MARINE ART NEWS Masterpieces in Miniature
The Mystic International
The San Diego Maritime Museum is continuing a series of stellar exhibits with a unique collection of ship models, historic and contemporary. More than a dozen North American modelers are featured, including Donald McN arry and Lloyd McCaffrey, both masters of their craft who have written extensively on the subject. However, other, older artifacts are also on display, including prisoner-of-war models Model ofthe Royal Caroline by graphic and ships in bottles. T he asto nishing detail achieved by the artists designer Gus Agustin, who is pictured below with afleet ofhis miniature mod- is evident in each one of these models, built to a els. (All photos courtesy Bob Crawford, scale of 1I16" = l ' or smaller-so tiny that even Cu rator of Models, San Diego Mari- a human hair is too thick to serve as rigging. The time Museum) examples on display in this first US exhibit showcasing miniature ship models run from the 1300s through the present and range in size from three inch es to three feet. The exhibit runs from June through 14 D ecember aboard another unique artifact, the museum's ferryboat Berkeley of 1898. (SDMM, 1306 North Harbor Drive, San Diego CA 92101; 619 2349153; web site: www.sdmaritime.com) 1.
Every year we look forward to the Annual Mystic International for examples of the best in maritime art from around the world. Judging by the catalogue, we should be amply rewarded for the year's wait. The exhibit opens 22 September and runs through 4 November. Perennial favorites share wall space with newly discovered
Dr. j ack Goldstein has been ship modelingfor This astonishingly detailed model by Agustin 50 years, but began building miniatures with the birth ofhis first granddaughter. depicts the royal yacht HMYKitchen.
'Falls of Clyde Off the Dagger Rammereez" Robert Carter, oil, 22 x 32 inches artists, showcasin g splendid work from Great Britain, Eastern and Western Europe, Scandinavia, Russia, Asia, Australia and New Zea land, Canada, Mexico, and South America as well as the United States. For a taste of what yo u can see at the gall ery, yo u can order a catalogue that includes abo ut one-third of the paintings in the show, or check out the web site at http: //sto re. mys ticseaport.org. (The Maritime Gall ery at Mystic, 47 Greenmanville Avenue, PO Box 6000, Mystic CT 063550990 ; 860 572-5388) 1.
EXHIBITS & EVENTS •Denver Art Museum: 18 Nove mber-6 Janu ary 2002, "S unken Treas ures: Ming Dynasty Cera mi cs fro m a C hin ese Shipwreck" (13th Avenue & Acoma, D e nver CO; 72 0 865-5 000 ; web sire: www. denve rarrmuseum .o rg) • First USA Riverfront Arts Center: 27 Seprember-25 N ovember 2001 , 12th Na tion al Ex hibi tion of the Am eri ca n Society of Marine Arrisrs in W ilmingto n DE (800 Sou th Madison Street, Wilmington DE 19801 ; ASMA, PO Box 369, Ambl er PA 1900 2; 215 283-0888; web sire: www.marinea rrisrs.org; e- mail : as ma@icdc.co m) •Freer Gallery of Art: l July 2001 -3 1 March 2002, "Whistler in Venice" (Sm ithso nian Institution, Jefferson Drive at 12th Street, SW, Washington D C 20560; 202 357-4880; web sire: www.asia.si.edu) • Lyman Allyn Museum: 30 November 2001- April 2002, The Mo ntesi Ship Coll ection: Ship Models by Folk Art ist Pasq uale Montesi (Co nnecti cut Co llege, 625 Williams Street, New London CT 06320; 860 443-2545; web sire: lymanallyn.conn coll.ed u/ge neral.hrml) • The Maritime Gallery at Mystic: 22 Seprember-4 November 2001 , 22nd Annual Mystic Intern atio nal Exhibi tio n; 11 November-3 1 D ece mber 2001 , Four Featured Artists: H ans Blank, Marc Castelli , Ron Druerr, Andy Thomas (47 G ree nm anvilleAve nue, PO Box 6000, M ys ti c CT 06355; 203 572-5388; web sire: sto re. mysricseaport.org)
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•New Bedford Whaling Museum: from Jun e 2001, "Portraits of a Port: New Bedford Nav igates the Wo rld "; from 7 Jul y 2001 , "The Co mi c Book Arr of Moby-Dick" (18 Johnn y Cake Hill, New Bedford MA 02740-6398; 508 997-0046; web sire: www.whalingmuse um.org) •The Noble Maritime Collection: 17 Nove mber 2001, N oble Arr Auction (1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island NY 1030 l ; 7 18 4476490; web sire: www. nobl emaririrn e.o rg) •San Diego Maritime Museum: 15 Jun e- 14December2001, "Masterp ieces in Miniature" (1 306 No rth Harbor Drive, San Diego CA 9210 l ; 619 234-9 153; web sire: www.sdmaritime.com) •Seamen's Church Institute: 11Nove mber 2001-18 January 2002, "Dazzle & Drab: Ocean Liners at War, " an ex hibi t sponsored by The Ocean Liner Museum (24 1 Water Stree t, New York NY 10038-20 16; 2 12 349-9090; web sire: www.seamenschurch. org) • South Street Seaport Museum: from 11 January 2001, "Hudson River Journ ey"; 20 October-31 December 2001 , "Seventeenth Ce ntury Durch Masters and thei r Legacy" (207 Fro nt Street, N ew York NY 10038; 212 748-8600; web sire: www.so urh srseaporr.org) •Vallejo Gallery: from 18 Seprernber- 15 November 2001 , "Spirit of the Sea": Maritime Arr & Arti facts (1610 West Coast High way, Newport Beach CA 92663; 949 642-7945)
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