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Celebrate  Nature,  Art  and  Creativity  in  Maine.

Wendell Gilley delighted in helping others find connections with nature and creativity. Our Museum sustains his legacy through vibrant art exhibitions and a wide range of hands-on creative and educational programs for all ages.


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Paint 'n' Sip for Adults - Acadia Landscape

Relax and unwind with watercolors and a glass of wine or sparkling water.  Artist Erika Rosso will help students paint a landscape inspired by Acadia, demonstrating each step for students.  Class is suitable for all levels of painters, ages 21 and older.  

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MOTUS Wildlife Tracking Network: Results & Reflections

When tracking wildlife with automated radio telemetry over vast distances, the challenge of deploying enough receivers to get detections grows exponentially. To remedy this, data can be shared between all researchers so that essentially everyone is sharing receivers. This greatly expands the potential for this technology, but it comes with the added responsibility of coordinating projects, detection data and metadata – that’s where Motus comes in. The Motus Wildlife Tracking System is an international collaborative network of researchers that use automated radio telemetry to simultaneously track hundreds of individuals of numerous species of birds, bats, and insects. The system enables a community of researchers, educators, organizations, and citizens to undertake impactful research and education on the ecology and conservation of migratory animals. Come find out about how MOTUS is being utilized in Maine in this talk by Maine Audubon's David Lamon. Maine Audubon is one of the MOTUS participants in Maine.

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Demo & Paint Along with Artist Mary Brooking

Join painter Mary Brooking – the Gilley’s May 2023 People-Nature-Art speaker – for this special event at the Gilley. Using acrylics, Mary will demonstrate techniques for creating sky-scape with birds flying. Participants will observe and paint along with Mary. All materials will be provided for this “quasi-class.” Participant numbers are limited. 

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October People-Nature-Art explores The Birds of Shakespeare

Enjoy a birding expedition through William Shakespeare’s plays and poetry with artist Missy Dunaway whose independent art project “The Birds of Shakespeare”  will catalog every bird mentioned in Shakespeare's plays and poems. Dunaway will be at the Gilley on Tuesday, Oct. 10 for a 5:30pm reception and a 7pm presentation as the museum’s October People-Nature-Art presenter.

Each month, Dunaway releases a painting of one bird with an accompanying essay that analyzes how the species features in Shakespeare’s world.

People-Nature-Art is a monthly series that brings artists, writers, carvers, and creative types of all kinds to the Gilley to explore how nature and art interact in their work, and how their art impacts their own approach to nature. Each session for 2023 is sponsored by our friends at Bar Harbor Bank & Trust.

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News

Museum closed Saturday, Sept. 16

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Last Chance! See Avian Artistry before it closes

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Closed for Exhibit Installation

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Gilley's "...extraordinary and uplifting..." exhibition lauded in new Review

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Closed 4th of July

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Events

Illustrating Feathers with Missy Dunaway

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Pattern and Texture with Relief Prints

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Getting Started with Relief Printing

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Bird Bead Necklace

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Elephant Paint 'n' Sip for Kids & Adults

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Sculpt & Sip: Elephant Hook

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Water Birds on the Move

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Wet on Wet Watercolor Technique Workshop

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Paint 'n' Sip for Adults and Kids - Snow Falling on Rooftops

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Paint 'n' Sip for Adults - Acadia Landscape

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Fall Carving Workshop-Barn Swallow Online

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Fall Carving Workshop-Barn Swallow In Person

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Community Open House & Art Show

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40 Years of the Maine Loon Project

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MOTUS Wildlife Tracking Network: Results & Reflections

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Acrylic Elephant Paint 'n' Sip for Kids & Adults

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People-Nature-Art with mixed media artist Sara Tabbert

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People-Nature-Art: Photographer J.K. Putnam

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October People-Nature-Art explores The Birds of Shakespeare

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Writing Workshop Nov. 11

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