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M a r it i m e E x h ib i t i o n
AWASH
with COLOR
“Incoming Tide” by William A. Selden
COURTESY PHOTOS
C
oos Art Museum opens its 23rd Annual
Maritime Art Exhibition on Saturday,
July 9, in the first floor Maggie Karl
Gallery. The juried exhibition displays
maritime-themed artwork by major artists from
across the United States.
“Down to the Sea in Ships”
by Harold W. Johnson
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Seventy-six works by 44 of the nation’s leading maritime artists are featured.
The works are in a variety of media, including oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel,
ink, ceramic, bronze, wood, colored pencil and mixed-media sculpture.
The exhibition runs through Sept. 24. 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. It is the oldest continuous maritime art competition on the West Coast.
The ASMA jurors include: Donald Demers of Eliot, Maine; Jeffrey Hull of
Cannon Beach, Ore.; and Debra Huse of Costa Mesa, Calif. Works will be hon-
ored for Best in Show, Peoples’ Choice Award, Oregon International Port of
Coos Bay Award, and the Coos Art Museum Board of Directors Award.
See
MARITIME page 9