Instameet at the Cape Ann Museum
An afternoon of photographic exploration.

 The Cape Ann Museum is hosting an Instameet inspired by the special exhibition Design/Build: The Drawings of Phillips and Holloran, Architects on Saturday, August 20 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm. Participants will meet at the Museum to take a peek at the exhibition and receive a guide of the city before setting out into the surrounding neighborhoods. Instagrammers are bound to find unusual examples of architecture within America’s oldest seaport—doors of historic homes, reflections in windows, docked ships with fishermen and unique light bouncing off the ocean.

Following some exploration and picture-taking, everyone will reconvene in the Museum’s courtyard at about 4:30 p.m. to review the day’s findings, comment on the event and share contact information. Come meet new people, share opinions, celebrate creativity and explore a city that has inspired artists for centuries.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information please call (978)283-0455 x10 or email info@capeannmuseum.org.

NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOC
MARK SHASHA UPCOMING WORKSHOP

Among North Shore Arts Association’s many exciting educational opportunities this 2016 season is popular Marblehead artist and teacher Mark Shasha’s  “Capturing the Living Landscape”, a plein air Oil Workshop to be held on Saturday August 20 & Sunday, August 21, 10AM – 4PM.

Drawing on his thirty years of experience, award winning Shasha will share his insights to help you tackle the problems and challenges of plein air oil painting.   He will address issues of composition, using traditional materials, and methods to help you conquer the challenges and reap the rewards of capturing the natural color, light and mood of a landscape on canvas.

The North Shore Arts Association’s galleries are open, free to the public, Monday through Saturday, 10 AM to 5 PM and Sunday, Noon to 5 PM.

More information on all North Shore Arts Association events is available by visiting  their website at www.nsarts.org, and by email at arts@nsarts.org, or by telephone 978 283-1857.

NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOC
“ARTISTS & SCHOLARS” FUNDRAISING AUCTION

NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES ITS ANNUAL FUNDRAISING AUCTION GALA, this year entitled the “ARTISTS AND SCHOLARS AUCTION,” offered in collaboration with the Gloucester Education Foundation.  Along with Guest Auctioneers Mayor of Gloucester, Sefatia Romeo Theken, State Senator Bruce Tarr and GEF Trustee Sarah Grow, Michael Grogan of Grogan & Company Boston will be the Auctioneer.

Date: Saturday, August 20.  Doors open at 5:00 PM.

All Auction lots are available to view now at the NSAA gallery.  All lots will be posted online soon.  Tickets available online and at the NSAA.

The “Artists and Scholars Auction” Gala will offer an evening of fine wine, sumptuous appetizers and the exciting opportunity to bid on works of fine art as well as an intriguing selection of exciting goods and services, all with the added benefit of supporting Cape Ann’s Artists and Scholars!

As part of the NSAA’s  “Art In Action – Connecting Communities” initiative, this year’s Annual Fundraising Auction is in collaboration with the Gloucester Education Foundation with the purpose of benefiting both organizations.  The GEF is a non-profit organization whose mission is to support Gloucester Public Schools by offering programs to students that encourage the realization of GEF’s core values:  Leadership, Integrity, Creating a Culture of Excellence and Community Engagement. North Shore Arts Association is honored to support the Gloucester Education Foundation by donating a portion of  the  proceeds.

The North Shore Arts Association’s galleries are open, free to the public, Monday through Saturday, 10 AM to 5 PM and Sunday, Noon to 5 PM.

More information on all North Shore Arts Association events is available by visiting  their website at www.nsarts.org, and by email at arts@nsarts.org, or by telephone 978 283-1857.

From the Great Lakes to Gloucester
~ Paintings by Christian Sullivan ~

Christian Sullivan is a Gloucester High School graduate and went on to play football and major in Art History at Bowdoin College. He is a prolific painter who wields a full brush will sprezzatura.

August 21-24, 2016
Cornelius Sullivan Gallery
77 Rocky Neck Avenue Gallery #6 
Gloucester, MA 01930

Opening Reception
August 21st, 2016, 2-6 p.m.
Wine, Cocktails, and Hors d’Oeuvres

Can’t make it?
Visit the online gallery at ChristianSullivanArt.com

Artist Demonstrations on Rocky Neck
Jane Keddy demonstrates Silk Painting

Saturday, August 20^th

Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck is sponsoring a series of artist demonstrations for the 2016 season. On Saturday, August 20^th, Jane Keddy will demonstrate silk painting. Keddy is a printmaker, graphic designer and fabric artist. Her primary medium is silkscreen printing, which she learned at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education in the early 70s and has been practicing ever since. She studied graphic design at MassArt in the 1980s. In addition to Printmaking, Jane has always been interested in the textile arts. She began with batik, moved into screen printing on fabric and then began to explore shibori, the Japanese method of resist-dyeing. Recently she has joined Ten Pound Studio in Gloucester where she is learning silk painting. At the same time she is teaching studio members other surface design techniques such as shibori with indigo dyes and printing on fabric.

For more information call 978-282-0917 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 paintings in American art and a catalyst for the progressive ideas of artists from Stuart Davis, Marsden Hartley, Milton Avery, and Nell Blaine, among many others. Today Rocky Neck continues to attract artists and art lovers to a thriving creative community. For up to date information visit rockyneckartcolony.org

Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck
53 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930

Gallery hours
Sun – Thurs 10:00 AM-6:00 PM
Fri and Sat 10:00AM – 8:00 PM

Nor Easter Flag  Football –  registration  for the Fall is currently open  to all boys and girls of Cape Ann  – ages 4-14.

Log on to  NorthshoreFlagFootball.com , use the drop down  town for Gloucester  and select the Fall.

Any questions we can  be reached on Facebook or by email gloucester@northshoreflagfootball.com

Come and have a fun  filled fall ,  registrations are filling , tell a friend, bring a team

Jane Deering Gallery presents “GEOFFREY BAYLISS | Prints, Drawings — the rhythmic and lyrical” with an opening reception on Friday August 12th from 6-8pm @ 19 Pleasant Street, Gloucester.

Bayliss is known for the sensitivity and sophistication of his ink drawings and viscosity monotypes, in which every mark is candid and purposeful, avoiding excess. In recent years, the artist has turned his attention to the linocut method of printmaking. The intensity and purity of line that has characterized his previous work is transformed under the imperatives of making the carved line, opening a new field of exploration and complexity. The gallery is pleased to present a portfolio of unique linocut prints, some of which also incorporate monotype processes. A selection of his lyrical ink drawings will be included.

Geoffrey C. Bayliss earned a BA in architecture from Columbia University. He has studied with painter Celia Eldridge, printmaker Coco Berkman and American sculptor John Bozarth with whom he has also collaborated. Bayliss’ work has been included in numerous group shows; his work is held in private collections in the US. Bayliss lives and maintains a studio on Cape Ann in Gloucester, Massachusetts. This is the artist’s second solo show with Jane Deering Gallery.

The gallery is open Thursdays-Sundays 12noon – 5pm, with late night on Saturday til 7pm. And by appointment. 917-902-4359 . info@janedeeringgallery.com . janedeeringgallery.com

What is the best way to introduce a new Rocky Neck oil painter to Good Morning Gloucester?

Here is his website… www.paintpaintpaint.org

Also… here is a video from his recent Madfish Alley Opening Reception at 77 Rocky Neck Avenue.. 01930…   with LaPierre on the big bass joining Gary Shane and friends jamming!!!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxhpFeF3j_o&feature=youtu.be

This current show is a  25 year retrospective of Stephen’s selected plein air oil paintings, along with his evolving studio series.. Clowns with Cell Phones…where we are each and all the clowns!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  YIPES!!!!!

The Rocky Neck Art Colony is delighted to welcome sculptor Richard Crangle as the fifth Summer Artist in the Rocky Neck Art Colony’s Summer Artist Series at Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck. His show opens on Wednesday, August 10 and continues to August 30 with the opening reception on Saturday August 13, from 6-8 pm.

Crangle creates refined sculptural forms and furniture that summon a reverence for nature, embracing the wood’s natural character. He incorporates time honored craftsmanship combined with contemporary expression.

Crangle’s inspirations include the coastal setting of his New England quarry studio, architecture, and the influence of Japanese and Arts & Craft Masters. His experience in custom home building, furniture and architectural detail interplay as foundation for his collection. Using local, reclaimed, and exotic woods his vocabulary of abstract and organic themes, repeated patterns and textures evoke the inclusion of visual grace, movement and innovation.

