Monhegan

Mary King Longfellow paints Monhegan
The niece of famed American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an early if not the first female artist to paint this island off the Maine coast

Maine’s Early Beginnings as an Art Mecca
Maine’s role as an art mecca dates back to early art summer camps.

Mushroom buoys & a hybrid ferry
Innovative projects, scientific studies, and a wayward seal pup

Monhegan
Monhegan Island features glorious scenery and great art

Edward Robinson’s Pictorial Legacy
Early photographs of Monhegan capture a vanishing way of life.

Precisely Maine
Greta Van Campen and Mary Alice Treworgy practice a modern-day Precisionism in their paintings.

Henry Peabody
Henry Peabody took Maine lighthouse photography to a new level.

Awanadjo Almanack - Issue 160
It's fall and that means wild fruits coming into their own, and hunting season.

James Fitzgerald: Monhegan Modernist
Monhegan has inspired many painters, including James Fitzgerald. This year the island’s art museum turns 50 and a new book celebrates Fitzgerald’s work.

Ferry woes, a heroic boat rescue, and whale sightings
News from along the coast: Maine-Canada ferry held hostage; lighthouse horns shifting to remote control; whale sightings and more.