At Maine Audubon, we are engaging with the creative community through exhibitions of Maine artists in the Gilsland Farm Gallery, workshops and classes that connect to the art, nature, and wildlife of Maine.
Gilsland Farm Gallery
On view November 19, 2021 through January 3, 2022 – Caren-Marie Michel, Maine Paintings
Caren-Marie Michel, Maine Contemporary Landscape Painter
Image above: Falmouth Audubon 15 (acrylic on canvas, 12″ x 16″), photo by Jay York.
Located in the atrium of the Visitor Center at Gilsland Farm, the Gilsland Farm Gallery holds between 6 and 12 rotating exhibitions per year. We look for artists who have a connection to Maine, Maine Audubon and our mission, and/or nature and conservation. To submit your work for review, please email: art@maineaudubon.org.
Upcoming Exhibitions
Robin Brooks – January 6, 2022 – TBD
Vanessa Nesvig – TBD
Emily Weihing – TBD
Past Exhibitions
- Aqueous (Maine artists, Victoria Gordon, and Jan Van Tassell and Linda Van Tassell), September 29-November 14, 2021
- Dudley Warner, Avian Images, June 5-September 3, 2021
- Jay Stormer, February 14-March 20, 2020
- Erika Melhus, January 7-February 7, 2020
- Meredith Morehouse, November 16, 2019- January 3, 2020
- Laurie Burhoe, October 1-November 15, 2019
- Jennifer Schmitt, Mixed media printmaking, September 10-27, 2019
- Jacqueline Johnson, Maine Endangered Species Project, July 20-September 7, 2019
- Michel Droge, Gilsland Farm Native Plants Cyanotypes, June 1-July 16, 2019
- Page Eastburn O’Rourke, May 2019
- 2018 Junior Duck Stamp Art award winners, March 2019
- John Knight, Growing at your Feet, January/February 2019
- Alyssa Watters, bird acrylic paintings, December 2018/January 2019
- Father Paul Plante, bird eye pastels
- Sherrie York, bird linoleum prints
- Michael Boardman, watercolors
- Jada Fitch, Moths of Maine, watercolor
- Hemlock Hospice: David Buckley Borden and Aaron Ellison
- Cathryn Falwell, collage
- Michele Clamp, bird watercolors (January/February 2018)
Brush with Nature!
In September of 2021, we hosted a juried Plein Air event at all eight of our sanctuaries. Over four days, invited artists spread out across the state to paint, draw, or create work for an Art Auction. Twenty-five paintings were then on display at our Falmouth headquarters for a week, and an online auction of the paintings raised money for Maine Audubon’s education, conservation, and advocacy programs. Click here for more details.
The Nature of Craft
We have decided to postpone our craft show, The Nature of Craft: Maine Artisans at Maine Audubon . No decision has been made about summer 2022.