Arts & Culture
Arts & Culture
Ocean Arts & Culture in all its forms, is now being used to inspire, engage and build a conscious culture that views our world in a different light.
We Spotlight Ocean Authors, Ocean Filmmakers and Underwater Photographers, Artists and Musicians
We support their work in our Galleries, and by showcasing their cultural exhibits, festivals and any events that sponsor these creative Ocean Artists. Many of our Ocean Artists can be followed in the blogs that follow and most of these Authors, Artists, Photographers and Filmmakers have been part of the Blue Ocean Summit interviews.
Featured Art & Photo Galleries
Take a visual dive into the underwater world with these three featured Galleries (left); the first profiles the work of Big Animal photographer Amos Nachoum whom you ‘met’ at Blue Ocean Summit 2016 (BOS). The second gallery spotlights the spectacular underwater imagery of Burt Jones and Maureen Shimlock (BOS 2014) from their photo essays of Raja Ampat. Our third gallery presents the amazing sculptural pieces of Courtney Mattison (BOS 2016). More Gallery Presentations and interviews with Ocean Artists are scheduled this year – sign up to our newsletter to make sure you don’t miss meeting these gifted change-makers.
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Change the culture, change the world. Artists are central to social change.
—Artist Favianna Rodriguez
The Guardian of the Reef at DEMA Show 2013
The Guardian of the Reef, a13-foot sculpture of mythological creature destined to be an artificial reef in the Cayman Islands will be on display at the Diving Equipment & Marketing Association's Show (DEMA) in Orlando November 6 – 9, 2013 On his way to the sandy...
Corporate Executive Goes Off the Deep End as a Dive Industry Entrepreneur
Ron Kipp's Story The Cayman Islands -- Ron Kipp was a rising star at IBM during the company’s heyday in the 1970s. By 1980 Kipp, a former Air Force officer who served in Vietnam, was living in suburban Ohio and working as an IBM sales executive. It appeared he had...
Underwater Sculpture Park reflects Grenada’s commitment to Sustainable Tourism
ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada - In the silent shallows off Grenada, an Underwater Sculpture Park models the practice of sustainable tourism. The first of its kind in the world, Grenada’s Underwater Sculpture Park was designed to act as an artificial reef, offering an ideal...
Sea Hunt Underwater Set May Open to Divers.
Series Location in Silver Springs Ocala, Florida - More than 100 of the adventure series “Sea Hunt” were filmed in the gin clear output of Silver Springs, near Ocala, Florida. Lloyd Bridges portrayed Mike Nelson, a one-time Navy frogman who in the space of 30...
“We Are Water” Now Available on DVD
A Mission to Reconnect People with Water The world’s top female underwater explorer Jill Heinerth is on a mission to reconnect people to their most precious commodity through her latest documentary, We Are Water. Now available on DVD, We Are Water is a...
Make Every Day World Oceans Day!
(Blue Ocean Network - June 8, 2011) -- Today is World Oceans Day - A day in which we can celebrate our earth's most beautiful blue resource,and ask ourselves how well we are taking care of it. This day was officially recognized by the United Nations in 2008 and since...
Amos Nachoum Dispels the Misconceptions Surrounding Sharks at TEDxConejo 2011
(Blue Ocean Network - May 25, 2011) -- There is something you need to know about Jaws. He was a fabrication. Photographer and explorer Amos Nachoum dispels the misconception of killer species in a photographic exploration presented at TEDxConejo2011. See the video...
Blue Dives Deeper
(Blue Ocean Network - May 12, 2011) -- Blue magazine continues to promote Caribbean scuba diving and ecotourism markets in its current issue, which is now available through various dive centres and tourism affiliates, regionally and internationally. The second issue,...
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