On Monhegan Island, artists create a record of ecological change

PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • March 14, 2025

Artists have long visited the rocky shores of Monhegan 10 miles off the coast of Maine. Over time, they have created a sort of ecological record of their subject. The show, titled “Art, Ecology, and the Resilience of a Maine Island,” uses their work to tell a story about the way the landscape has changed and how it has stayed the same. An exhibit that encompasses the ecological record of Monhegan Island is on view now at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art and will travel this summer to the Monhegan Museum of Art and History.