Concert by music/theatrical group
“What Time Is It Mr. Fox?”
Saturday, January 30.  

Doors open at 7 PM, Concert at 7:30 PM.  Tickets available online
www.rockyneckartcolony.org/event/what-time-is-it-mr-fox/

The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
Gallery hours, Thurs-Sun, 12:00-6:00 PM

 

Register on-line or just come by
Cape Ann Giclée, Fine Art Printing and Gallery
20 Maplewood Ave, Gloucester MA

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

Call to Jury New Members for Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck
Deadline for Applications: March 1, 2016

Artwork Drop Off:
Saturday, March 19, 2-4PM at Studio Gallery at The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA

Artwork Pick Up:
Sunday, March 20, 6-7PM

Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck
53 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930
Gallery Open May – October

Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck (formerly the Rocky Neck Gallery) is seeking new members for the 2016 season. A member-run, centrally located gallery under the umbrella of the Rocky Neck Art Colony, Gallery 53 exhibits and sells the work of 25 to 30 Cape Ann/North Shore artists to a customer base of local, national and international visitors. In 2015, over 14,000 art lovers visited the gallery, which is open seasonally from Memorial Day until Columbus Day.

“In addition to excellent artists who produce beautiful, saleable work,” said gallery manager Judy Robinson-Cox, “we want energetic, enthusiastic people who will pitch in and help run the gallery. A co-operative gallery is one where members share the day-to-day responsibilities of running the business ­– everything from strategic planning, marketing, party planning and record keeping to hanging the artwork and cleaning the floors.”

This year the gallery is especially interested in finding accomplished artists who work in media and artistic styles not currently represented in the gallery. This includes abstract painting, sculpture, glass arts, fiber arts, and other media with unique, distinctive styles. A group of Gallery 53 artists will review the artwork submitted by prospective members and evaluate it based on originality of concept, technical skill, marketability and appropriateness for Gallery 53. The prospective member’s ability to contribute to gallery operations will also be assessed.

Detailed information on how to apply and an application form are available at www.rockyneckartcolony.org/gallery-53-on-rocky-neck/. The deadline to apply is March 1, 2016. For more information call the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 978-515-7004.

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

Cape Ann Museum’s January Exhibitions and Programs

Gloucester: A Community of Neighborhoods Quilt Project, overseen by artist Juni Van Dyke, the project showcases the work of nearly one hundred senior artists across Cape Ann.

Saturday, January 16 at 3:00 p.m.
Artist Juni Van Dyke will give an illustrated talk about the special exhibition of Gloucester: A Community of Neighborhoods quilt project. This program is free and open to the public.

Gloucester, Three Visions featuring the work of Jeff Weaver, Peter Vincent and Don Gorvett

Saturday, January 23 at 2:00 p.m. Gloucester, Three Visions panel discussion with Jeff Weaver, Don Gorvett, and Eoin Vincent, joined in conversation by arts editor Debbie Hagan and author Peter Anastas. This program is offered in conjunction with the current exhibition Vincent, Weaver, Gorvett: Gloucester, Three Visions (on view through Feb. 28, 2016).

Free for Museum members / $10 nonmembers.
Space is limited, reservations required: (978) 283-0455 x10 or info@capeannmuseum.org.
Tickets can also be reserved/purchased online at Eventbrite.

Cape Ann Museum and Eric Carle Museum kick-off “Cape Ann Reads” Picture book- themed workshops for children and adults.

“Cape Ann Reads” is a year-long collaboration among the public libraries of Gloucester, Rockport, Manchester and Essex to promote literacy using picture books. The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to host the kickoff event with a day of picture book-themed workshops for adults and children hosted by the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art on Saturday, January 30. The program will take place at the Cape Ann Museum and is free and open to the public. Space is limited. Reservations are required. Please email info@capeannmuseum.org, call (978)283-0455 x10, or go online to Eventbrite.

Reservations for the 9:30-12:00 Interactive Storytime events should be made for children only, not the accompanying adults.

