‘Totally Tuesday Talk’ – Don Gorvett Commemorates Star Island Centennial

‘Totally Tuesday Talk’ – Don Gorvett Commemorates Star Island Centennial

On Tuesday, August 30, 2016, Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA) presents a ‘Totally Tuesday Talk’ by Ogunquit woodcut print artist Don Gorvett. He will discuss his work and his recently created woodblock print of the historic Oceanic Hotel to commemorate Star Island’s Centennial year.
”We’re so pleased to have Don speak at OMAA and to help Star Island celebrate 100 years,” said Andres Verzosa, Interim Executive Director and Curator, Ogunquit Museum of American Art. “A respected figure in the Ogunquit arts scene, Don’s woodcut print work is included in OMAA’s permanent collection as well as those of the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, UK; the Peabody Essex Museum; the Museum of Fine Art, Boston; and many more. We’re happy to have this opportunity to hear about his process and about his special commemorative work for a beloved Isles of Shoals landmark.”

The Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA) was founded by Lost Generation artist Henry Strater and opened in 1953. Closely connected to two of America’s earliest art colonies that directly contributed to the roots of American modernism, OMAA today houses a permanent collection of important paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints and photographs from the late 1800s to the present and is the only museum in Maine devoted exclusively to the exhibition, preservation, and interpretation of American art. A short walk from Perkins Cove, the museum and its three acres of sculpture gardens overlook Narrow Cove and the Atlantic Ocean.