“The Yard” Solo Show by Gloucester’s Dale Blank

Opening Reception – Sunday, October 4th, 2:00-4:00 PM
Rockport Art Association, 12 Main Street, Rockport MA 01966

“The Yard” is an homage to an old-time family business at a time of accelerating change. In a departure from the landscapes for which she is known through her Cape Ann Calendar, Ms. Blank turns her attention to the shapes, colors, textures and people of Central Auto Parts of Natick, popularly known as “The Yard.”

The show, which runs from Sunday, October 4 through Thursday, October 15, 2015 at the Rockport Art Association, contains some pieces printed on metal, a medium well-suited to the subject. Several of the works have been accepted into prestigious juried shows earlier this year, including “Central,” a portrait of Mark and Clare, which debuted in the National Prize Show at Cambridge Art Association. However, the exhibit, with an opening reception on October 4 from 2-4 pm, is the unveiling of the full collection, shot over the past four seasons and incorporating Yard life over the past year. It is also a tribute to the photographer’s father, a co-founder of The Yard, who passed away this Spring.

Dale Blank earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandeis University. Classes and course work at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Nikon School and elsewhere inform her work. For the past decade Dale has employed a Nikon DSLR camera, currently printing on Epson fine art papers.

Ms. Blank is a member of the Rockport and Cambridge Art Associations (juried admission), the Rocky Neck Art Colony and the Newburyport Art Association, where she has won numerous awards for her works. She has also shown at many other venues and has participated in many juried and invitational exhibitions. Her work is held in private collections from coast to coast.

Dale is the owner of Photography by Dale Blank in Gloucester. Her photographs have appeared in the Cape Ann Map & Visitors Guide and the North of Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau calendar and guide. Her limited edition prints, cards and calendars are sold at numerous venues on the North Shore. For complete information, please visit DaleBlank.com.

This solo show will be on view through October 18^th. The RAA is open Monday – Sunday and is free to the public.

The Rockport Art Association (RAA) is one of the oldest and most active art organizations in the country. The Association has a long and distinguished history that has spanned 94 years. Each year the RAA welcomes thousands of visitors from all over the world. The RAA continues to be one of Cape Ann’s most prominent cultural beacons. Since its founding, the Association has steadily increased in size and currently includes approximately 250 artist & photography members, and hundreds of contributing members. By promoting year-round programs of classes, lectures, demonstrations, exhibitions and community outreach, as well as an impressive museum collection, the RAA remains dedicated to its mission of making fine art appreciation accessible to all. rockportartassn.org/

Natura Naturans Meets Natura Digitalis
(Photography Exhibition)

Opening Reception – Sunday, October 4th, 2:00-4:00 PM
Rockport Art Association, 12 Main Street, Rockport MA 01966

This exhibition is a 2-person show of works by photographers Joe Reardon and digital artist Otto Laske which presents two different, but complementary, interpretations of Nature: what our eye sees more or less directly and what the mind imagines. These two interpretations are inter-related since the eye also imagines just as the mind sees.

In both artists’ work, the photographic or algorithmic capturing of nature produces endless varieties of fauna that turn into imaginary ones, and appear simultaneously as real and allegorical. While Reardon’s shapes represent real objects, their exquisite precision instantly turns them into allegories. While Laske’s shapes often have the energy of drawings, they are close enough to natural phenomena to evoke energies we sense in observing natural growth.

The show uses digital technology in the broadest sense in a way adapted to each artist’s predilections. It expands the notion of Nature beyond what can be seen, close by or at a distance, into what can be viscerally felt and experienced even with eyes closed.

This small group show will be on view through October 18^th. The RAA is open Monday – Sunday and is free to the public.

The Rockport Art Association (RAA) is one of the oldest and most active art organizations in the country. The Association has a long and distinguished history that has spanned 94 years. Each year the RAA welcomes thousands of visitors from all over the world. The RAA continues to be one of Cape Ann’s most prominent cultural beacons. Since its founding, the Association has steadily increased in size and currently includes approximately 250 artist & photography members, and hundreds of contributing members. By promoting year-round programs of classes, lectures, demonstrations, exhibitions and community outreach, as well as an impressive museum collection, the RAA remains dedicated to its mission of making fine art appreciation accessible to all. rockportartassn.org/

Insights On Site at the White-Ellery House

Life Observed – A one-day installation by Sarah Wonson

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present Life Observed, an installation by Sarah Wonson on Saturday, October 3 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This program will take place at the Cape Ann Museum’s historic White-Ellery House (1710) and is free and open to the public as part of Escapes North 17th Century Saturdays. The House is located at 245 Washington Street in Gloucester at the Route 128 Grant Circle Rotary; parking is available off Poplar Street in the field behind the house.

