My View of Life on the Dock
Jane Deering Gallery is pleased to present new work by Gloucester artist Ann Conneman, whose masterful hand-carved lettering in stone and on paper is exquisitely beautiful. The exhibition opens with a reception on Saturday June 29th from 5:00-7:00pm and will continue through July 28. The gallery is located at 19 Pleasant Street, Gloucester next to the Cape Ann Museum. Gallery hours are Friday, Saturday & Sunday from 1:00-5:00 and by appointment. 917-902-4359 . janedeeringgallery.com
Facebook event is https://www.facebook.com/events/2343356439320873/ .
MAGMA event is https://magma.center/event/electric-kitchen/
The 2019 ‘Where Is It?’ exhibition at the Matz Gallery of the Sawyer Free Library closes on June 31st. Check out this intriguing look at Gloucester by 17 photographers and see if you can identify the 21 places in the show.
Beauport Hotel Gloucester | 55 Commercial Street | Gloucester, MA 01930
Description: Join us every Wednesday and Thursday from 6:00-9:00PM for our live music series with local artists! There is no cover fee and we also offer complimentary self or valet parking.
Beauport Hotel Gloucester | 55 Commercial Street | Gloucester, MA 01930
Description: Join us every Saturday and Sunday for a delicious breakfast buffet featuring fresh, fluffy eggs, salmon bagel station, eggs benedict, mini pastries, and more!
Rail Stop Boston | 96 Guest Street | Brighton, MA 02135
Description: Rail Stop is now serving brunch! Join us every Saturday and Sunday to try dishes like Lobster Eggs Benedict, Ricotta Pancakes and more!
Beauport Hotel Gloucester | 55 Commercial Street | Gloucester, MA 01930
Description: Join us every Friday for Sunrise Yoga on our rooftop pool! Enjoy the breathtaking views of the Atlantic and get ready for your day with this relaxing yoga session. Free to overnight hotel guests. $15 for outside patrons. Please bring a yoga mat, overnight guests will be provided with one.
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sunrise-rooftop-yoga-tickets-63120906330?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
Notices Overview:
Beauport Hotel Gloucester | 55 Commercial Street | Gloucester, MA 01930
Description: Looking to celebrate Independence Day with a bang? In addition to overnight accommodations in a Classic City View King room, this package includes:
Valid for overnight stays falling on July 3 only. Please call 978.282.0008 to make your reservation.
Beauport Hotel Gloucester | 55 Commercial Street | Gloucester, MA 01930
Description: Mention our Pride package when you book your overnight stay for dates prior to July 31 and receive a complimentary pride-themed welcome amenity! A portion of the proceeds will be donated
to SAGA out of Gloucester High School. Valid for overnight stays prior to July 31. Please call 978.282.0008 to make your reservation.
Beauport Hotel Gloucester | 55 Commercial Street | Gloucester, MA 01930
Description: Book this package to receive overnight accommodations at our hotel in addition to your choice of a Lobster Lunch Cruise or Lobster Dinner Cruise experience aboard the Beauport Cruiselines ship where guests will enjoy a gourmet buffet, spectacular harbor views, live DJ entertainment and much more. Hotel guests may opt to take advantage of complimentary shuttle transportation to and from Beauport Cruiselines as well. Please call 978.282.0008 at least 48 hours in advance of your desired cruise date to reserve. Please visit BeauportCruiselines.com for list of upcoming cruises.
Beauport Hotel Gloucester | 55 Commercial Street | Gloucester, MA 01930
Description: When guests book our High Seas package for their summer getaway, they will receive overnight accommodations in addition to a 2 hour sail experience aboard the Schooner Thomas E. Lannon.
Complimentary shuttle transportation to and from the dock will be provided as well. Available dates for 2-hour public sails include:
Thursday, June 13
Saturday, June 15
Sunday, June 16
Wednesday, June 19
Saturday, June 22
Sunday, June 23
Monday, June 24
Please call 978.282.0008 for more information and to make a reservation.
