Rockport Art Association & Museum’s Experimental Group Opens Thirteenth Show

The Rockport Art Association & Museum’s Experimental Group opens its thirteenth group exhibition, “Unexpected No. Thirteen – The Experimental Group Small Works Holiday Show” at Rockport Art Association & Museum, 12 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 978.546.6604. 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, but all pieces of artwork must be smaller than 12 x 16 inches.

The exhibition runs from: December 7th through December 31st

Artist Reception on Friday, December 6 from 6-8 pm.

Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 1-5 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.

Karen Tusinski One-Artist Show

December 7 – 31, 2019
Opening Reception: Saturday, December 7th, 2 – 4 PM

Tusinski – Cambridge Poppies

Tusinski – Enclosed Poppies

Tusinski – Let it Roll

Tusinski – Nor’Easter

An exhibition of oil, acrylic and mixed media paintings by artist Karen Tusinski will open in the Marguerite Pearson Room of the Rockport Art Association & Museum (RAA&M) on Saturday, December 7th with an artist’s reception from 2 – 4 PM. The exhibition will be on view Saturday, December 7 – Tuesday, December 31.

Karen Tusinski subscribes to the natural contrast found in our world.  Geometric and organic form play together in each piece, combining in an energized abstraction. Common themes include bright poppies in a variety of color schemes, pebble strewn beaches with tranquil seas, and reoccurring circular patterns in both abstracts and expressive still lifes. Tusinski’s work offers pleasing tonal relationships through common motifs and patterns inspired by nature. Her keen observation of the seemingly ordinary allows the viewer a new lens to hold against everyday images.

Karen Tusinski is the owner of the Tusinski Gallery in Rockport and is an artist member of the Rockport Art Association & Museum and the Newburyport Art Association. She received a B.F.A. in Painting from Montserrat College of Art in 1998 and attended Montserrat’s Viterbo, Italy Summer Program. Tusinski is a featured artist at Jules Place in Boston and also exhibits her artwork in numerous galleries throughout the country.

Karen Tusinski’s website:  https://www.tusinskigallery.com/

For more information on this and other exhibitions, please visit the RAA&M’s website at www.rockportartassn.org




RAA&M December Hours:  Open Tuesday – Saturday, 10 AM – 5 PM; Sunday 12 – 5 PM.

November 30th is Small Business Saturday. We’ll have 39 talented local artists, artisans, crafters and makers on exhibit at Saturday’s Cape Ann Makers Market – 2019 Holiday Market! #LocalMade #ShopLocal

LIST OF VENDORS:
2nd Story Commons
Angie’s Alpacas
Ardizzoni Photography
Atavism Idols
Auntie Annie Holistics
BeLo The Sea Treasures
Cape Ann Auction
Cape Ann Art Gallery
Cape Ann Giclee
CCD Designs
Clapping Waves Studio
Classic Cooks
Creative Sparks Imagery
Dancing Barefoot Custom Tie-Dye
Eleven Eleven Elixir
Flappin’ Haddock Creations
Get Lit with Jenn and Bri
Gloucester Quilter
Hold Fast Company
Jan’s Gifts
Jessibelle Studio
Jo’s Accessories
KuKu Clothing
Melissa Cox Photography
Mirabilio
Nicole M Dahlmer Photography
Old Growth Alchemy
Orr Galleries
Sassyecobags
Sew Nice Sisters-in-Law
Shackteau Interiors
Studio Raza
Towne and Main
Victory Designs By Vee
Visual Interest
AND MORE…

Rockport Art Association & Museum National show

2019An Icy Sunset_Corey O’Neil_Photograph

2019AYearOfMagicalThinking_PhilipGerstein_OilStickandAcryliconWoodPanel_48x36

2019Elysium_GeorgeVanHook_oil_30x40

2019Laura_PamelaPindell_Bronze_HalfLifeSize

2019TheOceanOnAtNight_LeeGordon_glass

On Saturday, Nov 23, 2019 the Rockport Art Association and Museum will be opening the Cape Ann regions first-ever national fine art show!  The RAA&M National 2019 artwork submissions came from artists across the United States in a diverse number of media: drawing, mixed media, collage, digital art, photography, sculpture, painting, & printmaking.  Nationally recognized artists Tom Hughes and Jo Ann Rothschild juried the exhibition, selecting 160 works of art out of nearly 700 entries from most every corner of the country.  Entrants ranged from nationally-recognized fine art photographers whose work has been featured in the The New York Times, sculptors whose works have ignited firestorms of controversy, and celebrated painters belonging to the National Academy.

