“American Schools – Where Ghosts Walk the Classrooms and Playgrounds” (2023) by Norajean Ferris. Oil on canvas, 72-by-96 inches. This piece is on display at Running With Scissors Studios in Portland. Courtesy of Norajean Ferris

“No Matter the Conflict, the Blood Shed Remains the Same” (2024) by Norajean Ferris. Oil on canvas 72-by-92 inches. This piece is on display at Running With Scissors Studios in Portland. Courtesy of Norajean Ferris

Artist Norajean Ferris’ exhibition “America: Behind the Mask of the Utopia” is on display at Pejepscot History Center, 159 Park Row, Brunswick, through Aug. 31.

“The exhibition speaks on issues that are infused in our nation, and is a hymn to our current socio-economic, cultural and political times,” Ferris said in an email.

Ferris’ works can also be seen at Running with Scissors Studios in Portland.

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