@ Photo credit: Great Rybus A series of monthly walks, each focusing on select themes or sections within the exhibition MAINE: A Force Within American Art (1890–2026). Join Founding Executive Director of the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, Donna McNeil, for a guided walk through the galleries to view the exhibition MAINE: A Force Within American Art (1890–2026). This walk will center on the Founders of the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation, Joan Beauregard and David Ellis, whose generosity has enabled the Foundation to support individual artists though a residency program as well as direct grants. Several works on view feature residents of the program and will serve to illustrate the talk. The walk will last approximately 30 minutes, after which guests will have the opportunity to explore the remaining galleries independently. Donna McNeil, the Founding Executive Director of the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation and former Executive Director of the Maine Arts Commission, has spent her lifetime as an arts advocate in the for- profit, non-profit and government fields. She holds an undergraduate degree in painting from Syracuse University and a masters degree in art history from Harvard as well as an honorary PhD from Maine College of art where she was commencement speaker. She has curated numbers exhibitions, written two artists books and served as juror and nominator on many panels including the NEA and MacArthur Awards. Cost: $12; $10 for members. Includes museum admission. Please meet in the museum lobby. Add to calendar Google Calendar iCalendar Outlook 365 Outlook Live