The exhibition has been generously sponsored by the Institution for Savings, and over $7,000 in prize money has been contributed for awarding to outstanding works by a number of public and private entities, including Cape Ann Savings Bank, BankGloucester, Mass Credit Union, iartcolony, and Security First Mortgage Funding LLC.

The RAA&M National marks Cape Ann’s return to national prominence as a center for the fine arts after languishing for too many decades in general anonymity.  As well, it marks a bold new chapter in the history of the Rockport Art Association & Museum as this institution leads the charge towards helping restore this region’s reputation as a center for cutting-edge fine art that is relevant far beyond our granite shores.

12 Main Street, Rockport, MA
(978) 546-6604

Jim@rockportartassn.org

 ‘LEVEN  Sings in Annisquam

 Sunday, November 17 at 7:30 PM

‘Leven a cappella ensemble presents “In Gratitude”  Sunday evening at the Annisquam Village Church .

“Songs of gratitude for the joys and challenges of living upon the magnificent earth” come to life when Kristina Martin leads Sue Bonior, Pat Maloney Brown, Caroline Haines, Ann Hyde, and Sheryl Reed in ‘Leven’s stylish, exciting adaptations of their eclectic repertoire.  Dawn Pratson, founder of the ensemble in 1991, returns to sing with her successors for this fall concert. A reception follows.

The Annisquam Village Church is at 820 Washington Street in Gloucester.

Admission at the door is $20. / $15. Seniors and Students — or order On-line: levenconcert.brownpapertickets.com.   Information at 978.281-0376

Saturday, November 16 (10:30AM at MHM)
Free Family Fun – Old Time Toys & Games

Sunday, November 17 (2pm at MHM)
Special Program: Forget Me Not: A Brief History of Mourning Jewelry
Sarah Nehama will give a talk that illustrates with examples of mourning jewelry from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries.
Co-sponsored by MHM and the Association for Gravestone Studies
MHM Members free, Guests $10

Thursday, November 21 (Reception 6:30, Program 7PM at Sacred Heart Parish Hall, School St.)
Lecture: Manchester’s Historic Houses
Robert Booth and Amy Kellet will speak about the process of researching historic buildings for our new Historic House Marker Program
Members free, Guests $10

Please RSVP for these programs by calling 978-526-7230 or emailing info@manchesterhistoricalmuseum.org

Marion Hall One-Artist Show

November 9 – 21, 2019
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 9th, 2 – 4 PM

Marion Hall – Captiva Beach Path

Marion Hall – Winter Walk

An exhibition of watercolor paintings by Manchester-by-the-Sea artist Marion Hall will open in the Marguerite Pearson Room of the Rockport Art Association & Museum (RAA&M) on Saturday, November 9th with an artist’s reception from 2 – 4 PM. The exhibition will be on view Saturday, November 9 – Thursday, November 21.

“The focus of this solo show is marine subjects with original watercolor paintings of Cape Ann shores, seascapes, lighthouses, beach scenes, sand dunes, sea birds, the breaking surf, schooners, dories, and even a few Cayo Costa State Park, Florida beach scenes. My style is a blend of realism and impressionism, with a very colorful palette and ‘Cape Ann School’ lighting, expressing happy emotions and quiet moods that are easy to read.”   – Marion Hall

Marion Hall has been a resident of Manchester-by-the-Sea for more than 50 years. A graduate of Tufts University and Northeastern University with degrees in Physical Therapy, Marion was commissioned in the Navy and after graduation was stationed at Chelsea Naval Hospital working with casualties from the Vietnam War. After her service, she was Chief Physical Therapist at Beverly Hospital. Following graduate school, Marion raised a family of three children and concurrently consulted for community health organizations and the public school systems, specializing in childhood development and senior care.

