Maine-Greenland Collaborations is a project that combines art with the social and natural sciences to explore cultural, environmental, and socio-economic changes facing coastal communities in Maine and Greenland.
This site highlights Intersecting Ecologies, the project’s art, social science, and community practice component, launched on Long Island, ME (USA) in 2020. Since then, we have expanded our work to include the Kujataa region of South Greenland, a partnership with the University of Greenland in Nuuk, and the Sears Island area in Maine. Research and creative activities include interviews with coastal residents, arts-based community workshops, walks across diverse landscapes, and educational and cultural exchanges.
Through these activities, a repository of transcripts, photographs, videos, and sound recordings serves as a basis for creating intersecting narratives about changing ecologies and lived experiences of residents in Maine and Greenland. Our work is shared through art exhibitions, scholarly papers, and public programs to build beneficial, reciprocal relationships between Maine and Greenland communities.