Coast Guard Art Program announces 2023 best in show
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, Admiral Linda L. Fagan presents the George Gray award in recognition of support of the Coast Guard Art Program, Jul. 13, 2023 at the Salmagundi Club in New York. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Villa Rodriguez)
NEW YORK — The Coast Guard Art Program announced the 2023 “best in show” artwork winner at its annual reception and art acceptance ceremony...
Salmangundi Club to host Coast Guard’s 2023 Art Collection
In this work from the U.S. Coast Guard Art Program 2015 Collection, “Small Boats, Big Jobs,” ID# 201516, a boatswain’s mate and a crewmember stationed onboard the 87-foot USCGC Ahi (WPB 87364) conduct small boat drills off Diamond Head, Hawaii. boatswain’s mates are versatile members of the service’s operational teams and masters of seamanship who are capable of performing almost...
Coast Guard Art Program announces 2022 best in show winner
“Debris cleanup in Hawaii”, painted by Debra Keirce, hangs at the Coast Guard Art Program reception at the Salmagundi Club in New York City on July 7, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class John Hightower)
NEW YORK — The Coast Guard Art Program announced the 2022 “best in show” artwork winner at its annual reception and art acceptance ceremony in New York, New York,...
Coast Guard opens 2022 Art Collection display in New York
Capt. Zeita Merchant, Coast Guard Sector New York commanding officer, addresses attendees during the 2021 Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) reception and art acceptance ceremony, July 1, at the Salmagundi Club in New York City. (U.S. Coast Guard file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory J. Mendenhall)
NEW YORK—The Coast Guard Art Program will display 38 works of art from its 2022 Art Collection...
Coast Guard Art Program’s 2021 collection now on view at Salmagundi Club
Rear Adm. M.W. Joe Raymond, Coast Guard Governmental and Public Affairs acting director, and Jacob Collins, Salmagundi Club President, present the George Gray Award for Artistic Excellence to Frank Gaffney for his work titled ‘Fast Rope Insertion: Demonstrated.’ (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory J. Mendenhall)
WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) held its annual...
Virtual Coast Guard art exhibit highlights service, missions
HOUSTON — The United States Coast Guard’s art collection now appears as an online exhibit at the Houston Maritime Education Center and Museum. The virtual exhibit offers the public the opportunity to explore four years of Coast Guard art and provides a fascinating look at the many ways in which the Coast Guard contributes to this nation. This is the largest exhibition of Coast Guard art ever to...
Coast Guard names John Ward winner of 2020 George Gray Award for Artistic Excellence
WASHINGTON — Artist John Ward has been named the winner of the 2020 George Gray Award for Artistic Excellence, the Coast Guard Art Program’s (COGAP) highest honor. Ward was selected for the award from among 22 artists whose 31 works are on display through August 7, 2020, at COGAP’s annual exhibit at the Salmagundi Club in in New York City.
Ward received the juried award—the equivalent of “Best...
Coast Guard Art Program’s 2020 collection on view in New York City
In this work from the U.S. Coast Guard Art Program 2014 Collection, “Forever Vigilant,” ID# 201425, the crew member aboard the Coast Guard escort boat is returning a wave to a passenger aboard a cruise ship as it leaves Miami. (U.S. Coast Guard Art Program 2014 Collection work by Chuck Van Horn)
NEW YORK — Thirty-one works by 22 artists of the U.S. Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) will...
Coast Guard presents George Gray Award for Artistic Excellence
WASHINGTON — U.S. Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) artist Leendert van der Pool received the George Gray Award for Artistic Excellence at a ceremony Thursday at the Salmagundi Club in New York City.
Van der Pool, of Brooklyn, New York, was selected as the recipient of the George Gray Award — the equivalent of a “Best In Show” award — for “Partnership,” his oil painting of the crew of the...
