The Maine Arts Journal: UMVA Quarterly

Original Art and News from Maine’s Community of Visual Artists

Spring 2025: In Times Like These

The Maine Arts Journal asked contributors to consider how their work and their role as artists reflect the times of upheaval we live in. We mentioned the global ruptures of climate change and wars, the erosion of democracy, the national division, and the personal assaults on our rights, identities, and bodies.The resulting essays and works of art included in this issue are an invitation to confront the complexities of our current circumstances.

From the Editors: Natasha Mayers, Nora Tryon, Véronique Plesch, and Betsy Sholl (poetry editor), with the help of Colby interns Cynthia Li and Audrey Loo.

For the issue’s contents, scroll down.

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Featured work from The Spring 2025 Issue of the Maine Arts Journal