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Monhegan Island, off the coast of Maine, has been drawing artists from around the world since the mid-19th century. Notable artists who have been inspired by its rugged landscape and unique light include William Trost Williams, George Bellows, Rockwell Kent, Edward Hopper, Winslow Homer and three generations of the Wyeth family -- N.C., Andrew and Jamie.
The Monhegan Artist Residency first began in 1988, when Rachel and Peter Boehmer had a dream of enabling serious artists to come to the island for several weeks at a time. Through their friendships with Robert Semple and Chris Crosman of the Farnsworth Museum, they were able to invite the first artists the following year. The program is designed to provide artists with "time and space in which to work free of interruption and constraint in [an) inspiring environment..."
Bell described her experience on the island as affording her just that – an "unpressured, uninterrupted flow of thought and work... I was able to consider the work I've done over the past 30 years, why I'd been doing it, how that might change, and what kind of inputs are needed... It was invaluable at this point in my life."
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Dozier Bell: Monhegan Island
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