Day: July 6, 2023

Community Preservation Act Funds are used to support open space & recreation, historic preservation, and affordable housing projects.

GLOUCESTER, Mass. – The Community Preservation Act Grant Program is administered by the City of Gloucester and funded by the Citizens of Gloucester through the Community Preservation Act. Resources are used for the preservation and rehabilitation of open space, land for recreational use, historic preservation, and community housing. A nine-member Community Preservation Committee makes a recommendation for the use of the funds to the City Council for its approval.

Local projects selected to receive funding:

• ●  City of Gloucester Cemeteries Advisory Committee: Bay View City-owned Cemeteries Restoration in theamount of $30,000.
• ●  Magnolia Library Center: MLCC outside Renovation in the amount of $50,000.
• ●  Manship Artist Residence and Studios, Inc.: Manship Artists Residency Design project in the amount of$50,000
• ●  Maritime Gloucester: Waterfront Resiliency Survey in the amount of $100,000.
• ●  Our Lady of Good Voyage Parish: Bell Tower Restoration in the amount of $125,000.
• ●  Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library: Saunders House HVAC in the amount of $100,000.
• ●  Gloucester Adventure Inc.: Adventure Schooner Rudder Project in the amount of $50,000.
• ●  Action Inc.: Tenet-Based Rental/Mortgage Assistance Program in the amount of $200,000.
• ●  Harbor Light Community Partners Inc.: Main Street Affordable Housing in the amount of $100,000.
• ●  Gloucester High School Baseball Boosters: Nate Ross Baseball Field Renovations in the amount of $50,000.
• ●  Stage Fort Park Advisory Committee: Stage Fort Park Lucy Davis Pathway and Fort Area RenovationProject in the amount of $50,000.
• ●  Gloucester Rotary Club: Stage Fort Park Playground Rehabilitation in the amount of $50,000.
• ●  Young Legends Street Hockey Inc.: Conversion of Stage Fort Basketball Court into a street Hockey Rink inthe amount of $50,000.“We are pleased to continue to use these resources to improve quality of life for Gloucester residents through investments in recreation, open spaces, historic preservation and affordable housing.” States Community Preservation Committee Chair Matt Lundberg “Resident input is vital to making these investments and we encourage all Gloucester residents to attend our committee meetings and engage in our annual planning efforts” Community

Preservation Committee meetings are open to the public and are typically held on the third Tuesday of each month. Meetings details will be posted under Public Notices on the City’s website. To learn more about

City of Gloucester Community Development grant programs go to Gloucester-MA.gov/264/Community- Development and follow Innovate Gloucester’s Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

About The City of Gloucester, Massachusetts

America’s oldest seaport, the City of Gloucester, is known throughout the world as an authentic, working waterfront community, a place of spectacular natural beauty, and home to a diverse population of approximately 30,000 residents. Its sharp focus on community development has helped build its reputation as the ideal location to live, work, and play. An important center for the fishing industry, Gloucester is also proud of its vibrant cultural life and rich art heritage. Gloucester is a destination for thousands of visitors who visit the harbor and its beaches during the summer months. The City will be celebrating its 400th Anniversary in 2023.

Deep Purple…

SALUTE TO LIBERTY
July 9, 2023, 7:00 to 8:30

The best popcorn in Massachusetts is here!  Children are especially welcome.  Folding chairs and blankets are good. 

Bob Rick, Conductor and Music Director

“This program is supported in part by a grant from the Rockport Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.”

Our program is below.

The National Anthem            arranger Henry Fillmore

The Olympic Spirit                 John Williams, arranged Jay Bocook

Land of Liberty                        arranger John Wasson

American Flourish                  Robert W. Smith

Liberty Bell March                  John Philip Sousa

Armed Forces Salute              arranger Bob Lowden

To Protect and Serve              Robert W. Smith

Chimes of Liberty                    Henry Fillmore

American Patrol                       F. W. Meacham

America Exultant                     Henry Fillmore, arranged Glover

South Shore Soliloquy            Robert Sheldon

Chicago (selections)                arranger Ted Ricketts

New York 1927                         Warren Barker

I’m Shipping Up to Boston    arranger Sean O’Loughlin

Victory At Sea                           Richard Rodgers, arranged John Moss

America the Beautiful            Irving Berlin, arranged John Edmondson

Stars and Stripes Forever      John Philip Sousa

ROCKY NECK ART COLONY (RNAC) announces a new exhibition opening July 13 at The Cultural Center called In Motion. 

