Scrimshaw Weekend at the New Bedford Whaling Museum
Friday - Saturday - Sunday, 14 - 15- 16 May 2010
CELEBRATING THE 21st ANNIVERSARY OF THE SCRIMSHAW WEEKENDS, FOUNDED 1989
Registration, receptions, coffee breaks, and meals are held in the Jacobs Family Gallery, adjacent to the Museum entrance & Front Desk. All sessions and programs are held in the Museum Theater, next to the Museum entrance
Friday, May 14
| 10:00 AM | Registration and scrimshaw registration open coffee served all day |
| 12:00-6:00 | NEW EVENT: Scrimshaw Shops: dealer booths / swap meet scrimshaw, marine antiques, books, etc. |
| 6:00-8:00 | Dinner on your own |
| 8:00 PM | EVENING PROGRAM: Scrimshaw...Through the Collectors' Eyes Nina Hellman (Nantucket, Mass.) |
Saturday, May 15
| 9:00 AM | Registration and scrimshaw registration open coffee served all day |
| 10:00 | Welcome and Opening Remarks Stuart M. Frank, Ph.D. (New Bedford Whaling Museum) |
| | SESSION I: THE CERES ARTISTS AND SHIP CERES |
| 10:15 | Distinguishing Characteristics of Scrimshaw by the Ceres Artisans Stuart Frank |
| 11:00 | The Life and Adventures of the Ceres Scrimshander Kenneth R. Martin, Ph.D. (former Director, Kendall Whaling Museum) |
| 11:45 | The Four Ceres Artists Identified Donald E. Ridley, P.E. (Volunteer Assistant Curator Emeritus, Kendall Whaling Museum and New Bedford Whaling Museum) [read by Judith N. Lund] |
| 12:30 PM | More about the Ceres Artists Judith N. Lund (Advisory Curator and former Curator, New Bedford Whaling Museum) |
| 1:00 | Lunch break |
| | SESSION II: MUCH ABOUT SCRIMSHAW |
| 2:00 | Report on the forthcoming Scrimshaw Catalogue and Exhibition at the New Bedford Whaling Museum |
| 2:15 | Recollections of an old time collector and the recent discovery of new artists (Naval Monument Engraver, Locket Engraver, and Sand Pebble Artist) Judge Paul E. Vardeman (Kansas City, Mo.) |
| 3:00 | Sam McDowell and the McDowell Scrimshaw Collection Stuart Frank |
| 3:45 | Coffee break |
| 4:15 | Recent Adventures and Discoveries at the Forensics Lab Richard Donnelly (Volunteer, New Bedford Whaling Museum; and collaborator in the forthcoming catalogue of the museum collection) |
| 5:00 | Market Report Andrew Jacobson (Ipswich, Massachusetts) |
| | General Discussion |
| 6:00 | Adjourn to Cash Bar |
| 7:00 | Banquet |
| 8:00 | EVENING PROGRAM:
Rugs and Floor Coverings on Pictorial Scrimshaw Dr. Vasant Gideon (Volunteer, New Bedford Whaling Museum)
Mystery Man of the Fake Susans Teeth: The Maker Revealed
Collectors Show-and-Tell |
Sunday, May 15
The optional field-trip is a visit to important private scrimshaw collections in Newbury, Mass., and Atkinson, N.H. with lunch included. The bus leaves Fairhaven at 8:00 AM and New Bedford at 8:15, and will return by 6:00 PM.
We gratefully acknowledge the support of Northeast Auctions of Portsmouth, N.H.,
And the Maine Antique Digest, which have helped make this event possible.
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