Radio Maine with Dr. Lisa Belisle

A hospital that looked dirty helped Dr. Stephanie Taylor question what a healthy environment actually is. While working in Papua New Guinea, she expected poor infection outcomes amid cracked concrete floors, limited gloves, and conditions that seemed far less sterile than American hospitals. Instead, patients often did surprisingly well. That experience helped send Taylor, a ...

Watercolor asks an artist to give up something most of us spend our lives trying to hold onto: control. For Marion Wilson, that willingness to collaborate with water has become especially meaningful during a season of profound change. After years of teaching and creating ambitious public art projects, Marion lost the institutional support that had helped sustain that work. In...

Growing up inside New York’s postwar art world gave Gina Sawin an extraordinary education. But becoming her own artist required something else: getting away from the center of it. In Maine, Sawin found the space to develop a painting practice rooted in birds, the natural world, and the delicate ecosystems her husband, conservationist Charles Gauvin, taught her to see more clo...

For five years, Radio Maine has brought people together through long-form conversations. Now that conversation is moving into the room. Recorded before a live audience at Portland Art Gallery, this Radio Maine Live gathering brings together people who have previously joined Dr. Lisa Belisle—and a room filled with artists, entrepreneurs, community leaders, and other Mainers—to...

Art isn't about avoiding rejection. It's about creating anyway.

Artist and Portland Art Gallery associate Jill Cremens shares the story of presenting her work to one of her artistic heroes... only to be met with silence. What followed wasn't instant success. It was self-reflection, yoga, travel, and a deeper understanding of why creativity matters.

From weaving ...