Trescott, ME

Leslie Bowman has been a resident of eastern Washington County since the mid 1970’s. For several years she served as the Director of Admissions at the Maine College of Art and was the Photographer and Photo Editor of Bangor Metro Magazine in its first founding years. Since the mid 1990’s she has been an adjunct professor at University of Maine at Machias. Working as a freelance photographer and a painter, she maintains a home in Trescott.  This is where she raised her two children, Brice and Zel with their father Normand Laberge who passed in 2017.  Leslie has an ongoing interest in alternative energy and community development. 

She holds an MFA in Painting from Washington University in St. Louis and a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. 

Leslie first came to Cobscook Institute to attend workshops and meetings at the facility and has also documented with photographs several projects including the high school program. She looks forward to a more focused involvement as a board member.