Winter Shorts on Vacation

The mini tours you love in the winter are back for the warmer weather

The Cape Ann Museum docents are pleased to present Winter Shorts on Vacation, a series of mini tours highlighting their favorites from the Museum’s collection. These tours will take place on Saturday, April 16 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. every half hour. This program is Free for CAM members / $10 non-members. Space is limited; first come, first served.

Spend a wonderful spring afternoon viewing the Museum’s collections with fresh eyes. Winter Shorts on Vacation offers a variety of six mini themed tours, developed and led by Museum docents. They are meant to appeal to a wide range of interests, so visitors can enjoy just a few or all of the tours if they choose. The schedule of tours is as follows:

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Wood You?
Explore the wooden objects in the Museum’s collection – from everyday kitchen implements to magnificent pieces of furniture, a cigar store Indian and several sculptures by James McClellan.

10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Painting in the time of the Frog Ponders
Take a look at the paintings of Fitz Henry Lane through the lens of the Transcendentalists.

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. How Dear to Our Hearts are the Scenes of our Childhood
A quick romp through the Museum to look at several works relating to children and childhood on Cape Ann – the children who worked and those who played and those who sat still for portraits.

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Seeing the Light-Navigation & Lighthouses
During the age of sail, navigation was iffy at best. Learn why landfalls could be the most dangerous part of a voyage, and why the Fresnel lighthouse lens was a true breakthrough.

12:00 p.m.  – 12:30 p.m. Harvesting the Sea: Gloucestermen in the Heyday of Fishing Under Sail
More than 1,000 schooners called Gloucester their home port, sailing to fishing grounds as far as 1,000 miles away in search of finny gold. Both ships and men were called “Gloucestermen” — the ships tall, fast, and beautiful; the men tough, brave, tireless, and justly proud of their work.

12:30 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Fifteen Shades of Blue
Experience the impact of this favorite color during a whirlwind tour of the galleries.

77 Langsford St. Gloucester MA
Open Thurs. through Sunday 12-5pm or by appointment
978-879-4683    •     www.flatrocksgallery.com

Raymond Gonzalez in Concert

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

April 16, 2016, Doors at 7:00 PM Concert Starts 7:30 PM
Tickets $25, $20 for RNAC Members
Buy Now:
http://rockyneckartcolony.org/event/concert-raymond-gonzalez/

ROCKY NECK ART COLONY presents Raymond Gonzalez in concert at The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, Saturday April 16. Doors at 7:00 PM, music begins at 7:30 PM.

Raymond Gonzalez is a composer, arranger, producer and multi-instrumentalist. A professional guitarist since the age of 16, he has traveled extensively throughout the US performing on concert stages, festivals, radio, TV, coffeehouses, house concerts, and most things in between. Classical, celtic, jazz, folk, blues, rock and the avant-garde are all in Raymond’s arsenal of musical styles. He began composing for solo guitar, piano, and small (classical) ensembles at a very young age, which ultimately lead to a Master’s degree in Composition from the New England Conservatory of Music.  He continues to compose and perform in the classical and modern music arena. Raymond taught guitar (all styles) at University of Massachusetts, Boston for 11 years and currently teaches at Salem State University.

ANITA SILVEY
Cape Ann Reads special presenter

Most people can remember a book they loved when they were a child. What was yours?

Saturday April 16 2016 10am – 12pm
Manchester Community Center,
on Beach St., Manchester, MA

Saturday April 16 2016 1pm-3pm
1PM Rockport Public Library,
17 School St, Rockport, MA

The four Cape Ann public libraries and other community partners are promoting children’s picture books throughout 2016 with CAPE ANN READS. Each month there are special free programs. Expert ANITA SILVEY will give two special presentations! Please join us. She will be in Manchester presenting her talk based on her well known book of the same name: Everything I Need to Know I Learned From A Children’s Book.

She will be speaking at the Manchester Community Center, on Beach St. Please register with Sara Collins, Manchester Public Library Director, at scollins@mvlc.org, 978-526-2011 or the TOHP Burnham Library Essex Director, Debbie French, at dfrench@mvlc.org, phone 978-768-7410.

At 1pm Anita Silvey will travel to the Rockport Public Library to speak about “The American Picture Book: The Simplest, Subtlest Art Form of Them All”.  The Rockport Public Library phone number is (978) 546-6934.

