My View of Life on the Dock
The Thacher Island Association will hold its annual meeting on Monday, June 18 at 7 pm at the Rockport Community House on Broadway in Rockport. The public is welcome.
A presentation of the work completed on both Thacher and Straitsmouth Islands in 2017 along with special video presentation on recent activity and plans for 2018 on Straitsmouth Island. Admission is free, and refreshments will be served.
The Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC) is pleased to present an exhibition of eighteen regional contemporary artists who work in series. These artists oftenstart with an idea and move through a sequence of separate works…exploring the fulfillment of an idea and visual goals. By viewing several closely related works by each artist, audiences can observe and experience the process of art-making. Artists Explore SERIES is on view at RNAC’s Cultural Center Gallery, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester from June 28 – August 12, 2018. The public is invited to meet the artists at a reception on Friday, June 29, from 6-8PM. Weekly gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, 12-6 PM.
RNAC is pleased to introduce Barbara Moody as the Guest Curator of Artists Explore SERIES. Moody has an M. Ed. and Ed.D. from Harvard University. She is currently a professor at Montserrat College of Art, where she also served as Dean for nine years. Moody says of her artistic process “I work in series to explore one idea from different perspectives. Keeping the same feeling or mood, I can change the subject and color to examine a range of possibilities.”
Artists Explore SERIES collaborators include Kathleen Gerdon Archer, Joan Bediz, Morgan Dyer, Conny Goelz-Schmitt, Julie Graham, Mark Hoffmann, Nancy Legendre, Kevin Lucey, Maria Malatesta, Barbara Moody, Ruth Mordecai, Rose Olson, Lynda Schlosberg, Deb Schradeick, Martha L Swanson, Len Thomas-Vickory, Helen Tory and Alyssa Watters.
When asked to comment on working in series it was found that the artists have varying ideas about their artistic process. According to artist Morgan Dyer, “This painting series informs ideas of landscape through a lens of personal experience. Color dictates the subject, exploring emotional connections within these experiences and speaking to moments in time similar to a journal.”Kevin Lucey adds, “I work in a series to thoroughly investigate an idea or concept. In most cases, the series ends up being autobiographical, as I am constantly trying to better understand myself, and the people around me.” For Maria Malatesta, “Working in series allows me to explore an idea or direction more deeply. This can lead to unexpected and surprising places. Color, marks and space are all important investigations.” And, Ruth Mordecai sums it up with, “Working in series helps to explore and to simplify.”
This exhibition includes between two and eight works by each artist, for a total of over 80 works of art, representing painting, sculpture, installation, photography, printmaking, and illustration. This exhibition includes between two and eight works by each artist, for a total of over 80 works of art, representing painting, sculpture, installation, photography, printmaking, and illustration.
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The Rocky Neck Art Colony, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, nurtures excellence in the arts through exhibitions, workshops, residencies, and vibrant cultural events for its members and the public. Long renowned for its luminous light, this harbor and coastal location has been a magnet for some of the most revered realist painters in US art. Edward Hopper and Emil Gruppe are examples. It has as well been a catalyst for the progressive ideas of Stuart Davis, Marsden Hartley, Theresa Bernstein, Milton Avery and Nell Blaine, among others. Today, Rocky Neck continues to attract artists and art lovers to a thriving, creative community. rockyneckartcolony.org
Essex Merchants Group is excited to announce its Best of Essex Online Goods and Services Auction. The auction will go live at 7:00am on Monday, June 4th and run until 10:00pm on Monday, June 18th, 2018.
Participants will have the opportunity to bid on over 100 items donated by Essex businesses, organizations and friends. Items include gift certificates from the town’s restaurants and antique shops, fine art, specialty gift baskets, landscaping services, concert tickets and more. Bid on a clambake for four, cruises and kayak tours on the Essex River, Herrmann’s Royal Lipizzan Stallion tickets or a therapeutic massage!