In Life Observed, Wonson’s interests in making art converge with her reverence for Colonial-period architecture. Returning home to Gloucester in 2011 after living away for eight years, Wonson began to take notice of the wealth of beautiful colonial-era homes around Cape Ann; each one with its own character, friendly, foreboding, comical, etc. “I wanted to learn more about Colonial period buildings,” states Wonson, “so I began visual research in The White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs.” These pamphlets, filled with atmospheric, shadowy black and white photographs of historic houses, captivated Wonson, and she has been drawing and contemplating them since. “[While] the formal aspects of the structures interested me initially, over time my focus has shifted towards the relationship between where we dwell and the human imprint we leave behind. The home is not just a building, it is a place where we store our experience.”

6^th Annual Charles Olson Lecture: Michael McClure

Lecture and Readings by Michael McClure

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present, in collaboration with the Gloucester Writers Center and Charles Olson Society, author Michael McClure as this year’s Charles Olson Annual lecturer. The 6^th annual lecture will be held Saturday, October 3 at 1:00p.m. This program is free and open to the public. A book singing will follow. McClure’s book can be purchased at The Bookstore of Gloucester. For more information please email info@capeannmuseum.org or call (978) 283-0455 x10.

In 1954, poet Robert Duncan introduced Michael McClure to poet Charles Olson’s influential manifesto, Projective Verse. McClure’s lecture, entitled The Greatness of Olson will include a discussion about his relationship to Olson, as well as readings from McClure’s most recent work.

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.

Autumn in Art @ Central Street Gallery

Meet our award winning artists
Autumn in art – Opening reception: Saturday, October 3, 5 – 8pm
Open Friday and Saturday evenings

We are happy to present a great selection of recent works inspired by the fall season. Our Gallery director and associates are available and ready to assist you with your selections. Start your collection with us.
Refreshments will be served so please join us, and bring some friends!
Show runs through Sept28, 2015

Member News

We are very proud to announce recent accomplishments by several members.

Richard Giedd: Painting Essex Winter was juried into The Guild of Boston Artists 2015 Regional Exhibition. Show runs Oct 3-27.

William Fusco: Juried into North Shore Art Assoc. as an artist member

Barbara Levine: Juried into the Concord Art Assoc. 16th Roddy exhibition for her painting Spring

Grace Vasta-Carr: Awarded the Chipp Davis Wells and Amee B Davis Memorial Award for excellence in painting at the Rockport Art Assoc. for her painting Hollyhocks

Phyllis Feld The Way of Space In The Landscape solo show at the Northshore Art Association Sept 3 thru 26

Enhance your life with art…

Celebrate Wearable Art

Hear from the artists featured in seARTS’ Wearable Art Show

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present highlights from seARTS’ 2015 Celebrate Wearable Art III show including an expert panel discussion on fashion and wearable art’s place on Cape Ann and beyond. This program will take place on Thursday, October 1 at 7:00p.m and is offered in collaboration with seARTS. Tickets are $10 Museum members/$15 nonmembers. Reservations are required. Please contact (978) 283-0455 x10 or info@capeannmuseum.org for tickets and reservations. Tickets can also be purchased online at Eventbrite.

For information about the Celebrate Wearable Art III show on September 27, please contact seARTS directly at (978)281-1222.

Whether born, working or living on Cape Ann, the panelists of Celebrate Wearable Art have used their skills in varying ways. Hear from ceramicists, jewelry-makers, fashion designers and metal smiths at the beginning of their careers or some with over thirty years of experience.

 The Celebrate Wearable Art expert panel discussion will be moderated by George Summers, fiber artist and retail shop manager for the Boston Society of Arts and Crafts and Gail McCarthy, Arts Editor for the Gloucester Daily Times. Panelists, including Diane K.W., Beth Williams and Jen Greeke will discuss their inspiration, techniques and process. On display will be the wearable art of panelists K.W. and Greeke, as well as Camilla MacFadyen, Richard Crangle and Donna Caselden.

9-11 to the Present: the State of Intelligence and National Security
Lecture by Mary Margaret Graham

Thursday, October 1, 2015, 7PM  at The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck

6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA 01930 • Gallery hours, Thurs-Sun, 12:00-6:00 PM

The Rocky Neck Art Colony welcomes back Mary Margaret Graham to lecture on the state of intelligence and national security in the post/9-11 age almost 15 years since the terrorist attack on American soil.

