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Benjamin Paul Akers
United States, 1825–1861

The Dead Pearl Diver, 1858
marble, 27 x 67 x 28 inches

Join interdisciplinary artist Ashley Page, Studio and Project Manager at Indigo Arts Alliance, for an engaging talk on As We Are—exploring identity, community, and artistic expression.

Ashley Page is an interdisciplinary artist living and working in Portland, ME. She holds a BFA in Sculpture and a minor in Public Engagement from the Maine College of Art & Design. Her studio practice and curatorial projects serve as vehicles for storytelling, representation, and intergenerational exchange. She has received the Amelia Peabody Award for Sculpture from the St. Botolph Club Foundation in 2022, obtained studio project grants from Maine Arts Commission and MyMa, participated in residencies at the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, HewnOaks Artist Colony, and Able Baker Contemporary, and curated exhibitions at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Portland Public Library, ICA at Maine College of Art & Design, and more. Her artwork has been privately collected and exhibited at museums and institutions including, but not limited to, the Portland Museum of Art, Hunterdon Art Museum, the Tate House Museum, University of Southern Maine Art Gallery, University of New Hampshire Gallery of Art, Cape Cod Community College, the Center for Afrofuturist Studies, and the Abyssinian Meeting House. As a teaching artist, she has taught various workshops in textiles, papermaking, and printmaking at Peters Valley School of Craft, the University of Maine Orono, Waterfall Arts, Bowdoin College, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, the Farnsworth Museum, and Maine College of Art & Design. Page currently serves as the Studio and Programs Manager at Indigo Arts Alliance where she works within the intersection of art and social justice.