On a sunny morning in May, a flock of volunteers came out to Crane Beach and began stenciling words and phrases on stairs, shingles, and posts around the beach and picnic area.
The lines and phrases are part of a collaborative art project between The Trustees of Reservations and Montserrat College of Art in Beverly.
The words, from a poem titled “Align,” are a call to action, urging each of us to think about the global crisis of climate change and recognize that the choices we make every day make a difference – for ourselves, for our children, for the planet.
We hope you’ll visit Crane Beach this summer and find inspiration from this thoughtful graphic and poetic installation by Monsterrat faculty members Colleen Michaels, poet, and Shana Dumont, graphic designer.
To read the entire poem, click here. To download an audio file (wav file) of poet Colleen Michaels reading her poem, click here. To view photos of our volunteers installing this work of art, click here.