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Radio Maine with Dr. Lisa Belisle

264 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratings

Each week on Radio Maine, host Dr. Lisa Belisle brings you an interview with an artist, art-lover or creative individual that will broaden your view of Maine and the community that we cherish. If you’d like to watch the full video you can find us on YouTube.  Thank you for joining us, and being part of our world.

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It Starts With You: Dr. Sheila Carroll

March 16, 2024 16:14 - 45 minutes - 62.5 MB

Dr. Sheila Carroll is a former practicing pediatrician who is finding new joy as a certified life and weight coach. A Maine native, and graduate of Bowdoin College and the University of Vermont College of Medicine, Sheila worked as a physician for two decades. After experiencing professional burnout and recognizing the limitations of traditional medicine, Sheila embarked on a path of personal transformation. Additional training and experience in coaching helped Sheila to solidify her underst...

The Talent Pipeline: Stacey Dietsch Talks about the Future of HR

March 08, 2024 15:19 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MB

Stacey Dietsch specializes in human potential. After almost two decades with a national consulting firm, Stacey became the Executive Vice President of Talent at Liberty Mutual Insurance earlier this year. Drawing upon her educational background in psychology, Stacey has developed an expansive understanding of the nuanced world of human resources over the course of her professional career. Stacey seeks to align personal motivations with organizational objectives, enhancing job satisfaction an...

Kristine Newell: Speaker and Author

February 29, 2024 19:22 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MB

Gratitude with Kristine Newell: Speaker and Author

February 29, 2024 19:22 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MB

Kristine Newell is an author and professional speaker known for her transformative insights on gratitude. With a background in real estate and executive leadership, Kristine's journey includes multiple familiar challenging events, including the financial stress caused by the 2008 global economic downturn, and subsequent impact on her personal life. She also describes the unimaginable community grief caused by the deaths of several local teens due to a car accident. Kristine’s debut book, "Th...

Leadership the United Way: Liz Cotter Schlax

February 24, 2024 12:48 - 39 minutes - 54 MB

Liz Cotter Schlax, is the President and CEO of United Way of Southern Maine. Originally from Maine, Liz graduated from Waterville High School, then completed an undergraduate degree at Harvard University and an MBA from Columbia Business School. She developed her skills in corporate and non-profit settings across the United States, before returning to her home state, with a desire to have a positive and lasting impact on her own community. At the United Way of Southern Maine, Liz oversees in...

Art Gallery Evolution: Emma Wilson

February 18, 2024 15:58 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MB

Emma Wilson is the Director of the Portland Art Gallery, which is celebrating ten years of representing established and emerging artists at its expansive, light-filled space in Portland Maine’s Old Port district. The Gallery Director for the past eight years, Emma has been an integral part of executing the gallery’s unique and successful vision. Her focus on artist and buyer relationships and communication have proven critical to the Portland Art Gallery’s ability to support artists at every...

Stoking the Entrepreneurial Fire at Startup Maine: Katie Shorey

February 10, 2024 17:20 - 22 minutes - 30.8 MB

Native Mainer Katie Shorey has become an enthusiastic promoter of her home state, both as the Director of Engagement for the non-profit Live + Work in Maine, as well as the President of the entrepreneurial resource hub, Startup Maine. Katie grew up in the small Western Maine town of Sweden and graduated from nearby Fryeburg Academy, before getting her college degree from St. Lawrence University in upstate New York.  Subsequent experiences with partnerships and consulting in larger locales su...

Portland Art Gallery Artist: Catherine Breer

February 04, 2024 14:21 - 29 minutes - 40.7 MB

Catherine Breer has been a prolific and popular Maine artist for decades, captivating the imaginations of art-lovers with her colorful landscapes and scenes of coastal living.  A child of Christian missionaries, Catherine spent her childhood in Seoul, Korea, and has found herself influenced by the harmony of Buddhist imagery and thinking. She studied painting and drawing at the Atlanta College of Art (now a part of the Savannah College of Art and Design) and School of the Museum of Fine Arts...

