It will cost $715,320 to paint the Benson Avenue water tower.
The Boardwalk Art Show offers a chance to buy or just look.
The show will run from 8th to 11th streets on the Boardwalk from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Leading artists from throughout the East Coast will participate in one of the longest-running fine art shows in the country. The Boardwalk Art Show is one of few multiday shows that is purely two-dimensional juried fine art.
Visitors can see or buy fine artwork at reasonable prices.
The juried categories are oil/acrylics, watercolor, drawing, hand-pulled prints, and photography. Prizes total more than $2,000 including a Purchase award where the Ocean City Arts Center buys a piece of art and adds it to the Permanent Collection at the Center. It is then exhibited throughout the year in one of the studios.
Many artists enjoy this show more than others because of the huge Boardwalk crowd. Many visitors now plan Ocean City vacations around the show, which is always the first weekend in August.
The Ocean City Arts Center runs fundraisers throughout the year, but this one is the Center’s biggest event.
The first Boardwalk Art Show in 1962 served as the genesis of the Ocean City Arts Center. The event was started by Dr. Marcia Smith, James F. Penland and Mayor B. Thomas Waldman.
