Hi there Joey, loved all your images from Italy…I am going to have my own Gallery Show on Rocky Neck June 30 thru July 6th, please add this poster to your blog when you get a chance…thanks and look forward to seeing at one of the mug ups.
The Holy Family Womes Guild is having a Plant Sale/Strawberry Festival June 2, 9 a.m. to 2p.m. but we need help we need plants, seedlings etc. We are also having a General Store that day and will be selling perserves , pies, cookies and goodies, and also we will have delicious Strawberry Shortcake. It will be held on the ( Saint Ann’s) Rectory lawn the Prospect street side weather permitting or the if raining it will be in the Parish Hall. if anyone can donate plants, baskets, perserves etc please contact Jane Marshall 978-283-5111.
Rockport High School Jazz Band
Will be preforming May 30th 1PM at the
Rockport Senior Center
58 Broadway
All are Welcome
Contemporary Art at the White-Ellery House: Jenna Powell
The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present Sounding Patterns, a one day contemporary art installation by Jenna Powell at the historic White-Ellery House on Saturday, June 2 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The house is open that day as part of 17th Century Saturdays, an Escapes North program. This program is free and open to the public.
Jenna Powell documents and responds to Cape Ann’s Nautical Industry through the lens of an artist, historian, manufacturer, and exhibit preparator. Industrial materials, process and presentation provide the framework for her investigations that expose trace layers of history. She records and reinterprets embedded memories of trade, invention, and production inherent to sites including Star Island in Rockport, and the Tarr & Wonson Paint Manufactory in Gloucester.
Powell grew up in her family’s textile manufacturing business in Essex County Massachusetts. She was educated at The School of Visual Arts, NYC holds a Masters in Art Education from Lesley University, and is completing a M.F.A from AIB @ Lesley
University in Boston. Powell apprenticed at the Johnson Atelier Foundry where she received technical training in all phases of fabrication, ceramic shell, and resin-bonded sand casting. Powell also worked as an exhibit preparator for zoos, aquariums and
museums throughout the country.
The White-Ellery House is one of a handful of surviving First Period buildings in Massachusetts. The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Sites because of its design, materials, and workmanship, and its plank frame construction. The house was built in 1710 for the Reverend John White, Gloucester’s first settled minister, and exhibits an elegance and refinement commensurate with White’s esteemed position in the community. The second owner of the house was James Stevens, who kept it as a tavern until 1740, at which time it was sold to the Ellery family. In 1949, when plans were unveiled showing Route 128 traversing the Town Green, the house was taken by the City of Gloucester by eminent domain, turned over to the Cape Ann Historical Association, and moved safely out of the path of the highway. The present location of the White-Ellery House is at 245 Washington Street.
Funding for these programs was made possible through a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which promotes excellence, access, education and diversity in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences, in order to improve the quality of life for all Massachusetts residents and to contribute to the economic vitality of our communities.
The Cape Ann Museum is located at 27 Pleasant Street in Gloucester. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Museum is closed during the month of February, on Mondays, and on major holidays. Admission is $10.00 adults, $8.00 Cape Ann residents, students, and seniors. Children under 12 and Museum members are free. The Museum is wheelchair accessible. For more information please call: (978) 283-0455. Additional information can be found online at http://www.capeannmuseum.org.
Good Morning Gloucester 