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Next Week at Art Haven Summer Programs:

Join Art Haven for our first week of summer 2014 programming:
Nature Week!
Your kids will get to take advantage of all that Gloucester has to offer through exploration of the local natural world.
With projects like Rock Stacking, Sand Sculptures, Found Objects Collage, Sand Raking, and Beach Mandalas, we will work to give your children an adventure that will help them appreciate the things that make Gloucester so special.
Through hands-on activities and artistic skills training your child will come home with great stories, creative artwork, and new friends and memories to last a lifetime. 

Last Summer at Art Haven Summer Programs:

Miss us last summer?

Click here to view photos!

Last year’s nine weeks of summer programs were a huge success.
Our “Summer Passport Program” allowed students to explore the cultures of Mexico, Italy, Kenya, Greece, France, Tahiti, and China, and our partnership with Maritime Gloucester got them learning about culture a little closer to home.
Over the course of the summer we worked with 64 kids, and were able to provide scholarship money for 27 of them – that’s 42%!
We are grateful to our students, their families, and the generous donors who make our programs possible.
Looking forward to summer 2014!

Take advantage of the fun and creative space that Art Haven creates each summer for kids entering grades 1-5! 

Our programs run from 9-1 and promote creativity and confidence through hands on learning and collaboration with talented local artists and fun, energetic summer staff.

Your kids can enjoy a reasonably priced summer program that gives flexibility through weekly sign ups. A healthy lunch is provided daily by The Open Door and Project Bread. Take advantage of our flexible pick up time from 1 pm-3 pm while your kids further explore their talents with the skills they learned earlier in the day!

Our summer staff will ensure that each moment is special and that new friendships are made so your child will have a summer adventure they will never forget!

Hello

My name is Helene Feeley and I am the Member Services Director at the Cape Ann YMCA. We have a fabulous community opportunity for the summer I am hoping you will print as a press release for us. 

New Member Benefit!

Beat the heat and enjoy some family fun in the outdoor pool at Camp Spindrift! Beginning Monday June 23rd the pool at Camp Spindrift will be available Monday and Wednesday evenings (weather permitting) as well as fun activities such as volleyball, Bingo, Frisbee and more

Cape Ann members can use the pool FREE of charge. Community members may use the pool for $2 per person with a family cap of $10 per family

All children under the age of 13 MUST be accompanied by a parent.

Looking forward to seeing everyone

Highlights from Maritime Gloucester’s evening of squid science VIEW SLIDE SHOW DOWNLOAD ALL

We were a bit starstruck when Maritime Gloucester got a shout-out from New Zealand during Wednesday night’s live broadcast of a giant squid dissection! Watch the broadcast here.

Art in Lanesville Student Project

Hi Joey,
Winslow Lewis and Laura Johnson have created a really nice film for James Cook’s AP English Language class at Gloucester High School called ‘At the End of the Road: Lanesville’s Artistic Legacy’. They did a really nice job and I thought it should be shared with the community. Here’s a link to the video which is hosted on Vimeo.
https://www.vimeo.com/98527234
Thanks, Joey, for what you do,

Camilla Macfadyen

Hello Joey, 

Please post the following:  Thank you.  Also, whenthe Eats MAp is re-done , please add Ohana to it.  

Ohana re-starts lunch service on Thursday, June 19th

Lunch Hours are 11-3

Come in for creative and delicious lunch offerings such as Tuna Burgers, Haddock Burritos and Duck Pastrami.  Also, don’t forget our fabulous mixed platter.  

—

Paul Cohen

Summer greetings,

Hope you can stop by this weekend during our 31st annual Studio Tour.  I have lots of new pottery in addition to my old favorites.  Enjoy refreshments, studio demonstrations, a walk in the woods, sign up for a class or relax on the deck and watch the birds.  The summer session of classes begins June 30 for eight weeks and there are still several openings. Beginners welcome!

Visit us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/CynthiaCurtisPottery) for weekly studio news and photos.  Like, Share, and Comment all you want!