After her career in health care, Marion started taking workshops with local watercolorists and began a second career as an artist. She is an artist member of the Rockport Art Association & Museum, North Shore Arts Association, the New England Watercolor Society, and the Sanibel-Captiva Art League. Marion teaches at the Art Room in Topsfield and leads workshops for the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation. She is currently Co-Vice President of the Board of the North Shore Arts Association.

For more information on this and other exhibitions, please visit the RAA&M’s website at www.rockportartassn.org

RAA&M Fall Hours:  Open Tuesday – Saturday, 10 AM – 5 PM; Sunday 12 – 5 PM.

Local Colors Artists’ Cooperative is celebrating their 30th Anniversary with a gala reception titled 30 Years of Local Color, Sat., Nov. 2, 6:00-8:00 pm. All the artists welcome the public to come enjoy refreshments, live music and all new art. There will be a 15% store-wide discount during the event. 121 Main St., Gloucester.  978-283-3996   www.local-colors.org

Rockport Art Association & Museum’s Experimental Group Opens Twelfth Show

The Rockport Art Association & Museum’s Experimental Group opens its twelfth group exhibition, “Unexpected No. Twelve” at Rockport Art Association & Museum, 12 Main Street, Rockport, MA 01966, 978.546.6604. 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 November 2 through November 17

Artist Reception on Saturday, November 2nd from 2-4 pm. 

Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday 12 – 5 pm. 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 at 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 98 years.

Friday, October 25th  – 6:30 pm. to 11 p.m.
Saturday, October 26th – 6:00 p.m. to 11 p.m.

Times:
Free parking at Gloucester’s Stage Fort Park begins at 6:00 pm on Friday and 5:30 pm on Saturday. The last bus of terror from Stage Fort Park leaves at 10:30 pm. Last ticket will be sold at 10:45 pm. Please do not drive to the castle as you will be turned away. Do not park on Hesperus Avenue or you will be ticketed and/or towed.

Admission:
$15 per person, available only at the door. No discounts or refunds. BUT – Parents USE CAUTION! This is a SCARY attraction and is not suitable for children under 13.

Heidi Caswell Zander One-Artist Show

October 26 – November 7, 2019
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 26th, 2 – 4 PM

An exhibition of oil paintings by Rockport artist Heidi Caswell Zander will open in the Marguerite Pearson Room of the Rockport Art Association & Museum (RAA&M) on Saturday, October 26th with an artist’s reception from 2 – 4 PM. The exhibition will be on view Saturday, October 26 – Thursday, November 7.

Heidi Caswell Zander’s work bares the imprint of growing up immersed in the artist culture of Cape Ann, Massachusetts. As a youth, summer days were spent in adult workshops absorbing the enthusiasm for capturing a cloud on 140 lb. watercolor paper, for being a link between natural wonder observed on location to its impression on a rectangle which would hang on a wall. Rich color and connection to place are the prime elements of her works. Caswell Zander’s signature brushstroke, which is used to convey both the excitement of creating the image as well as the value of making a mark, is retained through process, marks articulated and layered through to the final piece. There is an energy displayed by these brushstrokes. She distills from observation the essence of objects, their radiant colors, vibrancy of life, the subtleties of their relationships, their harmonies and completeness.

Heidi Caswell Zander is owner and sole artist of Tidal Edge Gallery in Rockport which opened in 2005.

A Rhode Island School of Design B.F.A. & M.A.T. graduate and member of the RISD European Honor Society, she has also lived in Rome, Italy, New York, and Berlin, Germany. Heidi is a juried artist member of the Rockport Art Association & Museum, North Shore Art Association and National Association of Women Artists. She is currently Rockport Art Association & Museum’s President. Her paintings are in collections throughout the United States and Europe.

For more information on this and other exhibitions, please visit the RAA&M’s website at www.rockportartassn.org

Rockport Art Association & Museum

12 Main Street, Rockport MA 01966
978-546-6604  •  www.rockportartassn.org

RAA&M Fall Hours:  Open Tuesday – Saturday, 10 AM – 5 PM; Sunday 12 – 5 PM.