Other highlights items up for bid are a pearl necklace and earrings by N. Larson Jewelry Design, landscape paintings by local artists, Robert and Patricia Hanlon, a Crab Cake and Caesar Salad Dinner for 20 people from Timothy Hopkins Catering and two opportunities to win Red Sox tickets.
The auction opens June 4th at this link: www.essexmerchantsgroup.schoolauction.net/auction2018
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Appraisal Day at the White-Ellery House
Saturday, June 2, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Join Michael March from Blackwood March Auctioneers and Andrew Jacobson from Andrew Jacobson Marine Antiques at the Museum’s White-Ellery House for appraisals of art, antiques, nautical items and out of print books. Offered in conjunction with the special exhibition Unfolding Histories. Appraisals are $5.00 per item with a limit of three items. Prepayment can be made online at Eventbrite or cash will be accepted at the event. Entry to the House is free and open to the public.
 The White-Ellery House is located at 245 Washington Street in Gloucester. Parking is available off Poplar Street in the field behind the House. Find out more about this historic property here.
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 Circus Parade, Main Street, Gloucester, MA, c. 1890. Collection of the Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives. Photo credit: Walter Gardner.
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SUMMER WALKING TOURS ARE BACK!
Hopper’s Houses
Saturday, June 2 at 10:00 a.m.
A limited number of tickets are still available for the June 2 Hopper Walking Tour. Cost is $10 for CAM members / $20 nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Tickets can be purchased online at Eventbrite or by calling (978) 283-0455 x10.
 Guided walking tours are offered on select Fridays and Saturdays during the summer months. Tours start at 10:00 a.m. at the Museum and are held rain or shine. Cost is $10 for CAM members; $20 for nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Space is limited; registration required.
Sign up online at Eventbrite or call (978)283-0455 x10.
(above left) Robert Stephenson (1935-2015), Our Lady of Good Voyage, Gloucester, 1996, oil on canvas. Gift of Richard J. Stephenson and family, 2016. Collection of the Cape Ann Museum [2016.056]; (middle) The Beach/Saunders House (now the Sawyer Free Library) at 88 Middle Street in Gloucester, MA. Corliss & Ryan photograph, 1882. From the collection of the Cape Ann Museum Library and Archives; (right) Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument framed by Gloucester City Hall towers (staff photo).
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Cape Ann Residents are Free on the Fifth of the Month!
Tuesday, June 5 | Thursday, July 5
Sunday, August 5 | Wednesday, September 5
 In conjunction with the special exhibition Unfolding Histories, which includes items loaned from historic societies, museums and archives in all four Cape Ann communities, residents of Essex, Rockport, Manchester-by-the-Sea and Gloucester get in free on the fifth day of each month from May through September! Please share this with your neighbors … we hope to see you soon!
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Presence of the Past: Addiction
Tuesday, June 12 at 7:00 p.m.
Boston University Public Health Professor and PAARI Board Member David Rosenbloom joins Molly O’Hagan Hardy, CAM Director of Library & Archives and curator of Unfolding Histories, for a conversation about temperance and addiction, past and present. Offered in conjunction with the special exhibition Unfolding Histories. Free and open to the public. Galleries will be open until 7:00 p.m.
(above) Ales and Liquor Trade Card, ca. 1880. Cape Ann Museum.
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SPECIAL EXHIBITIONS
Harold Rotenberg: An American Impressionist
On view through June 17, 2018 This exhibition explores the long and much acclaimed career of artist Harold Rotenberg (1905-2011). A native of Attleboro, Massachusetts, a prominent member of the Rockport and Cape Ann Art Colony, and a world-wide traveler, Rotenberg’s work displays a richness in color and vibrancy of brush stroke that evokes the work of the great Impressionists. Harold Rotenberg: An American Impressionist captures the artist’s passion for light and landscape and his love of painting out of doors where the experience was always, in the artist’s own words, spiritual. Find out more … Unfolding Histories: Cape Ann before 1900
On view through September 9, 2018 In the first major exhibition to bring together historical and archival material from nine Cape Ann institutions, Unfolding Histories: Cape Ann Before 1900 illuminates the area’s wideranging stories from Native American life to the first European settlers in the 1640s, the temperance movement, African American history and civil rights, women’s history, the advent of railroad and mass transportation as well as work, literary, and cultural life during Cape Ann’s early years. Find out more … |
Learn to Sail! Refresh your skills or learn about racing. Our sailing program provides basic through advanced training for adults with semi-private lessons on a flexible schedule. Join us for an informal evening of appetizers and drinks at Sandy Bay’s historic clubhouse and meet everyone involved in SBYC’s Adult Sailing Programs. Can’t make it on Friday? Stop by for Sunday Morning Coffee, 9:30-11am every Sunday until Labor Day, and speak to someone from the Membership Committee.
