Think fast. Someone asks you to describe your sanctuary. Go.

Time's up.

Got nothin'? If a vision didn't instantaneously appear, perhaps you need some inspiration. The Art & History Museum's Maitland Art Center is about halfway through its Art31 program, which is 31 days of special events, collaboration and experimentation and extra interactive installments.

For instance, photographer Clyde Butcher's "Nature's Places of Spiritual Sanctuary" is making its first public showing ever. His large-format black-and-white photography is internationally recognized.

"Clyde is known as the Ansel Adams of the Everglades," said Andrea Bailey Cox, who's the executive director and CEO of A & H's Maitland Art Center. "He uses large format cameras, so it's an 8-by-10 negative.

I spend some time observing his Gator Hook #1 from Big Cypress National Park. If you look closely at the photograph, you'll see a huge gator toward the middle that Butcher said was eying him suspiciously throughout the photoshoot. In a description on the wall plaque, he wrote, "This was his only source of water for miles around and he wasn't taking kindly to me invading his territory."

After making your way through two rooms with Butcher's work, your sense of serenity is abruptly interrupted. Hence, the purposeful antisanctuary that is Michael Covelle's "Hounds on the Moor." It's an entire room of floor to ceiling art that is actually one piece.

Your experience begins with headphones.

"I've wanted to do this for a really long time," said Danny McIntyre, who co-composed the score to enhance the journey. He explained that Covelle wanted "something that sounded like a bird trying to take flight, but can never quite get there."

You might feel a sense of struggle as you're totally immersed within this 360-degree experience. But outside is another interactive installment that pulls your emotions back to the serene. FACTUR — a "member-driven fabrication laboratory and coworking space" — has created  a wiki house for Art31. Stepping inside of it, you can use pretty much whatever tool you want to display what sanctuary means to you — from paintbrushes and markers to stuff you print out.

"Like, there's this fox that's over here," Berger pointed out. "Personally not something I necessarily equate with with being representative of serenity or sanctuary, but obviously everything is open to interpretation. That's one of the wonderful things about art."

For the complete March schedule, click on art31.org.

A & H's Maitland Art Center is one of only a few National Historic Landmarks in Central Florida. It started as an artist colony back in 1937. Check out its history page online.

Here's Art31 at a glance:

Art31 Installation Artists

As part of Art 31: Sanctuary — 31 days of experimentation and collaboration, additional art installations will be displayed throughout the A&H's Maitland Art Center.

Installation artist Michael Covello showcases new work that incorporates a sound installation by Unified Sounds (Displayed March 6 to May 16)

Nathalie Chikhi unveils an installation that will travel to various Central Florida art events throughout March

FACTUR, Orlando's first maker space, builds a wiki house where guests can write their views of sanctuary on its walls (Displayed throughout March)

Artist Danielle DeGuglimo installs abstract structures on our majestic oak tree that appear to emerge from nature (Displayed throughout March)

A & H's Maitland Art Center is one of only a few National Historic Landmarks in Central Florida.