My View of Life on the Dock
Art reception happening Friday night at Pleasant Street Tea Co. from 6:00 – 8:00! Local artists Ben MacAdam, Donna Therrien and Rocky Delforge are showing some great work and will be there to show it off. There was some great work going up last night – get excited… For more details click here or check out E.J.’s post from a couple days ago.
Here’s another entry (probably the last) in my series of origami dragons in honor of the Year of the Dragon. His name is Spike.
As with the others, he’s folded from one uncut square of paper, although this was 20″ square paper. Designed and folded by me.
-Fr. Matthew Green
WHAT: Cape Ann Museum Park and Sculpture Garden Opening Reception; free and open to the public, refreshments will be served
WHEN: Saturday, May 12, 4:30pm (immediately following Gloucester Public School District Arts Festival)
WHERE: Across the street from the Museum, located at 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, Mass. 01930
WHO: Remarks by J.J. Bell, Vice President of the Museum ; John Raimondi, the Rockport artist who created the Park’s central bronze sculpture, Dance of the Cranes, will be in attendance
WHY: Please join us in celebrating the official opening of our new landscaped park and sculpture garden. A wonderful urban green space for the citizens of Cape Ann and its visitors, the park includes an inviting granite stairway leading up from the corner of Pleasant Street (there is also an accessible walkway), a variety of plantings and two rugged granite benches for seating. At the center of the park is an engaging bronze sculpture Dance of the Cranes by Rockport artist, John Raimondi. The inspirational depiction of cranes in flight exudes the optimism and positive spirit which is reflective of the proud and triumphant architecture of the iconic City Hall, which serves as its backdrop.
The park and sculpture garden, located in the heart of Gloucester’s Civic District, appears at a time when much of the district is being refurbished, including City Hall, the Central Grammar apartment building, and the Saunders House and Sawyer Free Library. It is one of a number of initiatives to continue the Cape Ann Museum’s community outreach efforts, in this case, building a public amenity that includes a piece of the Museum’s collection. With this park and sculpture garden in the heart of Gloucester, the Museum hopes to establish a more visible connection with the public and to contribute to the creation of a “cultural campus” comprising the Museum, City Hall, the Saunders House and the Library.
Yesterday we introduced you to gimmesound artists of the week, Frances Fitch & Greg Bover (click here if you missed it — people asked what time is next Tuesday’s concert at Shalin Liu. Answer: 7:30pm).
Today we have a special treat as Frances Fitch show us some Harpsichord music written in the 1650s and then plays it for us. You can hear the entire piece next Tuesday night.
Plenty of music tonight starting at 7pm at six excellent Gloucester venues — all FREE. See the full music lineup here.
This week’s artist is a little bit older than the ones I’ve shared with you the past fewweeks. Becca’s a part of Action Inc.’s Compass Youth Program that comes to do art with us at Art Haven on Friday afternoons. She painted this beautiful imitation of Claude Monet’s Carrieres-Saint-Denis on a bottle this past Friday! She’s done lots of other beautiful work with us as well and we can’t wait to see what else she creates!
If you know of a young artist that should be featured here, email dawn.gadow@gmail.com with a picture and a little info!
2nd Submission in the series: “I’ll Show You Mine If you Show Me Yours”
From Eileen;
“I posted pictures on my Facebook page a while back of the little corner of the world where I do my painting. I was always posting pictures of the finished pieces and thought it would be fun for people to see where I actually do the work. This is my paint box and brushes. I use heavy bodied acrylic paint as it has a very similar quality and texture as oils but are faster and easier to work with. My palette is just an old, cracked plate. I like the way I can move the paint around to blend on the smooth surface and it’s easy to clean up.
Click here to see how you can share your painting set up with GMG
As I mentioned in my previous posts on this topic, this is the Chinese year of the dragon (within the twelve-year cycle based on the Chinese zodiac). While I do not subscribe to any form of astrology, I like the idea of a “mascot” for the year. I am also particularly fond of dragons. So, as an origami artist in Gloucester, I decided to share a series of origami dragons that I have folded, either from my own designs or from others’ designs that I have modified to my own taste.
I’ve gotten a few responses to the idea of starting an origami group here on Cape Ann. Maybe to get started, if a few people would like to learn how to fold an origami dragon, I’d could to set up a time to teach a public class. We just need to find a suitable date and venue. Which model I would teach would depend on the level of experience of the students.
Speaking of origami classes, the annual Origami USA convention in New York City is now open for registration! It’s a great event – I’m already signed up. Anyone else going?
Today’s dragon is my variation on Robert Neale’s design:
This is the simplest of the models I’ve presented so far, and represents perhaps the most “classic” species of dragon. It has an elegant simplicity that makes it one of my favorites. This example is made from a 6″ square of uncut textured foil. My contributions to this design are the horns and jaw on the head and the specific size and shape of the wings.