About Mary Margaret Graham

Education

Mrs. Graham is a graduate of Marywood College in Scranton, Pennsylvania and obtained a Masters degree in Russian Studies at The Maxwell School of Syracuse University. She and her husband, Ian, live in Ipswich, Massachusetts.

Career

In May 2005, Mary Margaret Graham was appointed as the first Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Collection. In this role, she worked on behalf of the Director of National Intelligence to conceptualize and manage DNI oversight of intelligence collection programs across the IC. She was responsible for developing a dynamic, enterprise approach to intelligence collection as well as planning for future intelligence capabilities to ensure national priorities were reflected in systems acquisition decisions.

Mrs. Graham previously served as CIA’s Associate Deputy Director for Operations for Counterintelligence. In her 29+ years with the CIA she had numerous field and headquarters assignments. From 1999 to 2001, Mrs. Graham served as Chief of the National Resources Division; from 1998 to1999 she served as the Deputy Chief of the Europe Division. She also served as the Executive Assistant to William Crowell, then Deputy Director of the National Security Agency, in the mid-1990s.

Following her retirement, Mrs. Graham was a Visiting Fellow at Harvard’s JFK School of Government.

Honors and Awards

Mrs. Graham has earned several prestigious medals for her service: the National Intelligence Distinguished Service Medal and the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal in 2008, the Secretary of Defense Medal for Meritorious Civilian Service in 2008, the Intelligence Medal of Merit in 2005, the Donovan Award in 2001, and the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement in 1996.

Current Activities

Mrs. Graham currently serves on the Board of Directors of the CIA Officers Memorial Foundation as well as on the Board of Directors of the National Intelligence University Foundation. In addition, she serves on the Intelligence Advisory Board for The Mitre Corporation. Mrs. Graham is also a docent at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts and is a member of the MFA’s Patron Steering Committee.

Artist Katherine Chang-Liu Lecture
“Influences and New Realism”

at the North Shore Arts Association

“Influences and New Realism”, nationally acclaimed Artist Katherine Chang-Liu will give a Lecture at the North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester, MA, Thursday, October 1, at 7 pm, with Introduction by renowned Rockport artist Ron Straka. Admission is $20 per person.  Early ticket purchase strongly suggested – Seating Limited.  Net proceeds to benefit NSAA

For California based artist Katherine Chang-Liu, painting begins with the concept, an idea drawn from personal experience, which she expresses through an abstract assemblage of color and shape.  What is especially fascinating in Liu’s work are the details that lead to reflections about the unfinished state of things.  She says that the West is obsessed with time, and asks how would our perception and goals change if we were to be defined by our pace?  You can say that Katherine Chang-Liu’s work encourages us to pace life, to return to introspection, examine the past, and in general, to slow down.

Chang-Liu’s work has won 49 awards, been featured in 40 books and 98 magazine or newspaper articles.  A recipient of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, her work can be found in over 1100 public, private and corporate art collections.  In 2012 Ms. Chang-Liu received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Watercolor USA Honor Society.

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

Neil Linsenmayer Solo Show

at North Shore Arts Association

North Shore Arts Association presents Rockport artist (and former CIA Analyst), Neil Linsenmayer in a fascinating solo show he has entitled “Going Back in Time.”  Come ‘imagine history’ through the eyes of an artist whose work has graced the covers of many Cape Ann community publications including North Shore Magazine.  Exhibition runs Thursday, October 1 –  Sunday, October 24.

Neil Linsenmayer is intrigued by the subtle ways in which light, color and shape interact especially as reflected in the natural sea and landscapes of Cape Ann.

He shares, “whenever I come upon a scene that cries out to be painted, it is almost always because of something unusual in the interplay of these elements  – the way light reflects off one surface onto another, changing its color, luminosity and character.  Light and color give form to objects and are vital to creating the illusion of space.  They are key to recreating the mood of the scene, be it lively, serene, or somber.”

Linsenmayer’s paintings often feature old and worn objects, particularly architectural  and marine objects that reflect the stories their age has to tell.  He says, “The challenge is to bring out the essential dignity in these worn objects, and to invite the viewers to join me in imagining their history.”

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

Guided Walking Tours Offered by Cape Ann Museum

Explore downtown Gloucester through the historic lens of maritime painter Fitz Henry Lane

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present Fitz Henry Lane’s Gloucester, a guided walking tour, on Saturday,  September 26 at 10:00 a.m. Explore downtown Gloucester and discover what it was like in the 19th century when Fitz Henry Lane roamed the streets and painted the views. Tours last about one and a half 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.

