Underwater Museum of Art Sculpture Deployment Live Stream July 13

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Underwater Museum of Art
Grayton Beach Florida

UMA Deployment Planned for July 13​

We're very excited to share that we'll be attempting to livestream our 5th deployment from the barge!! Weather and wifi permitting, you'll be able to watch all of the action live on the UMA website as new sculptures are safely delivered to their new home at the Underwater Museum of Art Thursday morning, July 13th. This year's additions include Quantum Reef by Chris Chubb (Tallahassee, FL), Space Nest by Frank Henderson (Evanston, IL), Welcome Home by Zachery Long (Oklahoma City, OK), Cetacean Remains by Pat Mclain (Stone Mountain, GA), One Tree by Ann Moeller Steverson (Huntsville, AL) Opus by Allison Wickey (Santa Rosa Beach, FL). The 2023 art works will join the 34 sculptures previously deployed on a one-acre permit patch of seabed off Grayton Beach State Park, further expanding the nation’s first permanent underwater museum to 40 art works. Follow @UMAFlorida on social media for all deployment timing updates. Weather and wifi permitting, livestream will be available for viewing at umafl.org.

 

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UMA
Tune in TODAY, July 13th for our 5th #UMAFL deployment!

We’ll be attempting a LIVESTREAM Weather and wifi permitting, you’ll be able to watch all of the action on the UMA website umafl.org

Deployment is planned for 11am (CST) and as always, weather dependent. Please follow our social media channels for updates.

 

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WALTON COUNTY

Underwater Museum of Art surpasses 40 sculptures with 2023 deployment​

by: Kimber Collins
Posted: Jul 13, 2023

GRAYTON BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) — Pieces of artwork were dropped into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday. The event growing the Underwater Museum of Art off the Walton County coast.

A boat full of artists, sponsors, and Walton County officials left with Destin Snorkel to watch six custom sculptures become artificial reefs in the Underwater Museum of Art.

“It is a dive site that features original sculptures that morph into artificial reefs, and become a habitat for fish and it is the only one of its kind in the United States,” said Jennifer Steele, executive director of the Cultural Arts Alliance (CAA) of Walton County.

View all of the 2023 sculptures online.

Artist Chris Cubb watched his piece, the quantum reef, join 40 other masterpieces under the surface.

“That was fun. Little nerve-wracking, but fun,” said Chris Chubb, UMA 2023 artist.

Chubb has never made anything as an artist to be displayed underwater. Having this custom piece there for divers and marine life to enjoy is a proud moment in his career.

“I think that’s fun. I put a lot of thought into how the sculpture was assembled to encourage marine life to inhabit different parts of the sculpture, and I’m real excited to see how they respond,” said Chubb.
Now five years in the making, the CAA says they have plans to expand the dive site for decades.

“We would love for it to become a like a dive destination and working with SOWAL and the County to grow it steadily year after year and possibly add some other elements to it we think will sustain it and make it something that is an attraction for years to come,” said Steele.

Chubb said his next step is to become scuba certified so he can go down and see his work in action.

An artist called for 2024 statues will be released in the coming months from the CAA. Find more information online.

Underwater Museum of Art surpasses 40 sculptures with 2023 deployment

GRAYTON BEACH, Fla. (WMBB) — Pieces of artwork were dropped into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday. The event growing the Underwater Museum of Art off the Walton County coast. A boat full of art…

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