Choose from the following activities:

Interactive Toddler Storytime
This storytime session, designed for very young children, combines interactive storytime with open-ended play, songs and movement. Two sessions offered: 9:30 to 10:00 a.m. and 10:00 to 10:30 a.m.

Art Making Workshop
An imaginative art-making workshop for 5- to 8-year olds inspired by elements of picture books. Workshop runs from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Adult Workshop
Discover the difference between reading to children and reading with children! The Whole Book Approach, developed by former Eric Carle Museum educator Megan Lambert, is designed to give educators, parents, and caregivers the tools to evaluate the picture book as an art form and to encourage the critical engagement of children during picture book reading experiences. Workshop runs from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

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The recently renovated Cape Ann Museum celebrates the art, history and culture of Cape Ann – a region with a rich and varied culture of nationally significant historical, industrial and artistic achievement. The Museum’s collections include fine art from the 19th century to the present, artifacts from the fishing and maritime and granite quarrying industries, textiles, furniture, a library/archives, and two historic houses. For a detailed media fact sheet please visit www.capeannmuseum.org/press.

The Museum is located at 27 Pleasant Street in Gloucester. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Admission is $10.00 adults, $8.00 Cape Ann residents, seniors and students. Youth (under 18) and Museum members are free. For more information please call: (978)283-0455 x10. Additional information can be found online at www.capeannmuseum.org.

Our Lady of Good Voyage Church
Penny Sale

Our Lady of Good Voyage Church will host a penny sale on Monday, January 18, at 7 pm, in the parish hall, 142 Prospect Street, Gloucester.

Prizes include Portuguese sweet bread, baked goods and groceries.  There will be a 50/50 raffle and a dinner raffle.  All are welcome!

Give a child an experiential gift
ARTS and CRAFTS for LITTLE ONES in the
Montessori Art Kitchen East Gloucester

Creative Montessori Based Art Classes ages 3-7
with Colleen Apostolos-Marsh 978 648 0601

colleenapostolos@gmail.com

All are welcome this weekend at the Unitarian-Universalist Society of Rockport! We will commemorate and affirm the work and life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, beginning with this Sunday’s 10:30 a.m. worship service devoted to the theme of Racial Justice. The next day,  Monday 18 January, will be the 28th  annual MLK Day march and service.

The march will begin at 10 a.m., at the U.U. Society of Rockport, 4 Cleaves Street and follow a route through downtown of about 1 mile.  You are cordially invited to come at 9:30 to make signs (a favorite activity for the children.)  After the march there will be the chance to warm up with hot cider before joining Rev. Susan Moran in a short service of readings and music honoring Dr. King. Guest speaker,  Alexis A. Toliver,   the co-lead organizer for Black Lives Matter in Cambridge and a Research Assistant in the Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, will speak about the meaning and goals of the Black Lives Matter movement.

This march began 28 years ago when 8 year old Lily Ruchman, having learned a bit about Dr. King, asked her mother if there could be a march.  Her mother Anita, and her church community said Yes.  We and many others from the North Shore have marched each year since then for the ideals Dr. King lived and died for: economic and racial equality, peaceful means to peaceful ends, dignity and freedom for all people.

Please join us.  If you have any questions, please call 978 546 2989

Cape Ann Museum Offers Free Admission for Cape Ann Residents during January 2016

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to offer free admission to all residents of Cape Ann (Gloucester, Rockport, Essex, Manchester-by-the-Sea) during the month of January 2016. Visit us and see what we have to offer!

January is also Membership Month at the Cape Ann Museum. Membership and donations support the special exhibitions and programming that the Museum offers its communities. We hope that a trip to the Museum will encourage all visitors to become members and join us in sharing the art, history and culture of Cape Ann.

All members enjoy:

• free admission
• advance notice of special exhibitions and programs
• invitations to opening receptions
• complimentary use of the research library
• subscription to the Museum’s newsletter
• discount in the Museum Shop

Visitors in January will be treated to two special exhibitions: Gloucester, Three Visions featuring the work of Jeff Weaver, Peter Vincent and Don Gorvett and Gloucester: A Community of Neighborhoods quilt project, overseen by artist Juni Van Dyke, the quilts showcase the work of nearly one hundred senior artists across Cape Ann.

