Programs & Events
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Summer 2024
Paint the Preserve with the Midcoast Plein Air Painters
Join or observe plein air artists as they work outdoors amid the sculptures, barns, ponds, fields, and forest. Everyone is invited to set up an easel or bring along a sketchpad.
Family Wild Edible Plant Walk
Join local forager Rachel Alexandrou to learn what plants around us are easy and safe to identify and eat from the woods to the shore.
Suggested donation of $20/adult & $10/child under 12
Creative Nature Summer Camp: Capturing Light
Space still available!
Monday–Thursday, 9AM–3PM | Grades K-5 - $240
We’ll uncover the secrets of cyanotype, the captivating photographic art form that uses sunlight to create printed images.
Paint the Preserve with the Cushing Collaborative
Join or observe plein air artists as they work outdoors amid the sculptures, barns, ponds, fields, and forest. Everyone is invited to set up an easel or bring along a sketchpad.
Paint the Preserve with Elizabeth O’Reilly Summer Painting Workshop
Join or observe plein air artists as they work outdoors amid the sculptures, barns, ponds, fields, and forest. Everyone is invited to set up an easel or bring along a sketchpad.
Evening Nature Walk & Gel Printing Workshop with Wild Rosie
$50/person | BYOB, light snacks provided
Join Nina Devenney of Wild Rosie for an evening nature walk and gel-printing workshop in our Teaching Studio.
Barn Studio & Workshop Opening Day
Extend your visit with some nature-inspired creativity in our new community art-making space, explore Langlais’s workshop, and watch an historic film of the art environment.
Cushing Community School Little Sprouts Plant & Seedling Sale
It’s now a tradition! Pick out your season’s vegetable and flower seedlings, herbs, and perennials, a baked good or two, and more.
Hosted by the Cushing Community School Friends & Family Group.