University of Maine Farmington

Art Exhibit: "Spaces Places Traces"
2026-02-23 12:00 - 19:00, 2026-02-24 12:00 - 19:00, 2026-02-25 12:00 - 19:00, 2026-02-26 12:00 - 19:00, 2026-02-27 12:00 - 19:00, 2026-02-28 12:00 - 19:00, 2026-03-01 12:00 - 19:00, 2026-03-02 12:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) and 10 more dates | Emery Community Arts Center
“Spaces Places Traces” presents a thematic selection of artworks that engage artists’ interactions with specific locations and natural phenomena. Celebrating careful observation and reverie of one’s surroundings in concert with metaphorical or allegorical parallels, this show includes drawing, painting, photography, video, sculpture, ceramics and mixed media. The artworks on view consider space and place as a point of departure to explore concepts of time, relationships between materiality and ecology, personal narratives, environmental calls to action, and our connections to the world and each other. Participating artists include: Patricia M. Brace, Jackie Brown, Joshua DeMello, Bethany Engstrom, Pia Paulina Guilmoth, Hilary Irons, Peter Precourt, Julie Poitras Santos, Susan L. Smith and John Umphlett. Emery Community Art Center Gallery is open Monday-Saturday, 12pm-7pm. Attached Image: Hilary Irons, “Culvert (Swans Island).” Oil, acrylic, and marble dust on wood panel, 24×18”, 2025

University of Maine at Farmington Women's Basketball at Maine Maritime Academy - NAC Championship
2026-02-28 | Castine, ME
University of Maine at Farmington Women’s Basketball at Maine Maritime Academy – NAC Championship
Streaming Video: https://team1sports.com/mma/

'The science of when science doesn’t matter—and what we can do about it' - John.Hagan
2026-03-06 12:30 - 14:00
Thomas Auditorium, 12:30-2 PM, Fri, March 6
John’s description of his talk:
“Scientists think of science as being the source of truth. But statistical significance is not the same as social significance. Society has to assign value to something before science can be put to use. Sometimes, the science we produce is simply irrelevant to what society values. In some cases, more science can make problems even worse. A growing body of social psychology literature in the last decade helps explain why we all react to science differently. In this talk, John Hagan describes why society reacts so differently to the same set of facts, and what we can do to overcome this problem.”
Dr. John Hagan is the founder, President, and CEO of Our Climate Common, a non-profit organization focused on building bridges across cultural and political divides to address climate change. An ecologist with a Ph.D., Hagan focuses on practical, science-based solutions.

ArtsFarmington presents “Ain’t I a Woman!”
2026-03-11 19:00 - 21:00
On Tuesday, March 11, at 7 p.m. in the UMF Emery Community Arts Center, ArtsFarmington is pleased to present: Ain’t I a Woman! A celebration of the life and times of four powerful African American women: renowned novelist and anthropologist Zora Neale Hurston, ex-slave and fiery abolitionist Sojourner Truth, exuberant folk artist Clementine Hunter, and fervent civil rights worker Fannie Lou Hamer.
The musical score is drawn from the heartfelt spirituals and blues of the Deep South, the urban vitality of the Jazz Age, and contemporary concert music by African Americans. Ain’t I a Woman! is a joyful exploration of the trials and triumphs of four passionate and accomplished women.
The Core Ensemble is represented by Mikael Darmanie on piano and the African American Women are played by Tiffany Terrell. Ms. Terrell was the actress who portrayed three other notable African American women in “Unbought” with the Core Ensemble here last year. This year’s program takes its title from an expression by Sojourner Truth.
The suggested adult ticket price is $20, more if you can, less if you can’t; all welcome, no one turned away. UMF students are FREE. All youth 18 and under are also FREE though our Arts Inspire Youth program. Tickets at the door or at artsfarmington.org

Steve Pane & Yuri Funahashi featuring solo and four-handed piano music
2026-03-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Nordica Auditorium, UMF Merrill Hal
ArtsFarmington is pleased to present a concert by Steve Pane and Yuri Funahashi featuring both solo and four-handed piano music. It will take place on Sunday March 15, 2026, at 3pm in Nordica Auditorium in Merrill Hall at the University of Maine at Farmington.
The suggested adult ticket fee is $20, more if you can, less if you can’t; all are welcome, no one will be turned away. It is FREE to all UMF students, and FREE to area youth 18 and under through the Arts Inspire Youth fund of ArtsFarmington. Tickets are available online at artsfarmington.org or at the door.

UMF 2026 Commencement
2026-05-09 11:00 - 14:00 | 123 Narrow Gauge Square, Farmington, ME, United States
The University of Maine at Farmington’s 2026 Commencement ceremony will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 9, at the Narrow Gauge Outdoor Venue located off Front Street in Farmington near UMF’s Prescott Field.
For more information, visit the 2026 Commencement Page.