For more information about both the Adult and Junior sailing programs see our website at http://www.sandybay.org
Local Colors is always looking for new artist members. This is an opportunity to learn about the gallery and membership for you or for artists you may know. Please join us even if you’re not interested in membership and enjoy some refreshments and chat with the artists! We are looking forward to meeting you June 2, at Local Colors Artists’ Cooperative, 121 Main St. Gloucester. 978-283-1876
Visitors to Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House hear the story of the celebrated interior designer Henry Davis Sleeper. Sleeper was a gay man living in the early twentieth century and during Pride Month we celebrate and explore LGBTQ history at multiple public programs and tours.
In partnership with North Shore Pride, Historic New England is hosting A Celebration of Pride and History at Beauport Museum on Sunday, June 10 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Special house tours discuss the challenges of interpreting LGBTQ history at Beauport and share readings from books and letters written by Sleeper and his social circle. Tickets available in advance or at the door for $25 ($20 for Historic New England and North Shore Pride members) by calling Beauport 978-283-0800 or visiting www.historicnewengland.org. Admission includes a light buffet reception served on the terrace overlooking Gloucester Harbor. Entertainment by local musician, singer, and businessman John Archer. This program is supported in part by Plug-In Cape Ann Tours providing shuttle transportation from overflow parking lots at Saint Anthony’s Chapel on Farrington Avenue and Rocky Neck Art Colony.
On June 28, Tripp Evans, professor of art history at Wheaton College, gives an illustrated talk at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center at 7:00 p.m. Codman, Sleeper, and the Gay Man Cave explores how Henry Sleeper and other interior designers created spaces that provided sanctuary and reimagined the historical past. Optional Beauport house tours are offered at 5:30 p.m. Advanced tickets are available for $15 ($10 for Historic New England members) by calling Beauport 978-283-0800 or visiting www.historicnewengland.org.
Guided Beauport house tours are offered all month Tuesdays to Saturdays, every hour on the hour from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, $8 for students/children, and free for Gloucester residents and Historic New England members.
About Historic New England
Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House is one of more than three dozen historic sites owned and operated by Historic New England, the oldest and largest regional heritage organization in the nation. Historic New England saves and shares New England’s past to engage and inform present and future generations. We engage diverse audiences in developing a deeper understanding and enjoyment of New England home life by being the national leader in collecting, preserving, and using significant buildings, landscapes, archives, stories, and objects from the past to today. Visit HistoricNewEngland.org.
About North Shore Pride
The mission of North Shore Pride, Inc is to promote the general welfare and unity of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community within the North Shore, and to advocate for the acceptance of the members of the LGBTQ community by the broader North Shore community. The organization engages in activities designed to promote greater understanding of LGBTQ issues by engaging in fundraising activities and partnering with allied individuals and organizations. Visit northshorepride.org.
All sales directly support the artists and no admission fee will be charged for the public.
There will be live music entertainment, light refreshments, cash bar, and complimentary valet and self parking. Also, the Beauport Boutique will be holding an all-day 15% off sale on merchandise!
If you’re joining us that evening, consider stopping by our 1606 Restaurant & Bar Music Series afterwards for live music by Brick Park Duo from 6 to 9PM.
