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SCENIC BACKDROP — The sand, surf and seashore sky provide the
backdrop for the increasingly popular annual Boardwalk Art Show
staged by the Ocean City Cultural Arts Center. Here interested spectators
stop to admire a typical boardwalk rail artist's exhibit. The event
is highly respected by professional artists along the Eastern seaboard.
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Beachfront backdrop for Art Show
Dr. Marcia Smith is more of
an innovator than she' will
give herself credit for. Ask'
, her about her role in the birth
of the Ocean City Boardwalk
Art Show, and she will
modestly reply:
' "I don't wish to take the
credit for it. Jim Penland and
the people who worked on the .
show and the merchants in
town deserve more credit
than I do There wasn't much
innovation on my part. It was
an idea whose time had
come."
When coaxed. 'Dr. Smith
might reluctantly reveal.that,
while many Ocean Cityites
talked art show back in 19G2.
she was the individual who
approached James F.
.Penland with the funds to.
launch the first Boardwalk
Art Show.
Dr. Smith could not have
realized, at thai time, that the
annual show would more than
double in size between 1962
and 1975. More important for
Ocean City, the show was the
impetus for a permanent art
center, dedicated on July 23,
1966, the day of the fifth annual
show.
The Boardwalk Art Show,
now a major cultural event in
South Jersey, has experienced
growing pains since
its inception, but Arts Center
director Frances Taylor
stands firm in the main objective
of the show.
"We are in the business of
promoting art and artists,"
Mrs. Taylor said. "We try to
present the best available art
to the public."
In order to maintain a high
quality show, old practices
have been altered; some have
even been dropped altogether.
The first Boardwalk Show
in 1962 hosted approximately
300 artists. The number of
entries grew steadily each
year. By' last year, the
directors of the show had to
introduce a new policy.
Artists wishing to participate
in the show were
required" to submit slides of
their work to the judges. Only
on the approval of the judges
did the artists receive a
registration form. ,
Through this process, the -
panel of judges was able to
choose top quality entrants
and eliminate work more
appropriate in folk art or craft
shows. Because of this, ISO
artists competed in 1976.
"That's what we wanted,"
Mrs. Taylor said. "A lot of
artists don't like to judge an
outdoor show because the
work is not juried beforehand.
When a show is juried
beforehand, all of the art has
merit and the competition is
keener."
Mrs. Taylor is confident
that this system will catch on.
"I am not worried about the
reduced number of entrants in
last year's show. The number
of exhibiting artists will grow
according to quality."
The Boardwalk Show has
become a major fund-raiser
for the Cultural Arts Center,
whose directors, along with
thecityof Ocean City, sponsor
the show.
A 2C percent commission is
included in the price of each
painting sold at the show.
'This is less than the standard
• sales commission
ATTRACTIVE — The Budda bust is for the
admiration of true art patrons. The sculptress is
for the admiration of the spectators. The scene:
the Annual Ocean City Boardwalk Art Show.
charged by must galleries,"
Mrs. Taylor noted.
Winning entries from past
shows comprise the permanent
collection of the Arts
Center. Among them are Iris
Smith's chalk-drawing
"Lobster Traps" a winner in
the 1971 h / ' S i V
estaur
painted y
"El Stop."
TOM PERKINS
Xares; "Queen .Victoria
Troubled by Flies." by Dennis
Corrigam, "Treescape," by
Reginald Fludd, and Harry
Huett's "Jonah."
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the Arts Center intendsto
hv' Tkwiftirt' We an l Annual Art Merit "
TV personality reports
water temperatures at O. C.
Anyone planning a visit to
Ocean City and wondering
what the temperature of the
surf is needs only tune in Bill
Kuster on Philadelphia's
Channel 3 any evening from
April through September.
Kuster is a regular on the
Channel 3' news team and
offers the weather broadcast
each nightat 6p.m. and again
at 11 p.m. Part of his bit is
reporting the water temperature
at the shore.
A water thermometer has
been placed on one of the
submerged pilings of the
Ocean City boardwalk Music
Pier. The thermometer activates
a circular graph scale
which is located in the
Solarium of the pier.
The temperature of the
water is registered on the
Shells
Sptxialixing in
Imported Music Boxes
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scale every hour of the day. A
pier worker reads the graph
twice daily and reports to a
City Hall operator, here, who
in turn telephones Kuster at
KYW-TV.
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Summer fun
at the seashore
in Ocean City
Award, presented to such
prestigious artists as Andrew
Wye'th. Morris Blackburn. -
Ben Shahn and Al Capp *
It was discontinued, Mrs.
