This site uses javascript to implement some of its functionality. Please enable javascript in your web browser to ensure full functionality is available.
skip to content
University of Maine at Fort Kent

Latest News

Enrollment & Advancement Center • University of Maine at Fort Kent • 23 University Drive, Fort Kent, ME 04743

5th Annual "Young Artist Exhibition" on display at the UMFK Blake Library Gallery

May 20, 2013

Note: this is an archived news release. As such, the information provided may no longer apply.

NR13045

The University of Maine at Fort Kent's Blake Library Gallery and Therese Provenzano, UMFK Adjunct Visual Art Instructor, will host the fifth annual “Young Artist Exhibition” featuring talented young artists from the St. John Valley public schools. The exhibit will be on display through Thursday, May 30.

A closing reception and awards ceremony will be held on Thursday, May 30 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend the reception and awards ceremony. UMFK President Wilson G. Hess will be present to greet and congratulate the students.

Schools participating in this year's exhibition are Wisdom Middle High School, Madawaska Middle High School, Valley Rivers Middle School, and Community High School of Fort Kent.

The young artists represented in the exhibition from Wisdom Middle High School are Angie Rossignol, Dorothy Rossignol, Cole Marquis, Allen Collin, Emily Yankowsky, Elizabeth Guimond, Mindy Guerrette, Niki Oakes, Sadi Babin, Emily Lavertu, Richard Cyr, and Brianna Pelletier Soucy. The art teacher is Theresa Cerceo.

Madawaska Middle High School is represented by Elizabeth Theriault and Daley Pedersen. Their gifted and talented teacher is Carlene Levesque. Madawaska Middle High School is also represented by Melissa Williams, Austyn Michaud, Alyssa Thibodeau, Lindsey Greenlaw, Kaziah Cyr, Abby Greenlaw (graduated) and Amanda Nadeau (graduated). Lisa Welch is their art teacher.

Valley Rivers Middle School is represented by Lily Brickman, Hannah Daigle, Emily Plourde, Megan Boulay, and Keardin Bernier. The art teacher is Marybeth Jackson.

Community High School of Fort Kent is represented by Nick Levesque, Reva Pinette, Paige Michaud, Noah Dubay, Erin Chasse, and Sadie Desjardins. Doug Clapp is their art teacher.

For more information on the exhibit, contact Sofia Birden, gallery curator, at (207) 834-7527.