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Come support whale research and conservation at A Whale Affair while having a whale of a good time. The Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS), the Cape Cod Mermaid and radio station WATD are hosting an art show and auction to raise money for whale and dolphin conservation. Artists with whale, dolphin or ocean themes will be exhibiting their work to highlight the importance of whales, dolphins, and the sea in our lives and imaginations.

The event will take place on Thursday, October 2, 2008 at the Isaac Winslow House located in Marshfield, Massachusetts. It will begin at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $35, which includes a catered evening with many of the artists, a silent auction, and a live auction. Thirty percent of the proceeds of the art sold will be donated to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, an international non-profit working to protect whales, dolphins and the ocean.

There will be a wide breadth of artistic styles displayed for sale all for a great cause. We are particularly excited about Theresa LaBrecque's A Whale of a Good Time series and book (www.thecapecodmermaid.com). Theresa also created an exclusive painting for the event which is displayed above. We are indebted to Theresa, for her donation of a portion of the proceed of her "A Whale of a Good Time" book to WDCS. Aside from her donation, she has been instrumental in bringing other local artists onboard to participate in A Whale Affair.

In addition to selling art to fund research and conservation, A Whale Affair hopes to raise awareness and advocacy for increasing protection of whales and our oceans. One of the ways we will be doing this is by exhibiting a portion of Peggy Oki's Oragami Whales project. The Curtain of Whales is a visual statement against whaling and a call to action to help stop the hunt which has taken over 30,000 whales since an international moratorium on whaling went into place in 1986. The complete curtain contains 30,000 origami whales made by people from all over the world. We will be exhibiting 2,800 of the 30,000 to represent this year's whale quotas.