Fall Coffeehouse

Includes many Essex built schooner models and the “Phyllis A.” 1926 fishing vessel (the original ship is now being reconstructed in Gloucester).

PAPERWORKS: Art as Evidence
A juried exhibition featuring 41 artists

October 17 – November 24, 2019

Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 19, 2:00-4:00 PM

Gallery Hours: Thursday-Sunday, 12:00- 4:00 pm

Artist Talk: Exhibiting artists discuss process
Saturday, November 9, 3:00-4:00 PM

Free and open to the public

Barbe Ennis, Coming Undone, paper clay

Maria Lauenstein, Three Friends on a Bench, painted papier maché

Dina Gomery, Her Dark Eyes, collage

Suzette Durso, Leaves, eco print on paper

Lynne Sausele, Blue Landscape, mixed media

Timothy Wilson, Dying Tome, photograph of altered book

The Rocky Neck Art Colony is pleased to celebrate 41 artists selected for inclusion in the highly anticipated exhibition, PAPERWORKS: Art As Evidence. This juried exhibition at the Cultural Center, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester MA, runs for six weeks beginning Thursday, October 17 and continuing through Sunday, November  24, 2019.  The pubic is invited to enjoy the art and conversation at the opening reception on Saturday, October 19 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM with light refreshements and beverages served. Street parking is free and the facility is handicapped accessible.

Jurors Anne Marie Crotty and Cynthia Switzer Roth chose 59 pieces for the exhibition from more than 230 works submitted for consideration by 71 New England artists. Despite being open to New England artists, those chosen for the PAPERWORKS exhibition are all from Massachusetts with many from the Boston area and greater Cape Ann—with 12 from Gloucester and Rockport including Joy Buell, Janice Charles, Pat Lowery Collins, Barbe Ennis, Dina Gomery, Ann Lafferty, Rebecca Nagle, Christy Park, Mary Rhinelander, Lynne Sausele, Ruth Schneider, and Jan Weinshanker.

The pieces for PAPERWORKS: Art As Evidence were chosen to not only their quality and content but as the ‘evidence’ of the many creative uses of paper they display. Viewers will enjoy myriad paintings, pastels, encaustics, mixed-media, photographs, constructions, collages, prints, papier maché and more in 2D and 3D works of art, all employing paper in their creation. The exhibition occupies two galleries at the Cultural Center.

Artist Talk
You won’t want to miss the opportunity to hear from a number of artists about their process of art making in a casual afternoon talk at the Cultural Center on Saturday, November 9, 3:00-4:00 PM. This is a wonderful opportunity to meet the artists and ask questions about their work. Light refreshments will be available.

About the Jurors
Jurors Anne Marie Crotty and Cynthia Switzer Roth met in 1990 as founding members of Gloucester’s cooperative gallery, Local Colors, and later, in 2008, opened the Flatrocks Gallery in Lanesville. The Crotty-Roth curatorial partnership created over 100 exhibits in ten years there, introducing young artists to the public and providing recognition for established talents.

Solo Show: John Fleming
Saturday – October 12, 2019

Opening Reception:
Saturday, October 12, 2:00 – 4:00 PM

An exhibition of sculpture and drawings by Rockport artist John Fleming will open in the Marguerite Pearson Room of the Rockport Art Association & Museum (RAA&M) on Saturday, October 12th with an artist’s reception from 2 – 4 PM. The exhibition will be on view Saturday, October 12 – Thursday, October 24.

As a member of the Rockport Art Association & Museum, Fleming has won numerous awards for excellence in sculpture and graphics, including the Marguerite Pearson Gold Medal for best in show.  A graduate of the Pratt Institute in New York City, Mr. Fleming’s art has taken many forms: commercial art, advertising, graphic design, illustration, art direction, and jewelry design and manufacturing.   The works he will be featuring in this solo show are drawn from Fleming’s decision to use nature’s seemingly random way of creation and “see what happens.”  As Fleming himself states:

“Each piece has its story.  Some hopeful of what they will become.  Some comical.  One, in particular, tragic and flawed knowing that it’s probably the last of its evolving kind.  All of them having no sense of why they exist.”

