The Maine Arts Journal: UMVA Quarterly

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

Winter 2025: Stuck!

In this issue we asked permission to be let into the intimacy of our contributors’ studios and minds, hoping for “the remarkable privilege to see work that’s in process, unfinished, and unsatisfactory” and, in so doing, “to benefit from [their] experience.” Clearly this theme struck a chord—if not a raw nerve—as being stuck is part and parcel of any creative endeavor.

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

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