Month: September 2012

Show to Feature Finest Works of Contemporary Marine Art in the Country

The Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport opens the 33rd Annual International Marine Art Exhibition and Sale Sunday, September 23.

The International is the most comprehensive collection of contemporary marine art in the United States. More than 100 award-winning artists from around the globe will present their most recent work. Represented in this show are exceptional paintings, drawings, sculpture, scrimshaw, and ship models. The show is a commemoration of America’s maritime heritage with both intricately researched historical scenes and contemporary images that document the relationship of man to the sea.

“Every year we strive to find the best work in the marine field and bring it to our Gallery at Mystic Seaport,” said Jeanne Potter, Director of the Maritime Gallery. “The show is a wonderful opportunity to view–and purchase–the latest and finest efforts from the most accomplished marine artists working today.”

Participating artists include Donald Demers, William Duffy, Ian Hansen, Russ Kramer, Sergio Roffo, and Jeff Weaver.

Five awards of excellence and nine prestigious named awards–including the Rudolph J. Schaefer Maritime Heritage Award, which recognizes the work that best documents our maritime heritage for future generations–will be awarded at a black-tie awards dinner and preview September 22 (dinner by invitation only).

The judges selecting these awards this year are Jeffrey W. Cooley, Director of the Cooley Gallery in Old Lyme, Connecticut and Jay Picotte, Curator of the Museum of Yachting in Newport, Rhode Island.

All works in the exhibition are available to view and purchase daily between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. The show can also be viewed on the Gallery website, mysticseaport.org/gallery.

The exhibition runs through December 31, 2012.

Images available upon request.

About the Maritime Gallery

The Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport is the nation’s foremost gallery specializing in contemporary marine art.  For over 30 years, the Maritime Gallery has been privileged to exhibit the works of leading maritime artists from across the globe and to support the scholarship, curation, and exhibition work of its parent organization, Mystic Seaport. For more information, please visit mysticseaport.org/gallery.

Mystic Seaport will host its 15th annual Antique Vehicle Show Sunday, September 23, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

More than 100 authentic pre-1930’s cars, trucks, and motorcycles will be on display throughout the Museum’s village. The event gives visitors the opportunity to see up close and in some cases sit behind the wheel of classic vehicles and speak with the owners who care for and restore them. From 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., free rides will be available to visitors, allowing them to experience what it was like to travel in the early days of motor vehicles.

At 3 p.m., the event’s finale, a grand parade of vehicles, will make its way through the Museum grounds.

Museum admission is required for the show. For more information, please visit https://mysticseaport.wpengine.com/.

About Mystic Seaport

Mystic Seaport is the nation’s leading maritime museum. Founded in 1929, it is the home to four National Historic Landmark vessels, including the whaleship Charles W. Morgan, the oldest merchant vessel in the country. For more information, please visit https://mysticseaport.wpengine.com/.