How better to start the New Year than with beauty? Here are more shots from my October vacation in Paris – these ones are from the cathedral of Notre Dame (with a hat-tip to the Catholic feast day today, Solemnity of Mary Mother of God).
Category: Art
CALLING ALL ARTISTS
The deadline for the application for the three awards for $47,000 for the Public Art Challenge is February 8, 2013. All media! 18 years and up! Applications are starting to come in!
Application Help and Site Visit:
The Gloucester Lyceum Sawyer Free Library has reserved the mezzanine and a block of computers for an information session on the Gloucester MA HarborWalk Public Art Challenge. Please join the Gloucester Committee for the Arts at Sawyer Free for help with the digital application and a site walk(s). Thank you so much Sawyer Free!
Date: Saturday, January 12th, 2013
When: 10AM-11AM at the library followed by site walk 11AM-Noon
Where: Sawyer Free Library, upstairs on the Mezzanine Level, by the Public Access
Computers
Throughout the Call, any questions for this Public Art Challenge:
Email the Committee for the Arts at gharborwalk@gmail.com, subject line “Public Art”.
Visit http://www.ghwalk.org to find the Call. How to apply? Visit here http://gloucester-committee-for-the-arts.zapd.com/PublicArtCallforArtists
Binders with print outs of the full and complete Call have been left at several Gloucester locations. The Committee for the Arts is grateful for their help in spreading the word!
Binders with the complete call can be found at these locations:
Gloucester Lyceum Sawyer Free Library, Cape Ann Museum,, Art Haven , City Hall, Mayor’s Office, Lone Gull, Pleasant Tea, Cape Ann Coffees
The Committee for the Arts is so grateful to these folks for putting the word out:
Good Morning Gloucester; Cape Ann Beacon; Zapd featured the Call on their homepage;
Bustler; Massachusetts Cultural Council’s ArtSake blog; UMASS blog Arts Extension Service; North Shore Arts Association; seARTS; Rocky Neck Cultural District; Rhode Island State Council on the Arts; Pittsburgh’s Art Council; Raleigh North Carolina’s Art Coucnil; Nebraska Arts Council; Palm Desert CA; California Arts Council and others!
ABOUT THE GLOUCESTER COMMITTEE FOR THE ARTS
Made up of citizen volunteers appointed by the Mayor and City Council, The Committee for the Arts was established by City ordinance in 2000 to promote and celebrate Gloucester ’s cultural heritage. The Committee recently has worked to preserve and increase awareness of Gloucester ’s WPA murals and other City-owned art. Additionally, the Committee develops and promotes educational programs and establishes awards and honors to recognize local artists. It implements a city-wide public art policy.
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Do You Know
where the photo of the stained glass carousel horse was taken? This is a really tough one. I will be very surprised if someone knows. The horse was cut from its background and pasted into a photo of peeling paint on the hull of a boat at the Marine Railways.
E.J. Lefavour
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Always Look Both Ways Before Crossing
E.J. Lefavour
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Origami T-Rex Skull
From the same book I used for yesterday’s post. It was a great Christmas present!
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Famous Artists Teach at The Hive
Famous local artists Ken Knowles and Caleb Stone will teach at The Hive this Jan.2013!
Go to www.arthaven.org for schedules and check out www.kenknowlesfineart.com and http://calebstoneart.com for a peek at these extraordinary painters!
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Mary Ann DeLouise
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Shadow Play
E.J. Lefavour
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Prehistoric Origami
Michelinoceras and Anomalocaris, folded from a Japanese origami book I got for Christmas called “Dinosaurs 3” by Fumiaki Kawahata. Â Neither of these creatures is a dinosaur, but you get the point – the book has diagrams for how to fold creatures of which we only have fossils. These models are not very complicated, but there are others in the book that are more challenging. I hope to fold some of them soon and will post photos…
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Christmas Origami Santa
Santa brought me a few origami books! This Santa is from “Brilliant Origami”, by David Brill:
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Origami Fish from Out of State
The other day I got an envelope in the mail from someone in Pennsylvania named Ali Thome, who read my blog posts about the origami Christmas/Fishmas tree, and decided to chip in!