Fitz Henry Lane was a Cape Ann artist, printmaker and world-renowned American marine painter. With his subtle use of gleaming light, Lane is generally regarded as one of the finest 19th century practitioners of the style known as luminism. The Cape Ann Museum’s unparalleled collection of works by Fitz Henry Lane – which includes paintings, drawings and lithographs – is on permanent display in the gorgeously renovated Lane Gallery, a space fully devoted to Lane’s life and work.

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.

‘Portraits from the Motherland’

Photographs by Ron Wyman and Anne Rearick Sept.24-Oct 11th

With their new show, ‘ Portraits from the Motherland’, Flatrocks Gallery invites you to experience two distincly different worlds in Africa as witnessed by the gifted Cape Ann photographers: Ron Wyman and Anne Rearick . The show opens September 24 and runs through October 11th.

An artist’s reception will be held Sat., Sept 26th, 6-8pm.

To compliment this show,  Flatrocks will show Ron Wyman’s  recent feature documentary titled “Agadez, the Music and the Rebellion” that profiles the extraordinary Tuareg guitarist, Bombino, on Thurs. Oct 1st at 7pm. . On Sat. Oct. 3rd at 7:30pm the African band M’Bolo will perform, (a suggested donation of $10) and on Sat. Oct. 10th at 5pm there will be a talk with artists RonWyman and Anne Rearick.

77 Langsford St. Gloucester, MA (978)879-4683
Open Thurs-Sun noon to 5 and by appointment
www.flatrocksgallery.com or visit us on facebook.

“Inner Field”, Exhibit of Cripple Cove Studios

September 24-October 18, 2015

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

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 26, 4:00-6:00 PM

Exhibit Event: Poetry & Conversation: Sunday October 4, 4:00-6:00 PM

Gloucester MA, August 6, 2015 — The Rocky Neck Art Colony is presenting an exciting exhibition entitled “Inner Field”. This group show by the seven artists of Cripple Cove Studios highlights each artist’s exploration of their own inner field. At the same time it reflects on the interconnections created by the space they share. The artists include: Anna Vojtech, Sinikka Nogelo,  Linda Lagano Sojda, Sandy Simon, Terry Del Percio- Piemonte, Mary Davies Cole, Deborah Flynn Aldrich, joined by sculptor Roland Cornelis.

The public is invited to an opening reception for the artists on Saturday, September 26, 4:00-6:00 PM. Light refreshments will be served in the recently air-conditioned space. Music by Barb Levine on the hammered dulcimer.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

As artists, we each retreat into our own inner field in order to create meaningful art.  As members of Cripple Cove Studios, we share the inner field of this dedicated space. Crossing the threshold, each artist leaves the outside world behind to cultivate, imagine and discover their own artistic journey.

On Sunday October 4, from 4:00-6:00 PM, join the Cripple Cove artists for a poetry reading by former Cripple Cove member and poet, Dorothy Shubow Nelson and a conversation on “Inner Field: Yours, Mine and Ours”.

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The Rocky Neck Art Colony, a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization nurtures excellence in the arts through exhibitions, workshops, residencies and vibrant cultural events for its members and the public. Long renowned for its luminous light, this harbor and coastal location has been a magnet for some of the most revered realist 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

Artist Talk with Copley Society of Art’s Abby Lammers

Join Abby Lammers, recipient of the 2015 Charles Family Cape Ann Residency.

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present, in partnership with the Copley Society of Art (CoSo), an artist talk with this year’s artist-in-residence, Abby Lammers on Sunday, September 20 at 2:00p.m. in the auditorium. This program is free for CoSo and CAM members or with admission to the Museum. The residency was created by the Charles Family Foundation as a dedication to and promotion of the North Shore and Boston art communities. For more information email info@capeannmuseum.org or call (978) 283-0455 x10.

 Lammers will discuss her development as an artist with a love of design. She will present her process and touch upon her influences in color and composition. Examples of finished works and sketchbooks will be on display.

“I try to portray a unique vision of my subjects, so that everyday life becomes a little less invisible.”

Abby Lammers, is a native of Missouri and works full time as an artist from her studios in East Falmouth, MA and Rochester, NY. Her work has been featured in numerous group and solo shows at museums, galleries and cultural centers throughout the United States.  In her seventeen year career her accomplishments include acceptance into over 196 national exhibitions and winning over 62 awards.

http://www.abbylammers.com/

Cape Ann Museum hosts Educators’ Open House

Bringing local art and history into the classroom.

