31st Annual International Marine Art Exhibit at Mystic Seaport

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 The Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport presents the 31^st annual International Marine Art Exhibition and Sale September 26 through November 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
            The exhibit celebrates the timeless beauty of the sea in the most comprehensive collection of contemporary maritime art in the nation.  More than 100 works will be on display, including paintings, drawings, sculpture and scrimshaw depicting tall ships, sailing yachts, working craft, commercial vessels, warships and scenes of  the shoreline, marshes, beaches, harbors and the wildlife that inhabit the seafaring world.
"The 31^st annual International showcases the most recent works of 115 award-winning marine artists from nine different countries,” said Jeanne Potter, director of the Maritime Gallery. “The show is a commemoration of our maritime heritage with intricately researched historical scenes and contemporary images that document the relationship of man to the sea that still survives today.”
Noted participating artists include Ian Hansen, Patrick Donovan, Victor Mays, Patrick O’Brien and Kent Ullberg.
Eight prestigious named awards and five awards of excellence—including the Rudolph J. Schaefer Maritime Heritage Award, which recognizes the work that best documents our maritime heritage, past or present, for future generations —will be given by invited judges at an awards dinner and preview September 25 (dinner by invite only).
Admission to the Maritime Gallery is free. A portion from all gallery purchases helps to support maritime preservation work at the Museum.
For more information, visit www.mysticseaport.org/gallery or call 860.572.5388.
            The Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport is the nation’s foremost gallery specializing in contemporary marine art and ship models. Through its parent organization, Mystic Seaport, the gallery is proud to offer access to the world’s leading experts in the marine field, and the highest standards of scholarship, integrity and connoisseurship that the nation’s finest maritime museum represents.