Tuesday, July 5-15, 2022
The 2022 collection is comprised of 38 works of art created by 27 artists. Among missions captured in these remarkable works are the many varied training exercises that help the Coast Guard be Semper Paratus, illegal drug interdiction, protecting the marine environment and living marine resources, work on aids to navigation, working dogs in service to the Coast Guard and daring search and rescue missions including rescues of stranded canines.
All works are generously donated by COGAP members.
Eight SCNY artists in the COGAP Collection 2022 (see accompanying jpgs for their COGAP 2022 art)
Hedderich, Tom (also COGAP Membership Chair)
“Saving Grace”
Van der Pool, Leendert
“Outdoor Exercise”
Anderson, Daven
“Icy Ops”
Keirce, Debra
“Nurdles, Ghost Nets and Flotsam”
Larsen, Kirk
“Answering the Coldest Call”
Kullaf, Anne
“Diver Training”
Whelan, Elizabeth
“Aviation Survival Technician Suiting Up”
Loew, Karen
“Keeping Watch”
In Memorium 2022_Two Salmagundi members/ COGAP artists
Sharon Way-Howard
Above: Photo of her with art
Left: “Always Vigilant: New York Harbor”
Mike Mazer
Left: “Consultation: Snare Boom and Skimmers”
The George Gray Award
Named for the co-founder of the Coast Guard Art Program, the George Gray Award recognizes Coast Guard artists for outstanding artistic achievement. One artist from the 2022 collection of contributors will be named recipient f of this award. George enlisted in the Coast Guard during WWII and was a combat artist in Vietnam. He was a member of Salmagundi Club and chaired the COGAP committee for 20 years.
James Dyekman
Right: “George Gray”
The 2021 award went to Frank Gaffney of Mountlake Terrace, WA for:
“Fast Rope Insertion: demonstrated”
Gaffney, Frank
About the Coast Guard Art Program
The Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) uses fine art as an outreach tool for educating diverse audiences about the Coast Guard. Today, more than ever, the Service addresses an abundance of challenges as it works to maintain the nation’s security at home and abroad and executes its statutory missions. COGAP art provides visual testimony to the unique contribution the Service makes to the nation in its multifaceted roles as a military, humanitarian and law enforcement organization. Art from the program is exhibited at museums around the country. It is displayed in the offices of members of Congress, cabinet secretaries, senior government officials and other military services and Coast Guard locations nationwide. It has also been displayed by the State Department overseas in its prestigious Art in Embassies program.
This year marks the 41st anniversary of the Coast Guard Art Program. Today, the collection holds over 2,000 works that capture the myriad missions the more than 41,000 active-duty men and women of the Coast Guard perform daily, including homeland security, search and rescue, marine environmental protection, drug interdiction, national defense and natural resource management. Paintings and drawings bring to life the work performed by the Coast Guard and vividly demonstrate the Service’s contributions to the country.
Since its inception in 1981, the Club has been co-sponsor of the Coast Guard Art Program. In recognition of its many contributions in this capacity it was awarded the Coast Guard’s Distinguished Public Service Award, the highest public award given.
Image from past COGAP Acceptance Ceremony 2021:
Committee members: Tom Hedderich, Gloria Sampson-Knight, Steve Margolis, Annie Patt, Dale Irwin and Karen Loew.