Thanks for the beautiful origami, Ali!
She draws caricatures for a living. Check out her blog!
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Season’s Greetings
May all your holidays be bright, beautiful and filled with joy, peace and love. This is a scan of an incredible three dimensional wood scroll saw carved card I received from my dear friend Chris Murray, now living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. You might remember the amazing 3d photography Chris exhibited at the gallery our first season on Rocky Neck.
E.J. Lefavour
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Holiday Song of the Day “Baby Please Come Home”
“Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” by the One Woman Wall of Sound Darlene Love
This video includes a few snapshots of Darlene Love recording at Gold Star Studios.
Darlene Love performed “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”on the David Letterman Show Friday night and she brought the house down. She has performed this song on Letterman  for over 25 years, beginning when he was on NBC and following him to CBS.
While looking for a video for Darlene Love’s “Christmas,” I came across this article (see below for link) where she shares stories of life’s lessons, finding her words of wisdom relevant during this season of forgiveness. It is widely known how badly Darlene Love was treated, both financially and artistically, by Phil Spector and she is no longer angry. “For one thing, as she pointed out, these aren’t fresh incidents: “I had a lot of years to get un-angry,” she says. But it’s also something of a matter of principle. “I have no reason to hate him,” she says, “and I never did, because I always found that hate makes you ugly. Makes you have wrinkles. Which I don’t have.” Here, she laughed. “But you know what? That has a whole lot to do with your insides. When you hate people, it not only makes you hate that person, it gives that vibe off for everything around you. I really do believe that. So I really did try hard not to dislike him and always be the good guy, and say what I say about him and nothing bad. ‘Cause it doesn’t help.”
The article was written by Linda Holmes for NPR in 2011 when it began airing its series Women Who Rock, which was originally inspired by an exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall
Darlene Love on Phil Spector, Christmas, and How Hate Gives You Wrinkles
Darlene Love performing River Deep Mountain High on the David Letterman Show, 2007.
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Beacon Marine on the Dots
E.J. Lefavour
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Pebble Beach Abstract
E.J. Lefavour
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Wells Maritime Art 30% off and Personal Delivery Before Christmas For GMGers
Dear Joey,
Here at Wells Maritime Art, we really appreciate the support of GMG over the past year. So we’re offering a special discount to all GMGers.
Go to www.wellsmaritime.com
Enter the discount code gmgrocks and receive 30% off of your order (with free shipping). If the purchaser lives on Cape Ann, I’ll deliver the art personally in time for Christmas. This offer is good only from Thursday, December 20 through Monday, December 24.
Merry Christmas!
Jon Cahill
"East Gloucester from Rocky Neck" by Ken Knowles
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Foggy Morning
E.J. Lefavour
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9:25 at City Hall
E.J. Lefavour
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Holiday Song of the Day ~ Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas”
Thank you everyone for sharing your favorite Christmas songs. Your comments inspired the idea to post a “Holiday Song of the Day.” Please keep your favorites coming!
Pat commented that her favorite is Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas,” written by Irivng Berlin for the film “Holiday Inn.” You may recall the Happy Thanksgiving video that we made at the dock featuring the song “Plenty to be Thankful For,” which was also written for “Holiday Inn.” I adore this film and if you have never seen it, you owe it to yourself and your loved one(s) to make a movie night of it!
Bing Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds singing what was to become the beloved holiday classic, “White Christmas.”
From the colorized version of “Holiday Inn.” See below for clips from the original black and white version.
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2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Island Art and Hobby
The fourth year of the GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Video Series where we walk up and down Main Street and try to capture as many retailers as we can and highlight their best gift ideas one a day every day leading up to Christmas.
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2012 GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Series- Local Colors
The fourth year of the GMG Downtown Gloucester Holiday Gift Video Series where we walk up and down Main Street and try to capture as many retailers as we can and highlight their best gift ideas one a day every day leading up to Christmas.
Good Morning Gloucester 