Cape Ann Artists – are you interested in being a part of the show? Contact the Beauport Boutique at 978-282-0008 (option 4) between 9am-9pm.
The Rocky Neck Art Colony kicks off the season with its first Summer Artist Show at Gallery 53 entitled Celebrating Rocky Neck, an exhibition of the artists and galleries on Rocky Neck. The show runs from May 25 until June 12, 2018. Featured are some of the most beloved and esteemed artists in the Rocky Neck Art Colony including Judythe Meagher, Ruth Mordecai, Elynn Kröger, Brenda Malloy, Rokhaya Waring, Regina Piantedosi, Lisa Carlson, Stephen LaPierre, Sallie Strand and many more. The public is invited to attend a grand Opening Party on Saturday, May 26 from 6 to 8 pm that features creative artist-made munchies and a selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
Housed in a historic waterfront building at 53 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gallery 53 is conveniently located between the Studio and Rudder Restaurants at 53 Rocky Neck Ave in Gloucester, MA. Artists are selected for their creativity, technical skill, and distinctive style. The gallery provides the community with thought-provoking Summer Artist Series (SAS) shows and a place to purchase affordable locally-made art. Paintings, jewelry, pottery, wood, glass, mixed-media, hand-pulled prints, and photography are creatively displayed.
JOHN TARRANT is the Founding Director of Pacific Zen Institute — an organization devoted to koans, the arts, and spirituality as a creative act. He has pioneered the development of koans as a method for understanding the mind in Western culture. John has a PhD in psychology, teaches physicians and executives at Duke Integrative Medicine, and for many years had a practice in Jungian psychotherapy. 
www.lorendoucetteart.com
After a prolific winter at Flatrocks Gallery, Doucette invites the public to view over 40 of her drawings and paintings (complete and in process) created in the last 2 years as well as select pottery pieces by Ruth Worell.
Doucette opens Flatrocks Gallery to the public in a unique way showing a transparent look into the process of drawing and painting. On display are over 40 paintings showing a variety of different sized works, multiple media, and various subject matter; an intimate window into the artist’s view of the world around her. She says, “I work on multiple paintings at once letting the different ideas feed one another. This is how a series is born during my indoor winter studio practice. This show is like an open sketchbook of ideas strewn across the walls in full color.”
Doucette, usually a landscape painter, explores new ways of working intuitively in her latest work. She says, “I move back and forth drawing and painting from the world of form to departing from it all together; the process excites and surprises me. I am a teacher and a painter, so sharing the process is as important to me as sharing the finished product.”
Loren Doucette has shown in solo and group shows since 2007. She attended the School for the Museum of Fine Arts in 1997 and continued her studies at Montserrat College of Art from 2006-2013 where she received her BFA in Painting and Drawing. Doucette studied abroad in Viterbo, Italy for a month in 2011 where her love of landscape painting was recharged. She currently teaches weekly classes in Drawing and Painting at Ten Pound Studio in Gloucester, MA and is also currently represented by the Tusinski Gallery in Rockport, MA, http://www.tusinskigallery.com.
Doucette’s 4-Day Open Studio Event at Flatrocks Gallery is open to the public May 10, 11, 12 and 13 from 12-5pm each day with an open reception on Saturday evening from 6-8pm. She welcomes private showings by appointment from May 10th to May 18th. Please contact the artist for an appointment at lorenadoucette@gmail.com.
Attention Art lovers on Cape Ann!
COST: If you’re interested in showcasing and selling your work, there is a $25 entrance fee. All sales will be directly handled by the artists, and all funds go directly to them. The event itself is free and open to the public.
Beauport Hotel Gloucester will be hosting their next Art show at Beauport Hotel on Wednesday, May 23 from 5:30 to 8:30PM. The evening will consist of over 50 artists from Rocky Neck Art Association, North Shore Art Association, and other local organizations. They’ll be showcasing and selling their paintings, photographs, and sketches. All funds go directly to the artists. In addition, there will be live music from 6 to 9PM, light refreshments, cash bar, and an all-day 15% off sale in the Beauport Boutique.
