I was walking down the Pleasant Street several days ago when I saw him with his easel on the sidewalk, almost right across Prospect Street from St. Ann’s School. He courteously let me snap a photo of him while he worked – apparently, I was something like the 15th person to photograph him that day… He has a gallery at 16 Rogers Street here in Gloucester (open Friday and Saturday 1-5 p.m., also by chance or appointment). His website gives you an idea of his beautiful work. I haven’t made it to his gallery yet, but after perusing his web gallery, I really want to go!
Category: Art
Community Stuff 8/28/12
Maritime Gloucester Heritage Day
Maritime Gloucester will hold its 9th annual Heritage Day celebration on Saturday, September 1st, from 10 am – 5 pm. The Center’s exhibits and aquarium will be open free of charge throughout the day.
The Schooner Ardelle will be berthed at its home on the Harriet Webster Wharf at Maritime Gloucester. The Ardelle, built and operated by Harold Burnham, will be joined at the dock by other visiting schooners, Spirit of Massachusetts and Summerwind, in the city for the schooner races.
The festivities will feature music by local favorite, Daisy Nell at 12 noon. Daisy will also be reading from her children’s book, The Stowaway Mouse.
Many local crafters will demonstrate their skills and sell their work. Windrush Books will feature vintage local history and maritime related books.
The Cape Ann Ship Modelers will offer ship model building and ship-in-a-bottle demonstrations. Art Haven will help the visiting children create their own work of art. The Essex Shipbuilding Museum will display its 15’ long model of the schooner Evelina Goulart. Exhibitors also include the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association, the Cape Ann Vernal Pond Team, Ocean Alliance, the Gloucester Gig Rowers and the National Marine Fisheries Service. Marine Archaeologists from Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary will be exhibiting the Wreck of the Portland.
Lunch food and drinks will be available for purchase at the event.
Maritime Gloucester is located at 23 Harbor Loop in Gloucester. For further information, call 978-281-0470.
Hi Joey…
Any chance you could post an art show announcement for "Absence of Color, A Collaboration" a unique exhibit of Quill Pen Art, Sculpture and Photography. Public welcome to the reception Sept 1, 7-9PM, Newburyport Art Association.
Thanks,
Skip
North Coast Angler www.northcoastangler.com
Skip Montello Photos www.skipmontellophotos.com
phone: 508-395-5871 (C)
Bishop Gregory Mansour of the Maronite Eparchy of the Eastern United States will celebrate a Pontifical Maronite Mass for living and deceased members of the Lebanese-American community of Cape Ann on Tuesday, Sept. 4th at 6:00 P.M. at St Ann Church, Gloucester. A reception will follow in the lower church hall. All are cordially invited to attend.
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Community Stuff 8/27/12
On Saturday September 15, 7 pm, a convergence of music and art will activate the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck!
ADMISSION IS LIMITED
to the first 40 reservations
In a two-hour performance showcasing the musical mastery of
singer/guitarist/composer Michael Gregory, visual artists Rocky Delforge, Loren Doucette, Ruth Mordecai, and Eileen Mueller will make responsive and interpretative artworks
over a broad range of creative expression.
Ticket price of $100 per person includes hors d’oerves, wine bar, and a completely unique and amazing multi-disciplinary performance demonstrating the power of the creative muse. An artwork created on site by each artist will be up for bid at the performance’s end.
Proceeds will benefit the purchase and development of the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck.
Please make your reservations early as seating is limited. For reservations and info:
karen.ristuben@gmail.com or 978-758-1210.
The Music:
MICHAEL GREGORY
Songwriter, Composer, Improviser, Poet and Music Producer. A musical innovator and brilliant improviser, always on the cutting edge, Michael Gregory has recorded for Arista, RCA, Island and other labels and headed the power-trio Signal. Michael has successfully straddled the pop and improvised music worlds since the beginning of his career in the 1970s. Michael’s influences vary widely, from Stravinsky to Cage from Hemphill to Ellington from Wonder to Bacharach. As a composer and a performer, Michael possesses his own very unique, highly creative and fertile voice; quite simply, he sings like an angel and plays directly from his deeply inspired spirit. Michael is living in Gloucester, writing poetry, composing music for various ensembles, recording, performing and teaching in Europe and America and producing various projects.
