Cape Ann Artist:
Bobbi Gibb Gallery Opening
Friday, April 8th ~ 6:00pm

Tracksmith Runner’s Lounge and Showroom
899 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02115

Fifty years ago Bobbi Gibb became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon. Artist, athlete and author, Gibb defies professional pigeonholing. Half a century after her momentous run from Hopkinton to Boston, Tracksmith is celebrating her varied and groundbreaking career with the first ever public display of her paintings and sculpture. On Friday April 8th, we invite you to explore Bobbi’s work alongside the artist herself.

For updates, photos and more, visit:
https://TracksmithBobbiGibbGallery.splashthat.com

Rocky Neck Art Colony Annual Fundraiser

“BEAUX ARTS BALL”

Saturday, April 9th at The Studio Restaurant

“Blast From The Past!” is this year’s theme for Rocky Neck Art Colony’s annual fundraising event, the exciting Beaux Arts Ball, Saturday, April 9th at The Studio Restaurant.  Costume Parade through Rocky Neck begins at The Cultural Center 6:30PM.  Party at The Studio Restaurant 7:30PM.  Costumes encouraged but optional.

Tickets $40 until March 31st online at www.rockyneckartcolony.org, $45 at the door.  Costume and Raffle prizes, dancing and food.

The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
Gallery hours, Thurs-Sun, 12:00-4:00 PM

The Rocky Neck Art Colony invites everyone to experience a glorious Colony tradition in artistic self-expression with fun, frolic, food and drink as you strut your stuff in an original costume creation – or not! (costumes optional) There will be costume prizes and fun raffle items!

Ever wish you could have lived in the time of the flappers and the Charleston?  Or the Elizabethan or Victorian eras?  How about the poodle skirt, Peter Pan collar 1950’s. Or the flower child hippie 60’s?     This year’s “Blast From The Past!” theme is an invitation to create a fun frock evoking any period or character from the past.  Whether you create with wild whimsy, ebullient elegance or fashionable flamboyance, leave inhibitions behind while you dance and dazzle with a “Blast from the Past” creation at the glorious Beaux Arts Ball!

God Bless Art
Portraits by self-taught artist
Earle Merchant at the Cape Ann Museum

Opening Reception
Saturday, April 9 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to announce the opening of their latest exhibition, God Bless Art: The Portraits of Earle Merchant on Saturday, April 9 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. The opening reception is free and open to the public. The exhibition will remain on view through May 27, 2016.

Born in Gloucester in 1903, Earle T. Merchant was a self-taught artist who for many years was the monitor of painting and sketching groups at the Rockport Art Association and the North Shore Arts Association. He graduated from Gloucester High in 1921, earned a law degree from Boston University Law School and returned to Gloucester to practice law. Over a span of 20 years, Merchant captured the personalities and likenesses of hundreds of Cape Ann residents, from local characters such as Floyd the Clam Digger and the Catnip Man, to district judges, ministers and businessmen. The exhibition will include over 70 works of near uniform size (most measure 12” x 18”) dating from 1961 through the early 1970s.

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The recently renovated Cape Ann Museum celebrates the art, history and culture of Cape Ann – a region with a rich and varied culture of nationally significant historical, industrial and artistic achievement. The Museum’s collections include fine art from the 19th century to the present, artifacts from the fishing & maritime and granite quarrying industries, textiles, furniture, a library/archives, and two historic houses. For a detailed media fact sheet please visit www.capeannmuseum.org/press.

The 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. Admission is $10.00 adults, $8.00 Cape Ann residents, seniors and students. Youth (under 18) and Museum members are free. For more information please call: (978)283-0455 x10. Additional information can be found online at www.capeannmuseum.org.

Click to read the story behind Laureen Maher’s “We Dive at Five“
part of the exhibit at Lone Gull Coffee House”Tall Tales of Beach and Birdseye”