One can fold it without the horns and with slightly smaller wings in just a few minutes (as opposed to the other designs I have posted so far, which require more time to fold with any real precision). That simpler form is the one that would be easiest to teach.
Hi Joey,
Any idea why this sculpture is on the rock? It’s a nice surprise at low tide! Many thanks, Christy
You’re invited! Join us to view the artwork of local painters and printmakers Ben MacAdam, Donna Therrien, and Rocky Delforge at Pleasant Street Tea Co. on Friday May 11th from 6-8 pm! The tea shop is located at 7 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, MA. and will cater food and drinks for the opening. The show will be up until the end of June. Local musician Brad Byrd will also play a few songs also during the opening.
It’s how long it took master craftsman Greg Bover to build a harpsichord for his equally talented wife Frances Fitch, who plays it magnificently in this video. Frances & Greg are the gimmesound artists of the week and all week long we’ll have videos featuring Frances, Greg and this extraordinary instrument.
Next Tuesday, May 15, you can see Frances play this masterpiece live at Shalin Liu — and Greg will talk about the process of building it over the past 25 years. Just in case you’re not convinced it’s where you want to be next Tuesday, think about this: Shalin Liu was built specifically for instruments like this. No mics, no amps, just perfect acoustics. This could be your only chance EVER to hear a harpsichord of this quality, played by a master in an acoustically perfect room. Oh, and it’s FREE.
Since yesterday’s post we’ve added several new shows. Cape Ann’s music scene is just exploding. Click here and see what we mean.
From Barry Marshall;
“Hello Joey,
Thank You so much for Good Morning Gloucester.I moved away years ago but once a Gloucester boy always a Gloucester boy.So enjoyed all the pictures and stories and actually will be back there for a couple weeks mid May.This is my palette .Unfortunately It seems the palette gets more attention then the paintings,still working on that.I studied with one of the best Gloucester painters around,David Curtis.With out his help I don’t know where I’d be today.I have a small gallery on the Central Coast of California and paint on location almost daily.
Thank You Again, In Paint, Barry Marshall”
Click here to see how you can share your painting set up with GMG
One of Barry’s Beautiful Paintings from his website;
John and I ended up taking photos from very near the same spot to get the moonrise behind Thatcher Island, but then he moved on to other locations. Here are a few of his (amazing) photos.
Catch more of his photos on Flickr!
-Fr. Matthew Green
Deb Clarke shares her paint box with us. If there are any painters out there that would like to share their Paint box photos with us please email with a Photo and info like Deb has done. Also include anything you’d like to share. Such as; Your website, facebook page, exhibits etc. Email me at Frontiero@hotmail.com
From Deb Clarke;
“This was my father’s french easel, now it is mine. it was pristine when i got it a few years ago, now it is broken in.
my colors:
cad yellow light
cad yellow medium
lemon yellow
yellow ochre
burnt sienna
grumbacher red (napthol red)
alizarin crimson
pthalo green
winsor blue (pthalo blue)
cadmium blue
ultramarine blue
grumbacher pre-test white original (titanium)
a few big brushes, mostly flats, a few rounds, maybe a filbert or two”.
Deb Clarke
http://debbieclarke.blogspot.com/
Deb’s Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=tn_tnmn#!/profile.php?id=1582751786
Would you be interested in a monthly meeting or workshop in Gloucester for origami enthusiasts? Do you have friends who might be? Contact me to let me know! If we get enough people interested, I would like to get something going. I posted on this before and got one or two responses, but I’d like to expand that base.
Continuing my posts in honor of the year of the dragon, here’s origami dragon #3:
Designed and folded by me, from a (single uncut) 6″ square of textured foil. The final model is 3″ from head to tail.
Git yer chalk ready – it’s that time of year again: Motif No. 1 Day’s Annual Sidewalk Chalk Art Contest on Motif No. 1 Day, Saturday, May 19th. We have categories for every age and prizes for every category. And Rockport National Bank is this year’s sponsor for the event, so please thank someone at the bank for their community spirit the next time you’re there. For the festival Schedule of Events, click HERE.
Continuing with origami dragons in honor of the Year of the Dragon, here is number 2:
This is a “mutation” of Wen’s Dragon. The original design was described by Sok Song in issue #7 of Creased magazine; this model shows some significant variations.
Folded from a single uncut 6″ square of textured foil; finished size is approximately 3″ head to tail.
Would you be interested in a monthly meeting or workshop in Gloucester for origami enthusiasts? Do you have friends who might be? Contact me to let me know! If we get enough people interested, I would like to get something going. I posted on this before and got one or two responses, but I’d like to expand that base.
-Fr. Matthew Green
Good Morning Gloucester 