If you enjoy the month of free admission,
imagine what a whole year could be like!

Winter Shorts at the Cape Ann Museum
A series of themed mini tours led by Museum docents.

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (December 29, 2015) – The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present an opportunity to become more intimate with its collections.  On Saturday, January 9, the docents of the Cape Ann Museum will offer six twenty minute tours focusing on a topic of their choosing. Tours will begin on the hour and on the half hour. Reservations are not required, but space is limited – first come, first served. Free for CAM Members and Cape Ann Residents or with Museum admission. For more information please email info@capeannmuseum.org or call (978) 283-0455 x10.

Participants are encouraged to spend the entire morning at the Museum, enjoying two, three, perhaps all six of the tours! To plan your day accordingly, please see the schedule below:

• 10:00 a.m. Sea Horses (a.k.a. Horses by the Sea)
  Take a closer look at images of horses in the Cape Ann Museum and find out some of the history behind them.
• 10:30 a.m. Harvesting the Sea
  Learn about Gloucestermen in the heyday of fishing under sail.
• 11:00 a.m. Angels, Oars and Churches: Religious Life and Imagery in Cape Ann
  Look at several works in the Museum that express a spiritual sensibility and others which demonstrate the importance of religion as a unifying factor for specific local communities.
• 11:30 a.m. Sailing Heroes – Risk Takers & Record Breakers
  Hear the stories of Centennial Johnson, Maurice Whalen, Howard Blackburn and Phil Weld who all broke records and won races despite what the sea threw at them.
• 12:00 p.m. “O Woman! Lovely Woman! Angels are painted fair to be like you!”
  Engage with portraits and self-portraits of women from the Museum’s permanent collection.
• 12:30 p.m. Fifteen Shades of Blue
  Experience the impact of this favorite color during a whirlwind tour of the galleries.

The members of the Rockport Cultural District (RCD) hiring committee, with the support of RCD stakeholders, are pleased to announce Susan Koehler-Arsenault as the new part-time Director of the Rockport Cultural District.

Arsenault came to Rockport in 2014 from Schenectady, New York. She is co-owner of The Art of David Arsenault Gallery on Bearskin Neck and has been the volunteer chair of the RCD since April 2015. She has brought vitality to the RCD by reinitiating the partner meetings and working as a liaison between the Chamber of Commerce and the RCD stakeholders. She has also reinitiated the Rockport Art Colony Galleries group that meets regularly. Arsenault also oversees the RCD social media and media; she encourages community collaboration for arts and culture activities between the RCD and festival groups including Rockport Exchange, Rockport Illuminations, and Christmas in Rockport, and is the weekend guide for summer walking tours of the RCD. She is also known for her weekly activity listing: “This Week in Rockport” a weekly “who’s who” of arts and culture activities taking place in the district.

Law & Water Gallery invites you to an
Opening Reception: The Backyard in Retrospect
Saturday, December 19, 5 – 7 pm

Look back to see the future through the eyes of three Gloucester Artists; Loren Doucette, Paul Cary Goldberg & nJoe Poirier. A retrospective ramble through the backyard reveals what was, is, and may well be.

Paul Cary Goldberg

Loren Doucette

Joe Poirier

Law & Water Gallery
18A Pleasant Street, Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
978-283-7158     www.LawAndWater.com

Lexicon Gallery, Ladies Night
Wednesday Dec 23, 5-8pm

Anni Melançon, Stoneware/Eleanor Fisher, Glass Shard Painting

Christine Caswell, High Fire Porcelain

Cynthia Curtis, Pottery/Eleanor Fisher, Glass Shard Painting

Sandra Wilmer, Jewelry

Sibel Alpaslan, Stoneware

Light refreshments, free gift w/ purchase over $50, unique and affordable gifts. 15 Lexington Ave., #1, Gloucester, MA 01930

Event URL= http://www.lexicongallery.com/?page_id=26

Give a child an experiential gift ARTS and CRAFTS for LITTLE ONES in the Montessori Art Kitchen East Gloucester

Creative Montessori Based Art Classes ages 3-7 with Colleen Apostolos-Marsh 978 648 0601 colleenapostolos@gmail.com

MASS GENERAL ILLLUMINATIONS PROGRAM FEATURES LOCAL ARTIST IN 15TH ANNIVERSARY 2016 CANCER CENTER CALENDAR

Leslie Heffron and  Jonathan Zuker are among 15 artists featured in the 15th Anniversary 2016 Illuminations Calendar, published by the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center. Images were selected from a field of over 400 art pieces displayed this year in the waiting rooms of the Cancer Centers of Mass General.

