June 2014 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 9. Waterfront News Penobscot Marine Museum News


Sailing Tours, Daily Events and Seven Exhibitions


SEARSPORT – On Saturday, May 24, Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport opens with Fish, Wind and Tide: Art and Technology of Maine’s Resources, one of seven exhibits which begins a season over- fl owing with events including sailing tours of Searsport Harbor, craft demonstrations, the Maine Boatbuilding Forum, twice weekly children’s activities, and the His- toric Photography and the Thursday Night Lecture Series.


Using interactive displays and historic


photographs, Fish, Wind and Tide: Art and Technology of Maine’s Resources explores the past and the future of these resources in Maine. The exhibit examines the mod- ern technology of fi shing and of wind and tidal power, and looks at how this impacts Maine’s working waterfront, culture, envi- ronment and tourism. The opening reception for Fish, Wind and Tide: Art and Technology of Maine’s Resource is Friday, May 23, 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at Penobscot Marine Mu- seum’s Main Street Gallery, 40 East Main Street, Searsport.


History Chests: Exhibit Designed by the


Sophmore Class of Searsport District High School has a special Opening Reception and tour on Thursday, May 22, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The students will take visitors to see the sea chests they placed in PMM’s Merithew and Fowler True Ross Houses. Nine sea cap- tain chests, which contain specifi c artifacts showing the different aspects of the impact the Penobscot Bay has on the Midcoast region, were assembled and documented by students from the sophomore class of SDHS. The topics include marine art, the granite industry, lumbering, fi sheries, the Penobscot Nation, life at sea, navigation, ship building, and Far East trade. A major retrospective of a beloved


Maine artist, Eric Hopkins: Shells – Fish – Shellfi sh, opens Monday, June 16. Eric Hopkins will be on hand for the Artist’s Re- ception on Friday, July 25, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm. One of a handful of artists born in Maine to receive national recognition, Hopkins has exhibited in galleries and museums across the country. This exhibit includes paintings, monotypes and glass and wood sculpture, much of which has not been seen before. It also includes, for the fi rst time, Hopkins’ personal collection of the skeletons, shells


News from the Apprenticeshop


The Apprenticeshop to Host Graduation and Launch Ceremony


ROCKLAND - The Apprenticeshop of Rockland, Maine, will host its 42nd-an- nual graduation ceremony on the school’s waterfront on Friday, May 30, 2014, at 1 p.m. This year’s ceremony will honor four students completing the nine-month CORE Program, and will include the launching of three vessels. The Apprenticeshop’s 2014 graduates


are Andrew Jones, Sean McTeague, David Flood and David Leon. Each student will receive a certifi cate marking their successful completion of the CORE Concepts of Wood- en Boatbuilding program, a nine-month course providing a solid foundation in the craft of wooden boat construction. These CORE students are graduating with the intensive, hands-on experience necessary for entry-level positions in the international boatbuilding industry. “We expect to have many members of the local community as well as many pro- fessionals in the regional marine industry in attendance at The Apprenticeshop’s com- mencement ceremony,” said Margaret Ma- cleod, executive director. “Their support is strong reinforcement for the continued value of training in traditional boatbuilding.” The graduates and the student body will launch two recently completed Nina skiffs, which are fl at-bottomed John At- kin-designed boats. The Apprenticeshop will also launch the 28-foot WHITE LADY, a student-restored cabin launch originally built by Norman Hodgdon. The Apprenticeshop graduation cere- mony will take place at the school located at 643 Main Street in Rockland, Maine. More information is available on the website at www.apprenticeshop.org or by calling 207- 594-1800. The Apprenticeshop to Host Dutch Boatbuilder


The Apprenticeshop is planning a nine- day boatbuilding course led by internation- ally renowned craftsman Bert Van Baar. Open to novices and professionals alike, the special workshop will run Saturday, July 12, to Sunday, July 20, at The Apprenticeshop’s waterfront shop. Van Baar will travel from his home in The Netherlands to teach the intensive workshop in wooden lapstrake boat construction.


