As a way to mark their 50th Festival this summer, the Marblehead Festival of Arts is having a Fifty Cods for Fifty Festivals auction. They have invited local artists to decorate large codfish with any medium they desire. Then, these artistic pieces will be sold through an online auction running through July 5th. All of the proceeds from the auction will support future programs done through the Marlehead Festival of Arts.

Now that all of the codfish have been decorated, people can look at them in two ways. They are being displayed by local merchants along Atlantic Avenue, Pleasant Street and Washington Street. Each cod has a QR code as part of its display that can be scanned and then linked to the online auction. This means that you can bid on the cod right there from your phone or tablet.

The artwork is also all on view at the online auction website. Have fun!