Category: Art

WHAT KIND OF FISH IS THIS?

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From deb Clarke;

WHAT KIND OF FISH IS THIS?

found it in a tank at the Seapocket Lab of the Gloucester Maritime Center

http://www.gloucestermaritimecenter.org/. A simple google search identified the image as a grunt, my Audubon field guide identifies it as a Porgy.

I’m gathering this information for a new body of work based on fish that I have not painted before. Some of the new paintings will be of favorite aquarium fish that I have lived with. Others will be new encounters through tidepools, my visit to the Maritime Center, the Boston Aquarium (a visit is next on my list). The artwork will exhibit up in Maine in the New Year. to see my progress subscribe to my blog:

http://www.debbieclarke.blogspot.com

best,

deb

http://www.debbieclarke.blogspot.com

Les Bartlett and Friends Eye of the Soul opens Friday Night at the Lanesville Community Center

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Les Bartlett writes-

HI Joey:

Eye of the Soul opens Friday Night at the Lanesville Community Center, 5pm – 8pm

Thanks! –Les

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2011 Cape Ann Artisans Studio Tour On Tap For Next Weekend

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Marty Morgan invites you to spend the holiday weekend visiting 14 studios of
professional artists in beautiful locations all around Gloucester and
Rockport.

Gloucester Writers Center Wed. Oct. 5 @ 7:30 Poets & Laureates

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GWC – Wed. Oct. 5 @ 7:30 Poets & Laureates

Join us to hear Poet Laureates Rufus Collinson and John Ronan, Writer/Teacher James Cook, and Poetic Musician Willie Alexander at Gloucester Writers Center, 126 Main Street, Gloucester. For further information go to our websitegloucesterwriters.org or contact Annie Thomas 978.283.7738

Parking across the street on Norwood Court.

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THIS MORNING!!!! 10AM The Season Grand Finale Mug Up and Ryan & Woods Distilleries sponsored Bloody Mary Competition on Rocky Neck

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The Season Grand Finale Mug Up and Ryan & Woods Distilleries sponsored Bloody Mary Competition on Rocky Neck (in case you didn’t already see it, forgot about it, or are on the fence about it), will be on Sunday, October 2 at 10:00 am.  Bob Ryan has very generously donated some awesome prizes for the creators of the winning Bloody Mary entries, including coasters, t-shirts, and Ryan & Woods Beauport Vodka (!!).  Also, for those planning to enter a Bloody Mary mix, so that we level the playing field and judging is based solely on presentation and mix, and no drink is heavy handed on the alcohol (it will be 10:00 am after all, and we have to protect our judges from inebriation), Beauport Vodka will be conservatively added to all mixes here before they go to the judges and attendees.  So no one has to go out and buy vodka and everyone’s entries will be made with only the best locally distilled Ryan and Woods Beauport Vodka.  Entrants only need bring a container of their best Bloody Mary mix creation and a glass with preferred garnishes for presentation to the judges.  In the best interest of judging time and the judges’ alcohol levels, we will limit the number of entries to eight.  Of course, entrants must be 21 years of age or older.  As always at Mug Up, there will be plenty of great coffee, deviled eggs and whatever other Mug Up type fare people bring along to share. Always a good time and everyone is welcome at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck at Madfish Wharf.  10:00 am

Finally, there will be a Big Blow Out End of Season and Early Holiday Shopping Sale at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery from Saturday, 10/1 through Columbus Day, 10/10.  There will be many items under $20 to choose from.  Wendie Demuth Photography Gallery next door will also be slashing prices and she and other Madfish Wharf denizens have many great furniture pieces, clothes, household items, fishing gear and more for sale under the tent at Madfish Grille.  Plenty of free parking, and it is such a pretty and cool place to visit.  Other galleries and shops on Rocky Neck are still open too, so it’s a great time to visit and do some local unique holiday shopping while supporting your local art community.

E.J. Lefavour

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October at Art Haven

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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ELEMENTARY CLASSES

Color & Design (Ages 6-11)
w/ Aja Heussi
Monday 3:30 – 5:00pm
$40 for 5-week session, $10 walk-in fee
Students learn the principles and elements of art through the exploration of drawing, painting, printmaking, and other 2-D art forms. Experience the work and techniques of artists throughout history while developing your own unique artistic style!

3-Discovery: PAPER MAGIC  (Ages 6-11)
w/ Aja Heussi
Tuesday 3:30 – 5:00pm
$40 for 5-week session, $10 walk-in fee
Explore the world of 3-D art including clay, plaster, paper-mache and recycled materials. Learn about some of the works of sculpture and 3-D art throughout history while experimenting with form in the third dimension!

Architecture for the Future (Ages 8-12)
w/ Keara Watson
Wednesday 3:30 – 5:00pm
$40 for 5-week session, $10 walk-in fee
Dive into the question of what cities and towns will look like 25 years from now while learning how to make architectural drawings, plans sections and elevations. Learn about structures and how buildings are constructed before designing and building a model with found materials! Your tool kit will include viewing images of buildings from different cultures and time periods while you learn to use writing and sketching to express your ideas.