The Visual Art:
ROCKY DELFORGE
Rocky Delforge is a young Rockport contemporary artist/printmaker who embodies a new force of creative energy on Cape Ann. He has curated the Center’s September show, Community and Identity, which will be on view during Music as Muse; the exhibition presents the concepts of the individual, the community in which they live, and the relationships that form between them.
LOREN DOUCETTE
As a muralist and a water colorist for many years, Loren returned to art school in 2007 in search of a voice and a line of her own. Her dynamic works in pastel, acrylic and collage are driven by a search for truth in drawing. Inspired by both the landscape and the figure, her works bridge the intersection of realism and abstraction. As she works from observation, she thrives by the freedom to depart from her source at any second.
EILEEN MUELLER
Rockport painter Eileen Mueller works across paint media, capturing the essence of musicians, the figure, and landscape in moments of time and light. Classic yet experimental in her painting, Eileen’s amazingly deft skill allows for a prolific and wide-ranging practice and has earned her a solid reputation as one of Cape Ann’s finest artists.
RUTH MORDECAI
Ruth Mordecai’s work is defined by a strong, painted, gestural line and her history as a sculptor. It is inspired by figure, dance, landscape and Biblical story. A partial list of collections include: the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem; the Wiggin Prints and Drawings Department of the Boston Public Library owns 30 of her works on paper 1970 – 2011. She has a BFA and MFA from Boston University School for the Arts. Her studio is on Rocky Neck and overlooks Smith Cove.
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Steele Insurance
On Pleasant Street, next to City Hall.
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A Few Pics from the Art Exchange in Rockport, Where Art Was Exchanged. And Not Exchanged.
Here are just a few photos from the first Art Exchange on 8/18 on White Wharf in Rockport, with more to come in the future. We had a lot of fun listening to bluegrass and eating non art event fare such as hot dogs and popcorn before and after the Exchange itself. We had 18 participants and many more spectators, and the results of the evening were really interesting in terms of which pieces were considered most desirable in this flash art marketplace. For a little post-exchange analysis, check out the event’s website www.artnowrockport.com and sign up for the Art Now newsletter (which maybe comes out 4 times a year, so don’t panic) to learn what else is being cooked up over at Art Now Rockport. A HUGE thank you to Peter & Thi Linh Wernau of Wernau Asset Management and Ross Brackett of Brothers’ Brew — all of whom are big supporters of art (and other) events in Rockport. And another HUGE thank you to those of you who supported this project on Kickstarter. It was a great experience to crowdsource the funding for the Art Exchange and we reached our goal, thanks to you.
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HAT Party Pics From Karen Ristuben
Karen Ristuben submits-
Hi Joey,
A few pics from our HAT Gala last Friday Aug.17 at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck…what a place we live in, what an amazing community project we’re building, and what a blast we had!! Thank to so many friends, neighbors, and newcomers who came to celebrate Gloucester’s Rocky Neck Cultural District designation and generously contributed to the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck Building Fund. Thanks to all, and stay tuned as this community-wide project takes flight!! Check out the Calendar at www.rockyneckartcolony.org and sign up for our weekly newsletter to keep up with The Center’s events..
Best to you,
Karen
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Jeff Cluett new art
Joey these are se photos of se recent artwork and lifestyle photography that I have produced since leaving rocky neck. The mural is 56/12 feet long and was a collaborative project(although I had some of the largest hand) done in Lowell ma. When I had a gallery/ studio space out there. The bmx jump was photographed by myself with my iPhone. Feel free to use as many or as few of the photos you would like. I appreciate you coverage in the first place and it was nice to see you at The Farm the other day. Keep in touch homie your a real ass cat. -Jeffrey Cluett
Here is the interview with Jeff last summer on Madfish Wharf-
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Castle Hill Casino
Last night we were at Castle Hill on the Crane Estate in Ipswich. Beautiful night! Entrain was amazing as usual.
The grounds are incredible. This building is the casino. Here’s more info on Castle Hill.
