This poignant work of art by renowned Maine artist Richard Letham can be viewed along with 49 other extraordinary works of art at the University of New England’s Gallery in Portland, Maine. The exhibition titled “Coyote Connections” will be up for our communities to experience until January 15, 2015. We asked each artist to write…
DetailsArtists from all over Maine are participating in the University of New England Gallery exhibition ~ “Coyote Connections” October 9, 2014 to January 15, 2015 in Portland, Maine. This powerful piece, created by artist Sandra Crowell, depicts numerous Coyote pelts displayed after their slaughter. But in front of the pelts stands a beautiful Coyote staring out at you…..maybe…
DetailsAn Indomitable Beast by Alan Rabinowitz is a new book following the author’s journey to study and protect this beautiful and powerful carnivore of the New World. The author, a wildlife biologist of the future, shares not only what he has learned about the Jaguar but his courageous efforts to protect this species and empower…
DetailsCoyote Comes to Portland, Maine! In a wonderful collaborative effort, the University of New England Gallery in Portland, Maine, 31 artist from all over the state and myself offer to our communities……“Coyote Connections.” This very special exhibit will be up for our communities to experience from October 9, 2014 until January 15, 2015 This unique art…
Details“They (coyotes) cannot forget their freedom, and they will not lick the feeding hand that bars them in. Their self reliance and free exercise of their intelligence belongs only to the conditions of freedom. Their spirits wither with the clank of chains.” from The Voice of the Coyote by Frank Dobie Other intelligent and socially…
DetailsHistorians teach us that we need to look to the PAST for us to understand the PRESENT…… So here are two photos…one from the PAST and one from the PRESENT~ First of all, both photos are taken of very violent people who HATE someone they do not even know. The Klu Klux Klan …our African…
DetailsHUNTING SEASON IN MAINE HAS ARRIVED If these two Coyote mates could speak…what would they say to you…. If you are a landowner in Maine, and you have a Coyote family living on your land…they are creating a healthy landscape for you to live on…..for all they do to keep your land healthy, they would ask…
Details“We shall take your Land…and you will soon disappear.” This is how the white man that came to the American continent thought and spoke regarding our Native Americans here in Maine ~ the Penobscots, the Paasamaquoddy, the Micmacs and the Maliseets (and Native Americans across this continent). They did steal their land, but our Native…
DetailsHUNTING SEASON IS HERE IN MAINE….. Over a 100 years ago, hunting regulations were put in place here in Maine….for two reasons… The first reason~ to protect wildlife populations from the “free for all” exploitation Europeans placed on all our wildlife. If not, there would be no wildlife to hunt today. The second reason ~…
Details“History is who we are, why we are, the way we are.” historian David McCullough Our history as a society on this new American continent is filled with complexities, and immensely different perspectives and belief systems that are passionately held. So too the perspectives held regarding the wildlife we share this land with. The initial views brought…
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