A forest holds many meanings—from precious wildlife habitat and vital natural resource to poet’s wonderland and hiker’s retreat. A forest is also a process: it is an ever-evolving negotiation of five life-giving elements—sunlight, soil, air, water, and space.
Forest Geometries brings our attention to these dynamic, often unseen or unnoticed forces that shape a forest. The project is the culmination of a year-long engagement with the Langlais Art Preserve by interdisciplinary artist and woodworker Gina Siepel. It comprises five constructed sculptures, installed with minimal environmental impact in locations along the Preserve’s 2.3-mile Langlais Woodland Trail, a companion walking map–zine, and this online gallery.
Messages to the River
SEED Events
All SEED events are free and open to the public, though space is limited and registration is required for the Community Paddle and Closing Performance. For more information and registration, click the links below. You will be redirected to Georges River Land Trust.
Opening Reception
Langlais Art Preserve Friday, June 26, 4-6 PM
SEED Community Paddle
Thomaston Harbor to Trolley Marsh Preserve Sunday, July 26, 8:30 AM
Rain date: Saturday, August 1, 10:30 AM
Messages to the River Family Day
Gibson Preserve, Searsmont Sunday, August 16, 10 AM-12 PM
Closing Performance
Olson Field Preserve, Cushing Saturday, August 22, 5 PM
Rain date: Saturday, August 29, 10 AM
About Lihua Lei Farley
Lihua Lei Farley (she/her) grew up the daughter of rice farmers in rural Taiwan, crafting her first art pieces from the muddy earth beneath her. Her childhood was marked by polio and as a young person, she grappled with constant physical and emotional pain. She studied art therapy and emerged as an artist with a strong belief that she could connect to others’ suffering through her creative work. Farley came to Maine in 1998 to attend the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture and has remained here ever since. Her work explores themes of healing and humanity’s relationship to the natural world through sculpture, installation, and performance. She has shown her work at Skowhegan, the Colby Museum, CMCA, and the Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts, among other venues. She is the 2026 Maine Arts Commission Visual Arts Fellow.
The artist wishes to thank…