The Hopeful Journey of Addiction Recovery and Community Support: Carolyn Delaney

January 26, 2024 19:47 - 48 minutes - 66.3 MB

Carolyn Delaney is the founder of Journey Enterprises, a media company focused on making recovery from addiction more visible and accessible. Carolyn’s own life-altering experience created an impetus for the significant work she has done supporting individuals and families who are challenged by substance use disorder. While Carolyn encountered a lack of understanding and awareness as a young single mother in early recovery many years ago, she also found hope and encouragement through communi...

Swans Island Company: Maine Blanket Maker Bill Laurita

January 21, 2024 01:10 - 36 minutes - 50.3 MB

Bill Laurita is the president of the Swans Island Company, a well known maker of traditional wool blankets. Now located in Northport, Maine, the company had its origins on the picturesque isle that bears its name. Bill, his wife, and brother took over the business in 2004, when its original owners retired. This was a natural progression for Bill and his wife, who began their careers in Waldorf education. They found the work of the Swans Island Company to be holistic and process-oriented, whi...

Maine Healthcare Pacesetter: Dr.Robert McArtor

January 14, 2024 19:34 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MB

Dr. Robert McArtor is a longtime Maine resident and leader in medicine, who had a significant impact on Maine’s healthcare landscape. One of the state’s first chief medical officers in the newly created MaineHealth system, Bob drew upon his skills in family medicine and teaching to engage clinicians in improving quality measures and the health of the community. Bob models healthy lifestyle behaviors, both as a former marathoner and as a triathlete who earned the honor of representing the Uni...

Our Healthcare Heroes are Human: Rebecca Hoffmann

January 07, 2024 14:23 - 35 minutes - 48.1 MB

Rebecca Hoffmann is the director for the Maine Health Center for Trauma Resilience and Innovation. As part of this role, Rebecca focuses on the challenges faced by caregivers and staff in the healthcare system. One significant challenge is an underlying cultural belief that healthcare providers should be superhuman, and able to continually put aside their own needs in order to care for others. While this view was prevalent before the COVID-19 pandemic, it has not diminished in the past sever...

Natural Resources Council of Maine: Rebeccah Sanders

December 31, 2023 11:00 - 32 minutes - 44.3 MB

Rebeccah Sanders is the CEO of the Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM). The NRCM operates within the unique ecological ethic and culture of a state where environmental issues are an integral part of how people live their lives. Rebeccah and her team endeavor to engage stakeholders and build coalitions to achieve important environmental legislation. Rebeccah is understandably proud of the first-in-the-nation legislation that the NRCM has been involved in, such as the bottle bill and the...

Running for Stargardt Awareness: Eavan O’Neill

December 24, 2023 11:00 - 46 minutes - 63.6 MB

Former high school athlete Eavan O'Neill began running marathons as a result of a life-altering event. During her senior year in college at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, Eavan was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a rare form of macular degeneration that causes vision loss, and often leads to blindness.  Soon after receiving this diagnosis, Eavan’s school closed due to Covid restrictions. Eavan found herself back in her hometown of Yarmouth, Maine. While processing the initial...

Dr. Hermann Haller

December 17, 2023 10:58 - 31 minutes - 42.8 MB

Dr. Hermann Haller is the President of the MDI Biological Laboratory (MDIBL), located in Salisbury Cove, Maine. Born and raised in Germany, Hermann trained there as a nephrologist (kidney specialist), before completing post-doctoral work at the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. In addition to being a practicing physician, medical school professor and researcher in German institutions for more than two decades, Hermann continued his work in the United States through the MDIBL...

Andy Gelinas

December 06, 2023 16:33 - 25 minutes - 35.2 MB

Poet and artist Andy Gelinas lives on North Haven island off the coast of Rockland, Maine, where he spends his (non-winter) days working for the local golf course.  Andy’s journey into poetry began as a child, growing up in Athens, Maine. Although Andy was diagnosed  with cerebral palsy at birth, he doesn't view this as an obstacle, but rather a source of inner strength. He focuses on themes such as nature and love, capturing the essence of seasons and daily life in metaphoric verses. Andy’s...

