After you’ve sailed on a Tall Ship at Downrigging Weekend, take a few hours to explore some of the incredible art that will be on display at the festival. Downtown Chestertown is filled with galleries and here are just a few of the art-related events that will be taking place during Downrigging Weekend.
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Exhibit: Building Sultana – A Selection of Marc Castelli PaintingsOpening Reception Friday, October 27 / 5:00-7:00pmSaturday, October 28 / 10:00am-4:00pmSunday, October 29/ 11:00am-4:00pmSultana’s Holt Center / 200 South Cross StreetPartner event with Massoni Art Between 1997 and 2001, renowned artist Marc Castelli captured the construction of the schooner SULTANA in more than 50 vibrant watercolor paintings. Taken together, these works represent one of the finest and most complete artistic surveys of the construction of a traditional wooden schooner produced over the last half century. Most of Castelli’s paintings of SULTANA’s construction were rapidly acquired by private collectors, and haven’t been seen by the public for almost 20 years. With the assistance of Marc Castelli, Massoni Art, and multiple private collectors, the Sultana Education Foundation is assembling a selection of these paintings for a special Downrigging Weekend exhibit called “Building SULTANA.” Also of note . . . Castelli’s “Building Sultana” exhibit shares its name with a new limited-edition book of his pen and ink drawings of the construction of SULTANA that will be released during a special event at 6:00pm on Saturday, October 28 at Sultana’s Holt Center.
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Exhibit: Marc Castelli – Swinging the Lantern
Friday October 27 / 5:00-7:30pm
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Free |
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RIVERARTS STUDIO TOURSaturday, October 28 / 10:00am – 5:00pm
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Free |