HOW TO SIGN UP: To sign up, please call the Beauport Boutique at 978.282.0008 extension 4 between the hours of 9AM and 9PM. Once you provide your information, you will need to provide your e-mail so the Boutique staff can send you a link for payment. Once the payment is received, your spot will be reserved. Please keep in mind that calling the boutique does not guarantee your spot, but it’s still needed for the sign up process. Spots are limited.
Requirements: In order to be eligible, you must be a resident of Cape Ann. Eligible works of art include paintings, photography, sketches, drawings, and other forms of canvas-like art. Due to the nature and theme of this event, we will not be accepting 3D works of art, sculptures, jewelry, and other forms.
Additional details will be given upon calling the Boutique.
If you’re interested in sharing the event, please find our Facebook event on Beauport Hotel’s profile. In addition, we will be sending along a digital flyer in the coming days if you would like to hand them to your guests. If you have any additional questions, please call the Beauport Boutique during business hours (7 days a week from 9AM to 9PM.) Thank you!
Beauport Hotel Gloucester | 55 Commercial St | Gloucester, MA 01930 | BeauportHotel.com • 978.282.0008 ext. 4
The Rocky Neck Art Colony is pleased to announce that it will present Kinloch Nelson: Guitar Mad Scientist as part of the upcoming ArtWeek festival happening April 27 – May 6. Hundreds of events will be presented across the Commonwealth during the 10-day creative festival. See a complete listing of events at artweekma.org.
ArtWeek is an award-winning innovative festival featuring hundreds of unique and creative experiences that are hands-on, interactive or offer behind-the-scenes access to arts, culture, and the creative process. Now an annual statewide festival, ArtWeek was born in Boston in 2013 and recently expanded its footprint across the Commonwealth.
Don’t miss this exciting event:
http://www.artweekma.org/event/kinloch-nelson-hear-the-guitar-mad-scientist/
Presented by: Rocky Neck Art Colony, Inc
Price: $20
Location: The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck Art Colony
Date: Saturday, April 28 at 7:30 – 9:30 PM
Kinloch Nelson is a uniquely amazing finger style guitar player and composer, and he loves his Mad Scientist Guitar Projects. You’ll experience the design, construction, and sublime playing of Kinloch’s crazy harp guitar along with his usual stock of unusually fabulous instruments. Learn how to build a harp guitar with junk plywood and a coat hanger, and hear a fabulous concert by the Mad Scientist himself! Kinloch plays with an enthralling dexterity, diversity, and sense of humor – a guitar master not to miss! Kinloch Nelson Event at Rocky Neck Art Colony
Presented by Highland Street Foundation and produced by the Boch Center, ArtWeek offers new ways to experience art, culture, and creativity. This year, Mass Cultural Council and the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism have joined ArtWeek as Lead Champions in this unique opportunity to shine a spotlight on the state’s creative economy.
“We are thrilled to have organizations like Rocky Neck Art Colony participating in ArtWeek this season,” said Josiah A. Spaulding, Jr., President & CEO of the Boch Center. “ArtWeek is an innovative festival that works to spotlight how the creative economy is thriving in Massachusetts. We are very excited about this season’s offerings, which include many unique experiences spanning dance, fashion, media arts, spoken-word, poetry, writing, culinary, visual arts, music, opera, theater, design, film, and more. And the best part is that many of the events are free making it affordable and accessible to everyone!”
For more information on ArtWeek, visit www.artweekma.org.
About Rocky Neck Art Colony, Inc– Rocky Neck, a picturesque part of Gloucester, MA, is widely known as the location of a famous artist colony. In fact, in the 19th and early 20th centuries, artists such Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Mark Rothko and others lived and worked on Rocky Neck. They came to Cape Ann charmed by the landscape, vibrant light and working waterfront as well as the artist community. Rocky Neck Art Colony is oldest continuously operating art colony in America.
