The Maine Arts Journal: UMVA Quarterly

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

Fall 2024: The Portrait and Beyond

For this fall issue, we invited our contributors to tell us not only how they approach the figure and the role it plays in their work, but also to reflect upon the idea of portraiture. We hoped to read how the genre (including self-portraiture and portraits of places) might be deployed in an expansive manner beyond a traditional and literal conception.

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 Fall 2024 Issue of the Maine Arts Journal