Rail Stop Boston | 96 Guest Street | Brighton, MA 02135
Description: Enjoy half-priced appetizers from our Bar Bites menu Monday-Friday from 4PM-6PM. Valid only on orders from our bar area, not valid in dining room. Please call 617.254.0044 for more information.
Rail Stop Boston | 96 Guest Street | Brighton, MA 02135
Description: Come on in and enjoy this incredible deal! Offer includes one bottle of wine, one appetizer and two entrees- all for only $39! Valid on dine in only. Please call 617.254.0044 for more information.
This EXPERIMENTAL WATERCOLOR WORKSHOP is for all age and skill levels. Everyone is welcome, from the beginner to the advanced hand in watercolor.
So get your passport ready and save some room in your bags because we are going on a journey and you will have some souvenirs to take home from this one-day workshop.
Journals are a great way to document and record one’s trips and adventures in a meaningful and lasting way. Keeping a sketchbook and journal, forces you to slow down and interact with the environment around you, to look carefully and take it all in. In so doing, stronger memories are formed to last a lifetime. When you incorporate collage, photographs, maps, postcards, pressed leaves and flowers into your record, it adds much to the experience and helps capture the full color and texture of your journey. Martin will share his inspirations, as well as his personal travel journals through Bali, Italy, Ireland, Morocco, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
He’ll also show you how he creates his signature “Mail Art” pieces. Martin has developed a way to turn his travel watercolor sheets into mailing envelopes. Family, friends and fellow pilgrims who receive these treasures delight at such thoughtful and personal remembrances from his travels.
And, over the course of the day, Martin will share his favorite, innovative tips and techniques for working with watercolor. You will also have an opportunity to experiment with water-based mediums in a new light.
WHAT TO BRING: your favorite watercolor supplies – paints + paper, hair dryer (if you have one), and examples of your work for show and tell.
As part of the Exhibition Discover Rocky Neck, artists have donated 100% or 50% of the sale of multiple artworks in the show’s Silent Auction. The price of many artworks opens at a bargain price, some as low as $12. Originally scheduled to end on June 15, the show organizers have moved the deadline to 5:00 pm on June 9 to coincide with the festive reception for Art Collectors, New Home Owners, Realtors, Home Decorators, Art Lovers and Tour Participants. At that time, whoever has written in the highest bid on the auction bidding sheet will walk away with a one-of-a-kind art treasure.
Venue
The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
6 Wonson Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
contact Executive Director, 978-515-7004, director@rockyneckartcolony.org
The Rocky Neck Art Colony is holding a series of free Guided Studio and Gallery Tours on Sunday, June 9 from 1:00 to 4:00 PM. Participants will have a chance to see private artist studios — usually open only by appointment, galleries normally open limited hours and popular studios and galleries with new work.
You may visit the East Gloucester Studios on your own by car. The studios will be open from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. Please follow the map in the Studio/Gallery Guide, that is available in the Rocky Neck Parking lot and at the Cultural Center Gallery, 6 Wonson Street or download a pdf Gallery Guide.
Four ½-mile walking tours are scheduled on the Rocky Neck peninsula beginning at 2:00 PM.
One of the highlights of the tours is a visit to the beautiful new gallery FLOAT (with artists Barbara Moody and Kathleen Gerdon Archer) on Madfish Wharf and private studios of artists rarely open to the public including the Ruth Mordecai, Marilyn Swift, Sinikka Nogello, David Calvo, Rokhaya Waring, and Ten Way Studios. The Guided Tour also includes visits to the studio/galleries of L. A. Dahlmer, Paul George and KT Morse, Elynn Kroger, Judythe Evans Meagher, Stephen LaPierre, Diana Pasquarello, Joe’s Fresh Fish Prints, Brenda Malloy, and Sallie Strand. Visitors will also have a chance to see the studio/galleries of deceased artists John Nesta and Gordon and Judith Goetemann. In addition, the tour visits a range of other eclectic galleries and shops, some with new artists and many with new artwork: State of the Art Gallery, Side Street Gallery, The Cultural Center Gallery, James B. Hand Fine Art, Gallery on the Neck, Imagine, Gallery 53, Madfish Gallery, North Shore Arts, and The Cottage on Smith Cove. Along the way visitors will see artists at work and may partake in refreshments and special gifts reserved for Tour participants.
