[BCMA] Museum To Host Maritime Art Show at Government House

Tue Nov 5 08:00:06 PST 2019

Press
Release  
For Immediate Release  
5 November 2019  

Museum To Host
Maritime Art Show at Government House  

Photograph courtesy of Andrew Tawker  [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)]      

The Maritime Museum of BC is pleased to announce the opening
of a new temporary art show at Government House. The new art show will feature
a cross-section of maritime artwork from the Museum’s extensive art collection
of over 500 works. 

David Leverton, Executive Director of the Maritime Museum
stated that:  
”We’re honoured that The Honourable Janet Austin, Lieutenant
Governor of British Columbia is hosting the art show at Government House. The
Lieutenant Governor is the Honorary Patron of the Maritime Museum of British
Columbia which makes this very special for the museum and our members.” 

The art show highlights paintings of life along our coast
over the past several hundred years. There are paintings by artist E.M Chadwick
that depict early European discovery; artwork about the days of whaling
featuring artist Harry Heine; rescues off our west coast such as the freighter Makedonia under-tow by HMCS Sudbury and the rescue of the S.S. Glafkos in Barkley Sound by Edward
Goodall; paintings depicting the important role ferries play along our coast by
Ivah Bryant and A. Frank; artwork representing the protection of our coastline
by the Royal Canadian Navy such as the painting HMCS Provider completed by artist John M. Mulders; and Coast Guard
protection of our coastline in a featured work entitled CCGS Ready by artist
Hugh Mackenzie.   

The art show also includes special paintings of the three
prized ships in the Maritime Museum’s artefact collection including the SV Tilikum depicted in a series of
watercolours by artist R.W. Murphy; the SV Trekka under twin sails in   a watercolour
painting by Alan Lester; and the SV Dorothy in a watercolour painting by artist Harry Heine. 

This art show highlights life along our coast over the past
few hundred years. In the future, the Maritime Museum would be honoured to
collaborate with West Coast First Nations on a maritime art show that
highlights the important relationship between First Nations’ and the coastal
environment. The Executive Director stated that, “First Nations have inhabited
our coastline for thousands of years and it would be a privilege to work in
partnership on the development of a First Nations’ art show that spans the last
several thousand years.   

The art show will open on November 8 th with a
private reception and will be available for public viewing during regular
opening hours at Government House until the fall of 2020.  

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For Further Information  
Please Contact:  

David Leverton  
Executive Director  
Maritime Museum of BC  
Email:  mailto:dleverton at mmbc.bc.ca  dleverton at mmbc.bc.ca [ mailto:dleverton at mmbc.bc.ca ] 
Phone: 250 702-3101   mailto:bvis at mmbc.bc.ca?subject=  

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