UMA Mid-Century Moment Aug. 12 topic is visual art

The Colby College Museum of Art is hosting a virtual panel discussion about Maine visual culture in the mid-century, as part of the University of Maine at Augusta’s Maine’s Mid-Century Moment series.
The program is 5:30 t0 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 12, via Zoom. It is free and open to the public, but registration is required. The panel will discuss visual creations produced in, by and for the state during the mid-century era.
Lisa Botshon, UMA English professor and project director of Maine’s Mid-Century Moment, will moderate the discussion with four art scholars and critics, each speaking for 15 minutes followed by a question and answer session.
The panel includes Carl Little, communications director at Maine Community Foundation and author of 25 art books; Daniel Kany, art critic for the Portland Press Herald; Natasha Goldman, research associate in art history at Bowdoin College; Libby Bischof, professor of history and executive director of the Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education at the University of Southern Maine.
For more information or to register, visit www.uma.edu/about/events, A Zoom link will be sent upon registration.