Taylor explains, "possibly
because the art show was then
still a one day affair and the
judging of awards alone
began to require all- of the
time we had."
In 1974 the show was expanded
to two days. "We
found we needed more time."
Mrs. Taylor said. "As the
number of participants increased,
one day was was not
enough time for the judges to
review the work and make a
decision."
Mrs. Taylor is able to speak
from an artist's point of view
since, in the years before she
was director of the Arts
Center, she was a contestant
in the show.
"As an artist. I found things
unsatisfactory. This is not a"
criticism, the show had to
work itself out. The show was
exhausting for everyone when
it was just one day. My family
and I traveled down and spent
all that money for accommodations
for one day. In
making it two days, it took the
pressure off the artists and
the Arts Center. And it gives
artists the opportunity to see
the winning works before they
have to leave."
The Boardwalk Art Show
has enjoyed a wealth of gifted
artists who lent their keen
aesthetic eyes to the judging
of the show.
Among others, they included
an illustrator for the
Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin, professors of art
from Glassboro State College,
and respected artists from
Philadelphia and New York.
They, as well as the directors
of the show are responsible
for the consistent high quality
among the winning works and
the move to .upgrade the
overall standards of the show.
Even the registration
procedures have been
streamlined. In the early
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necessary to
efficient way. find a
"There were
more
artists win-
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ding around the block, all over,
the lawn, and no place to park
their cars," Mrs. Taylor
recalled. "The neighbors
were complaining It was a •
moss. Now. pre-registration'is.
held at the corner of each
boardwalk block." . -
A now feature of the show,
begun last year, and introduced
by Mrs. Taylor, is a
$500 scholarship awarded to
an art student whose work the
judges feel qualifies that
student for financial aid.
"This is not done by most
art shows," Mrs. Taylor said.
"We knew it would upgrade
the quality of the amateur
category by attracting art
students."
William Jeavons, cochairman
of the show,
stressed that any changes <
made in the format of the
show are made to improve it.
"The quality of the show
was going down" he said. "It
was turning into a comic
strip. But the quality of last
year's show was much better.
Now we have to build up the
number of participants."
Jeavons believes this will be
a fairly easy task. Artists are
already calling for information
on the August
show. "For the last three
months, we've been getting
calls for applications and
information."
More changes are expected
as the art show takes hold
under its new format and as a
result of the recent
reorganization of the Arts«, '
Center's board of directors.
"I imagine if it's going to
remain viable, the show will
have to keep evolving," Mr.
Jeavons said. "And I imagine
the kinds of work submitted
will change as the years pass, -
too."
The Arts Center staff and
Boardwalk Art Show committee
are gearing up for the
August 5 and 6.1977 show. It's
come a long way since the .
innovative Dr. Smith donated
$300 and the seed of an idea.
As Mrs. Frances Taylor
what the future of the
Boardwalk Art Show is. and
you can almost see her brain
somersaulting with idea* and
plans. But. she will modsj&lyt
reply, "We are looking .for- ,
ward to a bigger and better
show."
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Cultural Arts Center busy the year around
The Cultural .Arts Center
was established 11 years ago
by a few farseeing citizens of
Ocean City. They urged the
City government to convert
. an outdated school building*
into an Art Center.. Former,
classrooms make ideal
studios because of the large
windows and large storage
closets which were former
cloakrooms.
Both membership and
annual student enrollment
number over 1000. There are
35 teachers available offering
40 classes a week, in a wide
variety of subjects ranging
from nnintinp qnri rtrawina
through photography,
classical ballet, writing and
sculpture.
"A Trip to Yesteryear" is
the promise made to visitors
and all-year residents by the
Ocean City Historical
Museum, an attraction
operated at 409 Wesley av. by
a dedicated corps of volunteer
citizens of the community.
The tastefully arranged
exhibits immediately immerse
you in authentic atmosphere
of the late 19th
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During the summer in
addition to the regular
teaching - staff, guest instructors
and demonstrators
are scheduled. These include
Oliver Grimley--and Phoebe
Shih, of the Philadelphia area.
Martin Jackson, noted
Philadelphia artist, will serve
as a judge for the Annual
Juried Show and join the
teaching staff for this coming
summer. Jackson's work is
included in 42 museums
throughout the United States
and Europe.
In addition to regular
classes, the Center sponsors a'
Three Year School of Art.
Started three years ago, the
school will have its first
graduates this June.
Fund raising activities
include monthly bus trips in
the Fall and Winter and the
Annual Boardwalk Arc Show
each August plus an invitatitonal
Crafts Show in
September.
