Several internationally acclaimed artists, including Dr. Guy Harvey, Wyland and sculptor Kent Ullberg, will have their work featured at the Art of the Dive/Portraits of the Deep traveling museum exhibition, which is scheduled to be on display at the IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame and Museum in Dania Beach, FL, from October 1st to November 30th.

Produced by David J. Wagner L.L.C., the traveling exhibition features work by leading artists who portray underwater life forms, habitat and dive art.

The show will feature original paintings, sculptures and photographs by the world’s leading painters and sculptors of marine and dive art. These begin with New York painter, Stanley Meltzoff (1917-2006), who as curator/author was given his art-of–the-dive start with a commission from National Geographic Society in the 1960s and who is now generally recognized as the progenitor of the series.

In addition to Stanley Meltzoff, Guy Harvey, Wyland and Kent Ullberg, other artists and sculptors represented include Charles Allmond, Al Barnes, Renee Bemis, Eric Berg, M.J. Brush, Ian Coleman, Jean-Louis Courteau, John Kobald, Diane Peebles, Randy Puckett, Don Ray, George Schelling, Randall Scotts, Rachelle and Wes Siegrist, Mark Susinno, Fred Thomas and Ronnie Williford.

IGFA Chief Operating Officer Mike Myatt says the show will be one of IGFA's most anticipated events: “We are very excited and deeply honored to be the first venue of this truly incredible collection of art. This is definitely a show not to be missed.”

For more information, go to www.igfa.org/Museum/Art-Exhibits.aspx

Art of the Dive/Portraits of the Deep
The Art of the Dive/Portraits of the Deep is a traveling museum exhibition featuring work by leading artists who portray underwater life forms, habitat and dive art. Subjects range from sailfish, marlin and other billfish, to striped bass, bluefish, tarpon, bonefish, snook, bluefin tuna, salmon, dolphin, sharks, as well as whales, sea turtles, rays, corals, crustaceans, mollusks and plants, and the countless array of other life that inhabits freshwater lakes, estuaries, and rivers as well as saltwater.

The IGFA
The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) is a not-for-profit organization committed to the conservation of game fish and the promotion of responsible, ethical angling practices through science, education, rule-making and record- keeping. IGFA headquarters is housed in the 60,000 sq. ft. IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum in the Sportman’s Park Complex in Dania Beach, Florida. Housed within the Museum are six interactive galleries, the incomparable E.K. Harry Library of Fishes, the Hall of Fame, and a Wetlands Walk featuring live alligators. For more information on IGFA, visit www.igfa.org.