Author: James Eves

Please join us this tonight at the Cultural Center, 6 Wonson St, Gloucester, MA at 7PM for our first Goetemann Artist Resident Talk. We will be welcoming Yuko Oda from Brooklyn, NY for her month long stay on Rocky Neck. The informal talk is open to all, and light refreshments will be served.

Artists Statement:

My inspiration stems from observations of natural life forms and processes. Organisms like flowers and birds have forms and functions familiar yet foreign to us. At a glance, they may seem simple and go unnoticed, but a little curiosity and observation reveals a universe of complex, intelligent systems. The wonder and reverence I feel in this study is what drives my work, and the results take various directions, from paintings to digital sculpture and animations.

In my practice, I bring forth the life force of a living form by abstracting and transforming its elements. A delicate flower may explode like a bomb, or become a planet in a galaxy. A massive golden butterfly flock departs from a dark landscape, and colorful hummingbirds escape from an apocalyptic explosion. At times ephemeral and celestial, at others haunting, I explore energetic contrasts and mystical symbolisms in my work.
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Last Sunday, May 17, 2015, Anna and I took our son Yianni to the Special Olympics Track and Field Summer Games at Milton Academy. The is the Cape Ann Fishermunn’s first year so we weren’t sure what to expect. In order to qualify to move on to the state competition an athlete must win at least one gold medal in an event. I was very excited and nervous as this was my first time at an event. The coaches and other parents were all talking about how the Special Olympics had changed in recent years and become more competitive. I guess all of us were nervous, except for the athletes. They were having a blast and enjoying the perfect sunny day, which is how it’s supposed to be. I love these Special Needs folks. They remind me to just relax and enjoy the day!

The day was mostly spent waiting for our turn to compete. The organizers did an amazing job with complex logistics. Our coaches, Shawn Williamson, Kathy Verga and Nicole Tucker, scattered across the field coaching athletes for their events and then coming back to our little home base to report the results.

In the end we, not only had nothing to be worried about, the team swept the field with medal. I am happy to report that All of our athletes took at least one gold medal, so we are all going to the State Special Olympic Games!! Out of 13 athletes competing in 34 events we brought home 23 Gold medals, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze and 7 ribbons!

We are ALL going to the Special Olympic Track and Field States at Harvard University...WaaHoo!!

We’d like to thank the GMG FOBs for coming out to the fundraisers at Passports. Thanks to Eric Lorden for having “TWO” fundraisers for us!

Pan of the Opening Ceremonies

Yianni takes the Gold in the 50 meter dash

Marcia & Kristen share a win for the Gold

Justin Christopher and Karin Antanaitis, Owners of Floating Lotus on Bearskin Neck in Rockport have successfully negotiated to take over the right side of the old Empire building.

Its a four level space they plan to share with Yoga Joy Studio, owned by Paula Passanisi, E-RYT, LCSW, which will occupy the bottom level in the back. (Nice  parking back there!) The street level will be the retail store for Floating Lotus featuring handmade, fair trade clothing, jewelry & textiles. And for those that have been peaking through the windows, the upper level in the back is to be used for an event space featuring live music, sound meditation, classes, local art and more! I’m not sure what the plan is for the upper level, but knowing Justin and Karin I am sure it will be put to good use.

Justin and Karin opened Floating Lotus in Rockport about 11 years ago and have grown it to a very respectable business. I am sure that they will do wonders in Downtown Gloucester

Lynn Leon Loscutoff
at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck

TODAY, Tuesday May 19th 7:30pm

co-sponsored by the Cape Ann YMCA
Introduced by Ken Riaf

From 1957 to 1969, the Boston Celtics won eleven championships in thirteen years and eight in a row (1959–1966), the longest consecutive streak of any North American professional sports team. Among the players during this period was “Jungle” Jim Loscutoff, along with Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, and more all coached by Red Auerbach. In this highly personal memoir, Lynn Loscutoff tells the story of the Celtics “wives” and their journey supporting their men and one another. Lynn, an artist who later served as the Executive Director of Boston’s prestigious Copley Society, writes with both humor and honesty and being a Celtic wife and about her life with Jim after he left the team. Packed with vintage photographs, some never before printed, Loscy & Me is both a scrapbook of an adventurous life, and a tribute to the women behind the men. Foreword by Arnold “Red” Auerbach.

Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck, 53 Rocky Neck Ave, Gloucester MA 01930

Opening Reception: SAT, May 23, 6 to 8pm • Gallery hours: 10am to 6pm daily

Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck (formerly Rocky Neck Gallery) at 53 Rocky Neck Ave., Gloucester, MA, opens officially for the season on Friday, May 22.  In addition to 28 Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC) artists, former Goetemann Artist Resident, Ekua Holmes has been invited to exhibit her extraordinary, vibrant collages at Gallery 53 as part of RNAC’s Summer Artist series. The public is invited to meet Ekua and gallery artists at the Opening Reception on Saturday, May 23, from 6-8 pm.

Ekua Holmes is a Boston-based artist, who creates colorful collages that reflect African American life. She uses news clippings, photographs, vibrant color and composition to infuse her work with energy; her layered, abstract creations convey a sense of unity and evoke memories that are both personal and universal. Holmes was chosen as a Goetemann Artist Resident in 2010 and the gallery welcomes her back to Cape Ann for a three-week show, from May 20 until June 9.

Five new artists have joined the gallery this year: jeweler Trish Conant, silkscreen artist Jane Keddy, wood turner James Lemieux,  watercolor/mixed media artist Martha Swanson and Stephanie Mason who makes fish prints using Gyotaku, an ancient Japanese printing technique. These artists join 23 returning RNAC members, Katherine Bagley, Judith Bly, Cynthia Curtis, Susan W. Daly, Marci Davis, Phyllis Feld, Joyce Frederick, Elizabeth Gauthier, Deborah Geurtze, Dina Gomery, Susan Hershey, Frederick Jillson, Mary R. McCarl, Skip Montello, Michael Oleksiw, David Piemonte, Mary Rhinelander, Judy Robinson-Cox, Tom Robinson-Cox, Kate Somers, Pam Stratton, Deborah Way, and

Ruth Worrall.

Gallery 53 on Rocky Neck is a juried co-operative gallery located in a historic 19th century building, which features an original and distinctive collection of fine arts by Rocky Neck Art Colony members. Previously known as the Rocky Neck Gallery, the collective hosts opening and end of season receptions and showcases work by invited New England artists in seven Summer Artist Series shows throughout the season. Gallery 53 is open daily from 10 am to 6 pm from May 22 until October 13.  See rockyneckartcolony.org for a full schedule of gallery events.

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 painters in American art and a catalyst for the progressive ideas of artists 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, visits www.rockyneckartcolony.org

On Saturday, Anna and I delivered some prints to Shore Thing, a gift shop on Bearskin Neck. Owners, Jennifer Clark and Becky Ingersoll are fun to work with and their shop is beautiful. We decided to stay for the Motif 1 Day festivities. In spite of it being a cloudy day, threatening to drizzle, downtown Rockport was packed.

We stopped by The Art Nook, David Arsenault’s gallery, Floating Lotus, G19 Artisans, The Fish Shack, and i art colony. We could hear Glass Onion playing in the tent on Dock Square almost everywhere we went. I loved the Side Walk Chalk Art on School Street.  I’m so glad that so many folks came out to celebrate Motif 1.

Here are some snaps I took with my phone…

Mayor hosting cultural town meeting

TONIGHT, Thursday May 14, 7:00-9:00

Seeking community input for Public Art Policy

City Hall Kyrouz auditorium 9 Dale Avenue

Office of Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken
(978)281-9700 http://gloucester-ma.gov/

Sunday, May 17, 2015 ~ 2:00 until 3:00

On the green in front of the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church located at the corner of Church and Green Streets in Gloucester, MA.

After the long, cold winter, it is time to get outside and celebrate the spring!

Rose Sheehan of Folk Life Studio will present the Second Annual Gloucester May Celebration – complete with live music, a maypole and morris dancers – on Sunday, May 17 at 2:00 PM.

This family-friendly, participatory event will run for about one hour or so and will feature group singing from song sheets as well as instruction for simple dances including Maypole dances.

Attendees are encouraged to wear festive clothing and flowers.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1564563153796378/

From the calendar section of Art New England May/June issue…

Art: motif 2015
OPENS Saturday, May 16
iartcolony launches motif 2015 – 15 artists from around the country will present their visions of Motif #1 in the form of conceptual paintings, sculpture, photography, video and performance art installations – honoring Rockport’s iconic red fish shack, the most painted and photographed building in America. motif 2015 marks the 65th anniversary of the celebrated Motif #1 Day, when the town of Rockport comes alive with activities involving dance, poetry, film, music and more. This art exhibition produced by iartcolony’s co-founders, Bob Armstrong and Jill Whitney Armstrong – opens on Saturday, May 16 at 10 AM.

iartcolony
42 Broadway, Rockport, MA
iartcolony.com
rockportartfestivals.com

If I wasn’t knee deep in running Cape Ann Giclée I would at least make a play for this. How often do we get a chance at having a successful business and 20 grand just handed to us?

