Artist Orson Horchler, center, of Portland, Eugene Registe, left, and Alban Bowens create a portrait Tuesday of Lewiston resident Araksan at the Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor in Lewiston. Six portraits created by using the wheat pasting process will replace the “Future Home of Museum L-A” sign at 1 Beech Street on Wednesday. Museum L-A took on the new name Maine MILL Feb. 1 and the series of portraits will hang on the side of the museum’s future location next to Simard-Payne Memorial Park. A community conversation with Horchler and the museum’s Executive Director Rachel Ferrante will be held at a later date to talk about the “Mainer Project.” Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

A portrait of Lewiston resident Araksan is being created Tuesday at the Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor in Lewiston. It’s one of  a series of six portraits of people that live in the Lewiston-Auburn area.  Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor executive director Rachel Ferrante, left, watches as the Mainer Project unfolds Tuesday at the museum in Lewiston. Ferrante said that she hopes construction of the museum’s new location at 1 Beech Street will begin in 2024.  Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Artist Orson Horchler uses wheat paste Tuesday to create his portraits for his Mainer Project at the Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor.  Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Alban Bowens, left, and Eugene Registe, underneath the artwork, move one half of the portrait of Lewiston resident Araksan on Tuesday at the Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor in Lewiston. Artist Orson Horchler of Portland created the portrait using the wheat paste method. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Artist Orson Horchler, right, with Eugene Registe, center, and Alban Bowens create a portrait Tuesday of Lewiston resident Araksan at the Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor in Lewiston. Horchler started the Mainer Project in 2015, but this will be the first time that his portraits will be on display in the Lewiston-Auburn area. Horchler is more recognized in the art world by his artist name Pigeon.  Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Artist Orson Horchler’s portrait of Lewiston resident Araksan, one of six that will be hung at the Maine MILL, is displayed Tuesday at the Maine Museum of Innovation, Learning and Labor in Lewiston. Each portrait is made using two sheets of plywood. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal