Festival of Arts: Local artists launch Cods & Whales auction at Abbot Hall
Hundreds of people packed Abbot Hall for the kick-off of the Marblehead Festival of Arts’ Cods & Whales auction on June 2. Nearly 60 local artists decorated one-of-a-kind wooden cods and — new this year — plastic whales to be displayed in local retailers and auctioned off.
The cods measure 18 inches by 7 inches, and the whales are much larger at 55 inches by 15 inches.
Artist Stephanie Krauss Verdun, standing with her daughter Hannah, shows off her painted whale. CURRENT PHOTOS / LEIGH BLANDER
“It’s super fun to have all the artists who are local come together like this every year,” said Stephanie Krauss Verdun, who owns Out of the Box Studio on Atlantic Avenue and painted both a cod and a whale this year. “People collect the cods. They’re so cool.”
Verdun has been painti...