The Cape Ann Museum warmly welcomes all curious and creative educators to an Open House on Tuesday, September 29 from 4:00p.m. to 6:00p.m. Meet with local teachers while exploring the galleries and learn about the many ways in which the Museum’s collections are being used in the classroom today. For more information, please email Liza Browning at lizabrowning@capeannmuseum.org or call (978) 283-0455, x16.

Early in the evening, past and present local teachers will be on hand to share their experiences collaborating with the Museum and Museum Educator Liza Browning. Following tours of the galleries, Senior Researcher Melissa Trafton will guide educators through a demonstration of Fitz Henry Lane Online. This state-of-the-art web-based resource combines a free public catalog of world-renowned American marine artist Fitz Henry Lane’s paintings and drawings, with research into the history of the 19th-century coastal life he portrayed in his works. Former CAM Director of Education Courtney Richardson will join Trafton to model lesson plans that put to use the many facets of this online tool, including original documents pulled from the Museum’s archives – most rarely seen by the public – which offer a fuller understanding of the history of fishing, maritime activity and life along the New England coast. The evening concludes with a wine and cheese reception where teachers will have a chance to share ideas and discuss future collaborations. Educators from schools throughout the North Shore are welcome to attend free of charge.

The Museum hosts field trips and offers classroom visits throughout the year. Museum Educator Liza Browning will be available for question regarding this resource.

The Fitz Henry Lane Online project is generously funded by: Danversbank Charitable Foundation, John H. and H. Naomi Tomfohrde Foundation, Wyeth Foundation for American Art and National Endowment for the Arts.

Last Chance to see

Shaun McNiff: Moments of Solitude
at flatrocks gallery.

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

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Peace Fest

Sunday, September 20, 12:30-5pm
Harvey Park, Downtown Rockport (Broadway and Mount Pleasant St)

Free concert, music, art, food, fun and games. www.rockportuu.org/events

“Artists Greats” Exhibition

North Shore Arts Association celebrates its “Year of The Artist” with a spectacular and historic ‘best of the best’ “Artists’ Greats” artist member exhibition with Opening Day on Thursday, September 3rd. ‘Meet the Artists Reception’, Sunday, September 20, 2-4 pm. Show runs through September 26th. Open free to the public.

Phyllis Feld Solo Show “The Way of the Landscape”

NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOCIATION presents one of Cape Ann’s extraordinary landscape artists, Phyllis Feld, in her exciting new Solo Show, “The Way of Space in The Landscape.”  Opening day is September 3, and the show runs through September 26.  All are invited to a “Meet the Artist Reception” on Sunday, September 20, 2-4 pm.  Free and open to the public.

Members Retrospective

NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOCIATION ARTIST MEMBERS’ RETROSPECTIVE.  OVER 200 MASTERWORKS ON EXHIBIT!  All are invited to a “MEET THE ARTISTS” RECEPTION on Sunday, September 20, 2 – 4pm, at the North Shore Arts Association’s stunning harbor side galleries on Smith’s Cove in East Gloucester.  North Shore Arts Association’s Artist Members have selected the work that best reflects their evolution as artists, and which they consider representative of their best work.  Considered Masterworks, many pieces have won awards from the most highly regarded and prestigious national art societies and academies like the National Academy of Design and the American Watercolor Society, and have never before been shown together.  This special exhibition runs through Saturday, October 10th.  OPEN FREE TO THE PUBLIC.

Rockport artist John Terelak Solo Show

North Shore Arts Association is honored to offer the work of internationally acclaimed Rockport artist John C. Terelak in a stunning solo show of his masterworks.  Entitled “50 Years at The Easel,” the exhibit’s Opening Day is September 3rd and runs through September 26th.  “Meet The Artist Reception” is Sunday, September 20, 2-4 pm.  All are invited.  Free and open to the public.

“Painting is a personal love affair!” declares Cape Ann’s own John C. Terelak.   His love affair with painting began when, working at his easel during his last year of art study at Vesper George school in Boston, Terelak experienced a moment of  epiphany.  “In that one moment I knew I would make painting my life’s work.”  After completing his studies he was invited in 1963 to study on Cape Ann with revered artist and teacher Don Stone, and never left what he describes as “an artist’s paradise.”

The North Shore Arts Association’s galleries are open, free to the public, Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, Noon to 5 p.m. 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 OFFERING
Painting Restoration Assessments by Roy Blankenship, Fellow, AIC and NSAA member.

Saturday, September 19^th, 1:30 – 3 pm.
Up to three paintings.  Free of Charge.  Open to the public.

