My View of Life on the Dock
Ben Macadam and Jeffery Cluett Will be hosting an art show for the ages(and by ages I mean anyone cool and hip enough to appreciate young fresh art)
Jeff will be manning the wheels of steel and there will be adult beverages as well as some fantastic grub.
I’ll be there and have been looking forward to it all week long.
If you haven’t met Ben and Jeffrey yet let me introduce you-
Click the Map for Directions to the Hippest joint in G Town Tonight-
click below for directions
The morning of the Blackburn Challenge contestants and viewers of the race noticed some pretty weird clouds. Hard to capture in a camera, they looked a little like this photo taken from the wiki page describing mammatus clouds. Terry Weber posted at GMG about these mysterious clouds here.
“Mammatus” from the latin mamma for breast or udders. On race day the clouds were much larger in the breast category with cleavage compressed as small indentions. A cold front comes in, some wind shear occurs, and these large lumpy clouds start dropping from the sky.
Some clouds have a silver lining, on Cape Ann they sometimes appear to be double D cup.
COMMUNITY CELEBRATION and ART INSTALLATION
Camilla MacFadyen: The White-Ellery Farm ProjectSaturday, August 6 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
245 Washington Street, Gloucester, MA
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"… have you noticed on the pole on the corner of your house a big red mark? Well that is a sign that ‘human beings live here’ and I remember that no one went from our door hungry."
From the diary of Ida Beaman Falk, 1892-197?
The White Ellery Farm Project is a collaborative piece about history, community and our agrarian roots. It is an art/history "happening", gathering artists and farmers together to bring spirit and community back to the old farm. Join friends and neighbors for a community pot luck with food given by the plentiful home gardens of Cape Ann. If possible, bring an old family recipe or a salad from your garden to share. Take this opportunity to sit with and meet the people in your community and learn about this precious historic farm.
Inside the historic house, Camilla MacFadyen will show her large collograph printed silk landscapes along with an exhibit of photographs of the old farm and an audio diary. Shep Abbott’s film More precious than Gold, a historical documentary on the early settlers of Cape Ann, will play continuously throughout the day. Outside,there will be a small Farmers Market with goods and produce for sale from local farms including the Alprilla Farm in Essex, and the Riverdale Youth Garden in Gloucester.
Gloucester Harbor, circa 1900 Russell Robins/©Fredrik D. Bodin
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he is also on Twitter @kurtankeny
Check out Karen’s Scout Vintage Finds on Facebook here- Scout Vintage Finds Facebook Page
Love the coffee decanter!
H.A. Lind-
Hi Joey:
I could not resist your challenge of a new design for the Block Party poster
for three (very serious) reasons:
• I miss Glosta soooo much.
• I lived/worked in 3 apartments in Kirk Noyes wonderful 92 Main Street building downtown,and
• I just miss everything Gloucester, especially downtown!!!
Yes – I am passionate about downtown!
You will notice my design reflects these interests!
Many Thanks to you and all of your contributors for helping me to maintain my sanity –
in spite of our 3000 miles of separation!!!
Best regards,
H. A. Lind
aka. HelannaBanana
; )
and below Linda Cordner-
Scout Vintage Finds at 186 East Main St Gloucester MA
Check out Karen’s Scout Vintage Finds on Facebook here- Scout Vintage Finds Facebook Page
Passing the Paint
Since Washinton, Our beloved Capitol and “Servants”? Can’t seem to stop playing “F’n” Games with us. We are all in trouble.
Including our local “Non Profit Organizations” Do What You can if you can.
Don’t break your Bank. If you can do it! Great!
If not “Forget about it!”
Help keep the Paint Factory out of the Ocean! It doesn’t look to healthy!
If not for them. Do it for me! 🙂 I love that Old Building!
If you can afford it donate. Click link below for more info!
Or on your Cell phone Text
“Whales” to the number 50555
I just did! and I’m a cheap SOB!
Oh yeah, THANKS!
‘HERE & NOW’ SERIES BRINGS ARTISTS TO HISTORIC SITE
Here & Now: Contemporary Artists Working in The Sargent House Museum Garden
Launches this Sunday with artist Kathy Gentile Roberts
Here & Now was conceived as a means to revitalize the 1782 Sargent House and energize the under-utilized Sargent House Museum garden. The garden’s tiers, which were added to the site in 1925 by preservation architect Joseph Everett Chandler, create unique spaces for artists to set up and find inspiration in the garden. Known for restorations at the House of the Seven Gables and the Paul Revere House, Chandler made various alterations to the historic site and grounds.
