A tour of the Porches of Annisquam will be held Friday, August 2nd from 5:00-7:00pm. This biennial event has become a summer tradition in the charming seaside village of Annisquam, MA. Eight homes will welcome you to enjoy views over the cove, out toward the lighthouse or across sweeping lawns and granite walls. A tour guide will be at each porch to provide historic information (or unusual anecdotes!) and a sunset serenade by the Annisquam Village Players’ cast of Chicago! will conclude the evening at a waterfront home where wine & cheese will be available.
Tickets @ $25 at The Annisquam Exchange located at 38 Leonard Street, Annisquam (978-281-0358) http://annisquamexchange.com/. This event is always a sell-out so early ticket purchase is highly recommended. All proceeds benefit the Annisquam Village Players’ musical productions. This remarkable troupe is one of the nation’s oldest continually operating theatre groups, providing theatrical experience for thespians of all levels.
On Saturday, August 10, as part of the Cape Ann Ceramics Festival, Randy
Johnston gives a demonstration workshop from 10 am-5 pm at Cynthia Curtis Pottery studio, 80 Pigeon Hill Street, Rockport, MA. Sign up for this workshop and other Festival information at www.capeannceramicsfestival.com
Johnston of Wisconsin has worked in ceramics for over forty years. He has pursued functional expression and brought a fresh aesthetic vision to contemporary form and has made many contributions to the development of wood kiln technology in the United States. Currently he is a professor and department chair at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls where he teaches ceramics and drawing. Johnston studied with Warren Mackenzie at the University of Minnesota and in Japan at the pottery of Shimaoka Tatsuzo. His works are included in the permanent collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Minneapolis Institute of Art and in numerous international public and private collections.
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