Maia Parsons is a printmaker raised in Vermont and now based in Portland, Maine. She uses print and book arts to respond to the current socio-ecological crisis. Her work explores multiple areas of printmaking and collage, mainly in relief, to create a landscape or dialogue based on her research. Maia focuses her subject matter on the local environment, natural and manmade. Her work uses a hyperlocal lens to push the audience to understand what effects they are having on the environment around them and encourage them to take part in efforts to help the planet.