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.

Mug Mondays

Mondays 4-7pm
During Magnolia Farmers Market

Pottery for Sale from the Cape Ann Community
Come and Find your Treasure

Lexicon Gallery
Location: 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

Floating Lotus Gloucester Presents 35th Parallel
Saturday, August 22nd at 7:30 pm

Described by Showcase Magazine as “One of New England’s most innovative ensembles,” 35th Parallel takes the listener on a sinuous journey around the globe. Multi-instrumentalists Mac Ritchey and Gabe Halberg weave a sonic spell, winding a musical trail through the Middle East, North India, North Africa, and the Mediterranean.

We are honored to bring back these great musicians to our new space at 169 Main St. in Gloucester,MA.

Tickets: http://www.floatinglotus.net/products/35th-parallel

The historic North Shore Arts Association opens an exciting Artist Members’ Small Works Exhibit, July 30 – August 29, and offers its First Juried Associate Members’ Show of the 2015 Season, August 6 – August 29.   **Receptions for both the Small Works and Associate Members’ Exhibits will be held Sunday, August 23, 1 – 3 pm.   Refreshments served.  Open and free to the public.

Many giants of the art world including Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Vermeer painted much treasured and highly prized Small Art works.  The appeal of small works is manifold with flexible display options:  the work can be clustered in and around other pieces; or placed in tiny, sometimes awkward spaces; or hung in discreet groupings, and easily placed on small easels atop a side table, and, often, lower price points are also an advantage.  The main appeal, however, is to enjoy an intimate and crystallized expression of the artist’s focused vision.

Come join the North Shore Arts Association as it celebrates its “Year Of The Artist!” with a Small Works members exhibition and Associate Members Show.

Discover John Sloan’s Gloucester
August 21st

A gallery tour with curator Martha Oaks

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present a special gallery tour with Cape Ann Museum curator Martha Oaks on Friday, August 21 at 9:30 a.m. Cost is $10 for Museum members; $15 nonmembers (includes admission). Space is limited; reservations required. For reservations and tickets please call (978)283-0455 x10 or email info@capeannmuseum.org.

One of this country’s most important artists of the early 20th century and a highly respected teacher, John Sloan (1871-1951) spent five summers—1914 through 1918—living and working on Cape Ann. During that time he created nearly 300 finished oil paintings, using Gloucester’s rugged landscape as a backdrop to experiment with color and explore ideas about form, texture and light. Arguably the most productive period of his career, the body of work that Sloan created during this time continues to astonish and delight viewers a century after it was completed.

The Cape Ann Museum is proud to have five major works by John Sloan in its permanent collection:  Sunflowers, Rocky Neck, 1914; Old Cone (Uncle Sam), 1914; Glare on the Bay, c.1914; Red Warehouses at Gloucester, 1914; and Dogtown, Ruined Blue Fences, 1916.  Approximately 30 additional works, drawn from public and private collections across the country, will also be on display.

Lighthouse Cruise
August 22nd

Circumnavigate Cape Ann by boat to view historic lighthouses and more

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (August 11, 2015) – The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to offer a lighthouse cruise with Harbor Tours of Cape Ann on Saturday, August 22 at 10:00 a.m. For this trip, a Museum docent will be on board to answer questions and provide insight into the history and culture of Cape Ann. $25 members. $35 nonmembers. Advance tickets required. Please call (978)283-0455 x10 or email info@capeannmuseum.org for more information.

Enjoy the history and beauty of Cape Ann’s coast – up close! Presented by Cape Ann’s longest-running sightseeing company, you’ll get views of the Cape you can’t reach by car – or on any other boat trip! Bring your camera – you’ll see historic lighthouses, Gloucester’s fishing fleet, lobstermen, drawbridges, islands, and Cape Ann’s spectacular natural beauty. Learn about some of the names of famous artists and poets that spent time here painting and writing. Hear about the great granite industry that flourished here for many years.

Restrooms, snacks and drinks are available on board. Trip length is approximately 2-1/2 hours.

Hopper’s Houses
A Guided Walking Tour
August 22nd

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, August 22 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. The Hopper’s Houses tour will also be offered on August 22.

American realist painter Edward Hopper is known to have painted in Gloucester on five separate occasions during the summer months in the years 1912, 1923, 1924, 1926 and 1928. His earliest visit in 1912 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.

Sparkling Summer Evening: Jewelry at Historic New England and Rocky Neck Art Colony

Thursday, August 20, 5:30pm – 7:30pm

The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck

6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, Mass.

$10 Historic New England and RNAC members, $15 non-members

Gloucester MA — Historic New England and Rocky Neck Art Colony are pleased to announce a joint program in cooperation with Hughes-Bosca/Side Street Gallery. Join Associate Curator Laura Johnson for a lecture illustrating some of Historic New England’s extensive jewelry collection. This talk will focus on jeweled gifts such as watches, rings, bracelets, and cuff links that marked major life transitions and helped men and women tell stories about themselves and their families. Through these heirlooms this talk explores how New Englanders mark their important moments and memories of love and life. The lecture is followed by a walking tour of Rocky Neck Art Colony, with a visit to Hughes-Bosca/Side Street Gallery and Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck, where contemporary jewelers will answer questions about materials, methods, and techniques. Light refreshments provided.

Registration is required. Please visit the Historic New England website for information and to reserve a space. Seating is limited.

http://shop.historicnewengland.org/BEA-LECTURE-9738/

IMAGE CREDITS:

Brooch and Heart Pin: Historic New England Collection

Pendant and Bracelet: Hughes-Bosca Gallery

About Historic New England

Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House is one of thirty-six historic sites owned and operated by Historic New England, the oldest and largest regional heritage organization in the nation. Historic New England shares the region’s history through vast collections, publications, public programs, museum properties, archives, and family stories that document more than 400 years of life in New England. For more information visit www.HistoricNewEngland.org.

Opening Hidden Doors: The Unifying Power of Art

Third Tuesdays Program Reconnects Older Adults to Art and Their Community

The Cape Ann Museum announces the beginning of a unique new program, CAM Connections Third Tuesdays, which brings Cape Ann art, culture and history to older adults in the local community, and invites individuals with memory challenges and their care partners to be part of the experience. The program offers meaningful engagement with the Museum collection through small group conversation in the galleries on the third Tuesday of each month from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon.

The heart of the Third Tuesdays program is to create a welcoming space for open-ended discussion, art appreciation and reflection. Art is for everyone. The Third Tuesdays museum experience of slowing down to explore the world of a painting, object or artifact stimulates wonder, and ignites new ideas and discoveries for participants. Looking at art can open the door to express an idea or feeling, find a personal vision, or unlock an instinct. After a recent CAM Connections tour, Pippy Guiliano, museum guide expressed the many ways the experience stimulated ideas and was unifying, “We had another wonder-filled visit. The level of engagement was palpable. Conversation was off and running … progressed easily covering painting techniques and composition, technology, poetry, color effects, people mellowing with age, inner and outer light.… Our souls were soothed and our minds tuned up in the warmth of camaraderie.”

Third Tuesdays promotes active engagement with the arts as a bridge to reduce isolation and offer an enriching art and culture experience. The Cape Ann Museum, a regional center of art, history and culture with a treasured collection, invites the personal and collective history of older adults with ties to the region, past or present, to be part of the Third Tuesdays experience. The role of the Museum as a community center, bringing people back into connection with their own essential history and with others, helps to form new connections in an atmosphere of mutual fun, growth and learning.

If you are interested in learning more about CAM Connections Third Tuesdays tour program, or would like to make a reservation, please call Cara White at (978)283-0455 x24 or email carawhite@capeannmuseum.org.