Artists Explore SERIES

June 28 – August 12, 2018

Artist Reception: Friday, June 29, from 6 to 8 PM

The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
Gallery Hours: Thursday – Sunday, 12-6 PM

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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.

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

2018 Annual Rockport Garden Tour

Artists in the Gardens!

Rockport in Bloom will now again be captured on canvas! Similar to our 2017 garden tour, our 2018 tour will see the addition of artists in the gardens!

You will see the garden through the artist’s eyes. Watch as they transform a garden into a lasting image showing what the homeowner and “Mother Nature” have created.

If you are an artist and would like to participate next year, please contact:
Dan Delouise at 978-282-1540 or delouisestudios@gmail.com

All are welcome to FREE exhibit and reception will be held:
from 4:30 – 8:00pm on Saturday, June 30,
Location: at the Rockport Community House 58 Broadway
immediately following the last day of the garden tour.

Artists in the Gardens Rockport in Bloom 2018:

•  Dan DeLouise (DeLouise Studio & Gallery, 53 Main St, Rockport)
• Holly Anderson Pope
• Rosemary Sullivan
• Gary Yonker
• Janice E. Castellano
• Sharon M Bahosh
• Kathleen Miller (Art Nook Gallery, 58 Bearskin Neck, Rockport)
• Cynthia J Dunaway
• Kathy Roberts
• Lynn E Wrona
• Heidi A Caswell Zander (Tidal Edge Gallery, 3 School St, Rockport)
• Robert S Diebboll
• Judith C Abbe (Gallery @ 548 Washington St, Gloucester)
• Melody A Phaneuf (Gallery @ 3 Centennial Ave, Gloucester)
• Susan Drennan
• Eileen T. Mueller

Earth  Wind  Fire

An Opening reception is Sat. June 30th 6-8pm.

JAZZ and BERNSTEIN:  Two “Starry Nights” in Annisquam July Series

“The Sun, the Moon, but Mostly the Stars,”  a unique program of jazz standards and original compositions created to celebrate the Japanese Star festival, Tanabata, headlines the first of two concerts at the Annisquam Village Churchin July.  Slated for 7/7 at 8 pm (July 7^th is the date of the Tanabata festival), the Billy Novick Trio incorporates the cosmic atmospherics with celestial jazz: Billy Novick on clarinet and keyboards, Swiss-born Gabriela Martina on vocals, and Dave Clark on Bass.

Projections of the summer sky will serve as background with a lively intermission ‘pageant’; a reception follows, with ‘star bites’ and punch for all.

“A Centennial Tribute to Leonard Bernstein” on July 22 at 8 PM shines more starlight on this celebrated American composer in a review of Bernstein’s best-loved works. Pianists Beverly and Andrew Soll back up vocalists Tiffany Baxter, Angel Jajko, and Mark Morgan, covering everything from “West Side Story” to the “Kol Nidre” on this 100^th anniversary of Bernstein’s birth.  A reception follows.

Settled as the Third Parish of Cape Ann, the historic Annisquam Village Church offers ideal acoustics in an intimate, New England setting. The church is located at the head of Lobster Cove, 820 Washington Street (corner of Leonard and Washington Streets), in Gloucester 01930.  Handicap accessible.

Performances are at 8 PM.

Admission: $20 at the door or in advance with Brown Paper Tickets

Students $15. at the door

“The Sun, the Moon, but Mostly the Stars”

Buy advance tickets at:

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3504288

“A Centennial Tribute to Leonard Bernstein”

Buy advance tickets at:

https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3511898

Kathleen Adams, Music Director

Annisquam Village Church

avc.music.program@Gmail.com

Celebrating Flowers

Marion Rayner, a member of Local Colors Artists’ Cooperative, will be presenting a special show of her new work in acrylics. There will be a wine and cheese reception on June 23, 5:30-7:30 pm at the Cooperative, 121 Main Street, Gloucester, MA. The show will run from June 23-July 13.

Marion has been creating landscapes, seascapes, and florals in watercolor for the past 25 years. “I love how fluid, vibrant, and unpredictable watercolors can be. I had been thinking recently about creating in another medium. With spring here and all the beautiful flowers blooming on Cape Ann, it seemed natural to want to create something that would celebrate the emergence of all that beauty. I have long admired the work of Georgia O’Keefe. Her large and exaggerated forms bring a sense of importance to each flower she paints.”

Marion’s canvas pieces are large (2”by 4”), bright and appealing. The poppies stand out from a dark background. In fact, the poppies seem to “pop out.” Each piece makes a particular flower the star of the show.

Also during the show work by Donna Amero, a founding member of Local Colors Artists’ Cooperative, will be Celebrating Dragonflies with dragonfly themed stained glass in the alcove. “Dragonflies signify happiness, speed and purity,” says Donna.

Please join us for this special reception June 23, 5:30-7:30 at
Local Colors Artists’ Cooperative, 121 Main Street, Gloucester.

The organization is also seeking new members. The group is Cape Ann’s oldest artist cooperative, and is managed and run by the artists who all share an equal status. The reception is an opportunity to meet the artists, see their work and find out about membership benefits.