The team of student builders will work together to construct a 14-foot Catherine Whitehall lapstrake boat with Van Baar. The fi nished boat will be made available for purchase for its material costs; the buyer will be selected from a raffl e exclusively for the workshop students.


“The instructors, students and commu- nity are all excited to have Bert share his exceptional talent with us,” said Margaret Macleod, executive director of The Ap- prenticeshop. “Bert has been successfully teaching his craft on the other side of the pond for years, so we’re eager to introduce him to Maine boatbuilders.” Students in Van Baar’s course will leave


The Apprenticeshop with a basic under- standing of lofting, joinery and steam-bend- ing. The total cost of the nine-day course is $1095 per student. There are limited spaces in the shop, so interested builders should contact The Apprenticeshop by calling 207-594-1800 or emailing info@appren- ticeshop.org. Registration closes on June 1, 2014.


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and remnants of creatures picked up on beaches over his lifetime and which have inspired the artwork in this exhibition. This exhibit is in Penobscot Marine Museum’s Douglas and Margaret Carver Memorial Art Gallery, 11 Church Street, Searsport through Sunday, October 19.


Three photography shows in the Main Street Gallery will explore the art of fi sh, wind and tide throughout Penobscot Marine Museum’s season. The fi rst exhibit is Mar- itime Muse – Inspired By the Sea, Saturday, May 24, through Thursday, June 26. These exciting photographs by Dean Kotula are from his years of working on foreign factory ships. Photographs by Lisa Tyson Ennis, What Once Was - Our Changing Fisheries, document a traditional way of life which is fast disappearing, and include photographs of remote fi shing villages in Newfoundland


MYSTIC, CT — The Charles W. Morgan, a National Historic Landmark vessel and the last wooden whaleship in the world, departed Mystic Seaport to begin her 38th Voyage on Saturday, May 17. The ship was towed down the Mystic River and over to nearby New London, Conn., the fi rst stop on what will be a nearly three month journey to historic ports in Southern New England. The ship, which has not left Mystic Sea- port since she arrived on November 8, 1941, led a procession of vessels down the Mystic River, including the Museum’s steamboat Sabino, its fi shing vessel Roann, and fi ve whaleboats rowed by Mystic Seaport staff and volunteers. The ship was cheered by crowds of onlookers as she made her way downriver en route to Fishers Island Sound, and several hundred people greeted her as she arrived at City Pier in New London. “Today’s brief journey is the culmina- tion of an incredible amount of work and effort by the Mystic Seaport community.


accessible only by boat. Tuesday, September 9 through Sunday, October 19, The Pho- tography of Antonia Small bears witness to some remarkable souls living along the coast and doing whatever they can to keep the ancient link to fi shing and to the sea alive in coastal villages. In addition to the fi ve exhibits, the schooner GUILDIVE will be offering sail- ing tours of Searsport Harbor on Mondays and Saturdays, every Tuesday the Searsport Farmers’ Market will be on the crescent 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm, children’s activities are scheduled for every Wednesday and Friday, crafters will demonstrations on Thursdays for Artisan Days, and lectures and book signings are scheduled nearly every week. Please call 207-548-2529 or go to www. penobscotmarinemuseum.org for more in- formation.


Historic Ship Charles W. Morgan Arrives in New London


This is a proud moment for the Museum and everyone who contributed to making this voyage a reality,” said Steve White, president of Mystic Seaport.


The day will began with a brief fare- well ceremony in the Museum’s Henry B. DuPont Preservation Shipyard at 8:45 a.m., where the ship was formally entrusted to the care of her 22nd master, Capt. Kip Files, of Rockland, Maine. The ship cast off her lines at 9:11 a.m. and arrived in New London ahead of sched- ule at 12:48 p.m.


“It was a smooth journey and we learned that the ship is fairly easy to tow,” said Capt. Files. “Now we need to get her ready to go sailing.”


The crew will now get to work to com- plete preparations for the next phase of the voyage where she will actively sail for the fi rst time since the 1920s. The ship will be


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