The work of Richard Crangle is in the permanent collection of the Peabody Essex Museum and numerous private collections. He was awarded the judge’s award for sculpture at the Marblehead Arts Association and Best of Show in the 2015 seARTS Wearable Art show with a beautiful dress made up of over 500 individually hand cut, shaped, ebonized cherry and bloodwood mosaic elements that shimmered and turned like bird feathers. Crangle is represented by the Mecox Gallery in East Hampton, NY; Flatrocks Gallery in Gloucester, MA; and Piscatagua Fine Art Gallery in Portsmouth, NH.

For more information about the show call Gallery 53 at 978-282-0917.

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 paintings in American art and a catalyst for the progressive ideas of artists from Stuart Davis, Marsden Hartley, Milton Avery, and Nell Blaine, among many others. Today Rocky Neck continues to attract artists and art lovers to a thriving creative community. For up to date information visit rockyneckartcolony.org

Darren Taylor Show and Opening

Darren Taylor, local fine-furniture woodworker, is especially proud of an extraordinary piece that he has just completed – an elegant personal bar with five saddle stools. To build this spectacular piece, Taylor used reclaimed lumber from the historic Birdseye Building water tower. Originally built in 1917, the Birdseye tower was constructed of old-growth cypress. No metal, screws or nails, were used in the making of this tower – only dowels – which are still evident throughout the bar. The bar is made from the last remaining pieces of lumber from this historic site.  Taylor has previously used this reclaimed wood to make five tables for the Cape Ann Brewery in Gloucester.

The bar is 6 1/2 feet wide, 3 feet deep with a base 3 1/2 feet high. Including the rack for glasses storage, the overall height is 7 feet. The base includes adjustable shelves, wine rack and drawers.

Taylor, a fine-furniture woodworker since 1994. set up his own fully-equipped shop, Massachusetts Woodworks, in 2008, where he specializes in quality one-of-a-kind heirloom furniture and built-ins. Taylor’s first experience woodworking was with his grandfather, Charles Babe Melanson, builder of lobster traps at Melanson’s Mill. At age 7, it was Taylor’s job to shovel the sawdust for $1 a bag.

This very special piece of craftsmanship, with such a unique historic background, will be on display from Aug. 6 through Aug. 20 at Local Colors Artists’ Cooperative, 121 Main St., Gloucester MA. There will be a reception, with live entertainment by John Jerome, Saturday, Aug. 13th from 6:00-9:00, where you can meet the artist and view this wonderful piece.

Artist Talk with Julie Graham

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present this year’s Goetemann artist-in-residence, Julie Graham, on Sunday August 14 at 2:00p.m. This program marks the 7th year of collaboration with the Rocky Neck Art Colony for the Distinguished Artist/Teacher Goetemann Artist in Residence lecture. The Goetemann Artist Residency program was established in 2005 by long-time Rocky Neck artists Gordon and Judith Goetemann.

 This program is free and open to the public.

In this illustrated talk, Graham will addresses the evolution of her work, focusing on the importance of source material and inspiration, as well as how those things may change or stay the same over the course of a career.

Graham is a painter, photographer and sculptor. She is represented by Kingston Gallery in Boston and is on the faculty at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Selective Histories by Andrew Stearns
August 10 – 19, 2016

Opening Reception: Thursday, August 11, 2016, 7-8:30 PM

Falcon’s Nest Gallery at the Hive
11 Pleasant Street ~ Gloucester, MA ~ thehivecenter.org

Selective Histories explores the continuously shifting narratives of time and space. According to the artist, Andrew Stearns, not only does history have a way of repeating itself, but at times, it simply fades and is lost. The Falcon’s Nest Gallery at the Hive showcases Stearn’s interpretation of relevant historical moments and the change in perception over time. Like postcards of yesteryear, Stearns demonstrates that printmaking provides a integral component in acknowledging and celebrating these events visually.

Andrew Stearns, originally from New Hampshire, graduated from Massachusetts College of Art + Design with a BFA in both Printmaking and the History of Art. Stearns continued to live and work in Boston upon graduation.

CAPE ANN SISTERHOOD EXHIBIT AT
NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOCIATION

AUGUST 5 – SEPTEMBER 18, 2016
OPENING RECEPTION – FRIDAY, AUGUST 5TH, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm

From August 5th to September 18th, the Cape Ann Sisterhood will be presenting an exhibit of paintings at North Shore Arts Association, 11 Pirates Lane, Gloucester, MA 01930 (tel, 978-283-1857) Open weekdays and Saturdays, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Sundays noon to 5:00 pm.

The OPENING RECEPTION will take place on Friday, August 5th from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
Public is invited to attend.

A Visual Feast:

A multi-media, juried exhibition of contemporary works by 28 artists chosen by Juror, Ellen Wineberg ~ August 4-Sept 11, 2016

Artists Reception and Juror Awards:
Saturday, August 6, 5:00-7:00 PM

Closing Reception and Viewer’s Choice Award:
Sunday, September 11, 4:00-6:00 PM

 The Rocky Neck Art Colony is pleased to present “A Visual Feast” a multi-media, juried exhibition of contemporary works by 28 artists chosen by Juror, Ellen Wineberg. Their work will grace the gallery walls of the architecturally historic Cultural Center for six weeks beginning August 4 and continue through September 11, 2016. The public is invited to meet the artists at the Opening Reception on Saturday, August 6, 5:00-7:00 PM and to vote for a favored artist who could receive the “Viewer’s Choice Award” at the closing reception on Sunday, September 11, 4:00-6:00 PM.

The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
Gallery Hours: Thursday – Sunday, 12:00-6:00 PM

Fitz Henry Lane Walking Tours
at the Cape Ann Museum

Get your art fix outside.

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present its new and improved Fitz Henry Lane walking tour, Fitz Henry Lane: On Foot and Online, on Saturday, August 6 at 10:00a.m.

Experience 19th century Gloucester history as this tour leads you through the neighborhoods and waterfront that inspired the artwork of native son Fitz Henry Lane. Learn how Lane rose from modest beginnings in the pre-civil war era to worldwide recognition as a marine painter and why, even today, numerous artists journey to Cape Ann to capture its unusual light, first immortalized by Lane.

Old House Doctor

Have your house questions answered by our experts!

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present a day with historic house and garden experts on Saturday, August 6 from 10:00a.m. to 2:00p.m. at the Museum’s White-Ellery House. This program is offered in conjunction with the exhibition, Design/Build: The Drawings of Phillips & Holloran, Architects (on view at the Cape Ann Museum through October 9, 2016) and in collaboration with Historic New England.

Preservation experts at this drop-in event will answer questions about preventive maintenance, researching an old house, identifying architectural styles, creating historic gardens and choosing paint colors that enhance historic houses. Visitors are invited to bring photos or images of their homes along with their questions to share with the “Old House Doctors.” The White-Ellery House (1710), maintained and operated by the Cape Ann Museum, will be open to the public during this event.

A $10 donation is suggested. For more information, please call (978)283-0455 x10 or email info@capeannmuseum.org.

The White-Ellery House(1710), located at 245 Washington Street in Gloucester, MA is owned and operated by the Cape Ann Museum.

Fitz Henry Lane Walking Tours at the Cape Ann Museum
Get your art fix outside.

 The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present its new and improved Fitz Henry Lane walking tour, Fitz Henry Lane: On Foot and Online, on Friday, July 29 at 10:00a.m.

Experience 19th century Gloucester history as this tour leads you through the neighborhoods and waterfront that inspired the artwork of native son Fitz Henry Lane. Learn how Lane rose from modest beginnings in the pre-civil war era to worldwide recognition as a marine painter and why, even today, numerous artists journey to Cape Ann to capture its unusual light, first immortalized by Lane.

Participants are encouraged to bring smart phones or tablets in order to use the rich sources of information in the newly released Fitz Henry Lane Online catalog raisonné. During this walk, you will connect specific locations to the paintings they inspired by accessing the online catalog. Alternative visuals will also be available.

All tours begin at 10:00a.m. in front of the Cape Ann Museum. Guided walking tours are held rain or shine and last about 1½ hours; participants should be comfortable being on their feet for that amount of time. $10 Museum members; $20 nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Space is limited; reservations required. Call (978)283-0455 x10 or email info@capeannmuseum.org for details. Tickets can also be purchased online at Eventbrite.

Not a member of the Museum? Join now and get discounted tickets to all our events!

Karen Orsillo & Jill Pabich at Lexicon Gallery
Through The Looking Glass

Opening Saturday July 30, 5:30-7:30pm
Show Continues Through September 18, 2016

A Journey of the Small and Mighty.

