The University of Southern Maine Art Gallery is hosting their 2025 Juried Student Exhibition this March. This year, the theme is reverberations; these can include echoes or representations of catalysts. The theme is up to interpretation, and artists are encouraged to creatively build off the theme rather than strictly adhering to it.
Artists can submit up to three pieces to be blindly judged by Elana Adler, a multidisciplinary artist and teacher at Maine College of Art and Design, and Meg Hahn, a painter, curator, and arts organizer based in Portland. They were selected based on expertise in a variety of media and their diverse backgrounds as artists.
The Juried Student Exhibition provides USM students and artists across all majors with the opportunity to receive feedback from professionals in the art community, expose their artwork to a wide range of viewers, and prepare them for professional art settings and processes.
The show opened on March 6 and will be open through March 29 to USM students as well as the general public. Cash prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, Best in Show, and a Palette of Identity Award that is sponsored by the Office of Equity, Inclusion, and Community Impact. The Gallery is located on the Gorham campus at 5 University Way. All are encouraged to visit and enjoy the inspiring artwork created in our local community.