Current Exhibit

Reuse, Repair, Reconsider by Lesia Sochor

Maine Artist Lesia Sochor’s Reuse, Repair, Reconsider Series is now on display in the Michael Klahr Center. The artwork explores the healing power of restoration and repair. She writes, "A humble act born of necessity, repair at one time was a common sense, commonplace task among the populace. The ever increasing consumer driven addiction for more, for new, and newer, adequate and fixable goods are simply discarded contributing to our threatened environment. I use a needle and thread as a representation to investigate mending as an intervention, as metaphor, as a call to action. Not only to restore material things, but as an intention to mend the fractured parts of ourselves, the divisiveness, cruelty, and injustices of our ruptured world one stitch at a time."

Coming in 2025

We are honored to display the gorgeous Babushka paintings created by Lesia Sochor in the Michael Khlar Center. The images above are currently on display at the Michael Klahr Center.

OurStoryIsOne

#OurStoryIsOne is a global art movement that commemorates Baha’i women who were killed for their religious identity. This is also a personal story for Maine resident, local activist, and artist Parivash Rohani. This exhibition highlights how local women’s stories can become global symbols of standing up for justice and equality. We will showcase the exhibit #OurStoryIsOne from December 2024 to February 2025.

Through the Lens

Through the Lens: Creating Soul Survivors by Photographer Jack Montgomery will showcase his stunning portraits and new book. Writes Jack, “The things we save can become the means for our recovery. I am moved by every aspect of these stories … And I am forever grateful to the survivors for giving us this record, which no amount of denial or historical revisionism can ever erase. We are in their debt.” These books will be distributed to every school in Maine.

The Ravensbrück Series

This exhibit is a series of small painting by the late Brenda Bettinson created after she read Sarah Helm’s book about the enslavement, beatings, torture, rape, starvation, surgical experimentation and murder of the women at the Ravenbrück concentration camp. The series will be exhibited at the HHRC from June to September 2025.