Built in 1782 for Judith Sargent Murray—an early feminist writer, philosopher, and social activist, the Sargent House is a fine example of high-style Georgian domestic architecture, enlarged during the Federal period, and converted into a museum during the height of the Colonial Revival.
There are still opportunities available for artists to participate in the Here & Now series. Interested artists should contact Site Manager Kate Laurel Burgess-Mac Intosh at kburgess1@mac.com or by calling 978-412-5290.
Upcoming Artists in the Here & Now Series
July 31: Kathryn Gentile Roberts
August 7: Mary Rhinelander McCarl
August 14: Dorothy Englander
August 21: Carole Anne Meehan
August 28: Coco Berkman
Did you know that Gloucester resident Laura Harrington’s Book “Alice Bliss” received a 4 star People’s Pick recommendation from People Magazine?
Laura writes on her blog-
Where’s Alice Bliss? launches Friday 7.29.2011 Help us send Alice Bliss around the world
This summer I’m inviting book bloggers from across the United States and the globe to participate in an exciting, new international adventure: Where’s Alice Bliss? Please join us and help send Alice Bliss around the world. What Is Where’s Alice Bliss? Where’s Alice Bliss? is a campaign to send copies of the novel Alice Bliss to as many countries and U.S. states as possible. Through bookcrossing.com, copies of Alice Bliss will be registered and tracked as they travel around the world, passing from one reader to the next. Your bookcrossing ID (BCID) allows you to follow your book wherever it goes. It’s like a passport enabling your book to travel the world without getting lost. Once your book is registered, you will leave it in a public place with a…
Click here for the rest of Laura Harrington’s post
Also here is our first interview when Alice Bliss was released-
Happy almost August! We’ve been having fun making animals and tables out of paper mache, trying out graphic design with computer programs and designing websites for our artwork!
Here’s a quick update on our upcoming programs at Art Haven for Middle and High School students:
UPCOMING Art Haven Visiting Artist Workshops!
Photography Week II (August 1-5)
Illustration (August 8-12)
Alexandra Daskalopoulos, our Art Haven photography teacher, will be leading students in a week long photography workshop next week. Whether you have taken a photo class with Alex before or if you are new to photography, Alex will help you explore this medium further!
Also, we are very excited to welcome Amy Rizzico to Art Haven as the visiting artist for Illustration the following week. She is a local artist on Cape Ann and has a portfolio which can be seen at: www.rizzico.com. She is a "versatile artist with experience in design, illustration, painting and other media." She has illustrated children’s books for other authors and for herself. She has also used illustration for design projects in her professional career.
We are excited that so far we’ve had students commit to both weeks for the full day program in coordination with "The Annie," so we’ll also be writing and performing a play with the theme of "Murder on Rocky Neck!"
Photography Week I
Come learn more about photography, illustration and participate in the performing arts as well!
Classes are from 1-4, Monday through Friday and it’s $75/week. For the full day program with the performing arts morning, the day runs from 9am to 4pm and the cost is $375 for the two-week session.
Youth Open Studio
We also have Youth Open Studio happening throughout the summer on Tuesday and Thursday afternoon from 5:30-7. This is a great opportunity for students in grades 7-12 for continued exploration and self-guided long-term projects! This is offered at $60/ month or $10 to walk in.
Teen Artist Guild
For advanced students in grades 8-12, we have the Teen Artist Guild (TAG) youth entrepreneurship program. This is designed for students to create artwork and learn strategies for selling their artwork. Students sell their work at the Farmer’s Market, in our gallery and at other venues. Please contact us for more details!
Please let me know if you have any questions. I can be reached at kearadesign@hotmail.com. Dawn Gadow, the Art Haven Executive Director, can be contacted at (978) 283-3888 or arthavendirector@gmail.com.
Paper Mache and Graphic Design weeks were a success!
Still Life, Watercolor by Zygmund Jankowski
The Rocky Neck Gallery’s Summer Artist Series continues with "Zyg’s Expression,"watercolors and oils by the late Zygmond Jankowski.
