The Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center invites you to an art opening on Friday, July 25th from 4 PM to 6 PM highlighting the works of Michael Boardman and Sherrie York.

“Stories from the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge”
By Michael Boardman

Michael Boardman's watercolor paintings and field sketches focus on the natural history and migratory flow of birds that depend on the stark habitats and food resources of the Arctic coastal plain. The birds' annual breeding migrations connect the world to this unforgiving landscape.

“Pressing Pause- Observing Nature in Linocut”
By Sherrie York

Self-taught printmaker and compulsive wanderer of landscapes, Sherrie York, evokes nature, birds in particular,
In award-winning hand-pulled linocuts from her home studio in Bristol, Maine.

This exhibition runs July 25th through Sept. 25th 2025.
The visitor center is located at 9 Water Street in Rockland. For more information, visit the website, mainecoastislands.org/events or email info@mainecoastislands.org.