Windhover Summer News of Performances and Special Events 2018

Spring was late in arriving on Cape Ann, but summer is now upon us and with it, an exciting season of performing arts events including modern dance classes at Windhover.  Please join us in celebrating dance performed outdoors in the natural setting of a pristine quarry, and on our beautiful outdoor stage on Windhover’s grounds. Engage with our master modern dance classes taught by prominent dance companies from New York. A special feature this year is a scientific lecture on the blue whales, (the largest creatures on earth), conducted by a researcher who has spent 23 years studying the blue whales in Baja, Canada and the U.S

Here is our summer schedule so far:

Iyengar and Restorative Yoga Classes, taught by Annie Hoffman who was on the faculty of the Boston Iyengar Center for 14 years and has been teaching in this tradition for over 26 years. Saturday, July 7^th from 9:00am-12:00pm is Iyengar. Saturday, July 7^th from 4:00-6:00pm is Restorative Yoga. Sunday, July 8^th from 9:00am-12:00pm is Iyengar. See Windhover website for fees and details.

Windhover is hosting a week-long Summer Dance Intensive for teenagers (ages 12-18) from Sunday, July 15-Saturday, July 21^st, taught by members of the Dušan Týnek Dance Theatre based in New York City. This company has a residency at Windhover every summer and performs the Quarry Dance each year. Technique classes in ballet and modern dance are followed by repertory work, choreography, composition and gyro. If you, or those you know, have teens that are interested in dance, please inquire further about our Dance Intensive or check out our website at: www.windhover.org

Open adult drop-in modern dance and gyrokinesis classes are being offered by members of Dušan Týnek  Dance Theatre during the week of July 16-20, 2018. Classes are $18.00 per person or $15.00 for students. Schedule: Mon, Wed and Friday at 9:00am-10:30am is modern dance. Tuesday & Thursday at 9:00am-10:50am is gyro. Check out our website for further information.

Quarry Dance Vll comes to life at the Manship Artists Residency + Studios (MARS) estate in Lanesville in late July. Performance dates are: Friday, July 27^th at 5:30pm; Saturday, July 28^th at 11:00am and also at 5:30pm; plus Sunday, July 29^th at 1:00pm. This site-specific modern dance is performed by the Dušan Týnek  Dance Theatre in and around this spectacular quarry located on the grounds of the late sculptor Paul Manship. The property is now owned by the non-profit organization MARS. Canney’s Pit will be the chosen quarry on the property for this dance performance, and guests will enter through a gate on Washington Street. All performances are free and open to the public. Please check our website for further details and information. (Please take note this event is weather dependent. With rain, the performance is cancelled.)

Blue Whale lecture by Michael Fishbach, Director of the Great Whale Conservancy. Michael is a whale researcher, conservationist and educator who has studied the Blue Whale for 26 years in Mexico, Canada, the U.S and the Azores. Learning about these largest creatures on earth and what is being done in the field to protect them and understand them is the subject of this stimulating visual lecture.

Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, followed by an hour long presentation at Windhover. Wednesday, August 15, 2018 at 5:30pm.

See link to recent tragedy of ship strike on blue whale.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/06/20/blue-whale-found-on-california-coast-died-from-ship-strike-scientists-say.html

Paul Taylor 2 Dance Company returns to Windhover from Wednesday, August 22-Sunday, August 26, 2018. This exciting modern dance company brings athleticism and fresh ideas to bear on choreography. All week, there will be morning master classes of all levels, plus one open rehearsal..  On Friday and Saturday evenings, August 24^th and 25^th, the entire company will perform Paul Taylor’s choreography at Windhover, on our outdoor stage, weather permitting. Otherwise, the performances will take place in our back dance studio with limited seating. Check out our website for further details or call Windhover at 978-546-3611.

Contact: Lisa Hahn, Executive Director, Windhover, 257 Rear Granite Street, P.O.Box 2249, Rockport, MA. 01966     Email:Windhover@verizon.net     www.windhover.org

Please join us in a Closing Celebration on
Friday June 22 from  5 to 7

CLOSELY RELATED…an exhibit that attempts to identify and examine artistic elements that appear congruently in works by artists related by friendship or marriage, or by filial kinship, or by the duality of artist and place or…other. (many possibilities).
Is our art influenced by our environment; our politics; the company we keep, and/or by our generic connections? And is what we create truly unique?
Or was Picasso right when he said:
“Every painting already has a mother and a father.”?

Summer Pottery Classes
June 25 – August 18

Mondays with Cynthia 9-12:00
Tuesdays with Scott Tubby 6-9:00
Wednesdays with Cynthia 9-12:-00
Thursdays with Cynthia 6-9:00
Fridays with Anni Melancon 9-12:00

Come Get Muddy!

To register, email: info@cynthiacurtispottery.com  or call 978-546-6186

Thacher Island Association 2018 Annual Meeting Date Set for Monday June 18.

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.

Artists Explore SERIES

June 28 – August 12, 2018

Artist Reception: Friday, June 29, from 6 to 8 PM

The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
Gallery Hours: Thursday – Sunday, 12-6 PM

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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 ANNOUNCES

THE 3rd ANNUAL
BEST OF ESSEX
ONLINE AUCTION

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

Sandy Bay Yacht Club
Adult Sailing Open House

Friday, June 8^th, 6-7:30pm ~ 5 T- Wharf, Rockport, MA 01966

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 Artists’ Cooperative would like to invite you to join us June 2, 5:30-7:30, for a wine and cheese MEET & GREET reception.

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

Celebrate Pride Month at Beauport Museum

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.

Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck Celebrates the Artists and Galleries on Rocky Neck

Rokaya Waring-Waves-at-Brace-Cove

Elynn Kroger-Afternoon with Klimt, acrylic on board 12×11

Ruth Mordeci – Ancient Sun with Brown Paper – 22×22

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.