For more info:

http://capeannreads.wix.com/picturebooks

http://www.anitasilvey.com/

Joey kicking off bikini dodgeball with sausage and beer

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

Local Artists

East Gloucester
Creative Montessori Based Art Classes
ages 3-7 with Colleen Apostolos-Marsh

978 648 0601
colleenapostolos@gmail.com

Montserrat College of Art
Offers Summer Art Workshops
in June & July in Beverly MA

Montserrat College of Art’s Continuing Education Department is offering 15 different week-long art classes (+ 1 weekend & 1 evening class) for adults through the Summer Immersive Program in June and July on Montserrat’s campus, 23 Essex Street, Beverly, MA. The workshops are open to the public.

Discounts apply if registered before April 10. 

www.montserrat.edu/summer-immersive-workshops

The Summer Immersive Program is designed to allow participants time and instruction to explore new skills or subject through short-term, credit, PDPs and non-credit classes. Classes and workshops include:

• Digital Photography: Seeing like a Camera
• Deepening your Relationship with Painting & Drawing
• Psychological Portraits
• Figure Painting
• Creative Letterpress Projects
• Fabricated Steel Sculpture
• Video Shorts
• Drawing Basics Intensive
• Solar Plate Etching
• Encaustic Painting
• Experimental Film Intensive
• Weaving a Sculptural Narrative
• Collage
• Abstract Drawing
• Exploring Self-Portraits
• Mixed Media Drawing & Painting
• 2D Animation 

Montserrat’s diverse Summer Immersive courses are ideal for adult art enthusiasts of all backgrounds and professions to make the most of this summer learning new skills and insights. The program allows its participants to devote part of the summer to art in the unique environment that only a working art college can offer.

The instructors hail from Montserrat and beyond, and are nationally and internationally recognized artist-educators who form the core of the unique, summer community of adult learners. Their expertise combined with small class sizes ensures an unforgettable experience. Affordable accommodation and optional evening activities foster a residential community of individuals who share the creative spirit and commitment.

Montserrat is approved by the Massachusetts Department of Education as a Professional Development Provider. All courses are eligible for PDP awards.

For more information about the offered courses, instructors or to register, visit: www.montserrat.edu/summer-immersive-workshops or contact Montserrat’s Continuing Education Office at ce@montserrat.edu or 978.921.4242 x1202.

Discounted rates are offered to
educators, seniors and Montserrat alumni.

Cape Ann Artist:
Bobbi Gibb Gallery Opening
Friday, April 8th ~ 6:00pm

Tracksmith Runner’s Lounge and Showroom
899 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02115

Fifty years ago Bobbi Gibb became the first woman to run the Boston Marathon. Artist, athlete and author, Gibb defies professional pigeonholing. Half a century after her momentous run from Hopkinton to Boston, Tracksmith is celebrating her varied and groundbreaking career with the first ever public display of her paintings and sculpture. On Friday April 8th, we invite you to explore Bobbi’s work alongside the artist herself.

For updates, photos and more, visit:
https://TracksmithBobbiGibbGallery.splashthat.com

Rocky Neck Art Colony Annual Fundraiser

“BEAUX ARTS BALL”

Saturday, April 9th at The Studio Restaurant

“Blast From The Past!” is this year’s theme for Rocky Neck Art Colony’s annual fundraising event, the exciting Beaux Arts Ball, Saturday, April 9th at The Studio Restaurant.  Costume Parade through Rocky Neck begins at The Cultural Center 6:30PM.  Party at The Studio Restaurant 7:30PM.  Costumes encouraged but optional.

Tickets $40 until March 31st online at www.rockyneckartcolony.org, $45 at the door.  Costume and Raffle prizes, dancing and food.

The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
Gallery hours, Thurs-Sun, 12:00-4:00 PM

The Rocky Neck Art Colony invites everyone to experience a glorious Colony tradition in artistic self-expression with fun, frolic, food and drink as you strut your stuff in an original costume creation – or not! (costumes optional) There will be costume prizes and fun raffle items!

Ever wish you could have lived in the time of the flappers and the Charleston?  Or the Elizabethan or Victorian eras?  How about the poodle skirt, Peter Pan collar 1950’s. Or the flower child hippie 60’s?     This year’s “Blast From The Past!” theme is an invitation to create a fun frock evoking any period or character from the past.  Whether you create with wild whimsy, ebullient elegance or fashionable flamboyance, leave inhibitions behind while you dance and dazzle with a “Blast from the Past” creation at the glorious Beaux Arts Ball!