Click here for details.

GLOUCESTER, Mass. (May 8, 2015) – The Cape Ann Museum will hold its Annual Meeting on Tuesday, May 19 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting is free and open to the public.

Staff reports and Board elections will be followed by Fitz Henry Lane Revealed, a brief discussion of new research based on infrared photography presented by Board member and FHL Online Project Manager, Sam Holdsworth. Refreshments will follow.

An opportunity to learn the fine art of flower arrangement by Celia of Celia’s Flower Studio: Thursday, May 21st from 6:30 to 8:30pm. Admission $35 for instruction and your own beautiful creation. Limited 15 spots, please rsvp to Cynthia by Monday, May 18th. (978)353-9111

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

Discover Gloucester through its architecture and artists

The Cape Ann Museum will be offering a series of walking tours – Hopper’s Houses, Historic Middle Street and Fitz Henry Lane’s Gloucester – on Saturday mornings at 10:00 a.m. beginning on May 2. Tours are held rain or shine and last about 1½ hours; participants should be comfortable being on their feet for that amount of time. $10 members; $20 nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Space is limited; reservations required. Call (978) 283-0455 x10 or email info@capeannmuseum.org for details.

Hopper’s Houses

May 2, May 23 and June 13
American realist painter Edward Hopper first visited Cape Ann in 1912. Returning in 1923, Hopper began working in watercolor, capturing the local landscape and architecture in loosely rendered, light filled paintings. 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 Cape Ann Museum, which includes many of the Gloucester houses immortalized by Hopper’s paintings.

Historic Middle Street

May 9, May 30 and June 20
Discover Gloucester’s historic Middle Street—an ever-evolving neighborhood packed with four centuries of social, economic, and architectural history. On this tour in the heart of downtown Gloucester, visitors will see surviving evidence of the past and learn about structures and people now gone.

Fitz Henry Lane’s Gloucester

May 16, June 6 and June 27
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 a style known as luminism. This tour takes visitors on a walk through downtown Gloucester to learn about sites that were part of Lane’s life as well as to look at some of the views Lane painted.

The Cape Ann Museum tells multiple stories, all relating to Cape Ann. Founded in 1873, the Museum’s collections represent the history of Cape Ann, its people, its industries, its art and culture. 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.

May 28-June 28, 2015

The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck

6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA 01930

Gallery hours, Thurs-Sun, 12:00-4:00 PM, until 6PM in June

Meet the Artist Reception Thursday, May 28, 6:30-8:00 PM

Talkback with Nubar Alexanian Sunday, June 14, 4:5:30 PM

Gloucester MA, February 26, 2015 —The Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC) is pleased to announce the exhibition: When The Fish Came First, Nubar Alexanian’s photographs of Gloucester, opening May 28 and running through June 28, 2015 at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester. Spanning forty years, the exhibit features a stunning series of color photographs originally published in GEO magazine in 1981 and never before exhibited.  For this work, taken over an eighteen month period, Alexanian accompanied the Brancaleone family of Gloucester on four ten-day trips to Georges Bank aboard the Joseph & Lucia II. It is the most comprehensive contemporary document of commercial fishing in New England before its steep decline.

While the Joseph and Lucia series forms the heart of this collection, the exhibition’s upland component features large format black and white panoramas juxtaposed with images of everyday life and the intimate and collective rituals that give Gloucester its unique character.  “In his fish photos Alexanian finds a metaphor of the people of Gloucester – endangered, atavistic, communal – and they’re as riveting as they are forlorn.” Christopher Millis, The Boston Phoenix

When The Fish Came First is a watershed one-person exhibition that should not be missed.

This exhibition was made possible by the generosity and support of Linzee and Beth Coolidge.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Nubar Alexanian is a documentary photographer and filmmaker. His photographs have been featured in The New York Times Magazine, Life, Fortune, Geo, Time and Newsweek among others, and has had solo exhibitions at The Walker Art Center, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Burden Gallery, The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, The LOOK3 Festival of the Photograph and other venues.

