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‘Women Behind the Lens’ reveals new perspectives

Much of the maritime industry and its history has been dominated by white men. A new photographic exhibit at Maine Maritime Museum in Bath seeks to take a look at that male-dominated legacy through the lens—literally—of three women intimately connected to it. “Women Behind the Lens” displays together for the… SEE MORE

Alison Hill, “Coiling the Ropes,” 2015, oil on canvas, 24 by 30 inches.

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Down at the Monhegan Dock with Alison Hill

The dock on Monhegan is the center of that far-out-at-sea island’s universe. “It’s our lifeline,” writes painter Alison Hill. “It’s the first thing we see when we arrive,” she notes, “and the last thing we see when we leave.” For Hill, who moved to Monhegan in May 2002, the setting… SEE MORE

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Building community by starting small

The music blasting from the preschool alternated between the Islands and Mamma Mia! soundtracks. The cast of Little Women, our fall show, sang along as they got into costume, makeup, and hair in the Waterman’s preschool, our de facto green room. There were 13 of them, plus a handful of… SEE MORE

Babb’s The Iron Works (1977, oil on panel, 36 x 48 in. collection of Janet Starr).

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Category: Arts

‘Women Behind the Lens’ reveals new perspectives

Down at the Monhegan Dock with Alison Hill

Building community by starting small

Joel Babb’s BIW

Ruohomaa featured in Freeport

Calling island artists, writers, creative spirits

A mammoth in Maine

A well-deserved poetic tribute

Malcolm Morley’s Port Clyde collage

A future in boats and photos