—

Jessica Yurwitz

Owner

Slow River Studio

www.slowriverstudio.com

Jane Deering Gallery presents First Violin: An Octave of Prints by artist Patty Rosenblatt.

An Opening Reception will be held with the artist on Saturday, October 12th from 4:00-6:00pm. The series of eight images grew out of a commission from the Longwood Symphony Orchestra to make a sculptural piece using an unfinished violin. Inspired by a relished theory — which posits that clay is the substance from which all life on earth first sprang — Rosenblatt decided to submerge the violin in a well of wet clay and allow the complexity of time to alter the submerged instrument. The resulting series of prints capture the various stages of transformation. The gallery is located at 19 Pleasant Street, Gloucester MA, next to the Cape Ann Museum. Gallery hours: Friday/Saturday/Sunday from 1:00-5:00pm and by appointment at pattyrosenblatt@gmail.com.

Patty Rosenblatt studied at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the University of the Arts, Philadelphia. She earned a BA from Goucher College and and MA from Boston College. In 2007 she was awarded a Joan Mitchell Foundation Scholarship by the Santa Fe Art Institute. Currently, she is an Advisor to Manship Artists Residency and Studios (MARS), Gloucester MA; and served from 1999-2013 on the Advisory Board of the Aidekman Art Gallery, Tufts University. Rosenblatt has exhibited widely throughout the northeast region. Her work is in numerous public and private collections. The artist maintains a studio on Cape Ann.

First Violin III 2006 . Iris print on Hahnemule Rag paper . 22×30 inches

First Violin continues thru November 9 . 2019
Gallery hours: Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays 1:00-5:00 pm
and by appointment at pattyrosenblatt@gmail.com

End of Season Party at Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck

Date: Saturday, October 12, 6:00 to 8:00 PM

Location: Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck, 53 Rocky Neck Ave., Gloucester, MA

Contact: Loren Doucette, RNAC Operations Manager Rnac.operationsmanager@gmail.com, 978-515-7004

The public is invited to attend Gallery 53’s festive “End of Season Party” on Saturday, October 12, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

This popular event features an array of tasty food and drinks, and free original artwork by member artists that will be given away as door prizes. Come to Gallery 53, at 53 Rocky Neck Avenue, between 6:00 and 8:00 pm on October 12 and put your name in our fishbowl. A winner will be drawn every 15 minutes. Some of the prizes include handmade jewelry, pottery, paintings, photographs, cards, ornaments, glass, and sculpture. For more information call 978-290-2639 or email gallery53@rockyneckartcolony.org.

Some of the Door Prizes that will be given away to party attendees:

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SATURDAY, October 5 – Artist’s Reception at GLADSTONE 

A RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER  5, 4-6 pm. All are welcome!

James Eves, owner of Cape Ann Giclée, Fine Art Printing and Gallery, is GMG’s Arts Enthusiast and the Calendar Guy. To submit arts related press releases, photos of arts events or any arts related posts email: james@capeanngiclee.com.
To add an event to the GMG Cape Ann Calendar go here to see how to submit events.

The Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC) Is pleased to announce painter JJ Baker as its last Goetemann Residency Artist for the 2019 season. The public is invited to attend his free opening and closing talks.

The Opening Talk is scheduled for Tuesday, October 1 at 7:00 PM at Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson St., Gloucester. The Closing Talk takes place on Thursday, October 24 at 7:00 PM at the Goetemann Residency Studio, 77 Rocky Neck Ave., #10.

Currently living in Houston, Texas, JJ was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He received his BFA from the University of Cincinnati. His work has been shown in both Cincinnati and Houston. His recent art is focused on portraits and the figure, exploring the human psyche and our environment. His recent art focuses on portraits and the figure. He use portraits to explore the human psyche and our environment, pulling images from art history, movies and his surroundings. This synthesis of images represents the barrage of information we are subject to. Combining various drawing, painting and collage techniques, he paints portraits to represent the perception of the self: How we perceive, how we are perceived, and how we want to be perceived.

For more information, call 978-515-7004