of Arey's Pond Boat Yard in South O rleans, we developed a program for youth th rough which they can earn a Boat Yard Apprentice Certificate. Skills learned in the program are sanding, scraping, paint application, and epoxy repairs, as well as basic wood cutting and shaping. Certification also covers towi ng and launching, and an int roduction to sail and power boating. As CCMM is a maritime museum, however, we do not a im to serve as just a vocational trades school, we want to instill in our students the traditions and heritage of these trades as well. Enter John Stobart. It turns out that one of the museum's board m embers, David M cCaskey, is a longtime friend of the acclaimed arti st. Stobar t's wo rks are featured in pres tigious museums, ga lleries, and collections all over the wo rld, and his calendar fills up quickly with appearances and speaking engagements. Through McCaskey, John Stobart heard about our efforts to engage yo ung people in both current maritime prac tices and an appreciation for the pas t, and he eagerly signed on board and offered to exhibit his paintings and prints at the museum fo r 2017. The new art exhibition and the boatbuildi ng programs work in tandem to offer a holistic experience that combines artistic expression with hands-on experience. The Stobart exhibition, fea turing coas tal scenes of New England and ofNew England vessels in faraway waters, dovetails perfectly with the appre ntice program we are reconfiguring to help prepare Cape Cod 's youth
Kids work with museum boatbuilding instructors as part ofthe museums STEM Gains STEAM program.
oil on canvas, 23 x 36 inches fo r careers at home in our marinas and the many boatbuilding and repair businesses in the area. We are excited to balance the maritim e history and future of our region, through the combination of art and realworld job opportunities. The museum has been running wooden boatbuilding programs for a number of years with local teens and at-risk yo uth, th ro ugh school collaborations and through the museum's outreach program . This is our third yea r running the STEM Gains STEAM program, which goes beyond a Oyster Cove Kate C. Stevens, oil on canvas, 10 x 14 inches
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