My View of Life on the Dock
As a part of the Gloucester Public Schools Arts Festival, the Cape Ann Museum has embraced an avalanche of visual arts produced by the school children.  The work is displayed all over the museum’s galleries, making an interesting juxtaposition with the work of professional artists.
Here’s a slideshow with more photos:
Aquatro Gallery Is Back To Rock The Neck For Summer 2013
Aquatro Opens A Gorgeous New Gallery For Summer 2013 In Gloucester’s Rocky Neck Cultural District
After last year’s success, Aquatro Gallery returns to Rocky Neck for the 2013 summer season in a new, larger location with a carefully-selected group of works by talented artists they’ve invited.
Aquatro quickly established itself as a must-stop destination in Rocky Neck for tourists and regulars alike. This came as no surprise to returning artists/designer, Gigi Mederos, whose freshman year on the Neck saw her and partner, Stevie Black, running Adriana Mederos Studio and Gallery, a live-and-work space they serendipitously found after enjoying a two-week run as a guest artist of Ejay Lefavour’s Khan Studio Gallery during summer 2011. Once again, like last year when they were a couple doors down the wharf at Gallery #6, Aquatro Gallery needs more room to grow.
Aquatro Gallery remains bright and inviting, with an even better selection of contemporary fine art, jewelry and artful accessories in its new location at 77 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gallery #4 – still on Madfish Wharf in the heart of the Rocky Neck Art Colony, where the high-season runs from Memorial Day to Columbus Day. This year Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of summer on the Neck and Aquatro Gallery will be open from Wednesday through Monday that weekend, from 12PM – 8 PM; their normal hours throughout the summer until Columbus Day.
Here is but a taste of what you can expect to find at Aquatro this year:
belle+me, the fun, flirty, French line of scarves and pendants created by Rocky Neck friends, Anne Malvaux and Lisa LeVasseur.
Todas Las Musas, silver and enamel jewelry from Alejandra González and Gela Mederos.
Tami Rodrig’s delightful earrings and pendants from Happy Art Studio make their Rocky Neck debut at Aquatro.
Elegant and functional Turning Grace Studio pottery by New England native and now Nashville ceramicist, Catherine McMurray.
The intelligently humorous and deceptively simple wire sculptures of Boston’s South End artist, Brian Murphy.
You will also find paintings by Ben MacAdam and Tom Nihan, mixed media constructions by Liz Horwitz, and Mary Bowles’ decorative mosaic mirrors will make you happy to catch glimpses of yourself throughout your day. Aquatro also introduces Glamourosa, beaded earrings by young Cambridge artist, Alisa Amador and new, first-editions of designs and products from Guatopo, the surface and textile design studio launched last year by Stevie Black and Gigi Mederos.
Rockport Fireworks Fundraising Event
At
My Place by The Sea
Hosted by Kathy Milbury and Barbara Stavropoulos
On Monday May20th 5pm-8pm
(Rain date tbd)
Hors d’Oeuvres & Cocktails,$25 per person.
Proceeds fund the first ever Fireworks
In Rockport to be held on August 10th
Joey,
Carla Benjamin of the Cape Ann Relay for Life team “Friends for Friends” will be hosting Todd Ruggere’s “Mass Beer Tour” at Jalapeno’s Restaurant.
Todd is raising money for Dana Farber Cancer Institute and children’s cancer research. We are hoping people will stop by Jalapeno’s on Sunday, May 19th at 5pm and say hello to Todd, have a beer and if you’d like make a small donation. Todd is visiting 351 cities/towns in 365 days and drinking a beer in each one. Todd has already visited over 162 cities and towns in the commonwealth.
We would like to thank Cape Ann Relay for Life and Jalapeno’s for supporting Cape Ann’s continued fight against cancer. Thanks, Bill Trefry
Joey,
I videoed the Bananas show for Richard and crew. Here’s the Sexcamaids dance number that I had to get off to my daughter Sarah and her friends.
Living In East Gloucester and loving it.
Mike Lafferty
Christopher Anderson writes-
Hi Joey,
I hope this finds you well. Can you help spread the word on a very special book club series happening this summer at Duckworth’s Bistrot?
Duckworth’s Bistrot and Eastern Point Lit House & Press are hosting a series of book club events featuring an exciting lineup of great writers coming by to hang out and lead a discussion about the books they love over fine wine (or beer) and fresh, seasonal appetizers. I’ll be kicking things off with my partner at Eastern Point Lit House, poet Jenn Monroe, on Sunday, May 26 (5:00 PM) with a discussion of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Tickets for our first meeting are $35 (includes wine/beer, food, and lively discussion), and are available now at www.easternpointlithouse.com. Seating is limited, so you don’t want to wait. It’s sure to be a great time.
