Events
2025 Events
Art, Ecology, and the Resilience of a Maine Island: The Monhegan Wildlands Lecture and Workshop Series
In conjunction with the exhibition The Monhegan Wildlands: Art, Ecology, and the Resilience of a Maine Island, the Monhegan Museum of Art & History is collaborating with the Monhegan Associates, Inc. land trust to present an exciting series of lectures and workshops this coming summer. Inspired by the exhibit’s topics, materials, and themes, this lecture series invites people to deepen their understanding of the cultural, ecological, and artistic history of Monhegan Island. Below is a list of our guest speakers and workshop leaders. This season’s lecture series has been generously sponsored by the Monhegan House.
Thursday September 18th:
Photo courtesy Chris DeSorbo
Scott Weidensaul
A World on the Wing:
The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds
4 pm at the Monhegan Church
Suggested donation = $10
“Plausible Deep Time Landscapes and the Art of Paleoart” with Kirk Johnson
“From Lighthouse and Signal Station and Cove to Head” with Libby Bischof
“Sustaining the Community and the Wildlands”: A Conversation with Doug Boynton and David Foster
“Wandering the Wildlands” with Accra Shepp
Recordings of Past Events
A Dynamic Niche: Monhegan Modernism and Island Ecology
Mapping Monhegan
Art, Ecology, and Art, Ecology, and the Resilience of a Maine Island: The Monhegan Wildlands
Small Island, Big Questions: Monhegan, Conservation, and the Entanglements of History
Chasing Down Monhegan’s Apples: Histories, Mysteries and Results
“I am a Daughter of Monhegan Artists”
Her Canvas: A Museum’s Mission to Champion Women in the Arts by Dr. Orin Zahra
The Allure of Maine’s Lighthouses
Monhegan Artists’ Residency: The First 35 Years
The Deci Lecture Series Presents: Artists’ Houses and Their Stories with Dr. Wanda M. Corn
A Conversation with Bobby Ives
Calvin Hennig: Encountering James Fitzgerald
Island Inspiration: A talk with author Leith MacDonald
James Fitzgerald: Preserving the Artistic Legacy, by Robert L. Stahl
In Search of America’s Earliest Apples: DNA Testing, Historical Research, and Offshore Islands
Inside the Artist Colonies of Cape Ann & Monhegan Island
At Home and Abroad: the Maine National Guard in World War II, 1941-1945
Pathless Woods and Lonely Shores: The Monhegan Art and Photography of S. P. Rolt Triscott
Bellows and Monhegan: Celebrating a Landmark Acquisition
Ed Deci and the Monhegan Museum… A Love Story
A Film by Paul Goldsmith
Exhibition Sponsor:
CONSIDER SUPPORTING US
Your donations help us preserve Monhegan’s rich history for future generations.
HOURS
Museum Hours for the 2025 Season
June 15-30 & September 16 -30:
12:30-2:30pm daily
July, August & September 1st- 15th: 11:30am- 3:30pm daily
James Fitzgerald – Rockwell Kent Historic Artists' Home and Studio
June 15- September 30
Tuesdays & Thursdays: 1:00-3:00pm
Sundays: 11:00am - 3:00pm
LOCATION
Monhegan Museum of Art & History
1 Lighthouse Hill, Monhegan, ME 04852
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