Groton — Fifteen works by 13 artists of the U.S. Coast Guard Art Program will be on view at the University of Connecticut's Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art on the Avery Point campus from July 1 to Sept. 30.　

Paintings of particular interest to the Groton community will be works depicting Coast Guard Academy cadets aboard the Coast Guard cutter Eagle. Several other works will depict Coast Guard stations in New England.

This will mark the first ever exhibit of Coast Guard art at the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery. The exhibition is part of Connecticut's summer-long celebration of the history of the Coast Guard. This year marks the service's 225th birthday. In tandem with this show will be an exhibition of 14 reproductions at Groton's Municipal Building. These will feature Coast Guard activities in District One, the district in which Connecticut is a part.

The Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP), which began in 1981, utilizes fine art as an outreach tool for educating audiences about the United States Coast Guard.

COGAP members — most of whom are professional artists — donate their works of art to the program. Today the collection contains nearly 2,000 pieces celebrating the work of the Coast Guard's approximately 40,400 active duty members.

The Alexey von Schlippe Gallery is located at 1084 Shennecossett Road. To learn more about COGAP and the Alexey von Schlippe Gallery visit www.uscg.mil/art and www.averypointarts.uconn.edu/home.html.