaker: Martina CastroOsher Hall, MECA, Portland

6:30PM MUSIC + POETRYKol Nidre Services with Kifah Abdullah Beth Israel Congregation, Waterville

ONLINE C A L ENDA R Find an up-to-date schedule with more information on each event at: www.meca.edu/traces

MAKING M IGRAT ION VISIBLE: TRACES, TRACKS, A ND PAT H WAYSOctober 5 – December 14, 2018Opening, Friday, October 5, 2018, 5–8pmIn light of vigorous local and national dialogues about immigration, the exhibition Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways seeks to make connections among local communities and to illuminate the experiences and materialities of displacement, exile, and mobility.

Participating ArtistsAhmed Alsoudani, Caroline Bergvall, Edwige Charlot, Jason De León + Michael Wells + Lucy Cahill, Eric Gottesman, Mohamad Hafez, Romuald Hazoumè, Ranu Mukherjee, Daniel Quintanilla + United YES, María Patricia Tinajero, Yu-Wen Wu

ICA HoursWednesday–Sunday, 11am–5pmThursday, 11am–7pmFirst Friday Art Walk until 8pmThe ICA at MECA is always free

SYMPOS IUMMECA is hosting a one day symposium on ART+ POLITICS on November 2. The symposium will feature a panel of leaders in the arts community who will speak on the role of art in relation to political dialogue and civic action, a set of breakout workshops on various topics, and a keynote address. RSVP to ica@meca.edu

ORGANIZER SThe exhibition is organized by Director of Exhibitions and Special Projects, Erin Hutton and co-curated by Julie Poitras Santos and Catherine Besteman.

Cover Image: Eric Gottesman, Film set, Jordan, 2011, Pigment Print

Making Migration Visible aims to promote the actions, passion, and creativity of organizations throughout Maine that are working to improve understandings about migration.

11AM BOOKS I’m Your NeighborHarlow Gallery, Hallowell

11 / Sun.12PM THEATER American Dreams by Linda BrittFirst Universalist Church of Auburn

3:30PM CONVER SATION Artist as ActivistPortland Stage, PortlandFollowing 2pm Matinee

6:30PM CONVER SATION Assimilation: What must we give—and give up— to be American?Beth Israel Congregation, Waterville

13 / Tue.7:30PM LECTURE Artist Talk: Sammy BalojiKresge Auditorium, Bowdoin College, Brunswick

14 / Wed.7PM LECTURE Artist Talk, Sammy Baloji Ostrove Auditorium, Colby College, Waterville

15 / Thu.7:30PM PANEL ACLU/ ILAP on US Immigration PolicyICA at MECA, Portland

7 / Wed.5PM POETRY Reading by Chen ChenMiller Library, Colby College, Waterville

5:30PM PANELIXNOSGlickman Library, USM, Portland

6PM F ILM Immigration and Popular CultureAuburn Hasty Community Center

9PM CONVER SATION The Stranger and the SpiritualPortland Stage, PortlandFollowing 7:30pm Performance

8 / Thu.5PM MUSIC + POETRY Palaver Strings and PoetryICA at MECA, Portland

7PM F ILMHuman Flow by Ai WeiweiOlin Arts Center, Bates College

9 / Fri.6PM F ILM Infiltrators by Khaled JarrarOsher Hall, MECA, Portland

10 / Sat.9AM CONFERENCE Empower the Immigrant Woman ConferenceWishcamper Center, USM, Portland

DECEMBER

1 / Sat.5:30PM PANEL Identities in Migration: On Being Somali-MainersTalbot Lecture Hall, USM, Portland

6 / Thu.5:30PM BOOKS Tanya Sheehan andErin Hyde Nolan on Photography and MigrationICA at MECA, Portland

13 / Thu.5PM FOOD + CONVER SATION The History of the Chinese in MaineICA at MECA, Portland

6PM G ALLERY TALKVisiting Artist: Yu-Wen Wu ICA at MECA, Portland

14 / Fri.7PM MUSIC International Open MicMayo Street Arts, Portland

18 / Sun.4PM BOOKS Welcoming Immigrants with Children’s LiteraturePrint: A Bookstore, Portland

29 / Thu.6PM LECTURE Visiting Artist: Ranu MukherjeeOsher Hall, MECA, Portland

7PM F ILMHuman Flow by Ai WeiweiOlin Arts Center, Bates College

30 / Fri.4:30PM F ILM + FOOD Recipe Film Screening and Community DinnerMECA Cafe, Portland

6:30PM FOOD + CONVER SATIONPortland Public School: Sips, Sweets and StoriesOcean Gateway, Portland

OCTOBER

13 / Sat.1PM EXHIB IT IONA Shared Space | Lewiston: VR Pop-up CMCA, Rockland

4PM FOO DCommunity Garden PotluckBoyd Street Urban Farm, Portland

7:30PM M US ICOkbari Middle Eastern EnsembleMayo Street Arts, Portland

16 / Tue.12PM CONVER SAT IONPage to Stage Discussion Portland Public Library

EXHIBITIONSeeing Otherwise Colby College Museum of Art, WatervilleUntil Nov. 3

EXHIBITIONBarça /Barzac, Papa Mendy SPEEDWELL, PortlandUntil Oct. 21

6PM F ILMHelp Wanted? Immigration and WorkMuseum L-A, Lewiston

18 / Thu.5PM THEATER Reading: Refuge Malja أجلم by Bess Welden ICA at MECA, Portland

5:30PM C ONVER SAT IONThe Stories We Carry Glickman Library, USM, Portland

6PM F ILMTo Light a CandleMaine Historical Society, Portland

7PM F ILM + PANELThere is My HomeBailey Hall, USM, Gorham

20 / Sat.5PM CONVER SATIONDorothy Schwartz Forum: who is we? Congregation Bet Ha’am, South Portland