 If you have a painting that is showing signs of aging, and would like a one to one Restoration Assessment (this is NOT an appraisal of value) by a professional painting restorer, come to the North Shore Art Association on Saturday, September 19^th, from 1:30 pm to 3 pm.   For up to three paintings you can enjoy a restoration assessment by artist member, restorer, and Fellow of The Institute of Conservators, Roy Blankenship.

Roy Blankenship has consulted and professionally restored fine art for museums, galleries, public, private, and institutional collections including many of the priceless paintings owned by the New England Historic Genealogical Society in Boston.  In addition to his 47 years experience in art restoration, both he and his wife Lois Showalter Blankenship are professional artists.  More info www.royblankenship.com.

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

CAM Connections Third Tuesdays

Reconnecting older adults to art and their community

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to welcome older adults and care partners to CAM Connections , on Tuesday,  September 15 at 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.. This program meets on the third Tuesday of every month and is free and open to the public. Reservations are required – to make a reservation or for more information please call (978)283-0455 x12 or email katelachance@capeannmuseum.org.

The Cape Ann Museum CAM Connections Third Tuesdays program brings art, culture and history to underserved seniors in the Cape Ann community. The program offers personal engagement with the Museum collection through small group art conversations. The heart of the program is to create space for a meaningful experience in the welcoming environment of the Museum, where participants can share responses and reflections as well as form new social connections. Individuals with memory challenges and their care partners are warmly welcomed.

Third Tuesdays offers seniors the experience of slowing down and becoming still to look closely at art with others. During small group conversation, participants view paintings, objects and artifacts in an open-ended discussion format, stimulating personal curiosities and stories, while having fun, growing and learning together.

The Cape Ann Museum, a regional center of local art, history and culture, has a treasured collection that resonates with the personal and collective history of seniors with ties to the region. Committed to improving the lives of seniors, CAM Connections values the arts as healing and believes active engagement with the arts offers needed connection, reduces isolation and promotes health and well being. Past participants have witnessed the many ways the Museum’s unique collection offers a bridge to a meaningful and enriching life experience.

Trails & Sails at the Cape Ann Museum
Hopper’s Houses – A Guided Walking Tour

A tour in downtown Gloucester to view houses immortalized by renowned American realist painter Edward Hopper

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present, in tandem with The Essex National Heritage Commission’s Trails & Sails Weekend of Walks and Water, a guided walking tour of select Gloucester houses made famous by American realist painter Edward Hopper on Saturday, September 19 at 10:00 a.m. Tours last about 1 ½ hours and are held rain or shine; participants should be comfortable being on their feet for that amount of time. The tour, along with Museum admission, is offered at no charge on a first come, first served basis. Space is limited, no reservations. For additional information please email info@capeannmuseum.org or call (978) 283-0455 x10 during Museum hours.

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.

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Poppa Cigar

Friday 8-11pm

Come party with Poppa Cigar at the beautiful Floating Lotus Lounge. This space has a beautiful ambiance and a large dance floor. 10.00 suggested donation.

Saturday at 7:00pm

OPENING HEARTS❤ BUILDING COMMUNITY. A Blissful Evening of Chant & Meditation with Shankari & the Ananda Shantii Band! Please join me Saturday, September 12th @ 7 pm @ Floating Lotus Gloucester~David Williss on drums & Alise Ashby on keyboard & Shankari leading the Call & Response chant. $10 suggested donation.

Floating Lotus Gloucester
169 Main St, Gloucester, Massachusetts

www.floatinglotus.net

All The Light We Can See
Jennifer McCurdy Carved Porcelain
Janis Sanders Oil on Canvas

Show Dates: September 12 ⎯ October 18, 2015
Opening: Saturday, September 12, 6-8pm

Jennifer McCurdy From the cracked conch shell on the beach revealing its perfect spiral, to the milkweed pod burst in the field, its brilliant airborne seeds streaming into the sunlight. She is concerned with the play of shadow on form, the elusive glimpse of light absorbed or reflected in the balance between convex and concave. Recently she has been magnifying that light in explorations with gold leaf gilding that illumines vessel interiors to reveal new curves and patterns. Jen has been selling her porcelain in art shows and galleries for the last thirty years and her work is included in the collections of several institutions, including the Smithsonian Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC, the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, NY, and the American Museum of Ceramic Art in Pomona, CA.  She maintains a studio in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts.

