Monterey Maritime and History Museum changes name to Museum of Monterey and reopens after 15 months
The former Monterey Maritime and History Museum will reopen Saturday, June 4th from 3 to 7:30 p.m. as the newly-named Museum of Monterey (MoM) after being closed for 15 months.
- Salinas, CA (1888PressRelease) May 18, 2011 - MONTEREY MARITIME AND HISTORY MUSEUM CHANGES NAME TO MUSEUM OF MONTEREY AND REOPENS AFTER 15 MONTHS! Announces Its First Exhibition "Flows to Bay": Beginning Saturday, June 4th
MONTEREY, CA (May 16, 2011) The former Monterey Maritime and History Museum will reopen Saturday, June 4th from 3 to 7:30 p.m. as the newly-named Museum of Monterey (MoM) after being closed for 15 months. The opening follows the 80th La Merienda party which celebrates Monterey's 241st birthday, sponsored by the Monterey History and Art Association.
The Museum, a landmark on Monterey's Custom House Plaza, will feature an exhibit, "Flows to Bay," that showcases art and artists who create fine art that explores the issues of marine debris, plastic pollution and its effect on the environment, human health, the oceans and the planet.
In addition, the Museum opening will feature artworks and artifacts in an exhibition on the Monterey region called "Treasures of the Collection," showcasing the Monterey History and Art Association's most precious artworks and artifacts -- from the Native American tribes who once flourished in the area, to 19th and 20th century artists who produced masterpieces inspired by the region's breath-taking landscapes. Visitors will walk a path of history, exploring these, and many other, rich and diverse histories of Monterey.
Also, a 50- by 9.5-feet mural - a "historama" - inside the Museum will be unveiled. The mural was created by well known Los Angeles artist Andre Miripolsky, who also designed and painted the wave theme graphics on the fence surrounding the Museum. Miripolsky has collaborated with Elton John, Bette Midler, Quincy Jones, Rolling Stones, Robin Williams, MTV and "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno. The mural depicts various aspects of Monterey region's past, ranging from sea otters and sardines, to historic buildings, golf, cars, festivals and agriculture.
The "Flows to Bay" exhibition is curated by Lisa Coscino, local gallerist and co-founder of F.A.M.E Media. The exhibition showcases art and artists locally and globally who create fine art - through image, concept or materials - which explores the issues of marine debris, plastic pollution and its effect on the environment.
"'Flows to Bay' explores the relationship between consumerism and the ocean. Almost everything we purchase, use and enjoy at some point is tossed away and ends up as trash - either in a landfill or worse, along the side of the road," Coscino said. "In many cases these things end up, in one way or another, in our bays, lakes, streams and oceans.
"Of all the common detritus of our lives that literally 'flows to bay,' the most insidious is plastic. Plastic bottles have a life span of approximately 450 years. As they break down in the water, they turn into minute particles that are ingested by marine life - from phytoplankton to turtles to seabirds on Midway Island. All this ingested plastic affects the food chain all the way up to humans. Harmful chemicals leached by plastics already are present in the tissue and bloodstream of everyone, including newborns," Coscino added.
"The artists in 'Flows to Bay' are an example of a growing number of concerned and vocal people who have actively decided to pursue this matter. From diverse locations and with a variety or materials and ideas, they serve as apocalyptic visionaries of our disposable society."
The exhibition was inspired by the efforts of the Plastic Pollution Coalition and the artists who support it. PPC is a global alliance of individuals, businesses and organizations working together to end plastic pollution and its toxic impacts on people, animals and the environment and stands for every person's right to air, water and food without toxic chemicals.
Thirteen artists are participating in the exhibition - Raymond Pettibon, Pam Longobardi, Judith Selby Lang and Richard Lang, Dianna Cohen, Chris Jordan, Brandon Boyd, David Edgar, Lila Roo, Trevor Meeker, Sam Hisey, Susan Thacker and Evan Blackwell. Three artists in the show are from the Monterey Peninsula: Sam Hisey, Trevor Meeker and Susan Thacker. (Artist background information available upon request.)
The artists will showcase a collection of beautiful and striking works that reveals the artists' shared passion for protecting our earth and our ocean.
Programming for "Flows to Bay" will include performances, film screenings, lectures, discussions, book readings and signings by artists, authors, filmmakers and musicians who are investigating the health of our waters and helping to find simple solutions that we can incorporate into our daily lives.
Lisa Coscino opened her gallery in Pacific Grove in 2000. Last year Lisa teamed up with Kate Miller to create F.A.M.E- media: FilmArtMusicEarth, a hybrid production company dedicated to helping conservation-based non-profits extend their message through the Arts. F.A.M.E.-media helps non-profits become sustainable through creative, innovative and interactive platforms. www.FAME-media.com
Background on Museum of Monterey (MoM):
MUSEUM OF MONTEREY
Art, History, Innovation, Maritime
Formerly the Monterey Maritime and History Museum, the Museum of Monterey (MoM) has been reinvented by the Monterey History & Art Association (MHAA) for a new era.
California's progressive, inclusive and creative spirit is a lighthouse to the world and it all started in Monterey. In 1846, without firing a shot, Commodore John Drake Sloat captured Monterey and claimed California as American domain. In 1849, the California state constitution was written, debated and signed in Monterey. Within the next year, California became the first state in the West. In 1931, a group of Monterey visionaries created the MHAA to honor this unique contribution to the west's history.
MoM will continue MHHA's mission to identify and preserve those objects that tell the story of Monterey's historic role in the birth and development of the wildly innovative state of California. And further to provide an environment and support for those individuals and organizations whose new stories demonstrate and celebrate that bold creative spirit.
Building on the past, MoM will help make living history - locally, regionally and globally.
After the special opening, MoM will be open Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. The Museum is closed Monday. Cost for a visit is $5 with children under 12 free. MHAA members are admitted free. Lobby exhibits are free. For more information please call (831) 372-2608 or go to www.montereyhistory.org.
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