STAFF BULLETIN - JULY 26, 2019 - SUMMER PICNIC - THURSDAY AUGUST 15- 5:00 PM - Mystic Seaport

STAFF BULLETIN – JULY 26, 2019
SUMMER PICNIC – THURSDAY AUGUST 15- 5:00 PM
Mystic Seaport Staff and their guests are invited to the annual Summer Picnic at the Boat Shed. Sign-up sheets
have been distributed to individual departments, please sign up and indicate the number of guests in your party
by Friday August 9th. Staff and one guest are invited along with children under 10 for free. Additional guests are
$20.00.

The annual dessert contest is a great opportunity to show off your baking skills! Desserts will be judged on taste,
presentation and creativity. If baking is not your thing and you would like to be a judge for this event please email
Kristen or Deb to let us know. Employees are encouraged to bring desserts even if they do not want to enter into
the contest.

NEW FACES IN THE CRC
Staff members in the CRC are happy to have two more smiling faces added to our ranks. Katharine Hijar and Emily
Powell Bera both started in the last couple weeks and are quickly learning the ropes.

Katharine’s job as an Assistant Curator funded by a Luce Foundation grant is to create a new exhibit based upon
the Museum’s collection. The Sea as Muse is her exhibit title and she will be sounding the depths of the
collections to find appropriate items in the silver and furniture collections and elsewhere to outfit this exhibit
that will highlight immigrant craftsmen. Katharine comes to us from her position as Assistant Professor of U.S.
and Digital History at the California State University, San Marcos.

Emily, our new Collections Assistant, is not new to Mystic Seaport. She was part of Elysa Engelman’s Internship
class in 2010. Obviously inspired by her work with Elysa, Emily has focused on maritime history and collections
care and spent the last four years in Richmond, Virginia at the Naval History and Heritage Command Collections
Management Facility, immersed in their large-scale collections-based Artifact Baseline Reset (ABR) project.

We are excited to have two more experienced professionals share their talents with us at Mystic Seaport
Museum.
-Paul O’Pecko

FIRST THURSDAY AUGUST 1

All staff and volunteers are invited to join us as Dayne Rugh, Director of Education for Slater Memorial Museum
(at Norwich Free Academy) returns to Mystic Seaport Museum as our August presenter. His presentation is
entitled:
"USS Confederacy: The Life and Service of Connecticut's Continental Frigate"
Description: Before the USS Constitution, there was the USS Confederacy, named after America's first form of
government and built in Norwich for the American Revolution. This presentation explores the life and service of
the only vessel of its kind built in Connecticut as well as how the ship and Norwich contributed to fighting the
British on the high seas.
Coffee and donuts will be served at 8:30 am and the presentation begins at 9 am in the Olin Stephens Reading
Room on the 3rd floor of the Stillman Building. Please enter by the north door next to the Thompson Exhibition
Building.
-EveAnne Stouch and Susan O’Donnell

ARTS ON THE QUAD

Tomorrow! Streamlined and the New London Big Band
$10 suggested donation

On Saturday, July 27, the museum will hold its second Arts on the Quad performance of the summer! Pack your
blanket or lawn chairs and find your perfect spot for viewing. You’re invited to bring your own picnic and non-
alcoholic beverages. A cash bar and concession snacks will be available. And don’t forget your dancing shoes for
this one – there will be a dance floor on the Common.

The featured exhibit will be Streamlined: From Hull to Home in Collins Gallery, which will be free and open to the
public between 5 and 8 p.m. Starting at 5:30 there will be a gallery talk about the exhibit followed by a musical
performance at 6:30. Matthew Bird, guest curator of Streamlined, has been working for the past 25 years in
different parts of the art, design and gift professions. Trained as an industrial designer and metalsmith, he
designs products that are distributed to gift stores, museum stores, galleries and catalogs throughout the U.S.
and overseas. Following Matthew’s talk will be a performance by the New London Big Band, a 17-piece jazz
orchestra that plays a mix of classic jazz standards, upbeat dance tunes, and original music by band members,
and regularly features instrumental and vocal soloists. Hope you can join us!

-Arlene Marcionette and Vivienne Williams
Public Programs

MYSTIC LUXURY CINEMAS SUMMER STAFF PROMOTION
Mystic Luxury Cinemas offers Mystic Seaport Museum Staff and Volunteers 2 for 1 tickets to two award-
winning documentaries opening in the next few weeks. Simply show your badge at the box office. And make
sure to thank them for their generous support!

