Jamestown Settlement will exhibit the 16th century watercolor drawings of John White from the British Museum's "A New World: England's First View of America," 15 July-15 October 2008. The drawings are the earliest visual record by an Englishman of the flora, fauna, and people of the New World. White accompanied a number of expeditions sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh to Virginia in the 1580s and was governor of the short-lived colony at Roanoke Island. He sailed for England in 1587 to obtain more supplies, but war with Spain delayed his return until 1590. By then, the colonists had vanished, and Roanoke became known as the "Lost Colony." Jamestown, America's first permanent English colony, was not established until 17 years later, about 100 miles away. White's depictions of the Algonquian-speaking people of the region have been an important resource in the development of Jamestown Settlement's gallery exhibits and outdoor re-created Powhatan Indian village. White's work is widely known through adaptations by other artists, especially Theodor de Bry, whose engravings based on White's watercolors illustrate a 1590-edition of Thomas Harriot's "A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia." 

                                                                                       

The American Society of Marine Artists (ASMA) is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a tour along the eastern seaboard. The first venue of their 14th National Exhibition just opened in Wilmington, Delaware, in mid-May. Over the next 16 months, works from more than 100 of the best contemporary American marine artists in oil, watercolor, pastels, scratchboard, pencil, sculpture, and scrimshaw will be exhibited in five states, ending in New Bedford, MA, in September 2009. In Delaware, visitors can check out the exhibit at the Chase Center on the Riverfront through 6 July. A 107-page, full-color catalog of the exhibition will be offered for sale at each of the venues and on the ASMA web site. The American Society of Marine Artists is a non-profit organization founded "to recognize and promote marine art and maritime history and to encourage cooperation among artists, historians, mariner enthusiasts, and others engaged in activities relating to marine art and maritime history." It is the nation's largest organization of contemporary marine artists, with more than 600 members. A regional exhibition in New England will travel to Cape Cod, (May-15 June); Bristol, RI (28 June-1 September); and Bath, ME (24 October-5 January). Details for these exhibitions and respective venues can be found at  www.americansocietyofmarineartists.com
or by writing to:
ASMA
PO Box 369
Ambler, PA  19002

 
America's Cup, 1885
by Russ Kramer (study)

Following its appearance in Wilmington, Delaware
 the ASMA exhibition will travel
to the following museums:

Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
St. Michaels, MD
25 July-22 September

Noyes Museum of Art
Oceanville, NJ
13 November-22 February 2009

Spartanburg Art Museum
Spartanburg, SC
March-May 2009

New Bedford Art Museum
New Bedford, MA
June-September 2009

Patrick O'Brien at work. This unfinished painting depicts the Brooklyn Bridge, still under contruction in 1882.

Artist Patrick O'Brien lost no time after his last exhibition, The Civil War at Sea, in Virginia and is currently working toward a one-man-exhibition of paintings depicting historic New York, from Henry Hudson's voyage and the Dutch period to the British colonial period, the Civil War and up to the end of the Age of Sail. The show will be held at the Union League Club, a private club in New York City, in September. For updates, visit his web site at www.patrickobrienstudio.com.

Union League Club
38 East 37th Street
New York City
www.unionleagueclub.org