God Bless Art
Portraits by self-taught artist
Earle Merchant at the Cape Ann Museum

Opening Reception
Saturday, April 9 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m.

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to announce the opening of their latest exhibition, God Bless Art: The Portraits of Earle Merchant on Saturday, April 9 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. The opening reception is free and open to the public. The exhibition will remain on view through May 27, 2016.

Born in Gloucester in 1903, Earle T. Merchant was a self-taught artist who for many years was the monitor of painting and sketching groups at the Rockport Art Association and the North Shore Arts Association. He graduated from Gloucester High in 1921, earned a law degree from Boston University Law School and returned to Gloucester to practice law. Over a span of 20 years, Merchant captured the personalities and likenesses of hundreds of Cape Ann residents, from local characters such as Floyd the Clam Digger and the Catnip Man, to district judges, ministers and businessmen. The exhibition will include over 70 works of near uniform size (most measure 12” x 18”) dating from 1961 through the early 1970s.

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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 & 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.

Click to read the story behind Laureen Maher’s “We Dive at Five“
part of the exhibit at Lone Gull Coffee House”Tall Tales of Beach and Birdseye”

Gloucester’s Harbortown Cultural District has received funding from the Massachusetts Cultural Council to generate our First Annual “Harbortown Arts Festival” over Memorial Day Weekend 2016.

On Saturday, May 28, we are going to work with local artists, downtown businesses, galleries, and coffee shops located within the Cultural District to open new art shows, host gallery talks or open studio time. We want to generate an “art walk” atmosphere up and down Main Street, Pleasant Street, Middle Street and Rogers Street. We will encourage shops to stay open later than usual to take advantage of the increased foot traffic downtown these evening events will bring.

On Sunday May 29 and Monday 30, Harbortown Cultural District will commission artists to produce creative place-making projects or programs in collaboration with a downtown Harbortown Partner. Harbortown Cultural District will be investing $4,000 directly to our creative community through micro-grants up to $500. We will be promoting the Harbortown Arts Festival widely through print, online and social media.

This packet includes information about the Harbortown Creative Place-Making Grant Program. The link to the online application is on the last page.

GOALS:

Harbortown Cultural District created the Harbortown Arts Festival to:

• Promote Gloucester’s Harbortown Cultural District identity and location downtown
• Reinforce partnerships with the local businesses, artist, cultural non-profits and allies of Harbortown Cultural District (see map above).
• Invest and mobilize the creative community to animate spaces and places within Harbortown Cultural District.

ELIGIBILITY:

Harbortown Creative Place-Making Grants must meet the following criteria to be eligible for funding. The proposed project or program must:

• Occur on private, not public, property.
• Be a non-permanent project or installation

• Be completed by 9 p.m. on Monday, May 30.
• Engage the community in the development or implementation – or both – of the proposed project or program.
• Have a Creative Partner and a Harbortown Partner co-leading the implementation of the proposal.
  • ​Lead Creative Partner(s) of any artistic discipline(s) are welcomed to apply (Examples include but are not limited to dance, music, visual art, literary art, new media, folk art, puppetry, or circus arts).
  • Lead Creative Partner(s) must live within Essex County Massachusetts. Preference is given to Creative Partner(s) residing in the City of Gloucester, followed by residing in a Cape Ann community.
  • Lead Harbortown Partner must be located within the boundary of the Cultural District. While many allies and organizations support the work of Harbortown Cultural District, this grant program is specifically designed for institutions located within the boundaries of the Cultural District, which is referred to as a Harbortown Partner.

Harbortown Creative Place-Making Grants prioritizes projects that:

• Increase access to the arts and cultural equity by valuing the diversity of the City of Gloucester.
• Support art in parts of downtown Gloucester that are historically under-served and under-resourced.
• Support art in sites, spaces and contexts that may not typically be viewed as places for artistic activity.
• Demonstrate diverse and strong artistic expression.
• Seize an opportunity to creatively engage important conversations about Gloucester’s rich cultural legacy – past, present or future.

FUNDING CRITERIA

1. Artistic Strength.

• Creative Partner is the lead artist implementing the project or program.
• Creative Partner leads a clear vision for the proposed project or program.
• Creative Partner resides in Gloucester, Cape Ann or in Essex County.
• Harbortown Partner is located within the Cultural District.