Jankowski opened a summer gallery on Rocky Neck in 1964 (at 5 Madfish Wharf, now Gallery Five and most recently Eugene Quinn gallery) and moved to Gloucester permanently in the 1970s. He taught at various universities, art associations and at home in his studio. Ranging from abstract to more realist impressionistic and expressive oil paintings, water colors, and mixed media on paper, his works burst with color. Today his paintings are included in major corporate, museum, and private collections throughout the country and in Europe, including the Cape Ann Museum and the Charles Demuth Museum in Pennsylvania. He has won numerous prizes in juried shows and in 2007 had a one-man show at the Cape Ann Museum. The Rockport Art Association honored his memory with a solo show in 2010.
Born in South Bend, Indiana in 1925, he studied at the California College of Arts and Crafts where he was taught by Victor DeWilde, George Post and Otis Oldfield. Throughout his career Jankowski painted various interpretations of certain themes, each time emphasizing a different element, such as rhythm, space, shape, and color. "You stand as referee between the scene, your emotion and analysis. Your goal is to experience a feeling of excitement for the first stroke to the last." He also said of his work, "These are paintings, NOT pictures. Cameras take pictures.
Quiet is the night, 72"x96", oil on canvas, 2011
Kathy is an incredible, extremely creative, inspirational artist. All Rocky Neck artists are encouraged to come to this talk, and/or stop by and meet Kathy during her open studio hours on the weekend.
Slip# 2, watermedia by Martha Wakefield
This body of work is an exploration of loss—of love that once was vibrant has slipped away. To denote this spirited soul I am utilizing a slip—an article of clothing that conveys intimacy with the wearer. A slip can be utilitarian or sensual, revealing the beauty of the female form without portraying nakedness. It has an intimate relationship with the wearer acting as a second skin but also acts as a protective or proper barrier to the other influences. I am using color, shape, line and layering to convey a sense of someone wearing, moving, and living in such a sheer skin of fabric—yet one who remains hidden from our view. The garment holds the memory of a loved one; we sense a presence though in truth she has slipped away from the knot of life and family. All that remains is the clothes.
Martha Wakefield, a former fashion executive, is a visual artist working in watercolors, acrylics and oils. She is a juried member of the Cambridge Art Association and the Rhode Island Watercolor Society. Martha has studied with Wolf Kahn, Stuart Shils and William Lawrence. Her work has been accepted into numerous juried shows and is in many private collections in United States and Canada. Her paintings have been featured in the Fall/Winter 2010 issue of Wild Apples: a Journal of Nature, Art, and Inquiry, and The Palette Magazine where she is a staff writer. A juried member of the Rocky Neck Gallery of Gloucester, she is also is represented by the Hope Gallery of Bristol, Rhode Island.
The public is invited to a Reception and Artist Talk on Saturday, August 6 from 5 to 8pm. Martha will give a gallery talk at 7pm.
Ruth Curtis will be the featured guest artist at Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck, G3 from July 22, through August 4, 2011 with an Opening Reception on Saturday, July 23rd from 3:00-6:00pm.
Ruth’s passion is to share her love of the outdoors and nautical landscapes with others, and truly capture the beauty that surrounds us everyday. Lighthouses, small town scenery, sailing the ocean, and vivid moments are all captured in her work. Ruth brings to life the moments and images you want to treasure for life and pass on through the generations. Her work has been showcased throughout New England and has won over 150 photography awards. For more information seewww.ruthcurtisphotography.com.
Ellen Lefavour, Khan Studio | www.khanstudiointernational.com | 857-891-9054
Dawn Gadow submits-
Hey Joey – I’ve got a video for you! This is the video of our performance of The Mermaid Robot of Gloucester at the Farmer’s Market two weeks ago for all to enjoy! The second performance of Summer PlayCamp is tomorrow (July 28th) at 6:00 at the Stage Fort Park gazebo. It’s gonna be an awesome one called “A Maritime Mystery: The Case of the Crusty Rusty Arm”. The kids have written the whole play and made the sets, props and costumes for it over the past two weeks and the only performance is at the Farmer’s Market, so you can’t miss it!
Alrighty, I think that’s all for now. I promise to send more things your way soon 🙂
Cheers,
Dawn
For more information check out The North Shore Arts Association Web page at-
http://nsarts.org/
Gala Preview Party Friday July 29th 5:30PM
Live Auction Saturday August 6th 7-9PM
This Room Will be Filled With Art by Friday
For more information check out The North Shore Arts Association Web page at-
http://nsarts.org/
Gala Preview Party Friday July 29th 5:30PM
Live Auction Saturday August 6th 7-9PM
Good Morning Gloucester 