Future authors include JoeAnn Hart (June 23), Tim Horvath (July 14), Anna Solomon (August 18), and Steve Almond (September 15). Tickets for these events go on sale soon.
Expect magic. Ken and I are aiming for nothing less. And to answer the question that is sure to be asked, the reason we’re not serving a full dinner is so Ken can participate in the discussion. You can bet the appetizers are sure to be nothing short of amazing, and the discussion even better.
Much gratitude for all you and your team do!
Cheers,
Chris
People do all sorts of neat things with origami. Â Last October during my vacation in Paris, I saw this impressive use of origami in advertising at a Peugeot store on the Champs Elysees:
The origami involved is actually pretty simple; the genius of this display is the way the origami is arranged (and the sheer amount of folding involved!).
Do you want to do neat things with origami? Come to my next class at The Hive in downtown Gloucester, on May 23 at 7PM.
On Saturday, May 18 from 8.30 to 12 Noon the Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum, 66 Main Street, Essex will be hosting a fund-raising Yard Sale consisting of household items such as glass, china, table ware, kitchen items, kitchen equipment, rugs, pictures, cushions, small pieces of furniture (no stuffed sofas or chairs), lamps and lampshades, ornaments, linen, books, jewelry, toys, garden implements and furniture, electrical appliances (no microwaves, televisions or humidifiers); and Shipyard equipment and tools, including marine machinery, a selection of tools, metal working, hand tools, power tools, shop equipment, heavy machinery, bicycles and most else.
All donations of items to sell will be very welcome. Drop off times at the Museum Admissions Center, 66 Main Street, Essex are Saturday, May 11 from 10.00 until 2.00 pm, Tuesday, May 14 from 7-8pm., Friday, May 17 from 5-7pm, and Saturday, May 18 from 7.30-8.30 am
For more information, call 978-768-7541
NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOCIATION PRESENTS SEASON’S FIRST GORDON GRANT ROOM “FEATURED ARTIST” EXHIBIT
North Shore Arts Association is featuring the works of artist member Tom Gill in the Gordon Grant Room from May 2-21, 2013. The exhibit consisting of works in acrylic will include some of Tom’s figure paintings from the Rockport Art Association Sketch Group.
Tom Gill has received numerous awards and is represented in the State of the Art Gallery in Gloucester and The Brush Art Gallery in Lowell, among others. His work is displayed in several permanent museum and corporate collections; most notably in several New England branches of Enterprise Bank.
Some of Gill’s awards include the F. Hugh Brown award, the Silver Brush Award for Figurative Painting from Springfield Academic and the Judges Award from the Whistler House Museum.
North Shore Arts Association is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m.-5.p.m. and Sundays Noon to 5 p.m. In addition to exhibitions, NSAA also offers demonstrations, workshops, lectures, an art auction on August 17 and much more. Please call 978-283-1857 or visit www.nsarts.org for more information.
NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOCIATION PRESENTS SEASON’S FIRST HALLWAY GALLERY “FEATURED ARTIST” EXHIBIT
North Shore Arts Association is featuring a solo exhibition of watercolor paintings by artist member Doris Suminsby in the Hallway Gallery from May 2-21, 2013.
Doris is a true “New Englander” who enjoys painting close-ups of people, boats, flowers and beach scenes. She has taught in all mediums, but prefers watercolors.
Some of Suminsby’s recent accomplishments include a one artist show in October 2012 at Mahri in Manchester-by –the-Sea, as well as an honorable mention in the Spring juried show at The Guild of Beverly Artists for her piece “At Birth”.
In addition to exhibiting at the Salmagundi Club (NYC) and Museum of Fine Arts (Springfield), Suminsby was commissioned to do a large mural depicting Wenham Ice Cutting days which is on display at the Wenham museum.
North Shore Arts Association is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sundays Noon to 5 p.m. In addition to exhibitions, NSAA also offers demonstrations, workshops, lectures, an art auction on August 17 and much more. Please call 978-283-1857 or visit www.nsarts.org for more information.
Doris Suminsby’s “Winter Harbor”
6 Week Session (May 16 – June 20)
An intermediate pastel class ​exploring the principles of color, value and composition.