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Elizabeth Gauthier Gallery
During the block party, I discovered that a new gallery has opened on Main Street! The sign isn’t up yet, but it showcases the work (in several different artistic media) of Elizabeth Gauthier – hence, the name “Gauthier Gallery.”
The gallery mostly contains her own work, but also some work by her sister. Besides oil and acrylic paintings, she paints custom t-shirts!
Is that cool or what? Here is the artist with some of her work:
During our conversation, she mentioned that she plans on teaching as well as doing her own paintings. As I mentioned before, her sign isn’t up yet, but the gallery is actually on Main Street in Gloucester, between Sal’s Barber Shop and the Compass Rose tattoo place (right in the middle of the photo below):
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Community Stuff 8/23/12
Joey,
Thanks so much for all you do to keep Cape Ann informed of what’s happening! Can you please include the attached announcement and flyer either today or tomorrow (in time for our opening reception Thursday evening) to remind people that our show is happening this week? Your coverage of our call for artists last week brought some great responses!
Our community is so fortunate to have your blog!
Linda Walker
thacherart@gmail.com
www.thacherisland.org
Ruth Mordecai: Welcome to my second Annual Open Studio and Sale
Ruth Mordecai
Collage/Landscape Series 15" X 11"
Brown paper, handmade paper, acrylic and oil
From Ruth Mordecai:
Welcome to my second Annual
Open Studio and Sale
Two Weekends: Noon to 8:00 p.m. each day
• Sat/Sun August 25-26
• Labor Day Weekend: Sunday/Monday September 2-3
Paintings – Drawings – Monoprints – Collages
Works on paper $100 to $400
Framed works $450 to $3300
10% of sales donated to the Rocky Neck Cultural Center
Major credit cards accepted.
4 Terrace Lane Gloucester,MA 01930
617 462 9171/ rglouc@comcast.net/www.ruthmordecai.com
Directions: East Main Street to Rocky Neck Avenue. Park near shop
called imagine. Cross Rocky Neck Avenue from Imagine and walk
up the stairs to Terrace Lane. Follow balloons on the stairs and porch
of 4 Terrace Lane (3rd house up the hill on the right.)
Hi Joey,
We have a little over a week left until the 36th annual Magnolia 5K and 1K Fun Run. As you know, 100% of the proceeds go to the Magnolia Library and Community Center. For the first time we are also helping the Library by raffling off a couple of fantastic luxury box Red Sox tickets, courtesy of Dennis Drinkwater and Giant Glass. These $850 seats are in the EMC Club level and just below the press box behind home plate.. I am sending along our mail form with more information, but the best way to enter is with a credit card by going to www.magnolialibrary.org and clicking on raffle banner. Each entry is $10 and 5K racers can enter for $5. The drawing will be held just after the race on August 30 at around 7:30 in front of the Library. You don’t need to be present to win.
Thanks,
Randy
PS We are getting the race shirts in this week and thanks to your input we are going again with the dry-fit material. First 100 entries to the 5K get a free t-shirt.
Hi Joey,
We will be celebrating our 6 Year Anniversary this weekend (August 24th – 26th) in both our Glocuester and Danvers Locations.
The weekend will be filled with free gifts, free $6 Play each day, free drawings, refreshments & more.
We would really appreciate it if you could promote our event. Complete details online at www.lucky7arcade.com
Thank you!
Rosalie Parisi
Manager, Lucky 7 Arcade
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Front Beach Sand Castle
Front Beach Sand Castle
Rockport, Ma 08/19/2012
I love the Moat and the trees.
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Blueberry Mug Up Overload – And the Winners Are . . . drumroll please!
I am still reeling from blueberry and sugar overload from yesterday’s Mug Up Blueberry Bake Competition. In addition to baked entries by Deb Shradieck, Joanne Souze and Joy Kasmer, there were also blueberry crumb cake and blueberry pie donations (thanks Violet Gray), as well as blueberry deviled eggs (unexpectedly good – it was Ed Collard’s idea) and the always delicious non blueberry contribution by Paul Morrison of Latoff Farms Monkey Bread. Madfish Sushi god, Jordan Ruben’s father Greg was visiting and joined in the fun, and long time no see friends Pete and Joyce Chamberlain were in the house. Of course, H.A. Lind was there with her beautiful exhibit of new Cape Ann focused paintings, here at the gallery through August 30. If you missed her well attended opening yesterday afternoon, she will be having a meet the artist reception on Sunday, August 26th from 2:00-4:00.
