SAMANTHA GRIMWOOD
samanthapagegrimwood@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2026 (Expected) MFA, With a Concentration in Curation, University of Maine, ME
2025 Graduate Certificate in Digital Curation, University of Maine, ME
2024 Professional Development Certificate in Grant Writing, University of Maine, ME
2021 BA, English with Concentration in Creative Writing with a Minor In Education, University of Maine, ME
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2026 Becoming Through Practice, Rockland, ME
Marketing and outreach, spatial design, installation of all works, and wall texts
2025 IMFA & Art Open House, Process/Presence, Orono, ME
Marketing and outreach, spatial design, installation of all works, and wall texts
2025 IMFA Rockland Exhibition To Define is to Limit: An Intermedia Exhibition, Rockland, ME
Marketing and outreach, spatial design, installation of all works, and wall texts
2025 Imaging Your Research: A Photo Contest, Orono, ME
Marketing and outreach, spatial design, installation of all works, and wall texts, Juror on all submissions
PUBLIC ART/COMMUNITY PROJECTS
2025 Mural for the Kenduskeag Collaboration with Bangor Beautiful Pump Station Bangor, ME, (Invitational)
SOLO/GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 Partum Imagines (creative portraits), Solo Exhibition, Bangor Public Library (Adjudicated)
2025 Pearl Siren, Group Exhibition, The Bakery Photo Collective, Portland, ME (Adjudicated)
2025 Adonis of the Sea, Online Group Exhibition, Ten Mior Gallery (Adjudicated)
https://tenmoirgallery.com/vibrant-colors-february-2025-virtual-exhibition/
2025 Story Telling Through Portraits, Solo Exhibition, Dreamin Gold Jewelry, Bangor, ME (Invitational)
2025 Peaking In, Public Places, Private Spaces, Group Exhibition, Lowell, MA (Adjudicated)
2025 Adonis of the Sea, Group Exhibition, 11 Central, Bangor, ME (Invitational)
2025 Adonis of the Sea, Group Exhibition, Lotte Jacobi Photography Exhibition New Hampshire Art, Association, Portsmouth, NH (Adjudicated)
2025 We are Many and We Are Tired, Group Exhibition, IMFA Open House Orono, ME (Invitational)
2025 Emotifs, Group Exhibition, IMFA Open House, Orono, ME
2025 Aegis of Humanity, Group Exhibition, IMFA Open House, Orono ME (Invitational)
2024 Threads, A Procession and Group Exhibition, Rockland ME (Invitational)
HONORS, AWARDS, + GRANTS
2026 Outstanding Graduate Student of 2026, University of Maine
2025 Intermedia Grant Award
2025 Hamm Family Activity Fund Grant in support of Down East Visions: A Film and Dialogue Series
2025 Cultural Affairs/Disguised Lecture Grant in support of Down East Visions: A Film and Dialogue Series
2025 Honorable Mention Adonis of the Sea, Group Exhibition, New Hampshire Art Association, Portsmouth, NH
2026 Graduate Assistantship 25-26 Academic Year, Orono, ME
2025 Graduate Assistantship 25-26 Academic Year, Orono, ME
2024 Graduate Assistantship 24-25 Academic Year, Orono, ME
2024. Intermedia Grant Award
2023 Graduate Assistantship 23-24 Academic Year, Orono, ME
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2026 Clerical and Admin Work Level IV, Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center, Orono ME
2025 Clerical and Admin Work Level IV, Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center, Orono ME
2025 Production of Educational Content, Hudson Museum, Orono, ME
2024 Digitization and Admin Work, Zillman Art Museum, Bangor, ME
2024 Workshop and Educational Lead for The Audio Canvas, Maine Forest Collaborative, Orono, ME
2024 Clerical and Admin Work Level III, Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center, Orono, ME
2023 Clerical and Admin Work Level II, Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center, Orono, ME
2022 Teaching Aide, Veazie Community School, Veazie, ME
2021 Teaching Aide, Helen S. Dunn School, Greenbush, ME
SERVICE
2026 Bangor Maine First Friday Art Walks Committee Member – Outreach, Bangor, ME
2025 Visual Arts Grant Review Panel, Maine Arts Commission, Augusta, ME
2025 Bangor Maine First Friday Art Walks Committee Member – Outreach, Bangor, ME
WORKSHOPS
2025 The Audio Canvas, IMRC Center, Orono, ME
ADJUDACATIONS
2024 Juror, Imaging Your Research: A Photo Contest, Orono, ME
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2026 Board Member & Community Engagement Manager, Manie Book and Print Collective, ME
2025 Board Member AIGA, ME