Cat Bates

December 03, 2023 11:00 - 35 minutes - 49.2 MB

Jewelry designer Cat Bates began his life as an artist on Maine’s Monhegan Island. His keen observational skills yielded inspiration for future creativity, as he found beauty in the discarded fishing ropes and marine hardware that would eventually become the basis of his work. Cat would go on to pursue formal education in jewelry design at the Maine College of Art in Portland, and evolve his skills through the bracelets, necklaces and other accessories he designs, creates and sells through h...

Dr. Chuck Radis

November 26, 2023 11:00 - 35 minutes - 49.2 MB

Dr. Chuck Radis is a Maine author and physician who has a passion for understanding people. A practicing rheumatologist (specialist in the immune system and disorders that impact primarily the joints and muscles), Chuck has experience with many aspects of health care.  He previously worked in traditional internal medicine–facing the unique challenge of being an island doctor in Maine’s Casco Bay communities–and has collaborated on medical training and education projects through the non-profi...

Dr. Jacey Goddard

November 19, 2023 11:00 - 36 minutes - 50.1 MB

Dr. Jacey Goddard takes a holistic approach to her work with patients. A longtime osteopathic physician, Jacey uses integrative medicine and gentle alignment techniques to facilitate healing and self-awareness, while also helping patients to redefine their connections between mind and body. Although patients often seek her out to address pain and other issues not easily dealt with through traditional Western medical approaches, Jacey has found significant benefit in using these modalities fo...

Rebecca Hoffmann

November 12, 2023 11:58 - 25 minutes - 34.4 MB

Rebecca Hoffman helps children and families become the best they can be, by providing them with tools that assist in easing the pain caused by trauma and grief.  As the director of the MaineHealth Center for Trauma Resiliency and Innovation, Rebecca has recently needed to lean more heavily upon her expertise. On October 25, 2023, Maine became the latest state to suffer the tragedy of mass gun violence.  Rebecca and her team have been called into action to help their fellow Mainers recover fr...

Brian Emerson: Portland Art Gallery

November 05, 2023 11:00 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MB

Originally from New Hampshire, Brian Emerson moved to Maine to be closer to his future wife. In marrying Colleen Barter, and in spending time with her family, Brian would end up inspired to follow in his artist brother’s footsteps and pursue art more seriously. The Barters, including Colleen’s father, Philip, and brother, Matt, are a prolific and well-regarded artistic family. Brian’s pieces are bold, colorful landscapes and seascapes, created in a style he says was influenced by artists lik...

Lexi Doudera: Portland Art Gallery

October 29, 2023 10:00 - 32 minutes - 44 MB

Maine native Lexi Doudera is committed to ocean education and environmental stewardship. Founder and executive director of the Saltwater Classroom, Lexi’s nonprofit offers week-long workshops and community programs for learners of all ages. Their curriculum covers a broad range of topics, including ocean science, conservation, and our connection to the deep blue sea. The Saltwater Classroom has an eye toward the future with its plans to develop an app-based platform for ocean literacy and ed...

Laura Mrazik: Portland Art Gallery

October 22, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes - 46.6 MB

Laura Mrazik has had to figure out how to integrate her art practice with a full-time healthcare career and parenting two small children. Her solution (at least for now) is painting in the evenings after the kids go to bed. Laura’s artistic style has evolved over time  incorporating both detail and organic elements in her pieces, which have primarily focused on florals. With a desire to keep evolving professionally and move through a self-diagnosed case of “imposter syndrome,” Laura set a go...

Holden Willard: Portland Art Gallery

October 15, 2023 10:00 - 33 minutes - 46.7 MB

Raised in Raymond, Maine, Holden Willard found himself significantly influenced by the work of artists from his home state while studying for his bachelor’s degree in fine arts at Montserrat College of Art in Beverly, Massachusetts. Painters like American Modernist Marsden Hartley (born in Lewiston, Maine), and the state’s long history of plein air painting strengthened Holden’s desire to return to his roots. Holden describes his artistic style as reactive painting, which involves observing ...

Ethan Nestor & CrankGameplays: YouTube Phenom

October 08, 2023 09:10 - 41 minutes - 56.8 MB

Entrepreneur Ethan Nestor began his career in the basement of his parent’s Cape Elizabeth, Maine home in 2012.  While still a teen, Ethan created his first YouTube channel, where he uploaded content consisting of his gaming narrations. This channel, CrankGameplays, launched Ethan’s Los Angeles-based entertainment career. His latest YouTube channel, “Ethan Nestor,” has over 2.1 million subscribers. Ethan has built a successful business out of audience engagement and regularly reimagining his ...

