Laurie “Gull” Babineau, BFA, M.Ed.
“The one thing in this world I cannot imagine is NOT creating art, I was born this way. My work grows from the wonderment of nature, the musings of story tellers and the speculation of the unknown. The act of creating is in itself the art, the end product merely states, I was here.”
This journey began during a fourth of July picnic, when I came into this world kicking and screaming. A life of ups and downs but always planning and dreaming of a better way with each lesson learned and obstacle cleared. Immersed in the arts from an early age I have danced by way of many teachers and cultures, learned of the earth from Native Americans and outdoorsmen, honed my art skills from crafters and fine artists and balanced my health and well being by way of healers. It is desire to share what I have learned and to experience the beauty and creativity in others that brings me to the center.
Education, Experience and Travel:
Art: Inherent from as far back as my great-great grandfather, collaborations with other artists and craftsmen and formal education through Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine, graduating with a BFA in sculpture.
Education:
I Received my BFA, from Maine Collage of Art & Design, Portland, Maine and my Masters of Education, Integrating the arts into Curriculum
from Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
My teaching experience has been through teaching privately as well as the Saturday School Program at Maine College of Art, various adult education programs in Southern Maine, including healing arts with groups such as the grieving children and adults, teen parents, troubled teens and developmentally disabled adults.
Enrichment:
Traveled extensively through out the United States as well as Italy, Spain,
Scandinavia and Canada. Won a travel scholarship to study the art of Italy.
Studied the importance of laughter in health with Dr. Patch Adams and in 2011
received certification as a Pranic Healer from the Institute for Inner Studies, Inc.,
Master Choa Kok Sui. In 2010
Studied Advanced Shamanism & Shamanic Healing with Dory Cote founder of Earth Light Healing, Brunswick, Maine, 2014
Trained as a facilitator for Grief Support and worked as a volunteer at the Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, Grief Support for Children and Adults.
Currently working as an Ed Tech III – BHP in a Day Treatment Program for Behavioral Students Lewiston, Maine Public School System.
Pyrography Demonstrations
Shelter Institute, Woolwich, ME – Dec. 2016 – 2018
Meet The Makers, Vera’s Iron & Vine, Wilton, Me., Nov. 12, 2022
Gallery Shows
Munka Gallery, Lisbon St., Lewiston, Me.
Cows & Moons, July 29, 2022 – Pyrography Cow, 2 Watercolors (2 wc’s sold)
Nightmares, September 30, 2022 – Photography
The winter Night, January 27, 2023 – Pyrography