Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

Dream Repeater: Goldilocks, Save the World (a show at the White Ellery House)

Hello Joey,
I’m want to invite you to my show at the White-Ellery House on July 7th.
It’s sure to be entertaining. I’m making everything from gold teddy bear balloons to porridge bowls to blocks of ice. The press release, and the interview excerpt will explain more.
If you think the GMG crowd would enjoy it – please let ’em know!
By the way, I think we new each other back in the day at O’maley. My mom Doris worked there too.
Hope you’re out having a great day.
-Ila
P.S. I’ve got a facebook event set up as well:
http://www.facebook.com/events/430542583643093/

Contemporary Art at the White-Ellery House: IlaSahai Prouty

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present Dream Repeater, a one-day contemporary art installation by IlaSahai Prouty at the historic White-Ellery House on Saturday, July 7 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The house is open that day as part of 17th Century Saturdays, an Escapes North program. This program is free and open to the public.

IlaSahai Prouty grew up in Lanesville, MA and has an undergraduate degree in Art from Brown University and an MFA from the California College of Art in San Francisco, CA. Prouty chaired the Art Department at the Waring School in Beverly, and has a passion for teaching. She was a Resident Artist at the Penland School of Crafts, and continues to live near the school. Though she currently lives in Western North Carolina and is an Assistant Professor at Appalachian State University, she considers herself an artist with Cape Ann roots.

For her project Dream Repeater, Prouty will be filling the house with repetitions of the dream ‘Goldilocks, Save the World.’ Each room will contain a different plan for saving the world.
Prouty writes: “I’ve been collecting dreams and then repeating them. For the White- Ellery House, I asked folks from the North Shore to donate dreams, then chose ‘Goldilocks, Save the World’. It’s an unlikely dream: a funny one with a serious topic. Dreams have their own sense, and I think this one will get us all thinking in different directions.”
‘In the dream, I’m Goldilocks.  It’s my job to be Goldilocks and it’s her job is to save the world.  I have no plan to save the world, but I can do it.  So I’m making plans and getting ready.’
The Goldilocks dream joins the ranks of other notable dreams such as Boat Sinking, Utopia, and Balancing Act. Prouty will show a series of installations and sculptures throughout the house based upon the dream. Her work explores how repetition can intensify and expand meaning. “I’d like to see if a short snippet of story can grow to become something larger and more important.”

The White-Ellery House is one of a handful of surviving First Period buildings in Massachusetts. The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Sites because of its design, materials, and workmanship, and its plank frame construction. The house was built in 1710 for the Reverend John White, Gloucester’s first settled minister, and exhibits an elegance and refinement commensurate with White’s esteemed position in the community. The second owner of the house was James Stevens, who kept it as a tavern until 1740, at which time it was sold to the Ellery family. In 1949, when plans were unveiled showing Route 128 traversing the Town Green, the house was taken by the City of Gloucester by eminent domain, turned over to the Cape Ann Historical Association, and moved safely out of the path of the highway. The present location of the White-Ellery House is at 245 Washington Street.

Funding for these programs was made possible through a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which promotes excellence, access, education and diversity in the arts, humanities and interpretive sciences, in order to improve the quality of life for all Massachusetts residents and to contribute to the economic vitality of our communities.

The Cape Ann 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. The Museum is closed during the month of February, on Mondays, and on major holidays. Admission is $10.00 adults, $8.00 Cape Ann residents, students, and seniors. Children under 12 and Museum members are free. The Museum is wheelchair accessible. For more information please call: (978) 283-0455. Additional information can be found online at http://www.capeannmuseum.org.

More information about Prouty and her work can be found at www.ilasahaiprouty.net

Call to Artists: seARTS Partner With an Artist (PWA) provides grants to
artists to create new work in partnership with local businesses in
Cultural Districts on Cape Ann. For information and to apply visit Partner
With an Artist on Facebook or contact pwa.searts@gmail.com/978-281-1222 or
click http://tinyurl.com/6wxw3ps

Hello!

I’d like to invite you all to participate in our first ever Gloucester Senior Health & Wellness Fair on Friday, July 20, 2012 from 9 a.m.-12:00 p.m.  It is being held at The Gloucester Council on Aging ~ Rose Baker Senior Center.  More information to follow! 

This fair is in conjunction with the yearly Farmer’s Market Coupon Voucher Event that the Senior Center & SeniorCare, Inc. oversee, and has already been advertised in the COA newsletter.  Last year they had a substantial amount of seniors pass thru to collect their vouchers, so this is a great way to reach all those folks to tell them about our services and resources here in the community!

This health fair is sponsored in part by The Gloucester Senior Center and PACE at Elder Service Plan of the North Shore, Inc. 

There will be a small sponsor fee to have a table for your group, company, organization or business (funds go to cover marketing costs & advertising for the event, along with refreshments for vendors etc.) but I will get back to you on what it is.  Just wanted to give you a heads up.

I will be out on vacation all next week but will have access to work emails via my iPhone if you need to reach me with any questions.  You can also get in touch with Michelle Hagerty or Rachel Kestner who are cc’d on this email with the same.

Thank you and I hope everyone has a great weekend.  Buona Fiesta!

Viva San Pietro!

Carol

Gloucester Education Foundation Hires Executive Director
Gloucester, MA – June 27, 2012 – Gloucester Education Foundation (GEF) is pleased to announce that Christina Raimo has been hired as its Executive Director. GEF received grant funding for this position to manage the day-to-day business of the organization, liaise with donors, and coordinate with the Gloucester Public School District. Ms. Raimo has many years of experience working in the non-profit world, most recently as the Executive Director of the New England Unit of Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, a volunteer-driven organization providing educational support to Massachusetts schools and students.
“In the short time that we have known Christina all members of GEF’s Board have been impressed by her abilities and skills. Having Christina on board will further our efforts to support the district,” said President Maggie Rosa.
Ms. Raimo will work out of GEF’s new central office space, 122 Main Street, beginning July 1, 2012.  GEF has outgrown its previous space located in the Cape Ann Business Incubator (CABI), to whom the organization is grateful. The new location will provide not only an office for Ms. Raimo and a central meeting location, but will also house the organization’s archives and materials. “This central downtown Gloucester location will enhance GEF’s visibility and facilitate interactions with the community,” said President Maggie Rosa.
GEF invites the community to meet Executive Director Christina Raimo at 122 Main Street during regular business hours, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  Please call ahead at 978 282 5550.
About Gloucester Education Foundation
GEF is a non-profit organization dedicated to making Gloucester one of the five best school districts in Massachusetts. Since its founding in 2005 GEF has raised more than $2 million to sponsor innovative programs as well as sustain programs that would be otherwise in danger of being curtailed or eliminated in the Gloucester Public School District Schools. For more information go to www.thinkthebest.org.

Hi Joe,

The girls from Nature’s Body Art & The Soulstice Shop are joining the Wicked Tuna boys at the Fiesta events this Friday & Saturday.  Would you add something to your blog about this addition to the event?  We will be doing glitter tattoos for the kids and jagua tattoos for older kids and adults.  Jagua is an all-natural fruit dye that stains the skin a blue-black color, similar to a permanent tattoo but lasts about 10-15 days like henna.  It comes from the juice of the unriped fruit, Genipa Americana, which grows in the Panama Jungle.  Our artists create each tattoo free-hand and specialize in natuical designs as well as many others.  Attached is a picture of Paul Herbert and I with our jagua tattoos at another Wicked Tuna event.

Thanks for all you do!

Mishelle Greel