The New England Plein Air Painters Paint the South Shore and Islands

SOUTH SHORE ART CENTER

Presents

Boston Harbor Islands Plein Air Tour!

THIS WEEKEND!!!

Join artists from the New England Plein Air Painters for an afternoon

exploring and celebrating the beauty of the Boston Harbor Islands.

Tour two islands - Grape and Bumpkin -

and watch artists as they capture the spirit of these unique places.

SATURDAY JULY 30TH

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

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  Reserve a seat on our private charter, $75 - seating is limited. (Charter must be reserved in advance online at http://www.ssac.org/).


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  Tour the islands on your boat.


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  Tour the islands on the Boston Harbor Islands Ferry from Hingham or Boston. Visit www.bostonislands.org /ferry-schedule-summer for schedule and fees.

Complete your afternoon at the Hingham Shipyard Marina

Cocktail Reception & Wet Paint Auction 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

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  Enjoy appetizers provided by Alma Nove


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  Enjoy the live music of the Aldous Collins Band


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  Meet the artists and view the paintings


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  Bid on a one-of-a-kind view of the Harbour Islands

$75 Private Charter Boat tour, Cocktails and Wet Paint Auction (leaving the Hingham Shipyard Marina docks at either 3:15 or 3:45)

$35 Cocktails and Wet Paint Auction

Purchace tickets online at http://www.ssac.org/ or call 781-383-2787, tickets are going FAST!

Hingham, MA- Summer in New England celebrates light dancing on the water and painters gathering where the land meets the sea. The South Shore Art Center welcomes award winning landscape artists, the New England Plein Air Painters in a special exhibition Paint the South Shore at the Shipyard Gallery, 18 Shipyard Drive, Hinham, Ma 02043. The show will open Friday July 8 from 6 - 8pm. The exhibition will be on display ghtoufh August 28, 2011.

Each year, New England Plein Air Painters gather at a picturesque location, create exceptional landscapes, enjoy friendship and camaraderie, hold afresh paint event and display the year's top creations. The event at Shipyard Gallery promises to attract nautical art collectors and water sport enthusiasts.
Shipyard is part of a new complex of shops, restaurants and marine yard amenities. Beautiful architecture and boatyard ambience make it a pleasant place to idle a summer day while watching light dance on the water.

"We are delighted and honored to welcome these artists to Hingham, " notes gallery manager Alice Sloan. Art lovers and collectors eagerly await this annual show of quality paintings for sale by New England's most talented landscape artists. Among the nationally recognized artists participating in Paint the South Shore exhibition include local artists Dianne Panarelli Miller, Margaret McWethy, Sergio Roffo and Marjorie Whorf joined by fellow NEPAP artists T. A. Charron, Robert Duffy, Michael Graves, William G Hanson, Stapleton Kearns, Barbara Lussier Christopher Magadini and Caleb Stone.

"What makes this show so popular is the exquisite quality, freshness and dazzling technique that these award winning artists demonstrate in painting en plein air, or on location. Visitors to New England, especially at this time of year when the boats are in the water and the light dances with reflections, will delight in seeing these magnificent landscapes", say Sloan.