Also annual European trips
are arranged. A large corps of
volunteers participate in
these projects.
The Center sponsors a
Community Chorale which
presents two major performances
each year and an
Orchestra which schedules
several concerts annuallyV
Exhibits are changed"
monthly in both galleries
converted from former wide
hallways. Annual Exhibits
include The Philadelphia
Water Color Club, Art Center
Membership Show, a major
Juried. Show and Student
Exhibits. Usually one or more
Photography exhibits are'
arranged, print shows,
sculpture and one month is set
aside for the work of area
school students.
During the summer months
visiting teachers and
demonstrators offer a change'
in format. The summer
classes are on a six-week
schedule and are three-hour
sessions.
In June, the Arts Center
presents an exhibit of flower
painting in conjunction with
the Annual Ocean City Flower
Show on the Boardwalk Music
Pier.
The Center also exhibits the
works of winners in the annual
Photography Show by the City
on the Boardwalk in July
The Arts Center also
sponsors the Annual Boardwalk
Art Show,
In the fall, the Center stages
an Annual Crafts Fair and an
Annual Art Auction.
For full information on
classes or membership, write
or telephone the Cultural Arts
Center, 409 Wesley av.. Ocean
City, 399-7628 or 399-6111,
extension 80.
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century through the life-like
reality of genuine antique
furniture and household articles
used by earlier
generations in their living
rooms, dining rooms,
bedrooms, kitchens and
playrooms.
Museum hours in the
summer season are from 10
a.mm. to 4 p.m. Monday
through Saturday, while from
mid-September to early June
it is open from 1 to 4 p.m.,
Tuesday through Saturday.
Admission is free.
Now in its * 13th year, the
Historical Museum has expanded
markedly in its
displays and public interest
since its humble beginning in
1964 as part of Ocean City's
participation in the 300th
anniversary of the State of
New Jersey.
Hundreds of pictures,
maps, documents and books
depict the civic progress and
social life of Ocean City since
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1879, as the first "Christian
seaside resort" on the
southern New Jersey coast.
In the Fashion Room
visitors find dozens - of
carefully preserved examples
of apparel and accessories
worn by men, women and
children at or before the turn
of the century.
The area abounds with tales
of shipwrecks dating back to
pre-Revolunti'onary times..
The most famous is the four-'
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Mouth Watering
Salt Water Tatty
Glassware and Tins
masted bark Sindia, driven
onto the beach here in a gale
on December 15, 1901. The
Museum's special Sindia
Room helps visitors savor the
days of the windjammers
through many artifacts, ship
models, photographs, sailing
papers and pieces of the
Sindia's cargo preserved by
early residents.
Each year on or about the
anniversary date of the wreck
the Museum staff arranges an
open house party to which the
TEA TIME — A Victorian Parlor scene at the
Ocean City Historical Museum. *
NOSTALIGC — Kitchen display at the Ocean
City Historical Museum goes back to the day
when seashore living was young.
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Ten different Cordial Balls in,
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Espresso Beans
Rum Truffles
Old Fashion Rasberries
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improvements were made in
public is invited. This affair
the North Wing during 1975-76.
last December attracted
' Already the Museum staff is
several hundred for a
making preliminary plans to
pleasant afternoon of punch
cooperate in the observance
and cookies, Christinas music
of Ocean City's 100th an-
by a children's choir, and just
niversary in 1979.
browsing through the various
displays.
Last year, as part of the
nationwide Bicentennial
People interested in natural
observance, the Museum
history will find much to their
published an updated version
liking in the displays of sea
of a book detailing the city's
shells and. semi-precious
history and also provided old
stones, mounted birds native
photographs that were viewed
to the seashore, decoy ducks
by thousands in the lobbies of
and other equipment of
local banking institutions
waterfowl hunters, together
from May through October.
with Indian arrowheads and
related artifacts.
The Museum, operated by
the non-profit corporation
Likewise, antique buffs will known as Friends of the
enjoy viewing valuable glass Ocean City Historical
and china, needlecraft, Museum, also sponsors free
musical instruments, clocks, lectures and other programs
period furniture, and an for .the general public each
entire corner devoted to year. Subjects range from
mementos of America's wars. historical topics to antique
Mrs. William A. Nelson, glassware
curator, estimates that the Seventy-five or more men
Museum contains some 4,000 and women donate close to
items either donated or 4,000 hours a year to volunteer
loaned by friends- in the city service as hosts and hostesses
and out of town. They are to help guide visitors through
displayed in five, separate, the exhibits. These workers
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