Sidle House Gallery’s summer programming demonstrates how adaptive reuse can create unexpected opportunities for artistic presentation. Running June 6 through July 19, the dual exhibitions “Installations” and “Revelations: Painting in Reverse” transform the gallery’s barn spaces into immersive artistic environments.

The “Installations” exhibition (a clever play on the barn’s original livestock stalls) invites artists Ian Trask, Erin Bundock, Hannah Berta, Ashley Page, Kate Gerwig, Samantha Rand and Justine Lasdin to reimagine the individual barn chambers. This site-specific approach creates what the gallery describes as “characteristic and connected worlds” that visitors can inhabit rather than simply observe.

“Revelations: Painting in Reverse,” featuring Mexico and New York-based artist Bobbi Van, introduces Maine audiences to work created on transparent surfaces. Van’s exploration of “the spaces in between sound and silence, thought and action, arrival and departure, movement and stillness” addresses liminal states that resonate with the gallery’s own transformation from agricultural to artistic space.

The exhibition’s extensive programming, including opening receptions, workshops, and a closing reception, creates multiple opportunities for community engagement. The June 21 workshop on “Expressive Mark Making” with Kate Gerwig and Justine Lasdin, and the June 28 “Mindfulness & Expressive Photography” session with Julie Fischer McCarter, extend the exhibitions’ impact beyond passive viewing.

Find Sidle House one mile from town at 20 Bartol Island Road in Freeport. Look for the small pink sign under the mailbox, come up the driveway, and park anywhere behind the barn. Ride-sharing and barn/field-appropriate footwear is always a great idea. Gallery hours: Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, 3 to 6 p.m., and by appointment at maddy@sidlehouse.com or 512-771-1149.