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Hi, I’m Leslie and this is my Maebird story.

I’m a Stevens Point native. After drawing my way through my childhood, I took flight and studied design at the University of Cincinnati. I then practiced design all over this country, never stopping, never taking a breath. I ended up with a ton of great experience, but exhausted.

So I decided to depart that world to further my knowledge of printmaking and fine arts, with the ultimate goal working as an artist and opening a creative workspace. If you can, do what you love, right?

I returned to Stevens Point in with my adorable black wonder dog, and eventually signed a lease for a beautiful little space in the city center, and Maebird took flight.

We opened on April 1st to smiling faces with a show of a Milwaukee artist/friends’ work, and continued on with 3 more gallery openings, 1 pop-up event, 2 artwalks and a bunch of workshops. The gallery housed work created by both myself and my friends from across the country. Community and schools visits, 3 more more shows and numerous workshops were scheduled when a fire broke out in the building on September 25. It displaced us all, the building and apartments above were vacated, and the restoration process began.

I’m not going to lie, the situation was bleak. Along with losing 95% of my supplies, half of my furniture and a lot of artwork, I lost my workspace. But after many conversations, late night thinking, family, friends and community support, the idea of Maebird Mobile was hatched.

Like Maebird, Maebird Mobile will bring together the knowledge and skills that I’ve gathered since I left the nest. Maebird is about sharing and exploring through demos and events. It’s about learning and creating through workshops. It’s about collaboration through partner pop-ups and shopping for hand-pulled prints at the mobile micro-gallery.

And finally, Maebird and Maebird Mobile will always be about my passion for design, exploring where art and design collide, and bringing the area design and brand consultation services. (I couldn’t quite give that up, I’m a designer at heart.)

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