About ArtWeek– Presented by Highland Street Foundation and produced by the Boch Center, ArtWeek has become an annual award-winning innovative festival featuring hundreds of unique and creative experiences that are hands-on, interactive or offer behind-the-scenes access to artists or the creative process. ArtWeek was born in Boston in 2013 and has since expanded to serve communities across Massachusetts. Statewide partners include: Mass Cultural Council, Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism as well as Mass Center for the Book, MASSCreative, MassHumanities, MassPoetry, New England Foundation for the Arts, New England Museum Association, Young Audiences of Massachusetts and VSA Massachusetts. To learn more about our regional and local collaborators as well as about the festival and its growth, visit www.artweekma.org.
About Highland Street Foundation– Since its establishment in 1989, Highland Street Foundation has donated more than $180 million to many worthy non-profit organizations. It is committed to addressing the needs and concerns of children and families primarily in Massachusetts and California specifically in the areas of education, housing, mentoring, health care, environment and the arts. To learn more about Highland Street Foundation, please visit www.highlandstreet.org.
About the Boch Center – The Boch Center is one of the nation’s leading nonprofit performing arts institutions and a guardian of the historic Wang and Shubert Theatres. As New England’s largest cultural venue, the Boch Center is home to theater, classical and popular music, dance, comedy, opera, Broadway musicals, family entertainment, and more.
Located in Boston’s historic Theater District, the Boch Center also offers a diverse mix of educational and community outreach initiatives, including the City Spotlights Leadership ProgramandArtWeek;collaborates with artists and local nonprofit arts organizations; preserves historic venues; and acts as a champion for Greater Boston’s arts and cultural community. Learn more at bochcenter.org.
About the Mass Cultural Council
The Mass Cultural Council is a state agency that promotes excellence, inclusion, education, and diversity in the arts, humanities, and sciences to foster a rich cultural life for all Massachusetts residents and contributes to the vitality of our communities and economy.
The Council pursues this mission through a wide range of grants, initiatives, and advocacy for artists, communities, organizations, and schools. Mass Cultural Council also runs the Massachusetts Cultural Facilities Fund in partnership with MassDevelopment. For more information, please visit www.massculturalcouncil.org.
About the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism
MOTT’s mission is to promote Massachusetts as both a leisure and business travel destination for domestic and international markets and to contribute to the growth of the Commonwealth’s economy. MOTT works closely with 16 regional tourism councils across the state, and with larger tourism alliances such as Discover New England and BrandUSA. For more information on visiting Massachusetts, go to massvacation.com.
Artist Reception ~ April 29, 2018 Noon-2 pm
Stetson Gallery, 28 Mugford Street, Marblehead, MA 781.631.1215
Marblehead, Massachusetts/USA – April 4, 2018 – Stetson Gallery, Marblehead’s premier art gallery, announces an exhibit showcasing experimental artist Donna Caselden. Juxtaposition: The manner in which contrary forces in design complement and give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another, is a solo exhibit running April 25 to May 15, 2018 with an artist reception on Sunday, April 29th from noon to 2 pm.
“I love the marriage of old with new, contemporary with traditional, yin and yang’” explains Caselden, “in the design field and especially with artwork. This show will feature a collection of abstract expressionism artwork framed in ornate, many times antique frames, a play on the juxtaposition of old versus new.
Donna Caselden is a well-known talent across the spectrum of visual design. An award winning experimental artist and wearable art clothing designer, Caselden also works one-on-one with clients on interior design and home décor projects.
Caselden works from her studio in the seaside village of Annisquam, Massachusetts. Her works are showcased in museums and galleries throughout the northeast, including the highly regarded Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts. As a painter, Donna Caselden has won acclaim for her work with acrylic, watercolor and oil paint. She is known for her experimental 2D artwork, incorporating unusual substances like marble dust, sand, coffee grounds, or mica to achieve unique texture and effects.
Caselden is a member of Cape Ann’s Experimental Art Group at Rockport Art Association, Society for Encouragement of Arts (seARTS), and the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA.)
Good Morning Gloucester 