In recognition of our constantly changing visual world, In Motion celebrates the myriad ways artists explore time and movement – actual, implied, imaginary or otherwise. 

This subject of time and motion has interested artists throughout history, from the earliest examples of overlapping animals running on the cave walls of Lascaux and Nike of Samothrace leaning into the wind. But it is in the 20th Century, fueled by technology and rapid societal change, that time and motion become essential subjects for exploration within contemporary art. 

The 37 artists in the exhibition employ a variety of media, including photography and video, found objects, mobiles and puppets, paint and mixed media. Some artists evoke movement solely through formal means – carefully chosen shapes, color juxtapositions and mark-making or digital manipulation – while others comment on nature as time keeper and climate change. The human body is in motion, propelled by mechanical means as well as the natural movements of water, wind, sound and light. Movement can be lightning fast, rhythmic and repetitive, or gentle and mesmerizing. Whether it is the thrill of the arcade ride or the optical play of light on water, the works activate our senses and invite us to slow down and engage with a world in motion. 

The Artists 

Hilary Bachelder, Katherine Bagley, David Lee Black, Jeanne Carey, Gary Carlson, Michelle Carter, Matt Cegelis, Michele Champion, Katherine Coakley, Alyssa Coffin, Dianna Daly, Francois DeCosterd, Maria Denjongpa, Ron Dirito, Carin Doben, Cheryl Dyment, Sarah Eiermann, Maria Galante, Ellen Garvey, Anne Gilson, Kata Hull, Ann Lafferty, Juliet Lockwood, Carmela Martin, Perry McIntosh, Brian Murphy, Margaret Rack, Judy Robinson-Cox, Tom Robinson-Cox, Isabel Santos, Lynne Sausele, Ruth Schneider, Sally Seamans, James Seavey, Laurie Simko, Fleur Thesmar, Helen Tory 

 Event: For details, visit the Rocky Neck exhibitions website: www.rnacexhibitions.com

About the Juror

The juror Kim Bernard creates sculpture that is recycled, kinetic, interactive, public and involves the community. She shows her work nationally and has exhibited at the Portland Museum of Art, Currier Museum of Art, Fuller Craft Museum, Harvard University, Art Complex Museum and UNH Museum of Art. Bernard is the recipient of the Artist Advancement Grant, Kindling Fund Grant, NEFA grant, 6 Maine Arts Commission Grants as well as funding from the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation. She was an artist-in-residence in the Physics Department at Harvard University and at the University of New England. She received her BFA from Parsons in 1987 and her MFA from Mass Art in 2010. Bernard teaches at the Maine College of Art, Colby College, Haystack and as a visiting artist. 

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The Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC), a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, nurtures excellence in the arts through exhibitions, workshops, residencies and vibrant cultural events for its members and the public. On picturesque Rocky Neck in Gloucester, Massachusetts, RNAC operates three exhibition spaces, open to the public for free: The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck (6 Wonson Street); The Salted Cod Arthouse (53 Rocky Neck Ave.), a partnership gallery and café; and Cove Gallery (37 Rocky Neck Ave.), open seasonally in the former gallery of local artists Gordon and Judith Goetemann. Check the website, www.rockyneckartcolony.org, for hours, openings and special events. For more information, see the website or call 978-515-7004

Exhibition Title:  In Motion

Location: The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA

Dates: July 13-August 20 

Opening Reception: July 16, 5-7 PM 

Gallery Hours: Thursday Noon – 7 PM, Friday – Sunday Noon – 5 PM

Are you ready for the Maritime Gloucester Rendezvous today through Sunday July 9. Information here but it’s safe to say we will be spending a great deal of time on the docks this weekend and hope to see you there! Our friends Susan and Leo called us down when they noted the temporary docks were being constructed in advance of the visiting schooners for Rendezvous. Some of these photos are Susan’s, so thank you very much for the tip and for the photos. Welcome Pride of Baltimore!!!