Pride of Baltimore II presents
Sailabration: Sailing Traditions in Ink
A Festival Celebrating the Lives of Sailors and the Art of Tattooing
FREE EVENT
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2024
11 AM – 4 PM
FELL’S POINT BROADWAY PIER
Support for this event preserves a maritime tradition unique to the Chesapeake Bay and funds the creation of programs in which all Marylanders can see themselves reflected.
Tattoo History and Live Demonstrations
The Baltimore Tattoo Museum
From taboo to mainstream, explore American electric tattooing from the time when the first tattooing machine was patented in 1891 to today. Featuring examples of hand painted pieces of art, called flash, from famous tattoo artists like Norman Keith Collins, also known as Sailor Jerry, who made his name, tattooing sailors in Hawaii during the 1930s.
Live Souvenir tattoos on Pride II by Chris Keaton, Founder of the Baltimore Tattoo Museum
Special souvenir tattoos of Pride II will be offered during the event! Tattoos (artwork pictured here) are 2.25″ H x 3″ L, and take about 20 min to complete. Placement will determine price, $150 – $200. Both black outline and color available.
Contact Lori@pride2.org for more information and to secure your spot in the lineup.
Not ready for a permanent tattoo? You can still get a souvenir. Try on this full color temporary tattoo designed by Chris Keaton.
Owen Payette McGarry “Handpoke Tattooer” Live “Stick and Poke” Tattoo demonstration on Pride II
Before the electric tattoo machine was invented in 1891 by a former sailor, tattoo artists used a simple poke and stick technique. Aboard ship, sailors often used the materials they had on hand, such as large needles for sewing sails, India ink, laundry bluing, and even gunpowder!
Guests of all ages can carve their very own BANANA SCRIMSHAW with public historian and tailor, Adam HL. He’ll be talking about tattoos in detail—while being tattooed by Owen.
Music and Performances
Fort McHenry Guard Fife and Drum and Flotillamen
Living historians in the famous “Fort McHenry Guard Fife and Drum Corps” play period music and giving a history of music’s role at Fort McHenry.
The Marching Elite
Modern Drum Line performance by The Marching Elite Marching Band. The Marching Elite Foundation uses music and arts as a vehicle to create positive change in the communities and the lives of the participants of the program.
Ship’s Company Chanteymen
Sharing sea salts’ songs and portraying the musical part of nautical life in the 1700s and 1800s. Many of their songs originally set a pace to keep ship crews rowing in time or doing rhythmic chores such as turning a capstan. Some just filled long hours or lonely nights at sea. Simple and direct, wild and spirited, salty and rough as a North Atlantic gale, they were a reflection of the sailors themselves.
Exhibitors and Activities
Pride of Baltimore II
Pride of Baltimore II is a reproduction of a Baltimore Clipper, a class of sailing vessels that were the most successful American privateers in the War of 1812. Learn about the role ships and sailors played in the War of 1812, and what it’s like to live as a sailor on Pride II today.
Lady Maryland
Lady Maryland is a pungy schooner, a vessel indigenous to the 19th century Chesapeake Bay. Pungies have a hull form similar to the famous Baltimore Clippers. Join in programs and games that delve into the lives of sailors, soldiers, and ordinary citizens during the War of 1812.
Ship Caulkers Houses
The Ship Caulkers’ Houses tell the story of freedom and advancement for Black people in Baltimore’s Fell’s Point neighborhood during the pre-Civil War Era – forgotten and ignored for too long.
Star-Spangled Banner Flag House
Mary Pickersgill made the 30-foot-by-42-foot Star-Spangled Banner flag that flew over Fort McHenry and inspired Francis Scott Key to write the words that would later become our national anthem.
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