I am a graphic artist specializing in Photo Enhancement, Photo Retouching, Photo-Illustration and Design. I reconnected to my fine art roots when my wife Anna and I opened Cape Ann Giclée, Fine Art Printing and Gallery.
The Annisquam Village Church
6th Annual Online Auction
July 8 – July 22 on Bidding for Good
This annual online Auction allows the Annisquam Village Church to continue to grow its outreach by helping several Northshore organizations dedicated to those in need. Join the fun and enjoy adventures and treasures from artists, boat captains, restaurants, musicians, jewelers, and more. Go to www.annisquamvillagechurch.org and a link will take you directly to the Auction! Thank you for your support!
Come and meet other local artists at the Cape Ann Artists and Photographers Group
Thursday, July 9, 6 -7:30 PM.
Moderated by James Eves at Cape Ann Giclee, 20 Maplewood Ave., Gloucester. An informal group that you’ll enjoy. Each artist brings a piece that they would like reviewed by the group. We are honest, fair and considerate in our critiques. Bring something you’ve been working on to share!
GLOUCESTER, MASS. – One of the country’s most important painters of the early 20th century, John Sloan (1871-1951) made his name painting urban daily life in New York City before coming to Cape Ann for five summers (1914-1918) to paint scenes of the sea, marshes, homes, rocky outcroppings, downtown views, and landscapes that proved to be a hallmark of his career.
In a special loan exhibition, the Cape Ann Museum will feature 39 paintings that Sloan created while in Gloucester, thought to be among his finest work and most prolific period. The Museum holds five major paintings in its permanent collection and will be borrowing 30 more pieces for the exhibit from a wide-reaching network of institutions across the country. JOHN SLOAN Gloucester Days opens July 11 and runs through Nov. 29.
Sloan was born in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania in 1871, grew up in Philadelphia, and studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. In 1904, he moved to New York City where he affiliated with a group of artists known as “The Eight;” in addition to Sloan, the group included Robert Henri, Maurice Prendergast, William Glackens, Everett Shinn, Arthur Davies, Ernest Lawson, and George Luks. The Eight evolved into the better-known Ashcan School, a loose-knit group of artists who sought to capture the reality of daily life in New York City.
The forward-thinking Armory Show of 1913 in New York was a turning point for Sloan. Inspired by the progressive work he saw there, Sloan sought new venues for painting. He was invited by fellow artist and friend Charles Allan Winter to Gloucester in the summer of 1914, and together they rented a little red cottage near Rocky Neck where Sloan would often paint two landscapes a day. The house was a popular gathering spot for many of their friends, including Stuart Davis. The red cottage still stands on Gloucester’s East Main Street.
Intrigued by the lush green seaside grass juxtaposed against the blue sea, Sloan captured recognizable scenes downtown and along the shoreline. He returned to Cape Ann for four more summers. “After coming back with our easels, canvases, and paint boxes, we would each sit in a corner of the dining room to study our work,” Sloan recalled. “One summer Stuart Davis and family shared the cottage. We went out painting together. All of us were interested in developing different orchestrations of color on the palette.” By 1919, Sloan sought new landscapes for his work and moved to New Mexico.
Cape Ann Museum’s Sloan collection includes: 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.
The exhibition will also feature additional paintings on loan from the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College; Lehigh University Art Galleries; Arkell Museum in Canajoharie, NY; Bowdoin College Museum of Art; Syracuse University Art Collection; Delaware Art Museum; Duke University Museum of Art; University of Washington Museum of Art; Norton Museum of Art in Palm Beach, FL; New Britain Museum of American Art; Tacoma Art Museum; Kraushaar Galleries; Parrish Art Museum in NY; as well as private collections.
“Gloucester afforded the first opportunity for continuous work in landscape, and I really made the most of it,” Sloan recalled. “Working from nature gives, I believe, the best means of advance in color and spontaneous design.”
