The Stier Family Gallery, on the library’s lower level, hosts exhibitions that offer great variety of media, topics, and artists that educate, inform, or entertain the community. Information about our current exhibit is below, followed by information on how to apply to exhibit your work in our gallery.
Currently on Display
Art in Stitches
Quilted Landscape Collages by Ellen Lecureux
August 1 – 30, 2026
Selected images from the exhibit
Click on an image for larger view.
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”
—Edgar Degas
Ellen Lecureux was a Michigan resident until her move to Gorham, ME several years ago to be closer to family. She started sewing at an early age and upon retiring from the medical profession in 2014, Ellen was drawn back to her love of fabric and sewing but with a new twist. She began designing free-motion landscape quilts. She was able to take her fondness for the out-of-doors and recreate it with fabric. Her landscape quilts lure the viewer into the scene with selected fabrics, specialty threads and embellishments. A 3-D image is generated to exemplify the beauty of nature, recall of a fond memory or capture an individual emotion or story.
Ellen was a member of many guilds in Michigan. Her work was on display at Beaumont Hospital in Grosse Pointe, MI with their Arts for the Spirit program. She had participated in numerous art shows in southeastern Michigan and was interviewed by WABC-TV Detroit. In Maine, she is a member of Casco Bay Quilters in Scarborough. She has been involved with several charities, donating the proceeds from the sale of her artwork: the Love Gala for the Center for Grieving Children, Gorham Food Bank and the Gorham Arts Alliance. Her work was on display last summer at Cygnet Gallery in Southwest Harbor. Her current exhibit is at the Gosnell House in Scarborough. She also has her artwork on display at Maine Artist Collective (formerly Edgecomb Gallery), Edgecomb and at Lisa-Marie’s Made in Maine, Bath.
The base of Ellen’s work is primarily made from cotton fabrics. Some fabrics are commercially printed and some she has painted or dyed. The cheesecloth technique in some of her work, uses glue and water. Markers and oil pastels provide shading. The metallic and glitter thread help to make the piece “pop” in the light. Embellishments include buttons, sea grass, sea glass, wood pieces, Spanish moss, yarn, etc.
For the month of July, the Stier Family Gallery is shining a spotlight on some of the local growers that partner with The Locker Project to nourish our neighbors.
The Locker Project is TML’s inaugural Community Spotlight Organization. Their mission is to connect food-insecure children in Maine with nourishing food to improve their learning capacity, health and future. They take a whole-family approach to child hunger with programs that strive to be low-barrier, stigma-free and environmentally responsible. We are thrilled to be highlighting this amazing organization this summer!
Special Presentation and Reception
At 6:00pm, come by to hear in their own words what the Locker Project does, why, and how–and of course, hang out afterwards to ask them any questions, grab a snack and a drink, and take a look at the beautiful photo gallery showcasing their featured farm partners!
Thursday, July 2
6:00 – 8:00 pm
Information for Prospective Artists/Exhibitors
The Stier Family Gallery consists of two wall display areas (with a rail/cord hanging system) and a large display case divided into 5 segments. More detailed space plans are available in the gallery application.
- All interested artists are strongly encouraged to make a site visit prior to submitting a proposal. Artists are able to use part or all of the gallery space available. Please note, if an artist is only using part of the space (i.e. only the display cases), another artist’s work may be displayed elsewhere in the Gallery.
- Any interested party in utilizing the gallery must submit an application to the Library Director.
- Applications are accepted any time of year. Exhibits are scheduled on a “first come, first serve” basis. Please note that at times of high demand, the gallery may be scheduled months in advance.
- Given the public viewing of the gallery, the subject matter of any show must be appropriate for children as well as adults, therefore explicit images are not permitted in gallery shows. The Library Director reserves the right to reject or remove any material(s) that seem incongruent with the public nature of the gallery. In the event that the Library Director rejects or removes any material(s) for exhibit, that decision is final.
Click here for more information or to apply!