Images from left to right: Perri Lynch Howard; Michel Droge; Grace Hager; Nancy Winship Milliken
ANNUAL ART, ECOLOGY & THE GOOD LIFE DISCUSSION
Join us for our annual panel conversation at the intersection of art, ecology, and the good life. We’ll hear from our current cohort of distinguished Maine Ecology and Art Residents (MEAR), whose work explores these powerful and interconnected themes.
MEAR grows out of the shared vision of Seguinland and the Parsonage to foster creativity and dialogue with exceptional contemporary artists engaging deeply with ecological questions.
These discussions are free and open to all and are held in our Treetop Gathering Space.
Our next discussion will occur in early December 2026. Sign up for our Newsletter to learn more.
2025 Art Ecology & The Good Life Discussion featuring
Perri Lynch Howard investigates how light, sound, pattern, and signal move through vulnerable ecosystems.
Michel Droge creates atmospheric, research-driven work that engages with environmental change and the intertwined lives of multispecies ecosystems.
Grace Hager moves between clay and canvas, exploring texture, landscape, and the quiet poetics of material.
Nancy Winship Milliken Studio creates monumental, site-specific works grounded in natural materials and ecological processes.
This event was held on Sun., December 7th, 2025 1:30–3:00 PM
Images from Left to Right: From Spiritual Microbiomes by Eileen Ryan, Beautiful & Brutal by Alicia Ethridge, Deepest Waters by Brian Smith, The Hunter by Holden Willard
2024 Art Ecology & The Good Life Discussion featuring
Eileen Ryan explores scientific, spiritual, and ecological issues through an experimental practice that is informed by both research and playful speculation.
Alicia Ethridge works primarily in oil and mixed media collage exploring the tension between wildness and humanity through dreamlike landscapes and animal archetypes.
Brian Smith draws on mythology and queer theory to create sculptures, paintings, and drawings conceptualizing a future reality in which humans adapt and migrate (back) to the seas to survive the climate catastrophe and rising waters.
Holden Willard is a painter whose works are settled in a coming of age narrative in rural Maine and centered around direct observation of his various subjects.
This event was held on Saturday., December 7th, 2025 1:30–3:30 PM
