My View of Life on the Dock
(Coming soon…Archie’s picks 🐶🐶!~ And before/after photos of a new jewelry and collector bag display by Kim)
Cape Ann Museum is offering a special cultural tour. Enjoy special sites connected to art and history from your boat!
“Participating vessels will be guided along the coast of Cape Ann on a tour that highlights spots that were fundamentally important in the careers of many of America’s greatest artist, including Fitz Henry Lane, Winslow Homer, Jane Peterson, Edward Hopper, Milton Avery, Mark Rothko and more!”
Cape Ann Museum leads wonderful walking tours, too.
Good egg private events at Outside the Box Cafe (alongside Audrey’s Flower Shop and The Rhumb Line )
It was an easy drive out of town and back this morning: Here’s 9AM at two ‘apt to back up’ spots. The Good Harbor Beach parking lot was closed, open to residents only, before 10.
Looking back up 128 – Turning on to 127
turning on to Barn
Excerpt from ‘The Uncertain Future of Places That Preserve America’s Past’
“Thanks to the City’s infamous witch trials, the historic homes and gardens on the Salem, Mass., waterfront usually get about a third of their annual visitors in the Halloween season. But the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lock-downs have created a scary situation for these places: most of the rest of their visitors arrive in the spring and summer. Thanks to the pandemic, this year’s busy time has been a wash, and it’s not looking like the fall will be much different. At the site of Salem’s The House of the Seven Gables and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s birthplace…” Read the full article TIME magazine here
Peabody Essex Museum has reopened with a modified schedule:
“Thursdays through Sundays from 10 am to 5 pm. To allow for safe physical distancing, a limited number of visitors will be allowed inside the museum and its galleries at any time. Reserve your tickets in advance at pem.org/tickets or by calling 978-542-1511.”
In Gloucester, both Beauport Museum and Hammond Castle are open. While Cape Ann Museum is not open, its on line, virtual fare has increased. Check out “CAM connects”- the most recent July 23, 2020 Cape Ann Music
Hammond Castle- Advance purchase of timed tickets is required to enter the museum. Purchase your tickets here. Guest are also welcome to explore the Museum grounds including the Bell Tower, Drawbridge, Look Out Point and our iconic arches. The grounds are open from 9:30 am to 4 pm daily. Face masks are required and social distancing should be maintained as recommended by the State of Massachusetts and the City of Gloucester.
Beauport Museum – Historic New England property details: “The tour has been altered to maximize social distancing, and each tour is limited to four guests. Please read the “Know Before You Go” section below for more information on safety requirements. Advance tickets are required, and admission is free for Historic New England members. Buy tickets now.”
See more from March 2020 here
July 2020 (apartments will have view of historic Net & Twine)
What movie would you play?
Scenes from a beautiful summer evening on Long Beach July 21, 2020.
Rose Baker Senior Center curb appeal revitalization continues. The new exterior paint job continues.
Local businesses adjust to Covid-19 reopening “new” normal.
Surfside Subs and pizza shop one way routes and sanitized pens and on point pizza box placard
Chair brigade busy by 7am.
The art of Long Beach. Not quite chair wars. More like summer morning ritual for regulars.
views from both the Rockport and Gloucester ends at about high noon (tide heading out)
Cape Ann SUP is set up renting paddle boards and lessons at Long Beach by the Cape Ann Motor Inn, and the Cow Mobile Ice Cream Truck. Dominic is too modest to mention but we know that he keeps an eye out there beyond his clients and has rescued swimmers. The rip tide sign reflects the corner of the cove. There was a rescue covered in the Gloucester Daily Times this week, “Friends pull 5 from riptide“. Afterwards a lifeguard chair has been relocated closer to this side and a new sign added at the entrance.
about 11 and again at 4pm
mid-July 2020
Virgilio’s added the champagne tricolor Italian cookie atop the pie and it looks so festive! Year round Viva
11am July 2020
Jane Deering Gallery
Pleasant Street, Gloucester, Mass. and online
Saturdays and Sundays 1-4 pm
July 18- August 2
The motions and rituals of daily activities all serve as prompts allowing Barker to incorporate walking, journey-taking, solitary contemplative actions — into forms of drawing, sewing, knitting, wrapping, paper manipulation and performance.
In 2018 a sculptural piece was chosen for exhibition at the 250th celebration The Great Spectacle: Summer Exhibition at The Royal Academy of Arts, London UK curated by British National Treasure, Grayson Perry.
The Bauhaus Inspired series began shortly after Barker moved to the West Country. Unable to work on large pieces, she began visiting antique/junk shops where a treasure trove of French silks was discovered. Convinced at the time these were ‘paintings’ despite the fact that she was knitting them into squares, they were put aside until January of this year. With the addition of colors along the bottom of each piece they did become, in her mind, paintings.
Gail Barker grew up under the wide skies and on the flat landscape of East Anglia in Great Britain. She attended a Quaker primary school and later a farm school — all of which influenced her love of space and a reverence for the simple rhythms of daily life. In 1977 she moved to Rochester, NY and then In 1989 to New England (Beverly Farms MA) where she graduated from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston She has exhibited at The Royal Academy of Arts, London UK; and performed with the collaborative Fourthland (https://www.fourthland.com) at The Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol UK and Bath UK. Her work is held in numerous private collections in the US and UK. Barker returned to her native England in 2008. She resides in Bath where she maintains her studio. Read more about Gail Barker and the 2020 solo show at Jane Deering Gallery here: Gail Barker _ Art as Process
Jane Deering Gallery SHED venue
18 Arlington Street and online
Saturdays and Sundays 1-4pm
July 18- August 2
Amy Robson. Lighthouse (Mark Adrian Shoes) 2019. oil on collage on board. 14 x 18 in.
To view YouTube video Annisquam Fever Dream, click on: https://youtu.be/Ln-KBgvac0Q
Read more about Amy Robson and the show: Amy Robson _ Keep Looking . July 18 – August 2, 2020 in the SHED @ Jane Deering Gallery
The Middle Seat: The Greatest Coronavirus Risks when you Fly, Wall Street JournalScott McCartney article here
“He was just asked to peer review a new study done in Germany by experts in airplane modeling that he thinks is instructive to…”
Mark Gendreau is the Chief Medical Officer of Addison Gilbert Beverly Hospital and an “expert on disease transmission on airplanes”
At last in process – Rose Baker Senior Center exterior washing and painting for a fresh look. Fun to see it switch up. Juni Van Dyke art will be installed soon.
Here’s a BEFORE from March 2018
Paving Rogers Street between Walgreens and St. Peter’s
Here’s how:
“He has such a great ease and natural presentation! People register and the library sends them a link which they can watch–at their convenience–anytime July 20-25. Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team was so good to work with us offering this wonderful opportunity to learn.”
Flyer from Sawyer Free public library
Good Morning Gloucester 