Instructor // Roger Salisbury​
www.rogersalisbury.com
Info & Sign Up:Â Â https://karen-conant.squarespace.com/shop/pastel-painting
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GloucesterCast With Guest James Eves and Host Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 5/6/2013
click to listen-
Topics Include:
James Eves, Charlie Carroll, Cape Ann Giclee, Community Artist Lighting Studio at Cape Ann Giclee, Marketing Through Community Service, Joining The Rocky Neck Art Colony, Rocky Neck Cultural Center, Death Row Sub, Death Row Meal, Mamie’s Kitchen, Alicia DeWolfe Starts Another Streak, Deno Opening, Art Show Opening Web Cams, Changes Through The Years In Photo Editing, Job Opportunities In Photo Editing,What Old School Media Needs To Do To Survive, Ditching Your Home Phone, Ditching Cable, Kids Media Consumption Today, Carol McKenna, www.capeanngiclee.com
Here’s James Eating Lunch From Virgilios After Ana Reamed Him A New One
Ann Kennedy Submits-
Waiting to become an art rock? A stony silence? Waiting for the boat to Easter Island?
Speechless.
Here’s a picture of my studio. I’m offering three drawing workshops
at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck this summer.
Check out their link for details
http://mail.rockyneckartcolony.org/#workshops
 My website is;
http://www.gabriellebarzaghi.com/
http://rockyneckartcolony.org/workshops.php
Pastel Workshop with Roger Salisbury at the HIVE
Info & Sign Up: https://karen-conant.squarespace.com/shop/pastel-painting
May 16 – June 20
Hi Joe! Me and a few others have organized a fund raiser to benefit the One Fund. Would you please pass the word on? Tickets are available at Jeff’s Variety…more locations to follow.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thank you, as always.
Leah Lovasco
GLOUCESTER’S RAFFLE FUNDRAISER
TO BENEFIT THE BOSTON ONE FUND
TICKET COST: $15.00 EACH
100% OF THE PROCEEDS WILL GO TO ONE FUND BOSTON
RAFFLE ITEMS:
Pair of Red Sox v. Tampa Bay Tickets – June 19th
Kids Bicycle
Capt. Dave Marciano of Wicked Tuna Autographed TShirt
Four Tickets to Canobie Lake Park
Pair of Red Sox v. NY Tickets – August 18th
Kids Bicycle
Capt. Dave Marciano of Wicked Tuna Autographed TShirt
Four Tickets to Six Flags New England
Capt. Dave Marciano of Wicked Tuna Autographed Print
Kids Bicycle
DRAWING: MAY 19, 2013 – WINNERS WILL BE CONTACTED BY TELEPHONE
May 11 to June 9
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 11, 5 to 7 p.m.
Rockport Art Association
The largest retrospective ever assembled of the late Oliver Balf’s work, representing more than 60 years of painting and selected from a newly archived collection of close to 1000 paintings, will be featured on May 11th at the Rockport Art Association in Rockport, Massachusetts. Included in the 40–plus works will be several of Balf’s early and rarely exhibited watercolors on loan from private collections.
For more information
EJ hung my pieces and I’ve never been prouder of the body of work I’ll have on the walls than this year. The Gallery just got a fresh coat of paint and we’re gonna have a ton of fun down there this summer. And just wait til you see the totally cool, totally Gloucester, totally unique work EJ made this year. WOWZERS! Even if you don’t buy anything, its worth a trip just to see the beautiful work on the walls.
Hi Joe
We had 30 people from Warner Brothers Studio here today…they are planning to shoot some scenes inside The Rhumb Line..sometime in late June…the movie is ‘ The Judge’ starring Robert Duvall, Robert Downey Jr., and Vera Famiga.
my best to youFred
I folded these stegosaurus, bull, mice, penguin, and Chinese dragon last night during “the Sing” at the Inn at Babson court. Â The diagrams for the dinosaur and the bull are from the “annual collection” from the origami convention in New York City in 1991; the rest are from an origami book by Akira Yoshizawa.
I will teach another origami class at The Hive on Thursday, May 23.
We’re lucky our Mayor isn’t an “off with their heads” kind of gal, or some people might be in trouble with those massive scissors she was wielding last night.Â
It was a wonderful celebration of the Center passing into the hands of the Rocky Neck Art Colony. We now have a permanent home, and a space where everyone in the community can come together and enjoy a great diversity of programming.
If you haven’t yet been to the Center, you owe it to yourself to stop by and visit soon. It is really a beautiful, warm and inviting space with lots of great things happening in it.  Visit http://mail.rockyneckartcolony.org/ to see what’s coming up.
E.J. Lefavour
This was a year ago now… Time flies! A canvas giclĂ©e print of this shot will be for sale in the GMG section of EJ Lefavour’s gallery on Rocky Neck very soon. It was printed at Cape Ann GiclĂ©e, so the quality of the print is excellent.
Good Morning Gloucester 