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Rising Seas in Bristol: An Artist's View

The Marjorie Van Wickle Lyon Gallery is showcasing the images Megathlin created as a compilation of maps, scientific renderings of projected inundations, photographs she took of the Bristol County shoreline and an artist’s imaginings and ideas about how to visually communicate the concept of projected sea level rise and expected 100-year storm flooding in Bristol County.

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Using maps, scientific renderings of projected seawater inundations, photographs she took of the Bristol County shoreline, and her own artistic imaginings, interdisciplinary artist Linda Megathlin presents a series of photographic compilations depicting what rising seas might look like in Bristol County 2050- 2100.

Located at the head of Narragansett Bay, Barrington, Warren and Bristol are projected to be especially hard hit by sea level rise because there is nowhere for surging seas to go except over Bristol County’s densely populated land.

Megathlin created her photo-based artworks to raise people’s awareness of what could come to be and to spur dialogue as we begin to envision a future in a vastly different littoral zone.

The exhibit is open during regular Visitor Center hours in the Majorie Van Wickle Lyon Gallery in the Visitors Center.


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Location:

101 Ferry Rd
Bristol, RI, 02809
United States

Phone:

401-253-2707
Contact name: 
Jillian Cleveland
Dates: 
05/21/2025
05/22/2025
05/23/2025
Time: 
10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Price: 
Free

Ages

All Ages Adults without kids