Janis Sanders is an accomplished oil painter, who has won awards for his unique painting style. He works with a palette knife, spontaneously and vigorously, often en plein air. Throughout the year he can be found painting in places of beauty, including the grassy dunes of Truro, the calm marshes of the North Shore and the rugged coast of Maine. Janis attempts to capture the smell and feel of place; salt air, sea spray, summer grass, verdant marsh, an old house on the water’s edge, wind in hair, sun on face. His self-assigned task is to “convey the ethereal thing of light in paint, as the sun casts its breath on the world.”  Janis is represented in galleries throughout New England as well as Santa Fe. His work hangs in prestigious collections in the United States and overseas.

Last Chance to See:

Beauty in Nature: Diane Chen KW, Hand Carved Vessels

Show Dates: August 7-September 7, 2015

Location: Lexicon Gallery, 15 Lexington Ave.#1, Magnolia, MA

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

Diane works in partnership, each piece a collaboration with a ceramic artist who throws or hand-builds the form she carves in exquisite detail with echoes of organic elements such as interwoven vines, grasses, ropes, flowers, roots and leaves. Often there is a trace of whimsy, i.e., teapots that hold no water. Lexicon Gallery hours are fri-sun 12-5pm and mon 4-7pm during the Magnolia Farmers Market or for appt email seyrelwilliams@gmail.com

15 Lexington Ave, Magnolia, MA 01930
Hours: Fri-Sun 12-5pm
Mon 4-7pm During Magnolia Farmers Market
Or By Appt SeyrelWilliams@gmail.com
www.LexiconGallery.com

Insights On Site at the White-Ellery House

Picasso’s Women – A one-day installation by Gabrielle Barzaghi

 The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present an installation of sketches by Gabrielle Barzaghi entitled The Picasso Women Visit the White-Ellery House, on Saturday, September 5 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. This program will take place at the Cape Ann Museum’s historic White-Ellery House (1710) and is free and open to the public as part of Escapes North 17th Century Saturdays. The House is located at 245 Washington Street in Gloucester at the Route 128 Grant Circle Rotary; parking is available off Poplar Street in the field behind the house.

Gabrielle Barzaghi graduated from the Boston Museum School in 1978. She moved to Gloucester in the mid-1990s and has taught drawing as a Senior Lecturer at the New England School of Art and Design at Suffolk University in Boston for many years. She is a recipient of a Massachusetts Cultural Council grant for drawing and has participated in many invitational and group shows throughout the region. Her work has been shown at the Boston MFA, the Currier Museum, the Fuller Museum and the Cape Ann Museum.

Artist’s Statement: Many of my works spring from my imagination, while others are the result of close observation and drawing from life. Often my drawings are a mixture of both, with close observation in the past serving my visual memory in the present. The themes are of myth and transcendence.

The White-Ellery House has served as the backdrop for a series of one-day contemporary art installations (Insights On Site) for seven years running. It was built in 1710 and is one of just a handful of First Period houses in Eastern Massachusetts that survives to this day. Unlike other structures of this period, the largely unfurnished house has had very few interior alterations over the years. Stepping inside today, visitors enter much the same house they would have 300 years ago. The historic home is open on the first Saturday of the month from May through October as part of Escapes North 17th Century Saturdays.

Hopper’s Houses – A Guided Walking Tour

A tour in downtown Gloucester to view houses immortalized by renowned American realist painter Edward Hopper

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, September 5  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 September 12 and 19.

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.

Guided Walking Tours Offered by Cape Ann Museum

Explore downtown Gloucester through the historic lens of maritime painter Fitz Henry Lane

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present Fitz Henry Lane’s Gloucester, a guided walking tour, on Saturday,  September 5 at 10:00 a.m. Explore downtown Gloucester and discover what it was like in the 19th century when Fitz Henry Lane roamed the streets and painted the views. Tours last about one and a half 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 September 26.

Fitz Henry Lane was a Cape Ann artist, printmaker and world-renowned American marine painter. With his subtle use of gleaming light, Lane is generally regarded as one of the finest 19th century practitioners of the style known as luminism. The Cape Ann Museum’s unparalleled collection of works by Fitz Henry Lane – which includes paintings, drawings and lithographs – is on permanent display in the gorgeously renovated Lane Gallery, a space fully devoted to Lane’s life and work.

