My View of Life on the Dock
North Conway, New Hampshire, circa 1950. She doesn’t look like a skier to me. Beautiful state of the art chair lift for the time. Go girl, and don’t lose the hat! Have fun Joey and family.
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I’ll be back at The Hive for another origami class this Thursday!
I am still picking out exactly what models I will teach, but I will probably focus on Valentine’s Day-related models – depending on who comes, we will might make a heart bookmark, a rose, and maybe a gift box (a nice box with a lid from one sheet of paper, which we didn’t have time to make during the last origami class).
The rose and the box are more complex models, so we’ll have to see what the participants are ready to take on. I’ll have a few other models ready just in case. Also, I can try to accomodate specific requests, if someone wants to let me know ahead of time.
The class will be on Thursday, February 7, 7-9pm, $15 student/$20 adult. If possible, please register ahead of time, so we know how many plan for. Call 978.283.3889 or email thehive@arthaven.org
Samuel Ina sent me this photo-
In the subject line of the email-
“Acrylic painting”
I replied-
sam is there something you wanted to say about this particular painting?
To which Sam sent this incredibly informative press release-
Yes Giclees available for sale from June thru Oct. Thank You Sam
Alrighty then.
So click on the title of this post and under the post you will see the rating star system. Vote one star for the worst press release you’ve ever seen and vote 5 stars for the most brilliant descriptive effective press release you’ve ever seen.
You could go on and on, but it was getting a little crowded.
E.J. Lefavour
Catherine Ryan submits-
We are so fortunate to have so many publications arts councils, and organizations across the US publish and promote the Call.
Like this one: Gloucester’s Public Art Challenge was one of three “Call for Entries” that AMERICANS FOR THE ARTS featured in their January 2013 members monthly
Founded in 1960, Americans for the Arts is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing arts and arts education. www.artsusa.org
Artists visit http://ghwalk.blogspot.com/ for the application/call
Designed by Satoshi Kamiya, folded by me from one 10″ uncut sheet of paper (foil on one side, white on the other).
Things you find around the waterfront.
E.J. Lefavour
Several people have recently mentioned how much they enjoy my photos from Paris. Here are a few more!
Gothic architecture often gets a bad rap as being dark and gloomy. It can be dark and gloomy at night, but during the day it can be gloriously illuminated by the sunlight streaming through the high stained glass windows. Here are some photos I took in the church of St. Eustache in Paris last October which help illustrate that fact. It was built after the Gothic period properly speaking (as the Corinthian columns attest), but still follows the overall style.
Although the nooks and crannies can still be dark by our standards, the progress made in building technology at that point in history allowed Gothic buildings to make better use of natural light in large buildings than had been done in centuries.
Catherine Ryan writes-
Hi Joey
Thank you Donna and Marty for your photographs documenting the City’s murals restoration! As FOBs we’re so lucky to be exposed to so many GMG artist photographers and their unique take. Donna your posts and photos are upbeat and you seem to be in more than one place at one time! Your recent photograph of Morgan Faulds Pike’s Fishermen’s Wives Memorial, heroic against our Gloucester harbor’s big sky, was a stand out for our public art. There is also a whimsy in your work–like the detail of today’s “behind the scenes” Peter Williams’ placard for his posted hours. Marty, it seems the conservators are channeling the artist, Charles Allan Winter, in their chosen attire and you, too, in the way you’ve framed them among the portraits! Your photos also highlight the scale–the conservators look as if they could walk right into the murals among the denizens and jobs featured.
Long standing CFTA member Dale Brown with help from committee members Roger Armstrong of State of the Art Gallery are the volunteers primarily engaged with the management of this conservation project. Chair Judith Hoglander, committee member Marcia Hart and many past committee volunteers have worked so hard to raise the funds to commence this cleaning. It’s a very exciting time. Dale is also setting up an account with another incredible Gloucester good egg, Barry Pett, of the Gloucester Fund so that people who want to contribute to the Committee for the Arts can do so!
Allegra Boverman and Marjorie Nesin of the Gloucester Daily Times and the Cape Ann Beacon have also covered this conservation project. The Gloucester Daily Times has documented them from their first unveiling and nearly every decade since. All this reporting of the mural conservation will be part of their history, too, and help us see them in new ways. The Committee for the Arts hopes that Gloucester residents will have a chance to look for themselves just as we were so lucky to do with the turbines. More art and science up close. Gloucester is not dull!
Hi Joey
The Gloucester Committtee for the Arts is excited to announce the complete panel of jurors for the Gloucester HarborWalk Public Art Challenge!
At the time of publication of the Call on December 8, 2012, the CFTA welcomed the University of Texas Landmarks museum Director, Andrée Bober;the Peabody Essex Museum Curator of Contemporary Art, Trevor Smith; and teaming up for Cambridge Seven Associates, architects Peter Sollogub and Chris Muskopf, to participate on the jury panel. Joining these distinguished experts on the jury panel are Gloucester citizens John Bell, Phil Cusumano, Morgan Faulds Pike and Jeff Weaver. The CFTA is grateful to the jurors for volunteering their time and considerable talent to help the artists and this process!
