Maine Arts Journal Summer 2026 cover (Anneli Skaar, Signum, 24 x 36 in., 2015).
The Maine Arts Journal: UMVA Quarterly
Original Art, Essays, and Poems from Maine
Summer 2026: Light
Our summer issue celebrates light. Our contributors answered the invitation to think about the fundamental challenge of representing this physical, yet immaterial, reality, indispensable to life and to vision. We invited them to explore the meanings this enduring theme takes on, beyond a passive “light in the dark” toward an active quest for enlightenment, revelation, discovery, and creation.
From the Editors: Natasha Mayers, Nora Tryon, Véronique Plesch, Rose Marasco (photography editor), and Betsy Sholl (poetry editor), with Colby College intern Winnie Ulland.
For the issue’s contents, scroll down.
A journal devoted to the work of contemporary Maine visual artists and writers.
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Featured work from The Summer 2026 Issue of the Maine Arts Journal
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