Hopper’s Houses – A Guided Walking Tour
A tour in downtown Gloucester to view houses immortalized by renowned American realist painter Edward Hopper
Edward Hopper, American, 1882-1967. Universalist Church, 1926. Watercolor over graphite on cream wove paper, 35.6 x 50.8 cm. (14 x 20 in.). Princeton University Art Museum. Laura P. Hall Memorial Collection, bequest of Professor Clifton R. Hall x1946-268. Photo: Bruce M. White.
The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present a guided walking tour of select Gloucester houses made famous by American realist painter Edward Hopper on Saturday, July 11 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 July 25, August 1, 7, 15 & 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.
Second Saturday/Family Free Day – Summers on Cape Ann
A drop-in program for families with young children. 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Includes free admission for family members, gallery guides and related art projects in the CAM Activity Center.
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.
A Flock of Birds, A School of Fish, A Rabble of Butterflies – all new work, and a few oldies, by Tin Can Sally. July 5-24. Reception on Friday, July 10th from 6:00-8:00 pm at Local Colors Artists’ Cooperative, 121 Main St., Gloucester. The public is welcome. Light refreshments will be served.
AT THE INVITATION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOCIATION, artists from communities south of Boston mixed and mingled with NSAA members in a full day of plein air painting on Tuesday, June 23rd.
Seventy artists, many of whom are nationally and internationally known, painted en plein air at six private property locations on Rocky Neck opened only to them for this special event, and at the harbor side grounds of the historic North Shore Arts Association overlooking East Gloucester’s sparkling Smith Cove. The artists stimulated and inspired each other’s work forming new and lasting collegial relationships that will enhance the already formidable reputation of the eastern Massachusetts art community, and add to our region’s creative economy. Coordinators of the enormously successful event were North Shore: artist, Judythe Evans Meagher, jemeagher@comcast.net; South Shore: artist, Nancy Colella, saltydogstudio@comcast.net
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.
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The Hive Center, Art Haven’s Community Art Center located on Pleasant Street in downtown Gloucester, is hiring art instructors for adult art classes. The Hive is equipped with a graphic design studio, fashion department, pottery wheels, spray paint booth, screen printing room, gallery, and extensive classroom space.
All local Artist & Crafters who would like to join Main St Merchants & Restaurants in this fun & profitable Gloucester Main St tradition, can download applications at gloucesterdowntownassociation.org It’s a great way to have your craft seen by thousands of visitors to Main St. All applications should be submitted by June 30th. We will accept after this date if there is any availability.
Rockport artist, Leslie Heffron, will be exhibiting her paintings, colored pencil drawings, and giclée prints in the Matz Gallery, Sawyer Free Library for the month of July. The show, “Endless Summer,” features the bery best of the season- imagery of farm stands, fresh picked summer fruits and flowers, clotheslines, the beach, lobster buoys, and ocean sunrises.
Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck
53 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930
Gallery hours, Daily, 10:00-6:00 PM
Starting June 27th, 2015, Gallery 53 will be hosting a Summer Demo Series. This is a great opportunity to be able to see some of the “behind the scenes” workings of different artists in their chosen mediums. The demos are free and open to all interested in learning about new techniques and art forms.
The first of our Summer Demo Series are two jewelers working primarily in sterling silver, Deborah Way and Katherine Bagely.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Deborah Way lives in Gloucester and has been working in sterling and gold since she first learned her craft on the “other” Cape in the ’70’s. She particularly enjoys the “play” that metal gives when she forms her designs, and will do some demonstrations of her hammering technique that she employs currently.
Katherine Bagley also lives in Gloucester. She has been fascinated with metal work after being introduced to it through a pilot program in her high school many years ago. She finds much joy in the ways in which metals can take on form and beauty by the many methods of manipulation. She will be weaving and crocheting wire as part of her demonstration.
There will be plenty of opportunity to dialog with the artists so come on by and bring your curiosity.
