by Natalie Boomer

Student-designed and named, “Works by Maine Artists from the University of Maine at Machias Permanent Collection: Celebrating 200 Years of Maine Statehood,” is the center for the visual arts in the Down East region of Maine.

The John C. and Norma B. Marin Foundation donated the works of John Martin, Lyones Feininger, Reuben Tam, William Zorach, Paul Jenkins, Oscar Bleumner, and William Kienbusch to the art gallery’s permanent collection back in 1972.