Apropos of its setting in an ocean-side former beach villa, the Franklin G. Burroughs-Simeon B. Chapin Art Museum is proud to be presenting The 18th National Exhibition of the American Society of Marine Artists exhibition. This show opens Saturday, Jan. 16, and runs through April 17, 2021.
This special main floor exhibition features artworks in a variety of media from more than 100 contemporary artists, drawing inspiration from their relationship with water and marine wildlife. These include paintings in oil on canvas, pastel, watercolor on paper and mixed media; as well as five sculptures cast in bronze, a limestone sculpture and two scrimshaw carvings.
The American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of marine art and maritime history, with a focus on education and the exchange of ideas amount artists, collectors, educators, historians and students. Founded in 1978, the American Society of Marine Artists is the nation’s oldest and largest non-profit organization dedicated to marine art and history, as well as providing a registry of artists engaged in this work. Its first exhibition was held at the US Customs House Exhibition Hall in New York City and comprised 83 works, all paintings, by 55 artists. Since then the Society has mounted traveling exhibitions approximately every three years.
Admission to the Art Museum is free at all times but donations are welcomed.