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THE TEAM
Lights Out is built by Mainers who believe in Maine art
Daniel Sipe
Founder & Co-Director
Daniel grew up in Presque Isle, Maine and currently lives in Norway, Maine. He graduated from the University of Maine Business School in 2014 with a Degree in Marketing, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship. Daniel has always enjoyed viewing art and learning people's stories but fell in love with the art world after traveling and selling art with the Hidden Ladder Collective. He co-founded Lights Out in 2019, excited to build deeper connections with the Maine arts community. His greatest skills are creative problem solving, relationship building, fundraising, event planning, and promotion.
Reed McLean
Founder & Co-Director
Reed McLean was born and raised in Western Maine. He holds a BFA from Alfred University in 2018, where he received the John Wood Award in 2017 and was nominated for the SUNY Chancellor’s Award in 2018. In 2019 he co-founded Lights Out, seeking to broaden the vocabulary of Maine art at home and abroad. He is the principle curator for Lights Out as well as the creator of its artist interview series, now archived at the Colby Libraries. These videos and his curatorial perspective are identifiable by a distinct dramaturgical style and sensitivity to the individuality of each artist.
Karlë Woods
Founder & Co-Director
Karle Woods is a mixed-media artist and graphic designer. Raised in the Western foothills of Maine, and with a degree in Human Ecology from College of the Atlantic (2018), she is passionate about working within small grassroots communities and centers her work in relationship building. She co-founded Lights Out in 2019, passionate about bringing forward the work and voice of artists from all corners of Maine. Karle leads creative direction for Lights Out Gallery and manages branding and design projects through the company, Lights Out Art.
Ben Troutman
Project Manager
Ben Troutman is an artist, designer, and photographer from Mid-Coast Maine. Ben developed his passion for the arts during his time at the College of the Atlantic, where he graduated with a BA in Human Ecology, focusing on photography, visual design, and non-profit management. Recently, Ben curated and produced a successful solo exhibition titled 'East of the Cheese House,' which explored time, change, and the impermanence of memory. Today, Ben uses his artistic background and organizational skills at Lights Out supporting operations and development initiatives, through grant writing, photography, design and project management. Ben is also a co-director of the Norway Maine Arts Festival
Georgia Ryan
Americrops VISTA Volunteer
Georgia Ryan is a painter, working primarily in oils. In addition to earning Highest Honors for her painting thesis at Bates College, and a full merit scholarship for residency at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, she has an extensive list of exhibitions and commissioned work to her name. Her current project is renovating a large house and studio in Norway, Maine with her partner and two grown children. Georgia will be spending the next year with us, transforming our fundraising, volunteer organizing, and community engagement at 10 Tannery Street, helping us realize its future as a community art center in Western Maine!
Photography courtesy of Cait Bourgoult Photography, Ezrah Churchill and the Lights Out Team.