     2. Community Engagement.

• Community is involved in the planning or implementation – or both – of the project or program.
• The project or program will increase the sense of community within and among participants or audience.
• The project or program will celebrate Gloucester’s unique and diverse cultural heritage.
• Efforts will be made to engage populations within the City that are not typically present at Gloucester’s artistic or cultural events.

     3. Feasibility.

• Stated proposal’s scope and schedule will be on time and on budget.
• Creative Partner and Harbortown Partner are able to administer the implementation of the proposed project or program.
• Proposed project or program will help Harbortown Cultural District achieve our stated goals for the Harbortown Arts Festival.
• Funds requested are appropriate and reasonable.
• Proposal confirms that the project or program occurs on private, not public, property.

ONLINE APPLICATION FORM

TIMELINE

Grant applications will close 5:00 pm on Monday, April 18.

Applicants will be notified Monday, May 2 on whether the proposal was accepted or not.

If you have any questions about the Harbortown Arts Festival or the Creative Place-Making Grant Program, please contact:

Rebecca Borden

Chair, Harbortown Cultural District

Email: rebecca.borden@gmail.com

Cell: 202-929-9549

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Gloucester’s Harbortown Cultural District

Rebecca Borden, Chair

Tom Daniel, Past-Chair

Deborah Kelsey, Vice Chair

Rich Weissman, Treasurer

Patty Gates, Secretary

Gloucester, MA 01930

Here is a list of artist in attendance for the Art in the Schoolhouse at the Magnolia Historical Society this weekend:

Audi Souza, Hannah Underwood, Stephen LaPierre, Erika Hanrahan, Amy Smith, David Cox, Pauline Bresnahan, Mary Anne Brewer, Erika Hanrahan, Harriet Harding, Robert Williams, Thom Falzarano, Eileen Oliver, Ashley Curcuru, Harriet Harding, Abby Quinn-Olson, Rusty and Ingrid Kinnunen, Deb Schradieck, Grace Burr, David Fernandes, Bridgette Mathews, Joey Ciaramitaro, Hannah Underwood, John Hazekamp, Michael Foley, Donna Ardizzoni, Ron Pruett, Dimitri Lavrakas, Katherine Bagley, Sue Ann Pearson, Caity O’Leary, Michael Lattof, Ellen EJ Lefavour, & Deborah Falzarano

These folks are doing the the work we need in Gloucester.

New North Shore Artist’s Work on Display at First Ipswich Bank’s Gloucester Branch

First Ipswich Bank is pleased to announce that work by local artist, Marianne Thompson, is on display at its Gloucester branch – 207 Main Street – through April.

An open reception for Marianne will be held at the branch on Friday, March 25 from 2:00 – 4:00 PM to offer the opportunity to meet her and learn more about her work.

Particulate Light. Oil on Canvas, 18x24in. 2012.

Marianne Thompson is a Canadian artist who resides on the North Shore of Massachusetts and has been painting in oils for over 25 years. She began Plein Air painting in 2011 in a group led by Gloucester artist, David P. Curtis, who has been a great mentor to her. Her dedication to the medium of Plein Air oil painting, her aptitude for color, and a unique, fearless style have engendered her success. She finds the wild beauty of Cape Ann compelling and can often be found in Gloucester or Essex attempting to capture it in paint. In addition to selling from her studio gallery at Western Avenue Studios in Lowell and website www.mariannethompson.com, she teaches oil, palette knife and Plein Air painting.

About the program:

One artist’s work will be shown every three months; Marianne’s work will be on display through April. A new artist will then be featured from May through July 2016.

For more information, please contact Rebecca Sumner, Branch Manager at 978-356-3700, or Beth Taber at 978-356-8120.

First Ipswich Bank has branch offices in Essex, Gloucester, Ipswich, Newburyport and Rowley, Massachusetts – you can find them online at www.firstipswich.com. You can find them on Facebook, too.

Seafaring Women of the 19^th Century
An illustrated lecture by Captain Laurel Seaborn

 The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present Seafaring Women of the 19^th Century on Saturday, March 26 at 2:00 p.m..  Laurel Seaborn, a maritime archaeologist and sailing ship captain, will offer an in-depth look at the brave women who went to sea in the nineteenth century. This program is free for CAM members/$10 for non-members (includes Museum admission). For more information please call (978) 283-0455 x10 or email info@capeannmuseum.org.