Jill Pabich’s intense oil paintings join
Karen Orsillo’s Neriage porcelain mini’s in the perfect pairing.

15 Lexington Ave., #1, Magnolia, MA 01930

Hours: Fri-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12-5pm
Mon 4-6:30pm during Magnolia’s Farmers Market

Artist Demonstrations on Rocky Neck
Saturdays 1-3

Cynthia Curtis Demonstrates Making Pots with a Pottery Wheel on
Saturday, July 30 from 1 to 3pm at Gallery 53

Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck is sponsoring a series of artist demonstrations for the 2016 season. On Saturday, July 30 potter Cynthia Curtis will demonstrate the art of making pots on the pottery wheel. She will cover basic forms such as cylinders, plates and bowls while discussing the many ways to alter and decorate wheel thrown pots. Cynthia began working with clay in 1977.  A North Shore native, she has always been drawn to the ocean as is evident in her selection of glazes.  Inspired by nature, Cynthia integrates beach glass, shells, and coral as well as environmental motifs into her work.  Her stoneware pottery consists of a variety of functional and ornamental pieces. She has taught over 1,200 students of all ages and abilities for the last 20 years.

Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck
53 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930
Gallery hours, Sun – Thurs 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Fri and Sat 10:00AM – 8:00 PM

For more information call 978-282-0917

Architect Halfdan M. Hanson: His Hidden Legacy

A multimedia presentation followed by optional tour of Our Lady of Good Voyage Church

Saturday, July 23 at 1:00p.m.

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present a lecture and walking tour focusing on the life and work of Halfdan Hanson, architect of Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House. Hanson’s granddaughter, Linda Brayton and great-granddaughter, Jen Holmgren, share the fascinating details of his hidden legacy and conclude with a short walk to view Our Lady of Good Voyage Church, one of Hanson’s major designs.

Tickets are $10 for Cape Ann Museum and Historic New England members / $15 non-members (Museum admission included). Space is limited; reservations required.

For more information and/or to purchase tickets, call (978)283-0455 x10 email info@capeannmuseum.org.

Upcoming Cape Ann Museum – Historic New England Collaborations:

August 6, 10:00a.m. to 2:00p.m. Old House Doctor at the Cape Ann Museum’s White-Ellery House

Hopper’s Houses – A Guided Walking Tour

Get your art fix outside.

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present a guided walking tour of select Gloucester houses made famous by American realist painter Edward Hopper on Saturday, July 23 at 10:00 a.m. Tours last about 1 1/2 hours and are held rain or shine. Participants should be comfortable being on their feet for that amount of time. Cost is $10 for Cape Ann Museum members; $20 for nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Space is limited and reservations are required. Email info@capeannmuseum.org or call (978) 283-0455 x10 for more information or to reserve a space. This tour will be offered again on July 30, August 12 and August 27.

American realist painter Edward Hopper is known to have painted in Gloucester on five separate occasions during the summer months between 1912 and 1928. He began working in watercolor, capturing the local landscape and architecture in loosely rendered, light filled paintings. This special walking tour will explore the neighborhood surrounding the Museum, which includes many of the Gloucester houses immortalized by Hopper’s paintings.

NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOCIATION HOSTS ROCKY NECK ART COLONY’S PRESIDENT AND ARTS/CONSERVATION ACTIVIST KAREN RISTUBEN IN SPECIAL PRESENTATION

“The Intersection of Marine Science, Conservation, Activism and Arts.”  This is the third offering of a series addressing the interconnection of the Arts and Sciences as part of NSAA’s “Art in Action – Connecting Communities” initiative for their 2016 season.

Saturday, July 23, 3 PM.  Open Free to the Public.

 Fascinated by the transparency and reflectivity of glass, and similarly those qualities in our ocean waters, highly regarded Arts and Environmental activist and major force for the growth of the arts on Cape Ann, Karen Ristuben will offer a dynamic look at the ways in which marine science, conservation, and the arts can positively impact each other.  Through photography, video, sound and performance with “environmental advocacy at the core” her goal is “to expand the efforts of scientists working on issues of ocean contamination and public health” and to stimulate interest, involvement and awareness in the general public.

By using the arts to present fascinating information about our ocean environment she believes that visual, sensory offerings provide an emotional experience allowing audiences to come away not only with new and interesting information, but also a desire to learn how they can make a difference.  Aesthetically compelling experiences can be transformational in stimulating individuals’ discovery that they can, in whatever way personally appeals to them, make a direct difference in the protection of our oceans and planet.

Karen Ristuben’s presentation promises to be not only an innovative educational experience, but also a stimulating and exciting melding of the Arts and Sciences.

Supporting Ocean Alliance’s mission to protect and preserve our oceans and marine life and North Shore Arts Association and Rocky Neck Art Colony’s mission of supporting the arts, an “Art Exhibition of the Sea and Science” continues through July 30 in the galleries of NSAA. Although works of all genres will be on display, the main focus will be works depicting the sea and Cape Ann.

The North Shore Arts Association’s galleries are open, free to the public, Monday through Saturday, 10 AM to 5 PM and Sunday, Noon to 5 PM.

More information on all North Shore Arts Association events is available by visiting their website at www.nsarts.org, and by email at arts@nsarts.org, or by telephone 978 283-1857.

Hans Pundt Summer Artist Exhibition
Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck

Show Dates: July 20 – August 9, 2016
Reception: SAT July 23, 6 to 8 pm

Ruth the Acrobat

A Mysterious Gathering

Gloucester resident and mixed media/assemblage artist Hans Pundt is the fourth Summer Artist in the Rocky Neck Art Colony’s Summer Artist Series at Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck. His show opens on Wednesday, July 20, and continues to August 9 with the opening reception on Saturday July 23, from 6-8 pm.

Pundt searches out the rich visuals found in the obscure and unusual. His creative spirit takes him on a journey that can be quirky, mystical, edgy, odd and fascinating, which is all reflected in his work along with a bit of fun. Every piece he creates tells a story and engages the viewer to use his or her own imagination to interpret the story.

He loves to use found objects in his collage and assemblage work, often combining the two mediums. He enjoys the hunt for materials, the tactile manipulation and construction of the piece and likes giving life back to found objects and discarded bits of paper.

Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck
53 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930

Gallery hours
Sun – Thurs 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Fri and Sat 10:00AM – 8:00 PM

For more information call Gallery 53 at 978-282-0917.

The Evolution of Architecture in Gloucester

Architecture Walking Tours at the Cape Ann Museum

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present a new addition to its popular outdoor walking tours. The Evolution of Architecture in Gloucester will take place on Sunday, July 24 at 2:00p.m.

 Downtown Gloucester boasts a variety of architectural styles, often alternating from one house to the next. This historical architecture tour will introduce participants to those building styles from the mid-18th to the mid-20th century. Participants will learn to distinguish key architectural elements that grew out of the socio-economic and cultural changes in Gloucester that took place during this 200 year period. After this tour you’ll find it hard not to notice the diversity offered in Cape Ann’s building styles and what they reveal about the community during different time periods.

This walking tour is offered in conjunction with this summer’s special exhibition, Design/Build: The Drawings of Phillips & Holloran, Architects which runs through October 9, 2016.

All walking tours begin in front of the Cape Ann Museum. Guided walking tours are held rain or shine and last about 1½ hours; participants should be comfortable being on their feet for that amount of time. $10 Museum members; $20 nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Space is limited; reservations required. Call (978)283-0455 x10 or email info@capeannmuseum.org for details. Tickets can also be purchased online at Eventbrite.

This walking tour is also offered on Friday, August 5 at 10:00a.m.

One of my favorite series here on GMG is Manuel (Manny) F. Simoes’s ‘Gloucester Smiles‘. It’s easy to understand why all of the folks are smiling. Just look at his smile. How could you help but to smile when Manny is around?

WHAT: “Art of the Sea and Science”
EVENTS: Art exhibition, silent auction, lectures and performance series
WHEN: June 17^th through July 30th
WHERE: North Shore Arts Association 11 Pirates Lane, Gloucester, MA 01930
ADDMISSION: Open free to the public with suggested donation of $5 for lectures and performance series
CONTACT INFO: NSAA at 978.283.1857 or arts@nsarts.org

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EVENTS SUMMARY:

June 17-July 30 “Art of the Sea and Science” exhibition

June 17-July 30 Original artwork on Paint Factory Slates silent auction

June 26 (12:30-1:30) “Why Whales” lecture with Dr. Iain Kerr

June 26 (2-4pm) Reception open free to the general public

July 7 (7pm) “Sea Change-Reversing the Tide” performance with

                        Dr. Roger Payne and Lisa Harrow (noted British actress)

July 23 (3pm) “The Intersection of Marine Science, Conservation, Activism

                        and Art” lecture with Karen Ristuben

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American writer, artist and philosopher E. Hubbard said “Art is not a thing, it is a way.” The historic North Shore Arts Association of Gloucester celebrating its 94th year,

reflects this philosophy with its “Art in Action – Connecting Communities” focus this season, by hosting a groundbreaking collaboration with Gloucester’s marine conservation/research group Ocean Alliance, now headquartered in Gloucester’s iconic Paint Factory, and historic Rocky Neck Art Colony.