Jonathan Zuker – The Regatta

Leslie Heffron – bushel-of-macs

The 2016 calendar marks the 15th Anniversary year of the Illuminations Program. The rotating art exhibits, which constitute the Illuminations Program, are intended to offer enlightenment and encouragement to patients, families, staff and friends of the Cancer Center as they receive care, provide care, or accompany loved ones.

The calendar is not for sale but is provided to MGH Cancer Center patients free of charge when they visit MGH. The calendar is intended to carry over the mission of the Illuminations Program, by providing a visually healing reference point for patients, in the comfort of their own homes.

Artists for the Illuminations Program are chosen through a submission process, and interested artists are always welcome to apply. Information about submitting art can be found at: http://www.massgeneral.org/cancer/illuminations/illuminations.aspx

The Illuminations Program is funded entirely through philanthropy and donations are always welcome. To make a gift to support the program, please go to: https://secure.massgeneral.org/ select “Other” under designation and enter “Illuminations Program” OR via check made out to the Mass General Cancer Center with “Illuminations Program” on the memo line. Please send checks to the MGH Development Office c/o Meagan Coons 125 Nashua Street, Suite 540 Boston, MA 02114. If the gift is in memory or honor of a friend, please include that information, as well.

Community Holiday Sing

December 19, 7:00 pm
Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport
Music by Triton Brass Quintet, RHS Madrigals, and audience sing-a-long

CALL FOR ENTRIES
“For the Birds”

A multi-media, juried exhibition and fundraiser inspired by everything Avian

The Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC) invites New England artists to submit work to “For the Birds” a six-week exhibition at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA 01930. A portion of all sales will be donated to support Mass Audubon’s mission “to protect the nature of Massachusetts for people and wildlife”.

• Juror: Amy T Montague, Director, Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon
• Exhibition Dates: January 28-March 6, 2016
• Gallery Hours: Thursday-Sunday, 12:00-4:00 PM
• Opening Reception: Sunday, January 31, 2:00-4:00 PM

The Call: The RNAC seeks traditional, decorative and expressive works of art and craft inspired by everything avian including paintings, drawings, photographs, sculpture, decoys, birdhouses, jewelry, cards and more.

About the Juror: Amy Montague is the director of the Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon, the only museum dedicated to art inspired by the beauty, science and wonder of birds. In her 23 years at Mass Audubon, Amy has stewarded and grown the organization’s broad and eclectic art collection, which embraces fine art, folk art, sporting art, illustration and more. She has curated more than 30 exhibitions exploring the intersection of art and nature, focusing on artists as varied as John James Audubon and Andy Warhol. She has twice been a juror for the internationally renowned Birds in Art exhibition at the Woodson Art Museum in Wisconsin.

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ADVENT EXHIBIT – DECEMBER, 2015
First Congregational Church of Rockport – UCC
12 School Street. Rockport, MA.

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-Icons of the Civil Rights Movement-

This inspiring exhibit is both a visual and a written history of the Civil Rights Movement, remembering and honoring the many who sacrificed their lives for freedom and equality. This exhibit features a series of paintings created by Pamela Chatterton-Purdy using handmade paper, oil paints, and found objects. Each of the thirty-five icons is accompanied by a historical description written by the Reverend Doctor David Purdy, her husband. The use of the iconic form represents the sacred nature of the Movement’s nonviolent philosophy. Setting this exhibit for sanctuary display during the Season of Advent invites association between the birth of Baby Jesus and his life showing a way of light, truth, sacrifice, and justice for all the world. This exhibit also stands in the spirit of the national United Church of Christ initiative since 2008, to hold sacred conversations on matters of race – locally, nationally, and globally.