During the 19th century, when women chose to go to sea in sailing ships, they contributed as nurses, nannies and navigators, and in extreme cases took command of the ship. Their journals describe the objects built or brought on board specifically for them. Besides the beds, chairs, and parlor organs that might be found during an archaeological excavation of a shipwreck, their personal possessions such as jewelry, sewing kits and children’s toys would also convey evidence of how the culture on ships changed with a woman’s presence. The investigation of these artifacts, as clues into the lives of these seafaring women, is part of Captain Seaborn’s ongoing PhD research at University of New Hampshire.

Seaborn returned to university after a career as crew and captain aboard both modern and historic sailing ships. Her work on archaeological projects includes underwater diving excavations of the pirate Blackbeard’s ship Queen Anne’s Revenge in Beaufort, North Carolina, and of Captain Kidd’s ship, Cara Merchant in the Dominican Republic, along with recording the hull shape of the 17th-century Royal warship, Vasa in Stockholm, Sweden.

CALL FOR ENTRIES
Inspired by Home Online Photo Contest

 In conjunction with the exhibition, Design/Build: The Drawings of Phillips & Holloran, Architects, opening June 4, the Cape Ann Museum is hosting an online photography contest. Photographers of all skill levels are invited to submit images based on the theme of “home” that capture the unique character of Cape Ann (photos must be taken in Rockport, Gloucester, Essex or Manchester-by-the-Sea). Whether a physical place, a distant memory or a local reminder, there is inspiration to be found throughout Cape Ann’s distinct architecture, neighborhoods and cultural districts.

Deadline for submissions: April 29, 2016

 Cape Ann Museum staff will select photos for public voting on the basis of creativity, photographic quality and effectiveness in conveying the theme of “home.” Beginning on Friday, May 6, the selected photos will be posted on the Museum’s Facebook page. The public will be encouraged to vote for their favorite photo(s) by “liking” them.

For more information please visit: http://www.capeannmuseum.org/inspired-by-home/

Participants Registered Before May 1 Will Receive a
Custom Rocky Neck 5K T-shirt.

Go to www.rockyneck5k.com to register online or visit the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck Thursday through Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. to obtain a paper registration form.

The event is sponsored by the Rocky Neck Art Colony to benefit Gloucester’s Rocky Neck Cultural District and the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck Building Fund.  With chip-timed results, participants may compete individually or as a team in the popular Team Challenge.  The Run/Walk along the breathtakingly beautiful seaside course will be capped off by a festive post-Race brunch celebration on the deck at Rocky Neck’s The Studio Restaurant.

The Rocky Neck 5K Run/Walk & Team Challenge is a fun community ‘happening’ to benefit RNAC, a neighborhood-based, volunteer organization committed to preserving Rocky Neck’s unique arts and maritime cultural heritage.   Open to all, beginners can experience the joy of exercise in the outdoors while  experienced runners can sharpen their times on a forgiving course.  Everyone will enjoy creating memories individually or in a team with colleagues, family and friends.

The Team Challenge provides a great opportunity for groups from businesses, non-profits, clubs and affiliations of every size to show their colors, build organizational pride and share an experience to be long remembered.

The USATF (United States of America Track and Field) sanctioned event will take off from the Causeway on Rocky Neck.  It will return along Gloucester’s ocean-rimmed Back Shore to finish on Rocky Neck where all participants are invited for a celebratory post-Race brunch and awards  ceremony at The Studio Restaurant and Deck overlooking picturesque Smith Cove on Gloucester Harbor.

The Race start will be at 9 a.m., with packet pickup at Race Headquarters in the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck from 7:00 AM to 8:45 AM. Race participation is limited to 400.  Participants registered before May 1 will receive a custom Rocky Neck 5K T-shirt.

If spots are still available on Race day, walk-in registration will be from 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Sign up early to insure participation. Go to www.rockyneck5k.com to register online or visit the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck Thursday through Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. to obtain a paper registration form.

Volunteers will be positioned to direct visitors to street parking as well as  designated lots in and around Rocky Neck.  Space will be available in Rocky Neck Park along the Causeway for everyone to meet and warm up before the Race kicks off.

This jam is open to any style and all are welcome.  If we get a good turnout we will split it up into two sessions, one in the front and one in the second room “pickin’ parlor”.

Free refreshments (cider, water, cookies, pastry)

57 Washington Street  •  Gloucester, MA 01930  • Tel. (978) 283-9877

BankGloucester is hosting a
public reception for artist Marilyn Swift

Saturday, March 19, 2016 from 11 am to 1 pm
in BankGloucester’s lobby on Main Street.

The reception is a great opportunity to meet Marilyn personally and speak with her regarding her work. Light refreshments will be available.