All the best,

Cynthia
Cynthia Curtis Pottery

CAPE ANN ARTISANS

SPRING STUDIO TOUR JUNE 21 – 22

10:00 am – 5:00 pm each day

Happy Spring! We at Cape Ann Artisans hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful gardens that Mother Nature has finally allowed to emerge from hiding; we’ve all been working hard so there will be many gorgeous places for you to visit next weekend!
We are looking forward to seeing so many familiar — as well as new — faces during our 31st Open Studio Tour; there are new Artisans, new works and new Studios to visit and enjoy! If you’d like to start with a “behind the scenes” virtual peek, please check out the newest feature on our website, From the Studio and read some blog posts and news from many different artisans.
Here are some great articles about us and this beautiful area – The Boston Globe article will be published in the Sunday Travel Section on June 15 – be sure to look for it!

Boston Globe Sunday Travel Section – due out on Sunday, June 15

North Shore Magazine – a great writeup in the Arts & Culture section

And as you tour around, please visit and support our sponsors; without them we wouldn’t be able to do what we do!
One more thing … after the tour, we will be sending a survey to our email subscribers asking for some valuable feedback and input. Respondents will be entered into a drawing for a gift certificate redeemable at any of the Artisans studios. Stay tuned for more details!

FISH TALES”: A FUN, NEW EXHIBIT HONORING CAPE ANN
The Local Colors Artists’ Cooperative, now in its 25th year on Main St , celebrates its annual FISH event from June 1 to July 4th with a special art exhibit titled FISH TALES. This annual event, which also coincides with St. Peter’s Fiesta, celebrates the fishing community and natural beauty of Cape Ann . The highlight of this celebration is a reception at Local Colors, 121 Main St. in Gloucester on Saturday, June 21st from 6 – 9 pm with refreshments that is open and free to the public.

This year’s theme FISH TALES captures a broad view of our fishing community and Cape Ann ‘s natural and manmade resources. Each of the 18 artists is free to interpret the theme according to their artistic calling. For special events as this, the artists are encouraged to create works outside their usual media to allow for growth and expansion of their creative talents. All the work for this event is displayed on the featured wall and in the front windows of Local Colors.

The current hours are 10am to 6pm, Sunday through Thursday and 10am to 8pm on Friday and Saturday. The members will be identified with name tags and look forward to meeting the public at the June 21st reception, but the exhibit can be viewed beginning June 1 through July 4.

James T. Sousa

Crystal Lake Editions

Fine Art Photography

781-727-6400

www.crystalakeditions.com

Windhover announces its Summer Dance Performances
Featuring Forty Steps Dance and Sarah Slifer Swift
at Windhover Performing Arts Center, 257 rear Granite St., Rockport, MA
Friday, July 18–Sunday,July 20, 2014 at 8:00 P.M.

Tickets: Adults, $20; Students and seniors, $18 ; children under 10 free
Tickets may be purchased at Toad Hall Bookstore, Rockport; The Bookstore, Gloucester; or by sending a check to Windhover, P.O. Box 2249, Rockport, MA 01966 

Forty Steps Dance will be performing two works, both choreographed by artistic director Sallee Slagle. “Creatures” was created in 2014 and is based on the movements of the variety of creatures around us and our affinity to the natural world.  “Accord” is a crowd-pleasing work created in 1992 and was recently performed in Nahant for the company’s 20th anniversary.
 
Sarah Slifer Swift will present two recent works. “Insenser” (2014 premiere), named after an NSA surveillance system, takes on the human response to watching, being watched and becoming data.  “Invisible Stories” (2013) is a collaboration between Swift and Vermont-based writer and choreographer, Kate Morgan, based on the idea that “the book,” open or closed, occupies the landscapes in which we live. 
 
As part of the “Invisible Stories” performance, an installation in one of the Windhover buildings will be on display at the start of each evening.

For more information, please visit: http://www.windhover.org

Any chance it can get in tomorrow?

UUSR Thrift Store at 4 Cleaves Street, Rockport will be open both Friday and Saturday, June 19 and 20 of this week only.

Stop in while taking the Rockport Garden Club Tour as we will be open both days.