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22nd annual Maritime
Art Exhibition opens at
Coos Art Museum
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n Saturday, July 11,
Coos Art Museum
opens its 22nd annual
Maritime Art Exhibition in the
first floor Maggie Karl Gallery.
The juried exhibition displays
maritime-themed artwork by
major artists from across the
United States and Canada.
Eighty-four works by 45 of the nation’s leading mar-
itime artists are featured. The works are in a variety of
media, including oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel and
sculpture. The exhibition runs through Sept. 26.
It is sanctioned by American Society of Marine
Artists, co-sponsored by the Oregon International Port
of Coos Bay and partially funded by a grant from the
Coquille Tribal Community Fund.
Coos Art Museum’s annual Maritime Art Exhibition
is the American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA)
regional competition for the entire western United
States. The ASMA jurors include: Carolyn Hesse-Low
of La Jolla, Calif.; Ivan Kelly of Toledo, Ore.; and Paul
Mullally of Seattle, Wash.
Works will be honored for Best in Show; Peoples’
Choice Award; Oregon International Port of Coos Bay
Award; and the Coos Art Museum Board of Directors
Award.
Frank Gaffney of Mountlake Terrace, Wash., is the
featured maritime artist and his paintings will be high-
lighted in the adjacent Perkins Gallery during the exhi-
bition.
The museum will host its annual maritime fundraising
dinner beginning at 5 p.m., July 11. This event features
a silent art auction and will be catered by The Coach
House Restaurant of Coos Bay. Auction artworks
include pieces by participating Maritime Art Exhibition
artists and local artists.
Tickets for the dinner are $45 for museum members
and $50 for non-members. Tickets are available by call-
ing Coos Art Museum at 541-267-3901 or by visiting
the museum at 235 Anderson Ave. in Coos Bay.
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