Free Program 

Join us this Free Friday and hear from As We Are artists Holden Willard, James Foley, and Meg Hahn in conversation about method, process, and inspiration.  

Registration for the lecture is encouraged. 

About the Artists

James Parker Foley (United States, born 1993), Divers Approaching Infinite Density, 2023, oil on linen, 72 x 60 inches. Courtesy of Sarah Bouchard Gallery. © James Parker Foley. Image courtesy the artist

James Foley (born 1993) grew up in New Hampshire playing in the woods, scrambling on rocks, and falling into frog ponds. He earned his BA in environmental humanities at Sterling College in Vermont in 2015 and his MFA at the Maine College of Art in 2020. James has exhibited at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, New System Exhibitions, Katzman Contemporary Projects, Northern Daughters, and Spring/Break Art Fair, and he is currently represented by Sarah Bouchard Gallery. He has completed residencies on Monhegan Island, Maine (2021), and at Jx Farms in Mississippi (2022) and Monson Arts in Maine (2023). James is a gay transsexual whose practice is grounded within an intimate community of queer artists in Portland.    

Meg Hahn (born 1995) is an artist and arts organizer based in Portland. Her work has been included in exhibitions at the University of New England, Dunes, Zero Station, SOIL, Perimeter Gallery, and the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, among others. She has attended residencies at Surf Point Foundation, the Sam and Adele Golden Foundation Residency Program, the Vermont Studio Center, Hewnoaks Artist Colony, and the Monhegan Artists’ Residency.  

Currently, she is also the development and special projects manager at SPACE and is a founder and co-director at Border Patrol, a curatorial collective that started in 2017. She graduated from the Maine College of Art and Design with a BFA in painting and a minor in art history.  

Holden Willard (born 1999) is a painter based in Portland. He graduated from Montserrat College of Art in May 2021 with a BFA in painting, but his interests encompass multiple mediums, including printmaking, performance, collage, and woodworking. His work is concerned with imagery that reflects the environment in which he lives. Principally a figurative artist, he strives to portray the experience of the everyday through the lens of friends and family, and to create a dialogue between the past, present, and future.