MIDDLE & HIGH CLASSES

Youth Open Studio (Ages 12-18)
w/ Amelia Leonards
Tuesday, Thursday 5:30 – 7:00pm
$60 for 5-week session, $10 walk-in fee
Students design their own long-term projects, setting goals to accomplish those projects. The opportunity to work in any medium available, including clay, paint, pen & ink, design, etc.

Open Darkroom Time (Ages 12-18)
w/ Alex Daskalopolous
Wednesdays 6:30 – 8:00pm
$70 for 5-week session, $15 walk-in fee
During this time, students who have taken the five week intro course are welcome to spend time developing their film and exploring their own projects in the darkroom. Also, they will be introduced to new alternative processing methods periodically.

Pottery Throwing (Ages 10-15)
w/ Mat Schetne
Thursday 3:30 – 5:00pm
$40/five-week session, $10 walk-in fee
Gain experience with the art of wheel-thrown pottery! The goal of each session will be to complete a basic table set.

CLASSES FOR ALL AGES

Art for Special Needs (Any age w/ a parent)
w/ Aja Heussi
Monday 5:30 – 7:00pm
$10 first child, $5 each additional
Artists of all ages and abilities are welcome to join us for fun art projects in everything from clay to colored pencil and collage!

Family Open Studio (Any age w/ a parent)
Friday 3:30 – 5:30pm
$10 first child, $5 each additional
Join us each week for a project organized by an instructor, followed by time to explore and experiment with everything our studio has to offer. A great time to hang out with the family and get the creative juices flowing!

ADULT CLASSES

Adult Pottery (Ages 16+)
w/ Phil Scheer
Monday 7:00 – 9:00pm
September 19th – October 24th (no class on Columbus Day)
$90 for 5-week session
A beginner level pottery class to learn the basics of throwing pottery to create useful and unique clay pieces.

“SURVEY” AT ROCKPORT ART ASSOCIATION

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Show by Award Winning Photographers Law Hamilton and Dale Blank with Sculptor John Fleming Opens October 2

DaleBlank_ToolCompany“Survey,” featuring many new works by photographers Dale Blank and Law Hamilton and sculptor John Fleming, will be showing at the Rockport Art Association’s Martha Moore Room on October 2 through October 16, 2011.  An Opening Reception with the artists will be held on Sunday afternoon, October 2, from 2 – 4pm.

The collaboration of Ms. Blank, a Gloucester landscape photographer, Ms. Hamilton, a Rockport naturalist photographer, and Rockport artist/sculptor Fleming, “Survey” provides sweeping landscapes, graphic close-ups and double exposures designed to share their unique views of the world. Most of the photographs are representations of Cape Ann.  Mr. Fleming’s work is full of texture, yet reminiscent of charcoal drawing.
His sculptures inhabit the world created by the photographs.

“My sculpture primarily involves the human figure. To work on a sculpture, building and shaping the surface only to cut parts away and rebuild again, is to try to impart the same sense of growth, neglect, breaking down and recovery that we all experience,” says John.

Dale waits for the best light, in the golden hours before sunrise and sunset, or in the aftermath of a storm.  “I hope to increase appreciation of the natural and built environments by sharing the beauty of these places.” Reflections, symmetrical components and fleeting light are the mainstays of her work.

Law is known for her unique photographs of the region’s flora.  “Love of nature leads me to express through investigation, using patterns to lead the eye to a new perspective of what otherwise might be passed by,” she states.

All three are artist members of the Rockport Art Association. Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 10am – 5pm and Sunday, 12pm – 5pm. Galleries are open free to the public.

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LOCAL TEEN ARTISTS SHOW OFF CREATIVE SKILLS AND NEW WORKS

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DSC_1372The Teen Artist Guild (TAG) fall gallery opening at Cape Ann Art Haven isn’t going to be your typical wine and cheese gallery opening. Instead, on October 1 at 6pm, you can join these local young artists to see them revealing new series’ and creating new works on the spot.
“We’re not just going to be selling artwork,” says 18-year-old artist Jason Burroughs. “We’re doing some cool new stuff and we want everyone to come be a part of the process.”
The TAG program was started by Cape Ann Art Haven in 2010 as a summer program. In its initial installment, a group of local student artists began learning how to market their artwork and sold work at the Cape Ann Farmer’s Market. Each student sold their original creations throughout the summer and donated 10% of their proceeds to a local non-profit of their choice.
Throughout the past two months, the program has expanded to include a small gallery at Art Haven’s 180B Main Street studio space and visits to Amy’s Coffee and Cones on Rocky Neck. The TAG students spent four Thursday nights with their work on display at the ice cream shop as a part of Nights on the Neck, a summer celebration of the historic art colony.
As fall approaches, some of these students are starting classes at local art schools while others go back to middle and high school. They’re all continuing to exercise their creative minds and get some real world experience of what it’s like to be a working artist in today’s world.
For more information about the Teen Artist Guild or Cape Ann Art Haven, you can visit www.arthaven.org or call (978) 283-3888.