Supporting the Ocean Alliance mission to protect and preserve our oceans and marine life and North Shore Arts Association and Rocky Neck Art Colony’s mission of supporting the arts, an “Art Exhibition of the Sea and Science” will be on display June 17 through July 30 in the galleries of NSAA. Although works of all genres will be on display, the main focus will be works depicting the sea and Cape Ann.

A very unique component of the exhibition will be a show and silent auction of works painted on old roofing slates removed from the historic Paint Factory building. These historic slates donated to NSAA by non-profit Ocean Alliance provide the substrate used by NSAA Artist Members to create original paintings, each approximately 12″x24″ depicting a myriad images. Bids for the silent auction may be placed June 17 through July 30 by visiting or contacting NSAA. One hundred per cent of silent auction proceeds will go to fund the ongoing restoration of the NSAA’s gallery building and Ocean Alliance’s Paint Factory headquarters.

The collaboration also offers an extraordinary series of Ocean Alliance and Rocky Neck Art Colony lectures and performances. This special programing was made possible through partial funding by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. The first of the series will be marine conservation/research group Ocean Alliance presenting a lecture “Why Whales?” by CEO Dr. Iain Kerr on Sunday, June 26th, 12:30-1:30pm followed by a reception, open free to the public 2-4pm.  A dynamic performance/poetry reading, “Sea Change: Reversing the Tide” will be presented by President of Ocean Alliance Dr. Roger Payne – whose profound discovery of whale songs has been a major force in their protection – and his wife, noted British actress Lisa Harrow on Thursday, July 7^th at 7pm. Rocky Neck Art Colony President and arts and marine conservation advocate Karen Ristuben will present a lecture “Intersection of Marine Science, Conservation, Activism and Art on Saturday, July 23^rd 3pm. All lectures and performances are free with a suggested donation of $5.

To learn more about these three iconic non-profits visit www.nsarts.org, www.whale.org and rockyneckartcolony.org.

About the Lecturers and Performers

– Dr. Roger Payne, Ocean Alliance President and Founder

Dr. Roger Payne states, “I am so disappointed that the Arts and Sciences are taught separately – both the Arts and the Sciences lose. They should be co-mingled.” Ocean scientist Payne embodies the best of the Arts and Sciences functioning together to do something probably neither could have done separately.

Ocean Alliance CEO Iain Kerr shares, “Because Dr. Payne is a musician. . . because he is an artist/scientist, his training allowed him to identify, and make the most profound discovery about humpback whales. That whales sing songs!”  Prior to his discovery in 1967, along with Scott McVay, whale sounds were a mystery. Payne knew, however, that “a song is a rhythmically repeated collection of notes” and was able, because of his music training, to identify the particular songs of individual whales that he later confirmed can be heard over thousands of miles of ocean.

Having worked aboard the sloop “Clearwater” in support of Pete Seeger’s efforts to clean up the Hudson River in New York, Payne is considered a pioneer in his field. In the hope of sharing the work of artists/scientists, recordings of whale songs were placed aboard American Satellites Voyager I and II. Drs. Payne and Kerr have also stimulated interest in conserving our oceans and marine life by testifying before congress and presenting before the United Nations.

About SEACHANGE: Reversing the Tide (performed by Dr. Roger Payne and his

            wife noted British actress Lisa Harrow

What is the most consequential contribution of science in the past 100 years? Is it E=mc2, the structure of DNA, decoding the human genome, plate tectonics, the computer revolution, putting a man on the moon, the development of nuclear weapons? None of those directly affects the lives of every human being on earth—most indigenous peoples are simply unaware of all of them. However, respect for the hundreds of species that make the world habitable for us, and with which we interdepend is utterly consequential. Indigenous people were first to guess at it but scientific discovery during the past 50 years has proved it. And the consequence is that discovery is—if we ignore the destruction of the wild world until it can no longer keep the world habitable, our species will not survive.

The evidence for and the consequences of this broad claim are explored in

Seachange: Reversing the Tide.  In this hour long presentation Roger Payne and his wife, actress Lisa Harrow combine the knowledge of science with the wisdom of poetry to argue compellingly that man is not the overseer of Life on earth but an integral part of Life’s complex web and conclude

that the most consequential scientific discovery of the past 100 years is the realization that our species’ survival requires that we attend not just to our own wellbeing but to the wellbeing of the entire web of Life—nothing else we can ever do will be nearly as consequential as understanding that point. The audience emerges with a clear understanding of humanity’s role in the natural world and of the urgency of our need to start living sustainably.

Since 2004, Roger and Lisa have presented SeaChange:Reversing the Tide  to audiences in universities, film festivals, schools, churches, conferences, libraries and other public spaces,  off-Broadway, the UN, and in people’s living rooms, throughout the US, as well as in New Zealand and the UK.

Currently, a team of New Zealand/Canadian documentary makers are raising the funds from international sources to make a film of the piece, which they are calling Pale Blue Dot after Carl Sagan’s book, an extract from which are the last words of SeaChange.

“SeaChange moves its viewers. The strength of its ecological convictions derives from well-marshalled facts of the reality of our despoilment of the planet, and the emotional impact of the poetry the piece uses. Most importantly, Harrow and Payne turn away from despair, to what is to be done.”

Roald Hoffman, Nobel laureate, chemist and writer

“Thank you, both of you, for that haunting and lovely stage piece. You had me thrumming all the way home.”

        – Lawrence Weschler,

          Director of the New York Institute for the Humanities at NYU

Dr. Iain Kerr, CEO Ocean Alliance

“I think of our planet as Planet Ocean, not Planet Earth because almost three quarters of the planet is ocean.”  A self described adventurer who loves ocean science, Kerr was granted a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of Southern Maine in honor of his 20 years of ocean research in over 21 countries.

On a trip out of Gloucester harbor in 1993 on a whale watch boat he saw the Paint Factory.  Recognizing that such an iconic building, with its long maritime history, might capture the hearts and minds of people thereby stimulating their interest and involvement in ocean and whale conservation, he realized it would be a valuable place to headquarter Ocean Alliance.  As a result, the organization contacted the Annenberg Foundation which ultimately provided all the funds necessary to purchase the Paint Factory.  Kerr emphasizes that, since the building is mortgage free, all donations go to the ongoing restoration of the Paint Factory buildings.

The OA organization is a pioneer in developing benign research tools for studying our oceans, the most recent iteration being drones – which they have dubbed “Snotbots” – which gather specimens from the spray spouted through the blow holes of whales.  Award winning actor Patrick Stewart has long been a friend to Ocean Alliance and was instrumental in garnering funds for the “Snotbot” research program. This research method is hailed for its non-invasive approach to studying the health of whale populations.

When asked what is meant by “Alliance” in the OA title, Kerr said it “reflects the idea that, along with collaboration from many other scientific organizations, all of humanity needs to be allied to preserve our oceans.”

Finding Gloucester reminiscent of the small fishing village in South West England where he grew up, Kerr and his wife chose to make their home East Gloucester.

Karen Ristuben, Artist and Marine Conservation Advocate

After a conversation in 2009 with Iain Kerr, CEO of Ocean Alliance, about the challenges of preserving our oceans, Ms. Ristuben became actively involved using her artistic energies to build awareness about marine conservation.  Fascinated with the qualities of reflectivity and transparency, she adopted working in glass as her artistic medium.

Then, looking out at the ocean from her Gloucester home she “realized how reflective and transparent” the water is.  Also she began noticing the accumulation of plastics on the sand in front of her house. Inspired to take action, Ristuben developed a dynamic performance/lecture using the arts – music, photography and her own videos – creating an art piece as a vehicle to communicate information about the toxic effects of plastics pollution on our oceans. She states, “If there’s something in the world that needs attention – if you present it within an aesthetic framework – it becomes compelling, and they will be engaged and more likely to learn and become an agent for change.  Without an aesthetic element the offering is two dimensional.

