My View of Life on the Dock
My first attempt folding this great design by Won Park. There were koi in a pond at the seminary where I used to teach, but I didn’t see them too often. Maybe they were trying to avoid being seen by the blue heron and other predators. Or maybe they were just being koi coy.
Art Rock Location
Just dropped it off.
Blooming today in my office, and with it’s “shocking pink” color and fabulous fragrance, making work all that much more pleasant.
Epiphyllum
Shocking pink was fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli’s (1890- 19730) signature color and she described it as “life-giving, like all the light and the birds and the fish in the world put together, a color of China and Peru but not of the West.”
Marcel Vertes 1940 watercolor ad for Schiaparelli’s Shocking perfume, which shows a bottle of Shocking reclining in a pink hammock with a floating couple above and Cupid below.
Marcel Vertes and Elsa Schiaparelli jointly won the British Academy Film award in 1952 for Best Costume Design for the original Moulin Rouge film, about the life and times of artist Toulouse-Lautrec.
New classes start tomorrow at Art Haven, including a preschool class (learning French and art) and Metal Tooling. February Vacation schedule is also up on the web site – those classes fill up quickly, so sign up now!
I got a book of dollar bill origami by Won Park. It includes some sea life models. This shark is the first design I have tackled from the book.
The shark tank was one of my favorite parts of Seaworld, where I visited about ten days ago, but I’d rather hold a paper shark than get too close to a live one without lots of glass between us.
I hope to share more “fishy” money origami in the next few days.
Art Rock 02/05/2012
look for the 4:30 pm post for the location.
If you don’t know what is special about this picture click the link below-
Brian luster forwards-
Here’s a picture of my son, Yitzchak, that you might enjoy.
-Brian
Other pensive self portraits-
Click on the picture to see a slideshow of artwork by the kids in the Compass Youth Program, run by Action Inc. If you don’t know about the Compass program, it’s a great alternative day school, night school and GED program to help all students get a high school degree – They’re doing great work and the kids are some of the most creative people I know!
These pieces were done by the day school program and were part of an art show at Cruiseport Gloucester last week – really cool and interesting stuff they came up with.
Here is his most recent work:
"Fort Point Channel District, Boston, MA "
72 x 48 in
Visitors welcome by appointment only
You can contact Ben at ben@benmacadam.com or call him at 978.394.1506."
Inge used household items for all the percussion in his latest music video. Here is a glimpse of the creative process in action. Inge is very creative.
We are blessed with so many talented musicians around here. Tonight you can see the amazing David Brown, David Mattack with Dave Sags at the Rhumb Line. See the full lineup here.
Madison made this Greek Amphora as a part of the Ancient Archaeology class at Art Haven 🙂 Throughout the session they learned about ancient cultures through the ceramic vessels those cultures built and left behind!
Click on the button below to vote for Gloucester as the Top Small City Arts Destination in The Country, and thank you for supporting Gloucester and it’s artists!
Loren Doucette, local Gloucester artist will be showing her recent work from Montserrat College of Art at The Art Room on 3 Center Street in Gloucester. She is exhibiting her portrait work, abstractions, large ink works and some small landscapes from her July 2011 trip to Italy. She invites you all to stop by her opening reception anytime between 10am and 7pm on Saturday February 4, 2012. Her work will hang from Feb 4 to April 4, feel free to call her and make an appointment to see the show. Any questions, call Loren at 978-879-8981.
To view recent artwork: http://lorendoucette.blogspot.com/
New Jason Burroughs painting at Pleasant Street Tea Company!
Main Street, Gloucester, circa 1880 Alice M. Curtis/©Fredrik D. Bodin
This link was sent to me by Catherine Ryan. Click the picture for the full presentation
Catherine writes-
Hey Joey
There are more than 80 known titles of Gloucester imagery by Hopper. There is a dynamite range throughout our downtown: several by Flanagans/Our Lady, by the RR, by CAM , by Joan of Arc, throughout the Fort, and by Stacy BLVD
Sincerely,
Catherine
The Essex Elementary PTO is gearing up for the 3rd Annual Messy Art Night! This event, which was written up in the national publication, PTO Today, connects children to the vibrant world of art on the North Shore. Over 15 area artists are slated participate in this hands-on, creative evening. Children move freely from station to station where they try their hand at different mediums including pottery, printmaking, collage, charcoal drawing and more!
Messy Art Night is on Friday, February 3 from 5 – 8 pm at Essex Elementary, 12 Story Street, Essex, MA. Admission is $5 per person or $20 per family. All proceeds go to the enrichment programming for the children of Essex Elementary. For more information, visit www.essexpto.com.
from the News From Rocky Neck:
juried by Joseph Carroll, Carroll & Sons Gallery
January 20th – February 24th 2012 at the
Kathryn Schultz Gallery
25 Lowell St, Cambridge MA 02138
I went to a great new event last night at the Cape Ann Community Cinema for Artists After Hours… I know, it sounds a bit mysterious. And if that makes you want to go, by all means keep thinking it’s extremely mysterious.
In reality, though, a great group of local visual artists, musicians, and writers organized by Nonie Brady and Rokhaya Waring gathered to watch a great film about Charles and Ray Eames – the architect and the painter.
Now, I didn’t really know anything about these two before going to the movie, but afterward I felt ignorant for that. Turns out they not only designed one of the most prolific chair designs in our current society, they also made a film to show America to the Soviet Russians during the Cold War, solved the PR problems of the computer when it first came out, and made all kinds of other fun and fantastic contributions to society.
It was a lot of fun to gather together with other artists and then discuss the film with them a little bit afterward. Looking forward to the next event, February 27th. Word on the street is it’ll be a showing of Waste Land, about Vik Muniz, a creator of giant portraits of garbage pickers in Brazil made out of the garbage itself. He then sold these portraits with the proceeds going to the pickers themselves. Should make for some good discussion!
Wells Maritime Art recently acquired a large Ken Knowles painting, "East Gloucester from Rocky Neck," 24" x 30". It’s pretty sweet. Very few have seen it. I’ve attached an image.
Also, the e-commerce provider we use for Wells Maritime Art (Volusion) allows us to set up a "Social Store" on Facebook. If you’re logged in to FB, go to
www.facebook.com/WellsMaritimeArt
You can actually buy on FB! Pretty cool. We’re offering a 20% discount to those who "like" us.
Best,
Jon Cahill
www.wellsmaritime.com
Good Morning Gloucester 