To learn more about the jurors, please visit http://ghwalk.blogspot.com/
REMINDER
The deadline to apply is February 8, 2013
For more information please visit http://ghwalk.blogspot.com/ to view/download the complete Call.
Questions email the CFTA: gharborwalk@gmail.com, subject line Public Art
You can see some of the coolest stuff at Marine Railways on Rocky Neck.
E.J. Lefavour
The Massachusetts Municipal Association has awarded the Gloucester HarborWalk with the Kenneth E. Pickard Municipal Innovation Award for being a unique and creative project, increasing the effectiveness of local government.
Last Friday, the Cape Ann Museum had one of its “After Hours” events, featuring custom-made music installations in three galleries, refreshments from The Azorian restaurant, a raffle, and an artistic scavenger hunt! A good crowd showed up for the event.
There were lots of familiar faces in the crowd.
Rev. Bret Hays (left), rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Gloucester, was chatting with CAM’s Curatorial Assistant (and talented artist) Leon Doucette (on the right, with the beard, which – alas! – he has since shaved).
Nathan Cohen, who teaches music in Rockport public schools, designed (composed?) the music installation for Gabrielle Barzaghi’s exhibit in one of the galleries. Gabrielle told me she loved what Nathan had put together, and posed for this photo with him and his magnificent beard:
I also ran into Ken Steiner, who I photographed at the museum before while he was playing the bass as part of a jazz trio in the museum courtyard. Here he is with Sue in front of some work by the Folly Cove Designers:
I only noticed afterwards that all three photos I picked to post had men with beards in them… Perhaps my own facial foliage adds a subconscious bias to my selection process?
Any event at the Cape Ann Museum is bound to be interesting, because of the amazing art collection and friendly staff. It’s even better because of the great Cape Ann community that meets there to enjoy the art and each other’s company.
“At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry” – Les Miserables (Victor Hugo). The wine didn’t run dry last Friday night!
I hope someone ate the wine-soaked fruit afterwards…
From last Saturday. Click on the photo to see it on Flickr where you can see a larger version:
I just love the spire of the Unitarian Universalist Church!
Kat Masella submits-
Dear Joey C.
I hope this note finds you well.
Gayle White suggested i contact you and tell you about our new Art organization in Gloucester. I hope you have a look and "like’ the new website and facebook page – the whole idea is to get artists together in relaxed community spirit of life-long relationship building.
Northeast Art Workshop Retreats Fine Art
Play with Clay
Cape Ann Sea Creatures is a February school vacation clay class for children and/or adults with Rockport potter Susan Hershey. It’s a three-part series on Monday, February 18th, Wednesday, February 20th and Friday, February 22nd from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Opportunity Center at Pond View Village in Gloucester. Limited to 24 students. To reserve a spot, contact Stacy Randell at 978-281-8181, ext. 141 or srandell@thecalebgroup.org . A $5 donation for the series is requested, but not required. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Gloucester Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
There’s no doubt that growing up in today’s world is challenging and perhaps it’s even more challenging to be a parent of a child going through adolescence. O’Maley Innovation Middle School is committed to doing all it can guide both young and old through this important phase of life. With that in mind, we have scheduled two free workshops for parents.
The first one will be held on Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 from 6:30 to 8:00 PM in our library. The title of this workshop is “Growing up Male in America”. Some of the topics covered will be: The Boy Code, Boys and Aggression, The Boys Inner Life (a focus on the emotional life of boys), Boys and Schooling, Parent Relationships and Changing into Men.
The second workshop will be held the following Tuesday, February 5th, also from 6:30 to 8:00 PM. This workshop is entitled, “Growing up Female in America”. Some of the topics of this session include: The Girl Code, Girls and the Media, Girls and Schooling, Parent Relationships and a segment called Daughters of the Revolution (a look at the future for girls).
The presenter is Joann Stemmerman. She is an expert in gender as it relates to adolescents. Although now working in the private sector, she has held faculty positions at Harvard University and the University of New Hampshire. Please join us for these informative workshops. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers and sharing of common experiences.
Rocky Neck Cultural Center Event
Expressive Painting 2013: December 31 – January 27, 2013
Notice Change of date and time for Conversation with the Artists,
rescheduled for Saturday, January 26th 1-3pm
Join us and bring your thoughts about art.
Grace on Water, by Laurel Hughes. Oil on canvas, 84″x78″. 2008. Photo credit: Michael Lafferty
Expressive Painting 2013, a group show of Rocky Neck Art Colony members and non-members, curated by Ruth Mordecai. Featuring the work of: Yhanna Coffin, Mary Cole, Susan Erony, Laurel Hughes, Deborah Lloyd Kaufman, Ruth Mordecai, and Tom Nihan.
Good Morning Gloucester 