All Tours start at The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester on Sunday, June 9.
Tour Schedule (please arrive 15 minutes before Tour):
To reserve your spot or find out more information see https://rockyneckartcolony.org/discover or email RNACgala@gmail.com.
Jane Deering Gallery presents PART II of A Turning Point | the contemporary landscape showcasing new works at an opening reception Saturday May 18th from 4:00-6:00pm. The exhibition addresses the timely question Beautiful world, where are you going? and explores our fragile relationship with the natural world. The exhibition will run through mid-June and includes regional and international artists whose works are held in museum, corporate and private collections: Gabrielle Barzaghi, Deborah Brown, Tom Fels, Paul Cary Goldberg, Jacob Hessler, Jeff Marshall, Adin Murray, Esther Pullman, Steve Rosenthal and Erma Wheeler from New England; Nell Campbell, Gail Pine and Youngsuk Suh from California; Gail Barker, Neeta Madahar and Michael Porter from the United Kingdom. The gallery is located at 19 Pleasant Street, Gloucester MA. Gallery hours: Friday/Saturday/Sunday 1:00-5:00pm and by appointment at 917-902-4359 or info@janedeeringgallery.com.
The Rockport Art Association & Museum’s Experimental Group opens its eleventh group exhibition, “Unexpected No. Eleven” at Charles Fine Art Gallery, 196 Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930, 978.559.7762. This juried show features artworks of both the RAA&M’s artists and contributing members. Works on view in the exhibition range in medium to include paintings, mixed-media, graphics, sculpture, digital art and photography. The exhibition runs from May 11 through May 31, with an Artist Reception on Saturday, May 11th from 5-7 pm. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Friday, 1-5 pm, Saturday and Sunday 1-6 pm, or by appointment. Closed Monday.
The Experimental Group is a creative forum, its main mission is to increase public awareness and to foster self-expression by bringing artists together to explore and share ideas that cultivate creative freedom. The EG is encouraged and supported by the Rockport Art Association & Museum.
If you would like more information about the exhibition, would like to schedule an interview and a walk through, or need additional promotional images please contact: Nella Lush, Experimental Group, Chair, 978.886.4582 or via email experimentalgroupraa@gmail.com
The Rockport Art Association & Museum (RAA&M) is one of the oldest and most active art organizations in the country. The Association has a long and distinguished history that has spanned 96 years.
The Cape Ann Artisans are preparing to welcome hundreds of visitors and community members to their studios for the Spring Open Studios Tour – Saturday and Sunday, June 1-2 during the hours 10AM-5PM. There will be 15 unique studios locations and 17 artists sharing works from across the fine art and craft spectrum – pottery, painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media, mosaics, prints, textiles, and jewelry, and accessories created in diverse materials – clay, glass, silk, metals, fibers, yarns, sea glass and more.
The Artisans, who have been juried into this tour over time, are among the most established makers on Cape Ann and are active throughout the arts community. But this is a unique opportunity to go directly into the artists’ sphere, see the tools of their artistic genre, and hear their stories. The tour is self-guided and takes place in Gloucester and Rockport and all studio locations and details are found on the printed brochures available in April and online throughout the year at www.capeannartisans.com.
The members of this group maintain high standards for themselves and taking a look at the activities of some of the members – just in this past year – demonstrates how each is continually raising the bar for their work and their recognition outside of Cape Ann. Cynthia Curtis, Rob Diebboll, Jacqueline Ganim-DeFalco, Pamela Stratton, and Beth Williams have raised the bar for themselves and the group at large with their activities regionally and nationally as detailed in their “From the Studio” blogs. The Artisans are also pleased to welcome its newest member, Deb Schradieck, a watercolor and oil painter, who now makes Rockport her full time home base. In Deb’s recent blog post, she highlights the newest lineup of work inspired by the beautiful “front doors” of Rockport homes.
