Welcome to the Coast Guard Art Program                            

The Coast Guard Art Program (COGAP) uses fine art as an outreach tool for educating diverse audiences about the United States Coast Guard.  Through displays at museums, galleries, libraries and patriotic events, Coast Guard art tells the story of the service's missions, heroes and history to the American public.  Art is also displayed in offices of members of Congress, senior officials of the executive branch of government and other military services and Coast Guard locations throughout the country.

Coast Guard artists are volunteer, professional artists who donate their time and talents to help COGAP fulfill its missions.  Today, the collection comprises 1,800 works which recount the Coast Guard's history from the early beginnings of our nation to the present day.  Artists have also captured the daily missions the 42,000 men and women on active duty in the Coast Guard perform, including homeland security, search and rescue, marine environmental protection, drug interdiction, military readiness and natural resource management.

The program is a partnership between the Coast Guard and the Salmagundi Club, a New York City artistic and cultural center for 140 years.  A link to the club's website is provided below.

The Coast Guard welcomes requests for public displays of artwork.  To learn more about bringing Coast Guard art to your hometown, please call the Coast Guard Art Program coordinator at 202-372-4643.

Pictured above: "Law enforcement training at Station Cortez," by COGAP artist Robert Semler, winner of the 2011 George Gray Award for Artistic Excellence.

ALL IMAGES OF ART DISPLAYED AT THIS OFFICIAL U.S. COAST GUARD WEB SITE AND AT ALL OTHER OFFICIAL U.S. COAST GUARD WEB SITES ARE DISPLAYED SOLELY FOR OFFICIAL U.S. COAST GUARD PURPOSES. THE U.S. COAST GUARD HAS SOLE COPYRIGHT PROTECTION AND ALL OTHER OWNERSHIP RIGHTS IN ALL SUCH DISPLAYED ART. NO PERSON OR ENTITY IS PERMITTED TO USE ANY DISPLAYED U.S. COAST GUARD ART FOR ANY COMMERCIAL PURPOSE WITHOUT THE EXPRESS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD AND THE ARTIST.

Please click on one of the items below:

• View or search the Coast Guard Art Collection

• Request form for loan of art to Coast Guard units

• Apply to become a COGAP Artist

• Request a display of Coast Guard Art in your community

• Visit the Salmagundi Club, COGAP's partner organization

• Current and Upcoming Coast Guard Art Exhibitions

• Article from Coast Guard Compass blog about Art Program.

• Video of interviews during COGAP's 2009 Acceptance Ceremony at the Salmagundi Club on Coast Guard Visual Information and on YouTube.