Clothesline Art Show
Each year during River Days, HRMM is proud to host the annual Clothesline Art Show.
Organized around a different theme each year, the Clothesline Art Show is open to school-aged children, kindergarten through high school, from all over the Hudson Valley. Prizes are awarded in each age category.
Submitted art must be two-dimensional paper pieces either 8 1/2 by 11 inches or 12 by 18 inches in size.
This year’s theme is:
Shipwrecked!
Crashed, wrecked, sunken, and scrapped boats and ships of the Hudson River.
Submission deadline is June 30th, 2013
Art will be displayed along the historic steam tugboat Mathilda during River Days, Saturday July 20th and Sunday July 21st. Prizes will be awarded on Sunday the 21st.
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Mail or deliver art to:
Hudson River Maritime Museum
50 Rondout Landing
Kingston, NY 12401
For questions, please call 845-338-0071 ext. 16 or e-mail swassberg@hrmm.org.
For more information about shipwrecks on the Hudson, check out these articles and links:
Imaging the Depths of the Hudson River - Shipwreck World
Hudson Shipwrecks Found, But No Loose Lips – New York Times
The Henry Clay Catastrophe – New York Times, 1852 (PDF)
Secrets of the Deep – New York Magazine