Allison Cekala is an artist, educator, and beekeeper living Warren, Maine. Her work, which includes photography, film/video, painting, and installation, is rooted in observation and community. Since the pandemic, her work has shifted towards the experience of sustained seeing through observational painting. She co-founded and organizes The Rockland Observationalists, a collective of artists in midcoast Maine devoted to making and exhibiting observational work together. Cekala holds an MFA from School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University and a BA from Bard College in Photography and Environmental Studies and a teaching certificate through the Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University. Her work has been supported by the LEF Foundation, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the MacDowell Colony, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, the Cary Center for Ecosystem Studies, the Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, and the Monson Arts Artist in Residence Program.