Monmouth Beach Rising
A Climate Resilience Art Installation by Artist Allison Hunter
October 3 & 4, 2025 | 6:30–8:00 PM
Raindate: October 17 & 18
Monmouth Beach Cultural Center, 128 Ocean Avenue, Monmouth Beach
​Coordinates: 40.34247 - 73.97432
​​​"Monmouth Beach Rising" is a temporary multimedia art project inspired by the increasing sea levels that are posing a threat to the coastal community of Monmouth Beach. The artist behind the project is Allison Hunter, a photographer and multimedia artist who primarily works with video. The project will be held at the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center, a public property near Galilee and the Navesink Marina on Ocean Avenue. The Center is known as the "heartbeat of the town" and hosts various community events, art shows, cultural exhibits, and musical concerts.
Monmouth Arts is proud to present Monmouth Beach Rising, a temporary multimedia installation by photographer and video artist Allison Hunter, created with support from NOAA, the NJ Coastal Management Program (DEP), and the NJ State Council on the Arts.
Selected as one of four organizations statewide to participate in this climate-focused arts initiative, Monmouth Arts brings attention to rising sea levels and coastal flooding through an immersive art experience.
Set against the backdrop of the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center—a hub for local arts and culture—the installation features looping video projections and soundscapes recorded over six months along the Bay Area coastline. Visitors will be enveloped in a sensory journey that explores the fragility and power of our coastal environment.
Community Discussion
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October 4, 2025 | 8:00 PM
Conference Room #25, Monmouth Beach Cultural Center
Join us for a community conversation on climate resilience and floodwater challenges, featuring Allison Hunter and local leaders. Together, we’ll explore how art can spark awareness and action in the face of rising tides.
In the event of rain, the installation will be rescheduled for October 17 and 18, and the discussion will be rescheduled for October 18.
Special thanks to the Monmouth County Division of Planning, the Borough of Monmouth Beach and the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center for making this program possible.
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​About Allison Hunter
​​Allison Hunter was born and raised in New Jersey. She has lived in New York, Texas, Paris, and Lausanne, Switzerland. I attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York (MFA 1997, Electronic Art) after graduating from the École Cantonal d’Art de Lausanne, Switzerland (Diplôme, 1990, Drawing/Photography).
Her work has been recognized with four Individual Artist Grants and a significant commission from the Houston Arts Alliance since 2006. She had the honor of solo exhibitions at esteemed institutions such as the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, Women & Their Work in Austin, DiverseWorks in Houston, and 511 Gallery in New York City. Notably, her work is held in collections at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, the University of Albany's Art Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, among others.
Over her thirty-year career as an artist, she has participated in residencies such as the Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada; Europos Parkas, Vilnius, Lithuania; the Hermit Center for Metamedia, Plasy, Czech Republic; the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont; the Ayatana Research Residency, Ontario, Canada; the Sculpture and New Media Residency at the School of Visual Arts, New York; La Porte Peinte Centre Pour les Arts, Noyers, France; and the NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, New York. From 2012 to 2020, she served as the Humanities Artist-in-Residence in the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts at Rice University, where she taught courses on digital photography, experimental video, and video installation. Her photographs have been featured in “Exploring Color Photography” and “Texas Artists Today,” among other books and journal publications. Allison lives and works in New York City.