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Cape Ann – a Farming Town

Posted on by Sharon
Goose Cove, circa 1890 Charle E. Dennison/ ©Fredrik D. Bodin
Gloucester and Rockport have historically produced nearly everything they needed: Ships, anchors, tools, rope, lumber, granite, fish, produce, and milk. Our first farm was established in 1658 by James Babson, and was located at the Babson Cooperage property in Rockport. Gallery visitor Laura Kerr told me that she and her husband counted eighteen working dairies on Cape Ann. In my shop, I display bottles from Bass Rocks Farm (George C. Nugent),  D.J. Spittle Dairy, Doctor Babson Farm (Washington Street in Riverdale), Kerr Farm (Riverdale), Lanes Dairy (The Best Milk – From Our Dairy to You), Lanes Farms, and O’Neil & Newman (West Gloucester). I wish I had more information and bottles.
 F. Maynard Tucker’s Vegetable Truck, 1930 Alice M. Curtis/ ©Fredrik D. Bodin
Photographs printed from the original 5×7 inch glass negative in my darkroom. Images # JW-001 (Cow) and A8457-037 (Vegetable Truck)
Dr. Babson’s milk bottle, from Fred’s collection.
Fredrik D. Bodin
Bodin Historic Photo
82 Main Street
Gloucester, MA 01930

Chickity Check It! Another Magpie Nest’s Debbie Clarke Finds Inspiration In Rotten Pogies

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Check Out Deb Clarke’s Post Here-

Capt Joey’s "Pogie"

Disclaimer- I’m not a Captain and don’t pretend to be one.

Judith Monteferrante, Roger Salbury and Rich Seeley’s Out Of Africa Exhibit Opening Photos

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Here’s a video from Rich Seeley

click the long skinny ones to view the panoramas

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Khan Studio and The Good Morning Gloucester Gallery
77 Rocky Neck, G3, Madfish Wharf
Gallery Hours: Wens. – Sun. noon – 8:00 pm

www.judithmphotography.com
www.rogersalisbury.com
www.richardseeleyphotography.com

Art Now Event in Rockport in Photos

Posted on by S.D. Kelly

We had a great evening at Art Now Rockport at the historic former Rockport Lodge (now the beautiful home of Abigail Cahill O’Brien & Greg O’Brien) enjoying miniature apple pies & spiked cider while discussing art with local contemporary artists Kurt Ankeny, Renata Fryshara, Nina Samoiloff, Karen Tusinski & Ben Macadam). We even had the chance to sit around the fire for a bit on a cold evening in early Fall before heading inside to hear art advisor Lydia Barry Kutko make a presentation on the local contemporary art scene. For a more detailed account of Art Now Rockport, click here. Meanwhile, enjoy some photos! (And if you didn’t join us this year, and would like to know when the next Art Now event is going to take place, be sure to click this link and sign up for our newsletter. Thanks!)

photos courtesy of Sandi Hickey and Abigail Cahill O’Brien

Relevant Links:

Art Now Rockport

Kurt Ankeny

Karen Tusinski

Ben Macadam

Nina Samoiloff

Renata Fryshara

Lydia Barry Kutko

Lula’s Pantry 

Wernau Asset Management (a big thank you to Wernau Asset Management, Inc, Art Now Rockport sponsors!)

5th Joy (Abby Cahill O’Brien’s blog)

“ New England Inspiration – Two Views” Oils by Bruce Turner – Watercolors by Marilyn Swift September 19 – October 2 North Shore Arts Association

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Gray’s Hardware, the Talking Machine, and Four Generations

Posted on by Sharon
   Talking Machine Sign for Gray’s Hardware, Gloucester, circa 1900 Anonymous/ ©Fredrik D. Bodin
My research for Gray’s Hardware began a week ago when I got an email from Lynn Gray. She’s the great granddaughter of Charles A. Gray, who founded the store more than a century ago, and wanted to know if I had any photos of it. As you can see, I have a picture of Gray’s Talking Machine sign (or is it a horse-drawn billboard?). Lynn loved it, but what she really wanted was the front of the building, which was located at 129 Main Street (where Growing Pains is now). I was on a mission.
I called up an old friend and retired lobsterman, who grew up going to Gray’s for onion and potato sets (bulbs), nails, screws, and hardware.  He said it was the first shop on Cape Ann to sell Kodak photo supplies. I think they were also the first “phonograph parlor” here, which were springing up nationwide since the Talking Machine’s invention in 1877 by Thomas Edison. My friend’s circa 1900 post card appears below, showing they named the intersection “Gray’s Corner.”
From Lynn Gray: “Gray’s Hardware was built in the early 1870’s. It was started by my great grandfather, Charles A. Gray, and was later run by my grandfather Charles J. Gray. My dad, James Gray, used to ride an old fashioned bicycle with the large front wheel around Gloucester as advertising for the store. He lives and works at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, NH. If anyone has a picture of my dad on that bicycle, now THAT’s something I’d like to see :)”
If you can help Lynn find her father on that bicycle – please let me know!
Talking Machine photograph printed from the original 5×7 inch glass negative in my darkroom. Image # A9357-002
Post card from a private collection.
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Fredrik D. Bodin
Bodin Historic Photo
82 Main Street
Gloucester, MA 01930