Sparkling Summer Evening Jewelry Event – ROCKY NECK ART COLONY

Sparkling Summer Evening: Jewelry at Historic New England and Rocky Neck Art Colony

Thursday, August 20, 5:30pm – 7:30pm

The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck

6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, Mass.

$10 Historic New England and RNAC members, $15 non-members

Gloucester MA — Historic New England and Rocky Neck Art Colony are pleased to announce a joint program in cooperation with Hughes-Bosca/Side Street Gallery. Join Associate Curator Laura Johnson for a lecture illustrating some of Historic New England’s extensive jewelry collection. This talk will focus on jeweled gifts such as watches, rings, bracelets, and cuff links that marked major life transitions and helped men and women tell stories about themselves and their families. Through these heirlooms this talk explores how New Englanders mark their important moments and memories of love and life. The lecture is followed by a walking tour of Rocky Neck Art Colony, with a visit to Hughes-Bosca/Side Street Gallery and Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck, where contemporary jewelers will answer questions about materials, methods, and techniques. Light refreshments provided.

Registration is required. Please visit the Historic New England website for information and to reserve a space. Seating is limited.

http://shop.historicnewengland.org/BEA-LECTURE-9738/

IMAGE CREDITS:

Brooch and Heart Pin: Historic New England Collection

Pendant and Bracelet: Hughes-Bosca Gallery

About Historic New England

Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House is one of thirty-six historic sites owned and operated by Historic New England, the oldest and largest regional heritage organization in the nation. Historic New England shares the region’s history through vast collections, publications, public programs, museum properties, archives, and family stories that document more than 400 years of life in New England. For more information visit www.HistoricNewEngland.org.