Presenting a performance translates the issues through artistic media which then asks a viewer to be a part of it, to experience it, and be touched by it – which then leads to audiences to inquire – what can I do?

Ristuben suggests that people get involved through something that they know and care about that surrounds them.  She was surrounded by the sea.  She says, “One can be most effective when talking about something from your own perspective. It allows others to do the same. It gives permission to bring your own life into your art.”

A longtime resident of Rocky Neck and current Rocky Neck Art Colony President, Ristuben sees new excitement and possibilities for forming new working partnerships, especially under the banner of the Cultural Districts, between local arts and scientific communities on Cape Ann.

I am some pleased that I got tickets to this year’s Cigar and Rum cruise aboard the Schooner Thomas E Lannon. I’ve missed the boat a few times because I waited to get tickets.

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Flatrocks Gallery presents
Summer Drift

Summertime holds a special place in our memories, when as children we had the time to drink in our world and make imagined adventures come to life. Flatrocks Gallery’s new show, Summer Drift, is a collection of work evoking those days, featuring oil paintings by Sara Egan and Frances Hamilton, and sculpture and drawings by Kyle Browne.

frances-hamilton-two-fish

Kyle Brown-cork boats

Sara Egan, the nooning (after W.H.) oil on board

Sara Egan is best known for her public art. Her large scale installations – bold multi-media abstractions inspired by poetry or purely formal considerations – can be seen throughout Boston. To Flatrocks Gallery Sara brings her most recent work, which uses her home in Annisquam as her muse. These oil paintings are a departure from her large scale work. They tell warm, intimate stories, day dreams into which the viewer is welcomed. Her colors are vibrant, and her brush strokes are drenched in sunlight.  Egan uses a quote by Gaston Bachelard from The Poetics of Space to describe her work: “We comfort ourselves by reliving memories of protection. Something closed must retain our memories, while leaving them their original value as images. Memories of the outside world will never have the same tonality as those of home and, by recalling these memories, we add to our store of dreams.”

Frances Hamilton’s paintings and collage have been exhibited throughout New England for over 25 years and are widely held in private and corporate collections. With this series of paintings of the old Brynmere Hotel in Annisquam and a cabin on Squam Lake, Hamilton invites us into places full of emotional echoes, where visual archeology of past and present offers rich material for contemplation. By using her command of color and light Hamilton “has explored layered memories of summer… to examine and embrace the passage of time and the preservation of family identity which animates the empty rooms.” These are paintings that stay with you, with subtle details that invite the viewer to find new paths into each work. In addition Hamilton offers her Toy Boat monotype series. These are playful, deceptively simple images that are guaranteed to make you smile.

Kyle Browne returns to Flatrocks with new work from her ongoing exploration of the “consciousness of place.” Browne is essentially an environmental artist, primarily doing site specific sculptures and graphite drawings using natural material. She offers a series of boats made from cork tree needles from the Arnold Arboretum, where she has recently had a solo show. Browne states, “This idea of using a boat for a symbolic journey is a recurring theme in my work, and I want to continue to push this idea through these imaginative explorations of site, nature and material…… travel, navigation, shape, the implications of childhood and nostalgia. A boat to me is freedom. The boat becomes a means of escape as well as a vessel to travel through time among the waves of the unconscious.” Browne also offers, from her investigations in Franklin Park Zoo, prints of charcoal drawings titled The Consciousness of Bear Cages. This series, which eventually morphed into an short animation, speaks to our collective memory using bold and dramatic marks to tell the story.

Summer Drift runs from July 14th – August 14th.
There will be a reception for the artists Saturday, July 16th 6-8pm.

77 Langsford St. Gloucester, MA
(978)-879-4683 Open Thu-Sun noon to 5pm.

Historic Middle Street Walking Tours at the Cape Ann Museum

History and Culture while you walk.

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present its Historic Middle Street walking tour on Saturday, June 16^th. Middle Street represents an ever-evolving neighborhood packed with four centuries of social, economic, and architectural history.

All tours begin at 10:00a.m. in front of the Cape Ann Museum. Guided walking tours are held rain or shine and last about 1½ hours; participants should be comfortable being on their feet for that amount of time. $10 Museum members; $20 nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Space is limited; reservations required. Call (978)283-0455 x10 email info@capeannmuseum.org for details. Tickets can also be purchased online at Eventbrite.

Not a member of the Museum? Join now and get discounted tickets to all our events!

Did you know that a resident of Middle Street, Gloucester, saved the town from a British attack by sea during the Revolution? Or that a leading feminist and religious free thinker lived halfway down Middle Street? Or that the 1764 Saunders House that forms part of the Sawyer Free Library has undergone at least three radical architectural changes including a massive Victorian tower? Four centuries of Gloucester’s social, economic, and architectural history are packed into this one short street in the heart of downtown Gloucester. Join us for a docent-led tour of an ever-evolving neighborhood where you will see surviving evidence of the past and will learn about structures and people now gone.

Upcoming Middle Street Tour Dates: Saturday, July 16 and Saturday, August 20

Grand Fatilla returns to Rocky Neck!

Saturday, July 16 2016, 7:00 to 9:30 PM

The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck,
6 Wonson St Gloucester MA 01930

COST: $25 / $20 for Rocky Neck Art Colony members

 “The Grand Fatilla experience has been described as a magic carpet that carries listeners to both known and unknown places, and is delivered by a collective of virtuoso players whose wide-ranging approach to world music defies convention. Sharing a love of gypsy-infused, cross-cultural folk music, Club d’Elf bassist Mike Rivard, electric mandolinist Matt Glover and accordionist Roberto Cassan joined with percussionist and singer Fabio Pirozzolo in 2008, and Grand Fatilla was born. The band has built a considerable following that is notable for its varied ethnic make-up, with audience members drawn to the music’s infectious drive and authenticity. The group journeys from Argentine Tangos to Italian Tarantellas, from Turkish sacred Sufi songs to Irish reels, Moroccan trance to Bulgarian dance music, all showcasing intricate arrangements and improvisational interplay.

The band’s debut CD, Global Shuffle, garnered a 4 star Downbeat Magazine review, with the Midwest Record calling it “Spirited, high octane stuff that’s loaded with gleeful abandon as it takes you around the world in a song, this is the real sound of global party music”. In this age of heightened global consciousness, Grand Fatilla’s repertoire pays homage to the idea that ours is indeed One World, and the music of diverse cultures transcends boundaries and enriches us all.

www.grandfatilla.com 

Artist Demonstrations on Rocky Neck ~ Saturdays 1-3

Trish Conant Demonstrates
Making Jewelry from Precious Metal Clay
SAT, July 16, 1-3pm

Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck
53 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930
Gallery hours, Sun – Thurs 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Fri and Sat 10:00AM – 8:00 PM

Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck is sponsoring a series of artist demonstrations for the 2016 season.  On Saturday, July 16th jeweler Trish Conant demonstrates texturing techniques and explorations in wet, dry and fired pieces of precious metal clay. Conant is a special education teacher with a passion for creating. She has been making jewelry for over 15 years and began using precious metal clay in 2004 when she purchased her first kiln. From the moment the clay touched her hands she was hooked. Her focus in on uncomplicated designs, finding beauty in simple shapes and organic textures without compromising purity of form. In addition to the Rocky Neck Art Colony, Conant is a member of several Maine craft groups including Designing Women, The Society of Southern Maine Craftsmen and The United Maine Craftsmen.

For more information call Gallery 53 at 978-282-0917.

New Spaces/Old Places – Merging Contemporary Architecture with Historic Neighborhoods

A conversation with architects Deborah Epstein and Maryann Thompson.

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present, New Spaces/Old Places – Merging Contemporary Architecture with Historic Neighborhoods, the second lecture in its Design/Build lecture series. Join, Deborah Epstein (Epstein Joslin Architects, Inc.), one of the lead architects for the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, and Maryann Thompson (Maryann Thompson Architects), architect for the modern rebuild of Temple Ahavat Achim in Gloucester, for an evening reception and conversation on Thursday, July 7. The reception will begin at 6:00p.m. in the Design/Build exhibition gallery, followed by the lecture at 7:00p.m. in the Museum’s auditorium.

Epstein and Thompson will speak about the process each firm went through and the challenges they faced in the design and construction of new public buildings in an old New England community. This lecture is part of a series offered in conjunction with the Cape Ann Museum’s exhibition: Design/Build: The Drawings of Phillips & Holloran, Architects, on view from June 4, 2016 to October 9, 2016.