6PM PANELPrinters Without Margins: A Fellowship for ChangeSPEEDWELL, Portland

24 / Wed.6PM F ILMFamily and Community YWCA of Central Maine, Lewiston

25 / Thu.12PM G ALLERY TALKSeeing Otherwise with Curator Caroline Webb Colby Museum of Art, Colby College, Waterville

1PM F ILM + PANELThere is My Home Payson Smith Hall, USM, Portland

5PM EXHIBITION At the Periphery: VR Pop-upICA at MECA, Portland

7PM EXHIBITIONOut of the Fog: Retracing the Path to Greenland Maine Women Writers Collection, UNE, PortlandUntil Dec. 14

NOVEMBER

1 / Thu.5PM LECTURE Visiting Artist: Eric GottesmanOsher Hall, MECA, Portland

2 / Fri.9AM SYMPOSIUMART + POLITICSICA at MECA, Portland

5PM EXHIBITIONA Nation of Immigrants: Home Lost, Home FoundHarlow Gallery, HallowellUntil Nov. 24

3 / Sat.5:30PM CONVER SATION Positive Proof: Contributions from our Immigrant CommunityPortland Stage, Portland Following 4pm Matinee

4 / Sun.3:30PM CONVER SATION Children of War: The Young Refugee Experience Portland Stage, Portland Following 2pm Matinee

6:30PM F ILMEl Mar La MarSPACE Gallery, Portland

5 / Mon.5PM LECTUREThe Immigration Debate in Maine, Catherine BestemanWCHP Lecture Hall, UNE, Portland

26 / Fri.5PM MUSIC + POETRY The Power of WeGreater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center, Portland

5:30PM LECTUREFierce Compassion, Well-Being, and the Reclamation of our Shared Humanity, Dr. Kamilah Majied Glickman Family Library, USM, Portland

6PM EXHIBITIONFlight, Alison HildrethSPEEDWELL, PortlandUntil Nov. 30

27 / Sat.7:30PM MUSICHiroya TsukamotoMayo Street Arts, Portland

28 / Sun.4PM PANEL + FOODWelcoming the Stranger in Maine and in the Jewish Culture Maine Jewish Museum, Portland

30 / Tue.THEATER Refuge Malja أجلم by Bess Welden Portland Stage, Portland Until Nov. 17

6:30PM POETRY Migrations: PoetrySPACE Gallery, Portland

Ranu Mukherjee, begin, 2017, wool, 48” x 72”; commissioned by the FOR-SITE Foundation; photo: Robert Divers Herrick

ACLU-MAINEAuburn Public LibraryBates College Department of AnthropologyBates College Museum of ArtThe BCB Center for Compassion, University of Southern MaineBeth Israel CongregationBondekoBowdoin College Cafe at Maine College of Art by Sodexo Capital Area New Mainers ProjectCatholic Charities Maine Refugee and Immigration ServicesCenter for the Arts and Humanities,Colby CollegeCenter for Global Humanities, University of New England Center for Maine Contemporary ArtCenter for Small Town Jewish LifeChinese and American Friendship AssociationCivil Rights Team ProjectColby College Creative Writing Speaker SeriesColby College Museum of ArtCommon Street ArtsCony High SchoolCultivating CommunityEmily Liebling, Reiche SchoolEmpower the Immigrant WomanEngineFrontier Café & TheaterGreater Portland Immigrant Welcome CenterGulf of Maine BooksHarlow GalleryHellenic Society of MaineThe Holocaust and Human Rights Center of MaineI’m Your NeighborImmigrant Legal Advocacy ProjectIn Her PresenceInstitute of Contemporary Art (ICA) at Maine College of Art (MECA)Lewiston Public LibraryMaine College of Art/Artists at WorkMaine Historical Society

Maine Humanities CouncilMaine Immigrants’ Rights CoalitionMaine Jewish MuseumMaine Multicultural CenterMaine State MuseumMaine Women Writers CollectionMano en ManoMayo Street ArtsMid Maine Global ForumMonson ArtsMuseum L-ANew England Arab American OrganizationOak Institute for Human Rights, Colby CollegeOcean House GalleryPalaver StringsPeregrine PressPhotography and Migration Project Pickwick Press: Printers Without MarginsPortland Museum of ArtPortland Poet LaureatePortland Public LibraryPortland Public SchoolsPortland Stage TheaterPower in Community Alliance Print BookstoreRabkin FoundationRailroad Square CinemaReed Gallery, University of Maine, Presque IsleSALT Institute of Documentary Studies @ MECASister MakingsSMCC Student GalleriesSpace GallerySpeedwell ProjectsStonecoast Creative Writing Program, University of Southern Maine TEMPOart University of Maine, OronoUniversity of Southern MaineWorld Affairs Council of MaineWorld to Table

Partnering Organizations

Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art522 Congress St., Portland, ME

www.meca.edu/tracesica@meca.edu

This groundbreaking exhibition and its many components would not have been possible without the gracious contributions of multiple organizations and individual donors. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support provided by a Lunder Foundation Challenge Grant, the Maine Arts Commission (an independent state agency supported by the National Endowment for the Arts), Colby College, Coffee By Design, Alison D. Hildreth ’76 Hon. DFA ’17, Candace Pilk Karu Hon. DFA ’13, Jeremy Moser and Laura Kittle, and valuable support from an anonymous donor.

Yu-Wen Wu, Map of Global Migration 2018, Ink on Duralar, 12” x 30”, 2018