Cynthia Curtis, ceramic artist, hit all the big numbers this year! It’s her 25th year in business, and 15th year on the Cape Ann Artisans Tour – after starting in Beverly at the Barn Workshop and Ocumulgee Pottery – Rockport has been her home base. Quite appropriately, she was invited to be part of the Museum of Fine Arts “Art in Bloom” exhibit and sale – a highly coveted spot – just one of twelve invited artists in an event that attracts and audience of over 20,000 visitors each Spring.
Pamela Stratton, mosaic artist, has taken her mosaics to new levels – all the way down to the smallest output, she is now making exquisite mosaic jewelry. At the same time, she has raised the bar entering and being juried into the American Mosaic Society’s Annual Conference with her piece “Concentric” which was celebrated in Nashville, TN this past April. Pam has also added 3D mosaics to her next wave of work – having hosted a class at her studio over the winter.
Rob Diebboll, oil painter, has added Cambridge Art Association, a solo show at the Sawyer Free Library, and an invitation to show at the Jessica Hagen Fine Art Gallery in Newport, RI to his list of game changers in the past year. These showings have generated many new commissions and exposure throughout the region.
Beth Williams, glass and bead maker, was accepted as one of a select group of presenters at the prestigious International Society of Glass Beadmakers annual conference in Las Vegas this past March. Beth took on an entirely new technique using colored pencils combined with a rekindling of her metalwork in order to fully engage the more senior members and newer members of the society in raising the bar for their work. She had 90% of the attendees at her talk and received overwhelming feedback about how she inspired the other artists at the show.
Together with the Wearable Art Group she founded in 2006, Jacqueline Ganim-DeFalco, sea glass jeweler, designed and hosted a Spring Wearable Art Fashion Marketplace event as part of Massachusetts Art Week this past April. Fellow Artisans Marcie Rae and Beth Williams were among the exhibitors. Jacqueline continually refers back to her interest in fashion and “accessorizing” as her inspiration to move her creativity from the closet to the studio making her one-of-a-kind sea glass hair accessories and jewelry.
Both individually and as a group, the Artisans have worked hard to maintain a prestigious spot on the artistic map on Cape Ann. The Tour itself becomes a motivator to re-think, re-tool, and reach out to share the process and the work with the community that has inspired it! As an organization, the Artisans are members of the Cape Ann Chamber, seARTS, the North of Boston CVB, American Craft Week, and Discover Gloucester. CAA has also enjoyed sponsorship from many local business partners who can be found on the brochure.
David Archibald
Cynthia Curtis
Rob Diebboll*
Jacqueline Ganim-DeFalco
Deborah Gonet
Andy Matlow
Anni Melançon
Sinikka Nogelo*
Marcie Rae
Margaret Rack
Mi Robertson
Deb Schradieck
Pam Stratton
Twin Lights Studio: Erin O’Sullivan & Scott Place
Beth Williams
Sara Wright
*Sinikka Nogelo is temporarily sharing space at Rob Diebboll’s studio.
What: The Cape Ann Artisans open studio, self-guided tour of 15 studios
Where: Gloucester and Rockport, MA.
When: June 1-2 . Save the date – Fall Tour: October 12-14. All Days: 10-5
Special Events: Check website for updates or join email list at www.capeannartisans.com
Stephen LaPierre…. the only year-round working oil painter in Gloucester’s historic Rocky Neck Art Colony, is a Visiting Artist at Montserrat College of Art this semester. A sampling of Stephen’s recent “Clowns with Cellphones” oil paintings, depicting this present-day circus, that some call ‘Circa 2019’ …are on exhibit at Montserrat this semester at the invitation of the college’s new president, Kurt Steinberg.
