“CURRENT”

I first saw this display at the White-Ellery House in Gloucester last month and most recently saw it again at Walker-Creek in Essex.   This is collaborative installation called “CURRENT” created by Tim Ferguson Sauder, a design professor at Olin College and resident of Lanesville and Rob Alexander, a creative director of Office a firm based in San Francisco.   It’s a sculpture created to explore issues related to Cape Ann’s Fishing industry.   

Insights On Site has sponsored this display at the White-Ellery House (1710), owned and operated by the Cape Ann Museum, which has served as the backdrop for a series of one-day contemporary art installations since 2010. The House is located at 245 Washington Street in Gloucester and is free and open to the public on select Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. each month from May through October as part of Escapes North 17th Century Saturdays.

Next series of art-installations at the White-Ellery house include:

August 13
Kathleen Williams
In the Heart of Place: Image and Expression
Combining photography with the written word, Williams invites visitors to consider their sense of place, as well as their emotional connections to it. Kathleen resides in Magnolia.

September 3
Bobbi Gibb
26.2 Expressions
A selection of paintings, sculpture, murals and mixed media works by Gibb, the first woman to run and complete the Boston Marathon in 1966; the installation coincides with the 50th anniversary of her historic run. Bobbi is a Rockport resident.

October 1
Leslie Lyman and Karen Battles
Here – Long Ago
A collaborative mixed media installation intended to spark visitors’ imaginations about the stories held within objects and dwellings. Leslie creates art at her home in Beverly Farms; Karen is a graphic designer living in Newburyport.

About the White-Ellery House

The White-Ellery House, located at 245 Washington Street in Gloucester at the Route 128 Grant Circle Rotary, was built in 1710 and is one of just a handful of First Period houses in Eastern Massachusetts that survives to this day. Unlike other structures of this period, the largely unfurnished house has had very few interior alterations over the years. Stepping inside today, visitors enter much the same house they would have 300 years ago. Parking is available off Poplar Street in the field behind the house.