Member cost is $10 per lecture / $25 for the series; Non-member cost is $15 per lecture / $40 for the series. Reservations are required. To purchase tickets or for more information please call (978)283-0455 x10 or email info@capeannmuseum.org.

Tickets can also be ordered online at Eventbrite.

NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOCIATION HOSTS GLOUCESTER’S MARINE CONSERVATION AND RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, OCEAN ALLIANCE,

for an inspiring performance/presentation by Ocean Alliance founder Dr. Roger Payne and his wife, noted British actress Lisa Harrow: “Sea Change – Reversing the Tide.”  Payne and Harrow, in a dynamic reading and visual presentation share their experiences/ information about the challenges of conserving our oceans and whale populations around the world.

Thursday, July 7, 7 – 8PM.  Open and free to the public.

Sacred Nature:  A Journey of Spirit – Conomo Point
An Architectural Installation of Photographs and Stained Glass by Hilary Harrison

July 7 through July 31, 2016
Opening Reception: July 9, 4-6 PM

Artist Talk and Invitation: Come and Tell Your Story of Conomo Point: July 17, 4-6 PM

The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
GALLERY HOURS: Thursday-Sunday, 12:00-6:00 PM

“Sacred Nature: A Journey of Spirit – Conomo Point” is open at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center on July 7 through July 31,2016. The exhibit features an architectural installation of stunning photographic images and vibrant stained glass creations by visionary artist and artisan Hilary Harrison. The focal point is Conomo Point in Essex, Massachusetts, a place where the tidal waters of the Northern Atlantic Ocean meet the salty marshlands of Essex and Gloucester. Through the eyes of love a story emerges relating to nature. The journey begins with an invitation to come into the center to experience and contemplate the vast beauty of nature in its sacred expression.

Experience through the center of being … the Heart, resurrecting devotions to nature that are timeless, timely, and eternal. Stories permeate past, present, and future into one sacred and eternal moment through each untouched photograph. Honor the light, color, and experience of our being, sacred as music through the soul.  Witness the beauty and sacredness of nature, the exhibition of photographs and stained glass reflects the sanctuary of Mother Nature brought alive by the artist.

“Our experience is reflected in nature, and nature is reflected within us. We are the thread that binds heaven and earth. ”   Hilary Harrison

“Sacred Nature: A journey of Spirit – Conomo Point” open at the Cultural Center Gallery on July 7 through July 31, 2016. The public is invited to an opening reception for the artist on Saturday, July 9, from 4-6 PM.  An artist talk will be given on Sunday, July 17 at 4-6 pm with an invitation for stories of Conomo Point.

Floating Lotus Welcomes Esthema a Boston-based ensemble composed of virtuoso musicians that defy musical boundaries, Angel Romero of Progressive Rock Central (Sept 2014).  A progressive music ensemble hailing from Boston, MA (USA), Esthema has been creating their unique sound since 2006 by fusing progressive rock and jazz-fusion with the sounds of the traditional music of the Balkan region and Turkish fusion. The musicians that shape the sound of Esthema bring together both western and eastern influences, instruments, and concepts creating a musical tapestry that transcends musical genres and cultures. This is Esthema’s debut performance at Lotus. We hope you can join us at an incredible space! Much Love!

Tickets here:http://www.floatinglotus.net/products/esthema-floating-lotus-world-music-series

Hopper’s Houses
A Guided Walking Tour

Get your art fix outside.

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present a guided walking tour of select Gloucester houses made famous by American realist painter Edward Hopper on Friday, July 1 at 10:00 a.m. Tours last about 1 1/2 hours and are held rain or shine. Participants should be comfortable being on their feet for that amount of time. Cost is $10 for Cape Ann Museum members; $20 for nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Space is limited and reservations are required. Email info@capeannmuseum.org or call (978) 283-0455 x10 for more information or to reserve a space. This tour will be offered again on July 23, July 30, August 12 and August 27.

American realist painter Edward Hopper is known to have painted in Gloucester on five separate occasions during the summer months between 1912 and 1928. His earliest visit was made in the company of fellow artist Leon Kroll. During his second visit to Cape Ann in 1923, Hopper courted the young artist Josephine Nivison. He also began working in watercolor, capturing the local landscape and architecture in loosely rendered, light filled paintings. In 1924, Hopper and Nivison who were newly married returned to Gloucester on an extended honeymoon and continued to explore the area by foot and streetcar. During his final two visits to the area, in 1926 and 1928, Hopper produced some of his finest paintings. This special walking tour will explore the neighborhood surrounding the Museum, which includes many of the Gloucester houses immortalized by Hopper’s paintings.

The Trident Gallery presents

Pamela Ellis Hawkes
ARCHIVES AND ARTIFACTS

Reception: Saturday, July 9, 6-8pm
Show Dates: July 2-31

2016; photograph

2014; photograph

2015; photograph

Three new series of photographs by Pamela Ellis Hawkes continue the artist’s sensuous and provocative exploration of the the history of art and the meanings of images in societies past and present. With a playful spirit, a sense of humor, and an unwavering eye for seductively mysterious beauty, she raises deep questions about the natures and interrelationships of visual representation, memory, value, possession, and pleasure. In the circus mirror of her art, we mistake the banal for the sublime, and the sublime is exposed as an imposter. Emerging from the funhouse, we find our pockets have been picked of some prejudgments, exchanged for the gift of seeing more authentically.

Trident Gallery
189 Main Street | Gloucester | Massachusetts
978-491-7785 | Trident.Gallery

Coco Berkman Selected as the
Third Summer Artist at
Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck

Reception: Saturday, July 2, 6 to 8 pm
Show Dates: June 29 – July 19, 2016

Long time Gloucester resident Coco Berkman was selected as the third Summer Artist in the Rocky Neck Art Colony’s Summer Artist Series at Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck. Her show opens on Wednesday, June 29 and continues until July 19, with the opening reception on Saturday, July 2, from 6-8 pm. The public is invited.

Inspired by literature, the natural world and the free play inherent in drawing, artist printmaker Coco Berkman creates images that delight her and hopefully others through the process of linoleum printmaking.

Berkan uses sharp Japanese tools to carve fine lines into soft surfaces, or draw scratchy lines into sheets of copper, zinc and plexiglass. She rolls thick sticky, messy ink onto these etched surfaces with a tool called a brayer and prints
those inked images onto clean crisp beautiful sheets of handmade papers with the help of a hand cranked Etching Press.

“This is my passion” says Berkman. “I am very grateful that I am able to indulge in this most serious and important work of PLAY.”

Berkman studied at Massachusetts College of Art, Monserrat College of Art, Museum School Boston, Frogman Press University of South Dakota, and the Art Students League in New York City and has taken workshops in San Francisco and Dublin,Ireland. She has had numerous solo exhibitions in Cape Ann and the North Shore and has received many awards and grants. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Art Complex Museum, Duxbury MA; Gloucester Writer’s Center; Common Crow, Gloucester; Dublin Writer’s Museum, Ireland; Prairie Lights Bookstore, Iowa City; and the Haruki Murakami Writer, Tokyo, Japan.

For more information about the show, please call Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck at 198-282-0917

Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck
53 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930
Gallery hours, Daily, 10:00-6:00 pm, ‘till 8pm Fridays and Saturdays

Public Sculpture Walking Tours
at the Cape Ann Museum
Get your art fix outside.

 The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present its Public Sculpture summer walking tour, Saturday, July 2, focusing on the public sculpture we see around us every day. Participants will learn about art, history and culture all while enjoying the beautiful summer breeze afforded by Gloucester’s harbor.

All tours begin at 10:00a.m. in front of the Cape Ann Museum. Guided walking tours are held rain or shine and last about 1½ hours; participants should be comfortable being on their feet for that amount of time. $10 Museum members; $20 nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Space is limited; reservations required. Call (978)283-0455 x10 or email info@capeannmuseum.org for details. Tickets can also be purchased online at Eventbrite.

Public Sculpture –July 2, July 9, August 13

Get up-close and personal with the sculptures you drive by every day. From works commemorating those who went to sea, to those who fought in war to those who changed the artistic landscape of Cape Ann forever—this walking tour will uncover the stories behind the public sculptures of Gloucester, including the unique processes of the artists who created them.

Music in the Courtyard at the
Cape Ann Museum

An afternoon with
Rockport High School musicians

  The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present cellist, Jace Mason and violinist, Clara Mazo on Friday, June 24 from 4:00p.m. to 5:00p.m. as part of the Museum’s Music in the Courtyard summer concert series.  This program is free and open to the public. For more information please call (978) 283-0455 x10 or email info@capeannmuseum.org.

