Boothbay Harbor, Maine - The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the winner of its poster contest is Pat Berger of Brookline, Massachusetts. Windjammer Days is scheduled to take place June 24-27 with the schooners appearing in Linekin Bay on the 26th and in the harbor on the 27th.
Berger's Poster is an acrylic on canvas showing the ships coming into the inner harbor of Boothbay and the people and activity on the shores there as the ships come in. Her family has been summer residents of nearby Southport since the 1900's.
"I love Windjammer Days and I am so excited that my poster will be used to publicize this very special 50th anniversary year," said Pat Berger. “My mother, Elinor “Fuzzy” Downs, is 100 years old. She told me about the contest after she read about it in the Boothbay Register and insisted I enter it. She knew that I have been making posters for over ten years to support single payer health care reform and that I have done many paintings of Fisherman’s Festival and figured I might be able to combine these experiences and make a poster for Windjammer Days. I followed my mother’s advice and tried to design a poster that would portray the festive feeling of the schooners and the harbor as I have experienced it for many years. If you look closely you will find me in my red sailboat Wildfire enjoying the celebration."
Berger's interest in art didn’t begin until she was in her late 50’s when she started drawing in her spare time. She took a few art courses in Boston and joined Turtle Studios where she has continued learning and painting. Berger got her medical degree at Cornell University and worked as a primary care physician in the Boston area for 32 years. She retired from medicine in 2002 and lives with her husband Dr. Robert Berger in Massachusetts. They have two daughters and a three-year-old granddaughter. Besides her art life she figure skates, loves to sail, and works as co-chair of an organization that is leading the campaign for a single payer health care system in Massachusetts.
The judges of the poster contest included the editor of the Boothbay Register, Kevin Burnham; a Representative of the Windjammer Committee, Kris Ward; a member of Arts27, Jim Taliana; community leader and past president of the Board of The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce, Cindy Mastrella.The poster will be available for sale at the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce offices and at the Whale Park at the Chamber tent during the festival. The original painting will be auctioned off through a silent auction that will be held at the Chamber booth at the Whale Park during the Windjammer Days Festival. People interested in bidding on the piece should stop by the Chamber tent at the Whale Park during the Festival. They will be given a number and they can bid on the artwork. The bidding will close when we announce the Grand Prize Raffle Winner at 8:00 PM on Wednesday, June 27th.
To learn more about Windjammer Days and to track updates, visit the Chamber's website at www.boothbayharbor.com or find us on Facebook.
Photos are the poster by Pat Berger and Pat.
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