Meet the artists behind the magic of “Water Proof: Maine Artists Reflect on Their Environment.”

The Gilley’s new summer exhibition offers an exciting opportunity to ruminate on Maine's waters—rivers, lakes, and ocean—through the lens of contemporary art. We invite you to celebrate the vision of twelve highly regarded Maine artists. Join them, and us, for an afternoon of compelling art and fascinating conversation.

Reception Sunday, June 28, 2-4pm

Exhibiting artists are:

• Elizabeth Awalt
• Krisanne Baker
• Daisy Braun
• Michel Droge
• Sarah Haskell
• Alison Hildreth
• Jeannet Leendertse
• Nancy Manter
• Posey Moulton
• Anne Neely
• Celeste Roberge
• Ian Trask

The Wendell Gilley Museum is closed for installation of the Museum’s special summer art exhibition, Water Proof: Maine Artists Reflect on the Environment. The Gilley will reopen on Wednesday, May 27; from then until Halloween we will be open five days a week, Tuesday through Saturday, from 10am to 4pm, with some programs at other times. Check the Museum website for all the most up-to-date information about what is going on at the Gilley. Staff will be working during this time. To reach someone, call 207-244-7555 or email info@wendellgilleymuseum.org. We are offering an online-only presentation with renown children's author and illstrator Will Hillenbrand on Tuesday, May 5 at 7pm. Sign up for this free program via the Gilley website's calendar.

We apologize for any inconvenience, and look forward to seeing you when we reopen.

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The Gilley’s program with Acadia poet Samantha DeFlitch is being rescheduled to September and will not happen on Friday April 17 as originally scheduled.

An Acadia National Park Artist-in-Residence, DeFlitch will share poems from her in-progress manuscript, “Singing Ground,” at the Gilley. She is interested in how different registers of speech amplify the tension between loss and hope, and her work emphasizes the importance of perception in addressing environmental crises. 

Following the reading, DeFlitch will lead a brief writing exercise . 

This event is free and open to all, but registration is required.

The Gilley is in the midst of our fourth Winter Session and we hope you will come and visit. There is art to see, and art to make. We have activities for all ages, even the littlest patrons.

We are open regularly on Fridays and Saturdays, from 10am to 4pm, and we offer specials classes and programs on other days. Check our calendar for the most current updates.

Hope to see you soon at the Gilley, where we bring people closer to nature through art.

Closing Saturday: Out of an abundance of caution due to the extreme cold (frost quakes! exploding trees!), the Wendell Gilley Museum will be closed this Saturday, Jan. 24. We will reopen for our usual Friday-Saturday hours on Friday, January 30, at 10am. And we will be open this Friday, Jan. 23, from 10am to 4pm.

Don't delay — hurry up and join us for the Gilley's 2026 Winter Session!

We are open Fridays and Saturdays from 10am to 4pm each day, and on certain other days and evenings for programs including our signature monthly series, People-Nature-Art, and various workshops. Please check the calendar here on our website for the latest information.

You can also sign up for the monthly newsletter at the bottom of the home page.

The Gilley is delighted to announce the addition of Mae Wyler to the Museum staff as Development Director.

Mae brings a Bachelor's of Business Administration in Accounting, and extensive experience in municipal finance to the Museum, along with a wealth of volunteer work in nonprofit fundraising and wildlife conservation.

An avid naturalist and citizen scientist, she enjoys playing trivia; birding; watercolor and acrylic painting; running 5Ks with her husband, Jake Wright, and their black lab mix, George; and exploring her interests in British history, herpetology, and of course, ornithology. She lives on Mount Desert Island.