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Color Pattern & Play:
Neriage Inspired Porcelain Treasures
Opening this Saturday, June 27, 6-8pm
Show Continues Through July 19
15 Lexington Ave, Magnolia, Gloucester
Gallery Hours: Fri-Sun, 12-5pm or by appointment
Contact: SeyrelWilliams@gmail.com
Karen works with colored clay using a process influenced by the Japanese technique, Neriage (nair ee ah ghee). She wedges color into porcelain clay. Then she takes these colors and puts them together in a block. She slices this and re-shapes again and again until she has a thin slab of patterned clay she can form into exquisite treasures including Hors d’oeuvre Platters, Saki Sets, Salt Cellars, and Whimsical Mini Teapots.
The end result is beautiful, playful and infinitely usable for visual pleasure, everyday meals and/or entertaining in style.
“Manhattan Nocturne”, pastel, 20×24 – Frank Federico
North Shore Arts Association offers famed artist and teacher Frank Federico’s Pastel Workshop, June 26, 27 and 28. The painterly pastel returns. Capture the poetic beauty of nature through plein air, sketches and photos for studio work in this workshop which is designed to add new dimension to creative painting; not in the sense of imitation, but as an essential path of expression of one’s thoughts and feelings when interpreting nature and subject matter in general. Federico says, “We will push boundaries by looking for the essence, by personalizing color, and by enhancing composition elements. The purpose is to convey a free, open and colorful mood in your work by examining content, execution and technique.”
Come join a veteran artist and teacher in an exploration of learning. Sign up online at www.nsarts.org or call 978 283-1857.
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.
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Cape Ann Museum celebrates Fiesta with film,
photography, sculpture and more
The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to offer a special view of Fiesta-inspired art. The mini-exhibit will be on display in the lower level atrium from Tuesday, June 23 through Sunday, June 28 during Museum hours. Drawing on the Museum’s own collection, along with private collections in the area, the exhibit includes works by New York artist Philip Reisman who worked in Gloucester during the 1940s and 1950s, painters Lucette White and Eileen Mueller who captured the color and excitement of Fiesta in more recent years, and collage artist and sculptor Hans Pundt. Two documentary films about Fiesta will be available for viewing on a continuous loop throughout the week. Related exhibits and information can be found in the Museum’s Maritime Galleries.
St. Peter’s Fiesta – Festa di San Pietro – honors St. Peter, the patron saint of fishermen. It is the largest and most colorful of the celebrations that Sicilian immigrants brought to Gloucester. The tradition of celebrating Fiesta began in Gloucester the late 1920s as a neighborhood novena and expanded to a city-wide event in the 1930s. Fiesta is still celebrated in Gloucester in late June, with four days of music, dancing, parades, fireworks, seine boat races and the traditional greasy pole competition. On the last day of Fiesta, an outdoor Mass is held, followed by the blessing of Gloucester’s fishing fleet.
NORTH GREETS SOUTH! NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES A SPECIAL REGIONAL COMING TOGETHER OF ACCLAIMED ARTISTS FROM OUR NORTH AND SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITIES.
AT THE INVITATION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOCIATION, artists from communities south of Boston will mix and mingle with NSAA members in a day of plein air painting on Tuesday, June 23, from 10 AM – 5:30 PM.
Refreshments will be served in the morning and late afternoon.
Seventy! artists, many of whom are internationally known, will paint en plein air at six private property locations on Rocky Neck opened only to them for this special event, and at the harbor side grounds of the NSAA overlooking East Gloucester’s sparkling Smith Cove. All places have been filled, however to be placed on the waiting list, and for more information please contact the following Coordinators: North Shore: Judythe Evans Meagher, jemeagher@comcast.net; South Shore: Nancy Colella, saltydogstudio@comcast.net
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.
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The Opening at Local Colors last night was incredible. The artists there are as talented as they are varied. Be sure to check it out tonight at the Block Party.
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