To learn more about Marilyn Swift, visit her website at www.MarilynSwift.com

BankGloucester Artist Reception
for Marilyn Swift

Artist Reception: March 19, 11:00-1:00
Exhibit: March 12-May 14

BankGloucester • 160 Main St. • Gloucester, MA  01930

BankGloucester is featuring artist Marilyn Swift’s paintings from March 12-May14. An artist reception will take place on March 19 from 11-1 with light refreshments served.

www.bankgloucester.com

Gloucester Education Foundation is proud to host a day of play for Gloucester families. Sponsored by Cape Ann Savings Bank and Cape Ann Trust and Financial Services

Play is an important learning tool that promotes creative and innovative thinking. Play also helps kids develop skills that are a foundation for life-long success, including critical thinking, communication, problem solving, and collaboration. The Power of Play Festival will feature fun family activities throughout the Field House like: collaborative art projects; lego building; kid’s yoga; board games; sand, water and goop tables; obstacle courses; giant building blocks and LOTS more.

https://www.facebook.com/events/440950949436570/

My name is Rachel Refalo and I am the PTO President at West Parish Elementary School in Gloucester.  In September of 2016 we will be blessed with the opening of a new school but the playing fields they are replanting around the school will not be able to be played on until September of 2017 and our beloved Science Park is in quite a state of disrepair. We are hosting a Hollywood themed auction to raise money to make repairs to the Science Park called:

Lights, Camera, Auction!
6pm-11pm at the Cruiseport Gloucester
6 Rowe Square, Gloucester, Ma  01930

Tickets are $25 for 1 person | $40 per couple

Our auction is going live online on March 20, 2016.  There will be mobile items like a Breakfast with Good Morning Gloucester’s own Joey C that can be bid on by people around the country.  People can also attend the live event to bid on mobile or live items.

For more information or to buy tickets people can visit www.biddingforgood.com/westparishschool

West Parish School PTO – BiddingForGood Fundraising Auction

Starting on March 20, 2016, West Parish School PTO will be auctioning off a number of fun and unique items to bid on to raise money for our organization – and more importantly, our beloved Science Park. You can show your support by clicking on the Donate Items button to contribute to our catalog. Give a little and get a lot in return. Whether you have 1 item or 100 to contribute, your participation is an invaluable part of our fundraising efforts. By donating an item or service directly online, you’ll be helping to raise money for our organization, and you’ll receive a mention on our site that can link back to your own web page. You would be a featured donor on our Facebook page, local newspaper ads and on our Star Donor Wall at the event. If you cannot make the event but would still like to support our cause, you may donate cash by clicking on the Donate Cash button. We receive 100% of cash donations so please spread the word! Thank-you for your support!

I can also be emailed at racmatz@hotmail.com

For more information go to:
www.annisquamarts.com

Working with Sista Felicia on her St Joseph plans is always fun because she is so enthusiastic about what she is doing and has such a great eye for attention to detail. She wants it to be perfect and for anyone who has had the privilege of attending a Novena night or St Joseph’s Feast at her house knows she actually achieves perfection. So when Felicia had an idea for an image to be placed over the altar she, of course, knew exactly what she wanted, unfortunately the exact image she wanted was not large enough to be printed really big so we had to find an image that started off close enough and tweak it to be exactly what she wanted. Crowns and angels were added, flower garlands were created and colors were changed to fit in with her vision.

~ James Eves
Creative Director
Cape Ann Giclée

MHM LECTURE SERIES
TUESDAY, MARCH 15

at the Sacred Heart Parish Hall
6:30pm Refreshments, 7pm Program
Members free, Nonmembers $10

Every Room’s a Gallery –
Exploring Our Collection of Fine Art

MHM curator John Huss and Tom Halsted will introduce us to the museum’s collection and the artists who created these works of art.

Please RSVP by the Monday before

Phone: 978-526-7230 or email info@manchesterhistoricalmuseum.org

It’s a Small World – Exploring Our Collection of Miniatures

Saturday, March 19 (10am)
Free Family Program for ages 3 and up

See doll house pieces and other miniatures from the collection. Watch local doll artist, Erin Cherry, demonstrate how she makes tiny peg dolls and make your own.

Our Family programs are sponsored by:  Boston Financial Management,  Logue Insurance Agency Inc., Manchester Travel , New Generation Advisors, LLC, Standley’s Garage and the Manchester Cultural Council.