Jace Mason is going into tenth grade at Rockport High School. He is an accomplished student cellist who has studied the instrument for six years, has just completed his second year in New England Conservatory’s Preparatory Program, and is a former member of Northeast Massachusetts Youth Orchestras. He has also studied at Berklee College of Music’s Global String Intensive and at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music under the tutelage of Mike Block. He enjoys playing jazz, contemporary, and fiddle music in addition to classical. He also studies guitar, piano, and voice in addition to the cello.

Clara Mazo is entering her tenth grade at Rockport High School. She has been playing violin for 12 years and has been taking private lessons at New England Conservatory for 3 years with Mark Lachirovich. She has played in the Massachusetts Northeastern District Orchestra since 7th grade and made the Massachusetts All-State Orchestra this year, performing at Boston Symphony Hall in March. Clara has also played the trumpet for 5 years, performing with Rockport High School’s top jazz ensemble in addition to the school orchestra on violin. Clara has also played at local weddings in Gloucester and in Rockport.

This program is free and open to the public.

Interested in supporting the Museum through membership? Join now and get free admission to the Museum and discounted tickets to all of our events!

*In the event of inclement weather the concert will be moved inside the Museum.

Gina Loves Gary and other
new works by Brian Murphy

Rocky Neck Art Colony’s Goetemann Artist Residency Studio
51A Rocky Neck Avenue Street, Gloucester, MA  01930

Friday, June 24 from 4 to 9 pm and
Saturday, June 25, 2016 from noon to 8 pm

Former Gallery 53 Summer Artist, Brian Murphy is showing a new collection of his whimsical wire sculpture on Friday and Saturday June 24-25 at the Goetemann Artist in Residency Studio. (51A Rocky Neck Ave. between the Studio Restaurant and Gallery 53).  Brian is hosting public reception on both evenings from 5 to 8pm.

For more information contact Brian Murphy at
857-334-4323
or murphycares@gmail.com.

Bird Mancini and T Max return to help raise money for the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck by performing an entire night of wonderful songs made famous by The Beatles. Within the hits and their personal favorites, expect a lot of three-part harmony, familiar riffs, and the unforgettable melodies that have lived in our hearts and minds since The Beatles 1964 invasion. Tickets available in advance at www.rockyneckartcolony.org – programs – music.

BIRD MANCINI

Boston’s Bird Mancini is a cosmopolitan fusion of blues-tinged rock, Latin-flavored bossa nova, country-folk balladry, and woolly psychedelia, with lush vocals, guitar, accordion, and a variety of percussion, bells and whistles. In recent years they’ve toured the West Coast and performed for the International Pop Overthrow Festival in Boston, NYC, and The Cavern Club in Liverpool, England.

Critically acclaimed and ASCAP/Boston Music Award nominees, Bird Mancini were twice named among the Top 10 Year’s Best by Metronome Magazine.  They’ve opened for Leon Russell, David Crosby, Joan Osborne, Gregg Allman, Jonathan Edwards, The Stompers, The Outlaws and others.

The duo features Ruby Bird-vocals, accordion, melodica, harmonica, percussion; Billy Carl Mancini-vocals and guitar.

www.birdmancini.com

T MAX

New England-based, T Max is a man of many hats (literally and figuratively).  He’s the singer/ songwriter/ storyteller who has run The Noise (New England’s longest running music magazine) for 34 years. He also founded Boston Rock Opera (produced and acted in Jesus Christ Supertar), wrote two folk-rock operas, released nine solo albums, produced Boston Rock ‘n’ Roll Trading Cards, was the music director for Project Eno (a tribute to Brian Eno), lectured on marketing music media at Emerson College, was a fine artist in wood, is an art photographer, graphic artists, and to show that he’s not just interested in fields of art, he placed 4th in the US Open in 1988 (playing chess). New England music legend Willie “Loco” Alexander says, “T Max is a man from another century, like Ben Franklin or Ian Whitcomb, a man of a thousand voices (and hats). His music runs the gamut of standards to scat—creating songs from the lost jukeboxes of time.  Amen.”

www.gimmesund.com/tmax

NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOCIATION,
EXHIBITIONS, RECEPTIONS, AND LECTURE.

“New Members” Exhibition and “Artist Members” Exhibition II plus “Art of the Sea and Science” Exhibition and Silent Auction:  ALL June 17 – July 30th.  Receptions for all three Exhibitions on Sunday, June 26th, 2-4 PM.  Open Free to the Public.

            Lecture, “Why Whales”, same date as Receptions, June 26th from 12:30-1:30PM, given by Ian Kerr CEO of Ocean Alliance in conjunction with “Art of the Sea and Science” Paint Factory Painted Slate Show and Silent Auction.

The Gloucester Arts and Cultural Initiative (ACI) is excited to announce the receipt of a $5,000 lead gift to its Campaign for the Arts.  An anonymous donor will match the next $5,000 in contributions to ACI dollar for dollar.  ACI seeks donors to help meet this donor’s challenge and double the power of their gift by giving today.  All gifts will help meet the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) Adams Grant minimum fundraising requirement of $16,800 by June 30, 2016.

ACI  invites people who live and work in Gloucester to take the lead in building Gloucester’s communities through arts and culture by supporting the Campaign for the Arts.  To make a tax deductible donation, please press the donate button on our Facebook Page, @GloucesterArtsAndCulture,  or send a check made payable to our Fiscal Agent “Rocky Neck Art Colony/ACI” to Gloucester Arts and Culture Initiative, 6 Wonson St, Gloucester, MA 01930.

The Gloucester Arts and Cultural Initiative was founded in 2015 by Rocky Neck Art Colony, seARTS and ArtsGloucester to address ongoing needs in arts and culture identified in Gloucester’s 2001 Community Development Plan.  Today, backed by more than fifty collaborators and a $45,500 two-year Adams Grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), the Gloucester Arts and Cultural Initiative is a unique opportunity to leverage these resources and the mandate to reach the goal set in the 2001 Plan.  The mission of ACI is to support the City’s arts and cultural heritage sector and to strengthen and promote the cultural vitality of the City’s waterfront and neighborhoods.

Background

The Gloucester Arts and Culture Initiative (ACI), an exciting opportunity to build community through arts and culture. Dedicated to sustaining Gloucester’s rich heritage of cultural traditions and artistic accomplishments, ACI aims to broaden awareness, participation, and enjoyment of arts and culture for everyone who lives or works in Gloucester. Together, we will rejuvenate of our sense of place and foster diverse creative expression within our city. The need for such an Initiative has been recognized for over 15 years, and today Gloucester is well positioned to act on that need.

In 2001, Gloucester’s Community Development Plan set a goal “to support Gloucester’s arts and cultural community as a cultural and economic resource by integrating the arts and culture into the life of the community, downtown, and in villages and neighborhoods.” It went on to identify areas for action and specific goals, and it recommended that a municipal arts organization take the lead in moving Gloucester towards them. Three new arts groups responded, and they have achieved crucial results, but fifteen years later, no group has been established with the authority and resources needed to fulfill the highest and most far-reaching goal of broad integration of Gloucester’s communities, artists, businesses, organizations, and government through support of arts and culture. Our research confirms that this goal remains as important as ever to our community.

Today, backed by more than fifty collaborators and a $45,500 two-year Adams Grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC), the Gloucester Arts and Culture Initiative has a unique opportunity to fulfill the mandate of the 2001 Community Development Plan.

ACI will celebrate Gloucester’s strong cultural heritage and use it as a bridge to a future that recognizes the creative expression all around us and the value it brings to our lives, our community, and our world. As Gloucester’s umbrella arts and culture organization, ACI will work with the broader community in three principal roles:

1. Catalyst

ACI will serve as a catalyst for projects and collaborations that address unmet needs and pursue opportunities for creative expression.

In this role, ACI hosted four Ward Forums in April 2016 in which over 70 participants identified development of studio and performance space as a top area of need. Participants also expressed hopes for expanding the range of Gloucester citizens who experience, appreciate, understand, make, perform, and participate in arts and culture. ACI will host future forums to explore ways for groups to work together to address identified needs efficiently, uncovering synergies and overlapping goals to strengthen groups and address gaps in support for the full range of our community.

2. Manager

ACI will manage arts and culture initiatives to address identified needs.

In this role, ACI will partner with local businesses, arts groups, and elected officials to identify underutilized spaces and create zoning overlays to provide needed visual and performance studio spaces, with an aim to cluster artists together to promote creative collaborations, innovations, and economies of scale.