The Art of Art Consulting: Suzi Hlavacek

October 04, 2023 12:46 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MB

Art consultant Suzi Hlavacek co-founded Alchemy Station as a means of strengthening the “magical and mystical human connections” created by an art-filled life. With extensive training at Christie’s auction house and the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as well as a master’s degree in art administration, Suzi is well suited to the task. Suzi and Alchemy Station co-founder Kate Anderson partner with businesses and private clients to find and install art that transforms living spaces.  In the ...

Experience: Wayne Paradis

September 30, 2023 21:00 - 41 minutes - 56.5 MB

More to Learn: Dr. Louis Nadelson

September 16, 2023 21:00 - 37 minutes - 50.9 MB

Dr. Louis Nadelson has had an impressive career as a university professor, but perhaps even more striking is his broad range of personal interests–including playing the mountain dulcimer and welding sculptures from repurposed metal farm implements.  Dr. Nadelson has spent a lifetime learning and teaching. He has authored hundreds of peer reviewed academic papers, and has myriad overlapping interests including educational psychology, the nature of science, and situations of chance. Dr. Nadels...

Into the Void: Artist and Photographer Chris Ryan Ross

September 10, 2023 12:12 - 33 minutes - 46.2 MB

Maine native Chris Ryan Ross had built a very successful photography career for himself in New York City when he realized that the pull from his home state was too great to resist. In 2014–well before it was popular to do so–he decided to work remotely, traveling to photo shoots in Los Angeles and New York via the Portland International Jetport. Recently, Chris took another life leap, leaving his full-time photography work to develop his skills as a painter. A graduate of the Rhode Island Sc...

Oyster Entrepreneur Finds Home in Maine: Brad Blymier

September 03, 2023 12:55 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MB

Growing up in landlocked southern Pennsylvania, Brad Blymier never imagined a future involving oysters.  After graduating with an undergraduate degree in English, Brad was successfully building a career in artificial intelligence software sales on the West Coast when an impromptu call from a childhood friend changed the course of his life. Brad and his wife, Hannah, would go on to become co-owners of a high-end shellfish distribution company, War Shore Trading Co., named for the Virginia duc...

Art Historian and Critic: Martica Sawin

August 26, 2023 21:00 - 38 minutes - 52.5 MB

Art critic and historian Martica Sawin has been connected to the international art community for decades. Born in New York CIty, she has had a similarly long-standing connection to Maine. After years of vacationing with her family at places like Migis Lodge on Sebago Lake in South Casco, Martica’s parents bought a farm in Yarmouth in the 1940s, so that her father could commute to his job with Bates Manufacturing in Lewiston.  Following a detour to Paris, where Martica met her first husband, ...

Jane Dahmen, Maine Artist

August 22, 2023 12:09 - 39 minutes - 54.7 MB

Jane Dahmen is one of the Portland Art Gallery’s most beloved and longstanding artists. She was also one of our first Radio Maine guests, joining us on episode four from her Newcastle, Maine home, back when the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a remote conversational format. A proud graduate of Colby College in Waterville, Jane has always been known for her commitment to Maine and passion for promoting her adopted state’s myriad talented artists. Despite challenges such as the death of her hus...

The Mark of Strong Leadership: Judiann Smith

August 13, 2023 00:10 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MB

Judiann Smith is a firm believer in the importance of strong leaders in healthcare, especially during times of rapid change.  As the executive director of the Daniel Hanley Center for Health Leadership in Maine, Judiann has coordinated countless programs focusing on leadership skills for doctors, nurses, and others in the healthcare field, since taking this position in 2015. Judiann is no stranger to the reality of change, and the need to approach leadership creatively. After earning her law...