Tonight

Visions and Archetypes

A Show of Originals and Giclée Prints
by Baraka Robin Berger at Cape Ann Giclee

Opening Reception:
Tonight, September 3, 2015 ~ 5 to 8pm

Location: Cape Ann Giclée Gallery 20 Maplewood Ave, Gloucester, MA 01930

Show Dates: September 3rd through 30th, 2015

Gallery Hours: Monday thru Friday ~ 10am-5pm Saturday ~ by appointment

Tomorrow Night

NORTH SHORE PRINTS

August 27-September 20, 2015
The Cultural Center Gallery, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Gallery hours: Thursday-Sunday, 12:00-6:00 PM

Opening Reception: Friday, September 4, 5:00-7:00 PM

Printmaking Demonstrations: Saturday, September 5, 2:00-6:00 PM

The Rocky Neck Art Colony is presenting an exciting exhibition featuring the work of artists who explore the possibilities of the print. NORTH SHORE PRINTS is coming to the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck for four weeks from August 27- September 20, and documents a relatively unsung medium and the Cape Ann artists who create them. Despite the fact that artists as diverse as Rembrandt and Rauschenberg considered printmaking an integral aspect of their overall oeuvre, the genre is often cast as a lesser art form. NORTH SHORE PRINTS celebrates the artists and a wide variety of printmaking techniques they employ.

The public is invited to an opening reception for the artists on Friday, September 4, 5:00-7:00 PM. Light refreshments will be served in the recently air-conditioned space.

Celebrating art at G19 with owner Cynthia Belchou. Come on down to 19 Broadway, Rockport. We’ll be partying into the night (10ish).

Tonight at Cape Ann Giclée

Please join us for the 4 person photography show “by Land, Sea, and Sky” August 6 – 30, 2015. Photographic works by Merlyn Caswell-Mackey, David Fernandes, Law Hamilton, and Ricardo Marnoto will be featured. Check out the facebook event page for more info.

20 Maplewood Ave., Gloucester, MA 01930
(978) 546-7070 • info@capeanngiclee.com • www.capeanngiclee.com

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.

Shaun McNiff: Moments of Solitude

Flatrocks Gallery’s new show features Shaun McNiff: Moments of Solitude, through September 20th.

Reception for the artist on August 29th from 6-8pm.

The gallery is open Thursday- Sunday noon- 5pm and by appointment (978)879-4683 Flatrocks Gallery – 77 Langsford St., Gloucester.

Shaun McNiff is a busy guy. An internationally recognized leader in the arts in therapy, his fourteenth book, Imagination in Action: Secrets for Unleashing Creative Expression, has just been published by Shambhala, he has lectured and taught throughout the world, received various honors and awards, was appointed as Lesley University’s first University Professor in 2002, and he paints….and paints and paints! “Painting is my most consistent discipline of imaginative inquiry and expression,” states McNiff.  He shares with us his newest works, responses to his home here on Cape Ann. They are lush with the earthy tones of sea, sky and woods, quiet and sanctity. Earlier Cape Ann artists Nell Blaine, Stuart Davis, and Marsden Hartley are evoked in his sure brush strokes, the strong sense of identification with his surroundings.  “As we explored a title for this exhibit, I realized that all of the paintings share a feeling of Solitude that permeates much of my art over the years. As I say in my work with the psychology of art, the image is always a step ahead of the reflecting mind and art-making reveals the life we are living and cannot yet see. I need solitude, lots of it. I always thought it was because I spend so much time with people. But it is really about having an opportunity to reflect and to be with the others of life teeming in every space even when we are alone. For me it is the creative space. Rather than being detached or lonely, solitude is an express-way for communion with life through art.”

Gloucester’s Middle Street
An ever evolving neighborhood

Guided walking tour offers historic perspective

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present Historic Middle Street, a guided walking tour of one of Gloucester’s many historically rich streets, on Saturday, August 29 at 10:00 a.m. The tour meets at the Cape Ann Museum at 27 Pleasant Street and lasts about 1 1/2 hours. Tours are held rain or shine. Cost is $10 for Museum members; $20 nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Space is limited, reservations required. Email info@capeannmuseum.org or call (978) 283-0455, x16 for more information or to reserve a spot. Additional walking tours are offered through the end of September – please visit capeannmuseum.org/events to find out more.

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.

An entrancing and magical experience. Gongs, Singing Bowls, Angelic Voicing, Chimes and more will lead you into deep states of relaxation with ELAINE O’ROURKE.

Elaine utilizes her knowledge of Yoga and Sound to balance the chakras and guide you on a multi-layered journey unlike any other. She is a most talented sound healer, yoga teacher and recording artist.

Please REGISTER in advance as space is limited:
http://www.floatinglotus.net/products/full-moon-sound-healing-odyssey or call 978-546-2367. $25 Suggested donation.

This is taking place at the NEW FLOATING LOTUS store, 169 Main St, GLOUCESTER.

Please BRING your OWN MAT/BLANKETS for comfort.