Maiden – Opening Friday July 12, for two weeks, Maiden is the story of how Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook in
charter boats, became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World in
1989. Tracy’s inspirational dream was opposed on all sides: her male competitors thought an all-women crew
would never make it, the chauvinistic yachting press took bets on her failure, and potential sponsors rejected her,
fearing they would die at sea and generate bad publicity. But Tracy refused to give up: she remortgaged her
home and bought a secondhand boat, putting everything on the line to ensure the team made it to the start line.
Although blessed with tremendous self-belief Tracy was also beset by crippling doubts and was only able to make
it through with the support of her remarkable crew. With their help she went on to shock the sport world and
prove that women are very much the equal of men.

https://www.mysticluxurycinemas.com/showtimes-trailers

Sea of Shadows – Opening August 2nd. In the award-winning documentary SEA OF SHADOWS, from National
Geographic, a multinational team of scientists, activists, journalists and undercover agents go up against drug
cartels and illegal traffickers to save the most endangered whale on Earth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiFjJCUd9ro#action=share

184 PIZZERIA STAFF PROMOTION
184 Pizzeria – Members & Staff save $4 on a large pizza

To celebrate summer, this July, our newest Corporate Member, I-84 Pizzeria, is happy to offer all Members, Staff
and Volunteers of Mystic Seaport Museum $4 off a large pizza.

Simply show your Membership card or employee ID at pick-up! And while you are at, thank them for their
generous support of the museum.

184 Pizzeria
224 Gold Star Highway, Mystic, CT
Call 1.860-245-0800
www.184pizzeria.com

If you know a company that should consider Corporate Membership, they can learn more here:
https://www.mysticseaport.org/join/corporate-members/

 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
 Full and Part-time

 Carpenter

THIS WEEK FROM THE OPS COMMITTEE
Museum Open Daily 9AM-5PM, Grounds Close at 6PM
Saturday July 27, 2019 Antique and Classic Boat Rendezvous

Coast Guard Flag Ceremony ● Austin Healy Cars ●Arts on the Quad

Scheduled Groups

   -   5:30PM            Sabino Charter Lynn Wilson –Invoice Coastal

Scheduled Events:

   -   All Day           Antique and Classic Boat Rendezvous
   -   All Day           Austin Healy Cars on the Village Green
   -   7AM               Coast Guard Flag Ceremony-Cadets Arrive
   -   9AM               Flag Ceremony @ Chubbs Wharf
   -   5:30PM            Mathew Bird Streamlined Discussion –Stage outside Greenmanville Church
   -   5:30-6:30PM       ACBR Cocktail Party on Clary Deck & Masin Room
   -   6:30PM            Arts on the Quad performance featuring: The New London Big Band

Sunday July 28, 2019 Antique and Classic Boat Rendezvous

Scheduled Groups

   -   9AM- 4PM          L&M Tours - 17 Guests

Scheduled Events:

   -   All Day           Antique and Classic Boat Rendezvous
   -   Noon              ABCR Boat Parade begins

       Note: Sabino is chartered for the Boat Parade and will not be available to the public.

Other Items Discussed:

          Discussed logistics for weekend events: Arts on the Quad, Austin Healy Car Display, Coast Guard
           Academy Flag Ceremony and ACBR
          Membership discussed AARP Partnership with AARP members getting free admission September
           10,17,24 & October 1- (guests of members pay standard rates.
          Docks discussed adding a surveillance camera at north floating docks
          Shipyard reports Roann will be departing Sunday for the Blessing of the fleet in Stonington
          Interpretation discussed changes for Moby Dick Marathon which will be celebrating the 200th
           anniversary of the novel. One of these changes includes providing a fire pit on Chubbs
           Wharf.

DUTY OFFICER/WATCH CAPTAIN SCHEDULE
         Sunday, July 27, 2019                               Sunday, July 28, 2019

         Duty Officer: Quentin Snediker, radio               Duty Officer: Rebecca Shea, radio

         Security: Gary Doerfler, ext.5310                   Security: Diane Alley, ext. 5310

         Watch Captain: Liz DeArruda, radio                  Watch Captain: Liz DeArruda, radio

         Shipyard: Deb House, ext. 5341                      Shipyard: Deb House, ext. 5341

CLASSIFIEDS
Housing Wanted: Mystic Seaport Museum employee and Carpenter/ handyman seeking cottage or private room
with the possibility of trading home repairs towards lower rent. Contact Bill Maccaughern; 203-417-3023

Catboat for Sale: Please see attached.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK

“Mayflower II is going to be a lot easier for visitors to find after this week’s activity.” – Photo by Andy Price