PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Independence Seaport Museum opened an exhibition, Drawn to the Water Artists of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Capture our Region’s Waterways, 1830 – Present. The exhibit features art by students, instructors and exhibitors from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. All of the paintings depict a water scene from around the Delaware Valley, and exhibit panels include, not only the artist’s name and year the scene was painted, but also a map showing the location of the scene and where the artist would have been standing to capture the view. “We’re not often challenged to take a fresh look at our region’s ocean, bay and rivers,” explains the Seaport Museum’s Senior Curator, Craig Bruns. “What can we learn from artists about how nature and industry combine? In our everyday lives we drive along or pass over these waterways but seldom stop to see how beautiful they are.”