The Winners of the Blueberry Bake Competition were:
#1 Best Overall Entry – Deb Schradiek’s Blueberry Cake
#2 Best Presentation and Most Unique – Joanne Souza’s Blueberry shortbread squares with fresh mint
#3 Best Blueberry Pancake You ever tasted in your life – Joy Kasner’s awesome huge blueberry pancake. In addition to being a great blueberry pancake maker, Joy is also an amazing psychic and is still giving angel readings at the gallery, by appointment or evenings Thursday through Sunday.
The Esteemed Judges were major foodies Ed Collard and dapper looking in paisley, Paul Morrison, and Maine born and bred blueberry expert and Wendie Demuth’s squeeze, Langley Willauer.
E.J. Lefavour
www.khanstudiointernational.com
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Gala Opening Reception Sunday August 19 -North Shore Arts Association- " An historic exhibition commemorating 90 years of Cape Ann Art" August 19-September 18
Alice Gardner submits-
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State Fish Pier Sunset 08/19/2012 video
State Fish Pier Sunset 08/19/2012
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2012 Paint Essex Day and Wet Paint Auction Photos From Alice Gardner
Hi Joey,
Here are some pictures from the Paint Essex Day and Wet Paint Auction tonight at the Cox Reservation. We painted in the rain and had a great time.
The auction of paintings and party was enjoyed by all . Alice
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Mobile Studio View. The State Fish Pier
Mobile Studio View. The State Fish Pier
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Gloucester Waterfront Festival
There is still time to make it to the Gloucester waterfront festival! It continues today until 6PM.
Click here for a slideshow of some more of the neat people and products I ran into yesterday:
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After Hours at the Cape Ann Museum
If you were not at the Cape Ann Museum Summer “After Hours” event last Thursday, August 16, you really missed out! This museum is one of the under-recognized jewels in Cape Ann’s cultural crown.
There was great music, great food from Alchemy, live music/dance pieces featuring Sara Slifer, Kristen Miller, and 3rian King… and the personable staff and breathtaking art that you can always find at the Cape Ann Museum. Here are some photos.
Their next event is today at 3PM:
Elyssa East, author of Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town, will discuss Hartley’s sixteen-year relationship with Cape Ann and how it changed his life and work. $10 Museum members; $15 nonmembers. Reservations are required; to make a reservation please call (978)283-0455 x16 or email info@capeannmuseum.org. Dogtown Lecture series generously sponsored by Cape Ann Savings Bank.
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A Big Thank You and a Few (Brief) Thoughts on Art
Thank you so much for helping us reach our goal on Kickstarter. The project we funded through Kickstarter is called the Art Exchange and it begins TONIGHT at 6 o’clock on White Wharf in Rockport. The response to the Art Exchange has already been interesting, and it has yet to take place. Usually when people hear about the idea behind the Art Exchange, they say something like “What a great idea!” followed by “I really want to be a part of this!” followed by “But what-if-what-I-bring-is-worth-more-than-what-someone-else-brings?” or “But what-if-what-I-bring-is-not-as-good-as-what-other-people-bring?” followed by, “I’ll just wait and see this year and maybe participate if you do it again.”
Then you would be one lucky dog.
This is the thing: the Art Exchange is an experiment for all of us. At times we allow our experience of art to become an overly-mediated one, or we allow the market to dictate our response to what we see. The point of the Art Exchange is to make the art market a more immediate, interactive experience. Things may get interesting, or they may stay boring. You may find the experience to be less than satisfying, or it may be the best night of your life. The thing is, I don’t know. And neither do you. So in between gallery openings and the block party, come down to Rockport’s Art Exchange. Eat a hot dog, listen to some tunes, and if you really like a piece of art you see there, try to trade for it. If not, you’ll have had a few hours on one of Rockport’s beautiful wharves on a nice summer evening. So things could be worse. Hope to see you there, and thanks again for your support!
Go to www.artnowrockport.com for more information.
Good Morning Gloucester 