Mixing it Up

mixing it up
I find myself creatively torn between the beauty of the abstract and realism of Cape Ann these days.
E.J. Lefavour

Ho Ho Ho – to Studio 34 you should go!

studio34 open studio
Make East Gloucester your destination on Saturday. From 3:00-5:00, go for the RNAC Winter Shop Happy Hour opening at the Cultural Center of Rocky Neck, and then head right up Mt. Pleasant Street to #34 to the Studio 34 Open House from 5:00-7:00. You’ll get your Ho Ho Ho on for sure, and find lots of great holiday gift ideas, while supporting local arts and shopping “Made in USA” to boot. Don’t miss Studio 6 across the hall at 34 Mt. Pleasant Street where you will find the work of Elynn Kroger, Joan Frank, Marie Sweeney, and Barbara McLaughlin.
E.J. Lefavour

This is Amazing – Our Story in One Minute

A friend sent a link to this incredible little one minute video. Get a Kleenex. As one male viewer commented: “Dammit, there’s some ninja cutting onions behind me.”
E.J. Lefavour

Two Buddies Looking for you Thursday at Alchemy

two buddies exhibit hanging
Don’t miss it. Joey’s new canvas giclee prints by Cape Ann Giclee and new glass paintings by me. Also “This is Gloucester” DVD’s will be available for those last minute stocking stuffers, as well as prints and books, plus great Alchemy stuff to eat and drink.
E.J. Lefavour

It’s a Destination

The Rocky Neck Winter Show is not just another art show – it’s a destination. The Center has been transformed into as lovely a retail space as anyone could wish to visit, and the openings are not to be missed. These photos are from Sunday’s High Tea. If you missed it, don’t miss Happy Hour from 3:00-5:00 on Saturday, December 15. The Center is open Thursday through Sunday from 11:00am to 6:00pm.
E.J. Lefavour

Two Buddies Exhibit at Alchemy

Come Hang with Me EJ and Our Boy Joey At Alchemy Thursday Evening

alchemy exhibit two buddies
Joey C. and E.J. are exhibiting together at Alchemy of Art Gallery. Come out for a great opening reception courtesy of Alchemy on Thursday (Men’s Night, but ladies are welcome too!), December 13th from 5:30-7:30 at Alchemy, 3 Duncan Street – a sweet spot run by awesome people who love the arts.
E.J. Lefavour

Cape Ann Painter and Photography Group

The Cape Ann Painter and Photography Group will celebrate it’s first year on Monday, December 10 from 9AM-11AM. There will be coffee and refreshments.

Lindsay Welch, Personal Coach and Cape Ann Painter and Photographer member, has generously offered the use of her space on 17 Pleasant Street, Gloucester. There is a gate/courtyard at 17 Pleasant Street. (Beth Williams Studio and Lindsay Welch, PC). The door is on the left and you go downstairs. We are hoping that this will be a permanent space for us to use for our meetings. Thank you Lindsay.

Please drop in when you can as the social hour will extend from 9AM-10AM for this special meeting. The meeting will then start at 10.

Hope to see everyone so you can help celebrate this first year. It has been a successful year as painters and photographers in the area have had the pleasure of meeting each other, shared ideas, hopes and dreams, set goals and had a good time.

All are welcome! Come join us.

Happy Holiday Season!

Alice Gardner

Windmill over Gloucester

Photo by Lucy Gatchell
Photo by Lucy Gatchell
Photo by Lucy Gatchell
Windmill over Gloucester
A different view of the windmill. Photos by Lucy Gatchell, taken from Tom Bernie’s little red plane on Monday. It had to have been freezing cold up there.

Seashells & Jingle Bells

eileen oliver image

In conjunction with the “Seashells & Jingle Bells” Inn and Home Kitchen tour in Rockport, benefiting Rockport High School DECA, Gloucester artist Eileen Patten Oliver will be at the Rockport Inn & Suites, which is the starting point of the tour, on December 8th from 1-4 PM selling her Christmas Cards and prints of some of her paintings.  Tickets for the tour are also available at Rockport Inn & Suites which is one of 13 locations featured on the tour. Please come out to see this wonderful tour, support the kids in DECA, and get a beautiful card or print!

For more info visit http://seashellsandjinglebellsrkpt.blogspot.com/ 

 

Rocky Neck Winter Show

Rocky Neck Winter Show Opening
Rocky Neck Winter Show Opening

What a turnout on Rocky Neck Saturday night – about 300 folks came to the Cultural Center for the opening reception of our 8th Annual Winter Show!  If you couldn’t make it, no problem.  We have 3 more events over the next few weeks, and you know they’ll be as much fun! 

Sunday Dec. 9, 2-4 pm join us for High Tea. 

Saturday Dec. 15, 3-5 pm it’s Happy Hour. 

And Friday Dec. 21, 7-10 pm come to our potluck Solstice Party.
Cultural Center hours are 11-6, Thursday through Sunday from now until Dec. 23.  Fifty-eight artists have their paintings, drawings, prints, photography, ceramics, jewelry, cards, and ornaments on both floors of the Center, and it looks fabulous.  Come and support our Cape Ann arts community in this amazing new cultural venue!

Afterthought

after thought

An item or thing that is thought of or added later.  This dinghy is named Afterthought and travels with the sailboat, Linnet.  Anyone know who it belongs to?  (Hint: It’s someone you all know from Good Morning Gloucester).

E.J. Lefavour