Gulf of Maine Research Scientist: Claire Enterline

August 08, 2023 21:14 - 32 minutes - 44.1 MB

Research scientist Claire Enterline has found that the ocean has much to teach us about climate resiliency.  As a research associate and project manager with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute (GMRI) in Portland, Claire works with FishSCORE (Fisheries Strategies for Changing Oceans and Resilient Ecosystems by 2030), a global program endorsed by the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Raised in Ohio, Claire loved being outside as a child. She found her passio...

Living with Art: Sarah Verardo

July 29, 2023 22:29 - 32 minutes - 44.6 MB

Artist Sarah Verardo has an eye for detail and design. Originally from a small Rhode Island beach town, Sarah grew up in a home filled with art, and socialized regularly with artists from the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence. Her father, who briefly owned an art gallery, once brought five-year-old Sarah to Dale Chihuly's studio to watch him make art from blown glass. While a government major at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Sarah took her first painting class right be...

The Brand CEO: Mallika Malhotra

July 28, 2023 12:41 - 35 minutes - 48.5 MB

Mallika Malhotra is a business strategist, mentor, speaker, and author. Known as the Brand CEO, Mallika has helped hundreds of female entrepreneurs to maximize their strengths and draw upon their passions as they create success in their fields.  Born to parents who emigrated from India and the Philippines, Mallika learned the value of hard work, and the importance of appreciating opportunities, from an early age. Her experiences in the corporate and creative worlds have greatly informed her ...

Wylie Garcia:Garden Tender

July 17, 2023 11:18 - 34 minutes - 46.8 MB

Artist Wylie Garcia has learned to have faith in her intuition. Based in Charlotte, Vermont, Wylie draws upon memories of gardening with her mother when creating her much sought after floral paintings.  Wylie remains continually inspired by the varying shapes and changing colors of flowers, as she creates layered emotional landscapes with titles such as “A Trusting Place for Bower Birds,” and “Dreams of Southport Island.” Wylie’s creative process also plays into her role as curator at Champl...

Miranda Rico More Women Surf

July 17, 2023 11:11 - 45 minutes - 62.5 MB

More Women+ Surf media director Miranda Rico has a passion for fostering safe spaces and driving positive change. Raised in North Yarmouth, Maine, Miranda draws upon her interest in creative portraiture and skills as a photographer to help More Women+ Surf break down socio-economic, physical, and emotional barriers to create surf and water access for those who might not otherwise engage in this sport. The oldest of six children, Miranda experienced the power of unity, cooperation, and suppor...

Maine Entrepreneur, Jennifer Gutekunst

July 01, 2023 13:45 - 38 minutes - 52.4 MB

Jennifer and Neil Gutekunst wanted to spend more time in Maine. Originally from the Philadelphia area (where each of their families had been longtime business owners), Jennifer and her husband immediately felt a connection with the Pine Tree State while vacationing here several years ago. In 2019, they made the dramatic decision to move to Maine and become small business owners themselves. First, they acquired New England Treads, a Gorham millwork company specializing in custom-stained stair...

Stay Bar Harbor: Stephen Coston

June 24, 2023 21:00 - 44 minutes - 61.4 MB

Stephen Coston did not intend to follow in his family’s footsteps.  Despite the fact that his grandfather was a hotelier in Bar Harbor, Maine for decades, Stephen struck off initially in another direction, seeking to make a career out of sports writing. When that did materialize, a book suggestion from his father spurred his interest in reading about business, which led to his getting a degree in this field. Somewhat on a whim, Stephen went on to buy and renovate the seventies-era 12-room Ro...

Our Life Stories: Dr. Deirdre Heersink

June 17, 2023 14:49 - 40 minutes - 55.9 MB

Dr. Deirdre Heersink understands the importance of truly connecting with patients in long-term care, as a means of positively impacting their health and well-being. Patients who are in these settings often interact with staff over months and years, developing meaningful relationships that become especially important if they do not receive regular outside visitors. Deirdre has seen these relationships blossom when patients are able to share additional information about their lives. Through a ...

Empower Art: Beth Wilbur Van Mierlo

June 10, 2023 21:00 - 32 minutes - 44.7 MB

Aroostook County native Beth Wilbur Van Mierlo credits her northern Maine upbringing with exposing her to values that have become integral to her experience as an artist and educator. Like many kids in her agricultural community, Beth grew up picking potatoes from an early age. This helped her understand the importance of hard work, community and connection. Perhaps equally important to her development was Beth’s experience with dyslexia, undiagnosed until she was a sophomore in college. “Th...