He is currently working on Scars of Silence, a feature documentary film about the Armenian Genocide, and directing Science All Around Us, a groundbreaking educational television series hosted by an exceptional 9-year-old boy who makes connections between scientific concepts and life in the everyday world.

Manchester Historical Museum  Lecture

“ One Hundred Years of the Manchester Bath & Tennis Club
and the history of Magnolia’s Summer Colony”

 David Fay will present a program on the formation and early years of the beach club that was originally known as the North Shore Swimming Pool and eventually became the Bath & Tennis. The presentation will also include the history of how Magnolia rose from a quiet fishing village to being known as “Little Newport”.

 TUESDAY, MAY 12 at the Sacred Heart Parish Hall 6:30pm Refreshments, 7pm Program

Members free, nonmembers $10
Please RSVP by Friday, May 8
Phone: 978-526-7230 or email info@manchesterhistoricalmuseum.org

Needlework Family Program for ages 3 and up

Saturday, May 9 (10am) I n the MHM Hall
$5 per child – Please RSVP by May 8
Phone: 978-526-7230 or email info@manchesterhistoricalmuseum.org

Lexicon Gallery Presents ArtLifting

Please join us for a very special and inspiring event in the Magnolia area of Gloucester, MA. Lexicon Gallery will be joining with ArtLifting in a show and sale of powerful artwork by talented homeless and disabled artists.

Opening and Artist Talk with Scott Benner: Friday May 8, 6-8pm. Show continues through June 21. Lexicon Gallery is located at 15 Lexington Ave., #1, Gloucester, MA. Gallery hours are fri-sun, 12-6pm.

Contact Seyrel Williams, gallery owner, for more info. seyrelwilliams@gmail.com To watch a short video interview with Seyrel about this event click here- https://www.bridgecapeann.com/profile/video.php?id=41&video_id=1411

Flatrocks Gallery’s May7-June 7 show,  ‘Blooming’– features paintings by Claudia Kaufman, Rokhaya Waring, Patricia Crotty and Laurel Hughes, photographs by Paul Cary Goldberg, stainless steel sculpture by Gints Grinsbergs. This survey will lead the viewer on a journey from photo realism, to abstract art. Using flowers as the subject, they take on new identities as characters in a metaphorical journey.

Claudia Kaufman’s is a contemporary realist painter, her works are studies in observation – still life set-ups of familiar objects that are deceptively simple, yet complex. She challenges herself to translate the perceived three-dimensional world to a 2D field by observing and capturing the conditions of light, form, color and space through the painterly properties of oil paint.

Rokhaya Waring paints in the spirit of Impressionism and Plein Air painting, with its constant change in light, color and mood, are a natural extension of her sensibilities and lend vibrancy to her work. She conveys through her paintings a feeling of being there, the power of nature- a transient beauty that is often bittersweet.  

Patricia Crotty’s paintings explore the territory between abstraction and realism with bold gestural brushwork and a sureness of line and color.  When her subject is flowers, she “tries to capture their fleeting beauty and catch a glimpse of the eternal in their brief life, to see the universal in their particular forms.”

Laurel Hughes is an abstract painter, drawing on quiet moments in nature, her paintings grow out of thoughtful observation, sensations and split second glimpses.  She is perpetually drawn to ideas and practices that help ‘re-seed our earth.’ —planting seeds of compassion, joy, and gratitude so that we touch the earth and stir her wonder.

Paul Cary Goldberg has established a reputation photographing our local industry and culture with a keen eye that transcends documentation, with painterly results. Last year he returned to his studio and the still life. His images are layered with rich texture, color and symbol – contemporary versions of still-life painting of the 17th-century Dutch genre containing symbols of change as a reminder of its inevitability. 

Gints Grinsbergs’ creates welded stainless steel over sized flowers that maintain their delicate grace. The sculptures indoors or out combine modern metal structure with rough, natural stone making these works unique sculptural forms.

There will be a reception for the artists May 16th from 6-8pm. ‘Blooming’ runs through June 7th.  Flatrocks Gallery is open Thursday – Sunday 12-5pm. 77 Langsford St. , Gloucester. (978)879-4683. www.flatrocksgallery.com or visit us on facebook.

It’s time to think SUMMER!!!

Take advantage of the Best Deal on the Harbor.

“Water Shuttle Seasonal Passes” are now available.

Only $50 before June 30th.

email us at harbortours@gmail.com

http://www.capeannharbortours.com/shuttle.html