In Eastern Christian tradition, icons are religious paintings on wood panels depicting scenes from the Bible.  They are often set in a golden background or covered with silver. The style is idealized, suggesting the sacred nature of the subject. Icons are venerated for their theological teachings of the church. Chatterton-Purdy was inspired by icons to create a body of work representing people committed to social justice.

Some of the subjects are well known, such as Martin Luther King, Jr., Emmett Till, Rosa Parks,

Jonathan Daniels, and Rev. James Reeb.  The exhibit celebrates all of their lives and their common mission. To create the icons, Chatterton-Purdy used wooden objects, pieces of broken frames, hinged doors, broken stained glass, and wooden birds taken from an old carved jewelry box in pieces.  There are yardsticks cut at number 14, the age that Emmett Till’s life was taken. There are pieces of a children’s chess set used to imply the handles of a Torah. Alphabet beads are strung together to spell The Children’s Campaign, Birmingham Alabama, over 1,000 children jailed. Broken metal chains and locks – signs of freedom and release – and verses from Scripture are also used. Each icon was designed to highlight the uniqueness of each person or event.

Pamela Chatterton-Purdy earned a master of fine arts degree from the University of Massachusetts.  Her husband, the Reverend Doctor David Purdy is a retired Methodist minister.

They live in Harwich Port, Massachusetts, on the other Cape!

-OPEN SANCTUARY-
and special events for viewing the exhibit:
Icons of the Civil Rights Movement

Saturday, December 5.  8:00AM – 2:00PM

• Old Sloop Christmas Bazaar. An annual event at which parishioners, townspeople, and visitors gather for fun and fellowship for fun and fellowship for the benefit of the church.

For more information, visit http://rockportucc.org/ChristmasBazaar.htm.
Or call 978-546-3157.

Sunday, December 6. Noon – 3:00PM. Open Sanctuary Exhibit.

Sunday, December 13. 1:00PM – 3:00PM. Special Presentation.

• Special Presentation: Icons of the Civil Rights Movement.
• A light luncheon and presentation by artist Pamela Chatterton-Purdy with her husband, writer Reverend Doctor David Purdy will be offered. The Civil Rights Movement was a turning point in American history. Those who demonstrated for civil rights during the 1950s and 1960s were ordinary people who risked physical harm, imprisonment and death for the sake of equal rights.
• You are invited to view the exhibit and hear from these two artists about this exhibit which they have created!  Call the church office at 978-546-6638 to r.s.v.p.

Saturday, December 19. 5:00PM – 8:00PM. Open Sanctuary Exhibit.

• In the spirit of the holidays, the Rockport Pageant Committee is once again hosting this year’s 70th Annual Christmas Nativity Pageant, in partnership with the Rockport Division of the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce. The Pageant is a torch-lit live re-enactment of the Nativity, starting at 5PM along Dock Square and Main Street. Along the way, the story of Jesus’ birth is brought to life through alive narration and Christmas hymns sung by a full choir. Enjoy dinner afterward at the First Congregational Church of Rockport – UCC, where the men of the Old Sloop serve their Christmas Pageant Ham & Bean Supper.

Thursday, December 24. 5:00PM – 8:00PM. Open Sanctuary Exhibit.

• Christmas Eve services will be held at the First Congregational Church of Rockport – UCC at 4 & 8PM. Open Sanctuary will be hosted from 5 – 8PM, between the two services, for those who would like to view the Icons of this Civil Rights Movement exhibit.

Sunday, December 27. Noon – 3:00PM. Open Sanctuary Exhibit.

Thursday, December 31. 6:00P – Midnight. Open Sanctuary Exhibit.

• First Night. Celebrating New Year’s Eve with family, friends, and neighbors, with continuous entertainment in Rockport. The Old Sloop Church Sanctuary will be hosting several First Night performances/events, with opportunity to view this exhibit, Icons of the Civil Rights Movement.

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Call the church office at 1-978-546-6638 for more information or to request additional times for group viewing events.