{"id":15820,"date":"2015-01-11T13:17:15","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T13:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=15820"},"modified":"2015-01-11T13:17:44","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T13:17:44","slug":"st-croix-seashell-society-presents-exhibit-and-art-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=15820","title":{"rendered":"St. Croix Seashell Society Presents Exhibit And Art Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">The St. Croix Seashell Society will host an opening gala for its\u00a0first Seashell Exhibit and Seashell Art Show on Friday, Jan. 23 at Fort Frederik from 6 to 9 p.m.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Local seashells will be on display as well as sea art from various local artists, including shell paintings by Tuna; local musical conch horn sculptor, Brian Bishop with &#8220;chaney&#8221;; ocean-inspired jewelry from Crucian Gold and others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">The V.I. Council on the Arts, Friends of Fort Frederik, and Mary E. Masters provided funding for the show, according to a press release issued about the event. Fiscal sponsorship was provided by the St. Croix Foundation for community development. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Ingrid Bough, territorial director of\u00a0libraries, archives and museums provided the gallery space, and the efforts of DPNR&#8217;s Division of Fish and Wild Life provided additional support for the upcoming event, according to organizers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The exhibit will be open for public viewing through May 2015 during the Fort&#8217;s regular hours,\u00a0Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m. Admission is free.<\/p>\n<p>The St. Croix Seashell Society is a newly formed group working to create museum space for the permanent display of local seashells.<\/p>\n<p>The organization says it is &#8220;dedicated to community education and appreciation of the treasures we find in our seas,&#8221; and invites seashell collectors to share their collections\u00a0with the public by exhibiting through donation or lone of their sea shells to the Society. Persons are also encouraged to sponsor a shelf or display case.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, send email to stcroixseashellsociety@gmail.com.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Image Credit: <em>Wallisty<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The St. Croix Seashell Society will host an opening gala for its\u00a0first Seashell Exhibit and Seashell Art Show on Friday, Jan. 23 at Fort Frederik from 6 to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":15824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,191,147],"tags":[923],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>St. Croix Seashell Society Presents Exhibit And Art Show - V.I. 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