| A new exhibit at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath takes an artistic approach to climate and eco activism. Led by artist Anna Dibble, Gulf of Maine EcoArts has worked for over four years to assemble the artists, art, scientific content, helpers and money to produce Sea Change: Darkness and Light in the Gulf of Maine. |
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A Transformit Lyric printed with art by Viva Goetze stands outside the entrance to the exhibit.
Photo: Anna Dibble
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"BROKEN BEYOND REPAIR" says the poster by Ryan Adams. A scuplture of a North Atlantic Right Whale skeleton is suspended above. Photo: Anna Dibble
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A sculptural portrait of Cashes Ledge, an undersea mountain in the Gulf of Maine. Photo: Anna Dibble
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Visitors enter a darkened underwater world. Their first encounter is with a series of large posters depicting pollution and its effects, accompanied by a full-size Right whale skeleton suspended overhead, entangled in lines used for fishing and lobstering.
The entry leads to a brighter room which shows a sculptural mockup of Cashes Ledge, an underwater mountain in the Gulf of Maine which has an unusual abundance of sea life. Gulf of Maine EcoArts is campaigning for Permanent Protection of Cashes Ledge: The idea is that by protecting a series of smaller "nurseries", the entire Gulf of Maine fishery can be made more productive and more sustainable.
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Another view of Cashes Ledge, with seaweed and assorted wildlife. Photo: Anna Dibble
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Many artists contributed work to this exhibit, as well as scientists from the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. Students at all levels and their teachers, from a total of 16 schools, contributed art and learned at the same time.
Sea Change: Darkness and Light in the Gulf of Maine will be on display at Maine Maritime Museum until 12/31/23. Please contact Gulf of Maine EcoArts if you have a new home for the exhibit!
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Three visitors sit inside a Transformit Hug being used as a projection screen. Photo: Kate Olson
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Visiting students participate in the adjacent learning center. Photo: Kate Olson
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