Dr. Steinberg is opening the LaPierre Exhibit to the public, with a reception honoring the artist, on Thursday, May 2nd from 5:00 to 7pm, President’s Suites, 248 Cabot Street, Beverly, MA.
Stephen will also give a critique of the “clowns” for students and faculty at 11:30 that day, with the public also invited to attend. The lecture takes place in Room H-201 at 23 Essex Street in Beverly.
23 Essex Street, Room: H-201
Beverly, MA
248 Cabot Street
Beverly, MA
https://www.montserrat.edu/stephenlapierrevisitingartist/
This summer, the Cape Ann Museum will exhibit some 50 original works by renowned American artist Winslow Homer. The exhibition, Homer at the Beach: A Marine Painter’s Journey, 1869-1880, will be the first close examination of the formation of this great artist as a marine painter. The exhibition will include loans from some 40 public and private collections and will be on view from August 3 to December 1, 2019. The Cape Ann Museum will be its sole venue.
27 Pleasant Street • Gloucester, MA 01930
phone: (978) 283-0455 • www.capeannmuseum.org/
Over 200 Lots Featuring Masterworks by Historic Cape Ann Artists Offered in Rockport Art Association & Museum’s 34th Annual Art Auction on Saturday, May 4th, 2 PM (EST) in RAA&M’s Hibbard Gallery.
Auction Preview Exhibition: Wednesday, April 24th – Saturday, May 4th.
Evening Preview Reception: Friday, May 3rd, 5–7 PM with light refreshments.
Auction Preview Gallery Talk with Judith A. Curtis: Sunday, April 28th, 2 PM.
Join noted Cape Ann Art Historian and author Judith A. Curtis for a gallery talk and walk-through tour of the auction artists, as featured in her article from the April issue of American Art Review magazine titled “The Cape Ann School – A Voyage of Discovery.”
An online photo catalog of all auction lots is posted on the RAA&M’s website: rockportartassn.org/auction
Over the years, the Annual Art Auction, a major fundraiser for the Rockport Art Association & Museum (RAA&M), has become a highly anticipated event. As a prestigious art auction, it attracts serious collectors throughout the country, as well as those just starting a collection.
Held in the RAA&M’s Hibbard Gallery, the auction features works by master Cape Ann artists of the past including Aldro T. Hibbard, Anthony Thieme, Emile Gruppé, W. Lester Stevens, Harry A. Vincent, Antonio Cirino, Paul Strisik, Emma Fordyce MacRae, Philip Little, Hayley Lever, Marguerite Pearson, Carl Peters, Al Czerepak, Bernard Corey, and Charles Movalli, among many others. The auction specializes in Cape Ann art, but is not limited to this region and also includes works by numerous other prominent historic American artists.
The auction, now in its 34th year, began with a bequest by founding RAA&M member Antonio Cirino (1888-1983). Cirino left his artwork to the Association with the stipulation that the art be auctioned to help support the organization. The auction quickly evolved to include other historic Cape Ann artists, and has been the Association’s major annual fundraising event ever since.
Bidding is available live at the auction on May 4th, online via www.LiveAuctioneers.com (with advanced registration), or by submitting an absentee bid with the RAA&M in advance.
If you would like more information about the auction or need additional promotional images please contact: Margaret Redington, Program Manager & Auction Coordinator, 978.546.6604 or via email auction@rockportartassn.org.
Cynthia Curtis Pottery is proud to announce she has been invited to show and sell her work at the Museum of Fine Arts! She and 11 other artists from across the region will be at the Art in Bloom Market in the Shapiro Family Atrium Saturday, Sunday and Monday 12-5.
Save the dates for upcoming shows!
– Art in Bloom Market at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
April 27-29, 10-5:00
www.mfa.org/programs/special-event/art-in-bloom
– Cape Ann Artisans Studio Tour
June 1-2 and Oct. 12-14, 10-5:00
Good Morning Gloucester 