3. Clearinghouse

ACI will act as a clearinghouse for information about resources of interest to local organizations and artists.

In this role, ACI will gather and disseminate information about grants, business courses for artists, marketing partners, municipal contacts, and more. By serving as the Gloucester’s central point of contact for artists, cultural organizations, event organizers, and creative businesses, ACI will foster connections, collaborations, synergy, and innovative ideas that enrich our lives and community.

To complete the establishment of a successful program, the Gloucester Arts and Culture Initiative needs to do two things: build awareness of the Initiative, and raise $16,800 in matching funds required by the MCC Adams Grant. Our Campaign for the Arts aims both to open the door to continued significant support for Gloucester from the state of Massachusetts and to begin to assume an umbrella role by building broad public awareness and support. We are currently seeking generous lead donors to help fuel a campaign to educate the community and gain support for the Initiative.

Campaign for the Arts

1 x $15,000 one donor — accomplished as MATCH (anonymous donor)

2 x $12,500 two donors

5 x $11,000 five donors

5 x $11,800 multiple donors

Total 5 x $16,800 matching funds required by MCC grant

ACI invites friends of Gloucester to take the lead in building Gloucester’s communities through arts and culture by supporting the Campaign for the Arts. Should you care to make a tax deductible donation, please press the donate button on our Facebook Page, @GloucesterArtsAndCulture, or send a check made payable to our fiscal agent “Rocky Neck Art Colony/ACI” to Gloucester Arts and Culture Initiative, 6 Wonson St, Gloucester MA 01930. Thank you for supporting and being part of Gloucester!

Project Manager

Martha Wood

Program Partners

Rocky Neck Art Colony

seARTS

ArtsGloucester

Steering Committee

Henry Allen

Jo-Ann Castano

James Caviston

Jo-Anne Crawford

Tom Daniel

Robert Haverkamp

Judith Hoglander

Suzanne Gilbert Lee

Brenda Malloy

Valerie Nelson

Martin Ray

Matthew Swift

CONTACTS:

Martha Wood

Project Manager

Gloucester Arts and Culture Initiative

Martha@GloucesterArtsAndCulture.org

(978) 857-6731

Matthew Swift

Steering Committee

Gloucester Arts and Culture Initiative

Matthew@Trident.Gallery

(978) 491-7785

Rockport’s newest Contemporary Art gallery is welcoming the Summer season with an exhibit of creatively reimagined Contemporary seascapes.  The exhibit will feature work by Nationally recognized local and regional artists including physicist-turned-artist Dr. Regina Valluzzi, former Czech spymaster Lawrence Martin-Bittman, and Rockport and Gloucester native Kathleen Miller.

Waves of Inspiration

What: Contemporary Seascapes at G19 Gallery, featuring the work of gallery artist Dr. Regina Valluzzi and local artists Kathleen Miller and Lawrence Bittman

Where: G19 gallery, 19 Broadway, Rockport, MA 01966

When: June 7 – July 1;   Gala Reception:  Saturday, June 25, 4pm – 7 pm

Contact:  Cynthia Belchou (978) 290-1411   artfulartisans@gmail.com
Gallerist Cynthia Belchou, owner and Art Director of G19 Gallery in Rockport, MA has curated an exciting exhibit of seascapes by artists with a connection to Cape Ann.  The seascape subjects in the exhibit acknowledge Rockport’s long history and storied tradition of creative art and artists.  The artists’ creative use of color, form and media infuse the exhibit with a fresh, exciting and thoroughly modern contemporary flair.

“Ribbons of Water” by Regina Valluzzi

“Rhapsody on the Sea” by Regina Valluzzi

an untitled seascape in oil by Kathleen Miller

“Tranquil Moment” in oil and sand by Kathleen Miller

“The European Tourists” by Lawrence Martin-Bittman

The sea and shore have always inspired artists.  In Contemporary Art, seascapes lend themselves to abstraction and to modern styles.  The simplicity of seascape compositions both invite and require an artist’s creativity to bring motion, interest, a story, or a meditation into each scene.  The artists in “Waves of Inspiration” approach the Sea in unique and personal ways.  Each artist brings a different and fascinating insight into the subject of “Sea”.

Featured artist Dr. Regina Valluzzi is an Arlington, MA resident with strong ties to Rockport’s artistic community.    Her frequent visits to Rockport, MA allow her to appreciate the area’s unique seacoast, skies, natural habitats and beauty with fresh eyes on each excursion.  Valluzzi was trained and worked as a research scientist for over a decade before switching to art 5 years ago.  Her history as a Materials Science innovator informs her approach to painting.  Valluzzi uses the unique properties of acrylic paint and media to create dazzling scenes.  Transparent patterned layers of acrylic modulate sparkling metal and dimensional patterns of glimmering mica, while tiny glass spheres focus and reflect light.  Valluzzi sees seascapes as a unique challenge for painting.  How can a painter capture something that is always in motion?  How can paint capture a scene whose essence is dancing patterns of light?  By using the transparent properties of acrylic with light manipulating media, her work brings the light and movement of the sea into her mixed media paintings.

Featured artist Kathleen Miller is local to Cape Ann.  She grew up in Gloucester and currently lives and works in Rockport, MA.   Her sensitive approach to her medium and her subjects has created a strong regional following for her work.  In her abstracted seascapes light and color are fractured and abstracted into juicy chunks of clear color.  Her style could be described as a modernized re-imagined pointillism.  Many of her paintings use sand and other natural local materials to create subtle variations in texture and granularity.  The play of patterns created through her confident brushwork and finely detailed textures lead the viewer to imagine scintillating patterns of water, sand and sky.   Kathleen Miller’s seascapes often feature people enjoying the scene.  The human element blends perfectly with her nuanced and textured use of oil painting media.

Another featured artist on exhibit is Lawrence Martin-Bittman.  An ex-spy from the former Czechoslovakia, he fled to the West and defected to the USA during the Cold War.  After a successful career as a Journalism professor at Boston university, Larry Bittman (Larry the Spy) relocated to Gloucester, where he maintains a studio space and a small gallery.  Larry is an avid fisherman with a special relationship to the sea.  His works are a clever and sophisticated mix of influences.  One can see the threads of both the Folk art and Fine art of his Czech heritage running through complex pieces that draw from his deep knowledge of Art.  His pieces are often clever and humorous and are infused with allusions to a secret narrative.  looking at his work, one can glimpse entire mythologies he has created, capturing his special relationship with the Sea.

Cape Ann is known for beautiful scenic coasts and charming towns full of character.  The beauty of the area and independent Yankee spirit has nurtured generations of artists and spawned a number of notable Art Colonies and Schools of Artistic expression.  Rockport, MA has been home to The Rockport School of painting, and to generations of creatives working and exhibiting in the Rockport Art Colony.  Contemporary Art is flourishing in Rockport, continuing a storied tradition with renewed vibrancy.

G19 Gallery:         https://www.facebook.com/G19-Artisans-346696715526515/
Regina Valluzzi:   http://DreamingLines.com
Kathleen Miller:   https://www.facebook.com/kmillergallery/
Lawrence Bittman:     http://www.studio006andahalf.com/

At the end of the parking lot on the right, just after you turn onto Rock Neck Avenue to go onto Rocky Neck, there’s a blue and white information sign that’s been there in some form for many years.  We’ve created an upgrade, it is beautiful!

The new sign is being installed this Friday, June 17^th, in the morning.  There’s going to be a Gloucester Times photo op at 11 a.m. and all are welcomed.  Then there’s also going to be an “unveiling” ceremony on Thursday, June 23^rd, at 5:30 p.m., and Herhonah The Mayor will be there for that little ceremony.

The new “wayfinding” map was designed by a committee of dedicated RNAC artists, and it shows the locations of places of business on the Neck, including 20 Artist Galleries, representing over 50 artists.  (We thought about also showing all the artists who live and work on the Neck but don’t maintain galleries, but there were so many that it was impractical.)  Rock Beaudin of White Light Design, in Beverly, did an amazing job of translating the many ideas the artists had into an integrated, clear, and effective design which will help tourists understand and enjoy Rocky Neck.

The framing and installation of the sign is going to be 100% professional and absolutely beautiful, thanks to the generosity of Frank Biscardi, Gloucester Resident, support of the arts, and owner of Boston Fence Company.  The carpentry of the frame is amazing, done by Rocky Neck resident, violinist, artist, and Master Carpenter Jimmy Lounsberry.  It’s beautiful, it’s strong, and it’s gonna last us many, many years!

Everybody’d invited to both events!