OCT 4 thru OCT 29 MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET HEARTBREAK HOTEL 207.646.5511 OgunquitPlayhouse.org Rte 1 Ogunquit, ME GET YOUR TICKETS TODAY! AUG 30 thru SEP 30 OpenDaily8am-6pm • 799-3374 •101OceanStreet,SouthPortland Family-Owned Old World Butcher Shop & Market Come find all the great flavors of Summer in one store! 64 p o r t l a n d monthly magazine Arts h Dan Mills h Dan Mills is both a painter and the Direc- tor of the Bates Museum of Art. His work, which has been exhibited in leading gal- leries in New York, Chicago, and Los An- geles, ranges from parody videos of Don- ald Trump to large-scale paintings on maps that use nuanced visual systems to redirect and provoke deeper understanding of de- mographic and map-related data. His 2011 map series, “Future States of America,” in- vestigates the CIA’s imperialist playbook for American conquest possibilities. Among his socially-engaged artistic production, how- ever, we should include his curatorial activi- ties. Mills hosted the first curated exhibition of Saudi contemporary art in New England at Bates, “Phantom Punch: Contemporary Art from Saudi Arabia in Lewiston.” Refer- encing the infamous 1965 knock-out boxing match between Muhammed Ali and Sonny Liston, the show aimed to “create a timely cross-cultural dialogue on campus and in the surrounding communities.” Whatroledoyouseeartplayinginlocal,stateand/or nationalculture? Art is part of culture. I don’t prescribe a “‘There’s a lot of suffering due to conflicts in our world. But how much? Due to how many current wars and conflicts?’” I didn’t know, so I went looking for answers.” images courtesy of the artists