Encaustic Energy: Artist Dale Roberts

June 03, 2023 21:00 - 37 minutes - 51.8 MB

Raised in upstate New York, artist Dale Roberts has fond childhood memories of fishing, building forts and exploring the rural area in which he lived. His early attention to the world around him has never ceased.  Dale’s exquisite work with encaustic painting reflects a careful attention to detail in his everyday life, whether he is out running near his Pennsylvania home, or traveling abroad. Dale first learned about encaustic painting at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Henrietta, N...

Becoming a Professional Photographer: Meet Maine Creative Kari Herer

May 31, 2023 15:34 - 31 minutes - 44 MB

Kari Herer never intended to become a professional photographer, despite an early interest in the art form. As the director of photography at the high-end stationery company William Arthur, Kari had the opportunity to experiment with lighting as she sought to capture the beauty of their products. Time spent at the Maine Media Workshops in Rockport convinced her to pursue her craft further, and she has gone on to have her work featured on multiple platforms, from magazines and book covers, to...

Modern Day Renaissance Sculptor: Andreas von Huene

May 31, 2023 15:34 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MB

Born in Bath, Maine, and raised in Brookline, Massachusetts, sculptor Andreas von Huene has been strongly connected to the region’s creative community from his earliest years. His parents emphasized the importance of arts and culture, speaking multiple languages in their home, and regularly bringing Andreas and his four siblings to area concerts and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. A graduate of Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, his father, Friedrich, founded Brookline’s von Huene Works...

Illustrating Plovers: Bruce Hutchinson

May 28, 2023 11:51 - 22 minutes - 31 MB

Illustrator Bruce Hutchinson has become passionate about piping plovers. This is perhaps not surprising, given that he shares an affinity for Maine beaches with these tiny endangered birds. Raised in Waterville, Maine, Bruce’s large Catholic family squeezed into their Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser and drove to Reid State Park in coastal Georgetown almost every Sunday after mass. Tuning into this deeply ingrained ocean connection, Bruce and his wife would go on to live in Cape Elizabeth once their...

Camden Talent Group Founder Melissa Coulombe

May 20, 2023 21:00 - 25 minutes - 35.8 MB

Driven by her desire for work-life balance and her passion for entrepreneurship, former attorney Melissa Coulombe took a chance when she started a legal recruiting firm at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Raised in Lewiston, Melissa now lives in southern Maine, but her ambitions are not limited by geography: the Camden Talent Group, specializes in high-profile partner placements in the Boston and Washington, DC areas. A lover of art, Melissa applies her own creativity to working toward p...

Defying Labels: Jack Soley

May 13, 2023 21:00 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MB

Jack Soley is reimagining the way in which Maine approaches and builds workforce housing.  This is an interesting turnaround for someone who admits that his initial entry into real estate was somewhat begrudging. In the late eighties, he was teaching at Portland’s King Middle School, working on Outward Bound courses and designing furniture, when one of his brothers first floated the idea for a new professional path. Jack eventually agreed, and approached this the way he approaches all of his...

Setting the Pace: Chris Strong

May 06, 2023 21:00 - 36 minutes - 49.6 MB

Chris Strong has always lived up to her name. She grew up in Thomaston, Maine– a coastal town so small that her beloved high school (Georges Valley) no longer exists, having since merged with those in other local communities. The lessons she learned there, however, have had an outsized impact on Chris. After almost losing her leg in a freak childhood accident, Chris would go on to play alongside the boys on the town’s only soccer team, long before this was a widely accepted practice. Her res...

Liz Prescott’s Art World: Creating,Teaching and Community

April 15, 2023 20:30 - 33 minutes - 46.7 MB

New England native Liz Prescott loves to teach, and her passion for painting is apparent when she talks about process and technique. Liz earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Maine College of Art in Portland, and a Master of Fine Arts from the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier. A lifelong learner, she names Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act: A Way of Being as a recent source of inspiration. Liz loves being in nature, and incorporates beautiful settings into her teaching through her Mo...