My View of Life on the Dock
The Rockport Art Association continued the celebration of its 90th year with the opening of the show “Outside In”, featuring the work of contemporary Cape Ann artists Gordon Goetemann, Ruth Mordecai and Jon Sarkin. An exhibit of exclusively contemporary works is unusual for the RAA, and the place was buzzing at Friday night’s opening. Here are just a few shots of a great night: (For more info on the show, click here.)
This is Sam Hartson’s Second Movie after the Critically Acclaimed Celebrate Gloucester Release in 2010.
Plays every day Wednesday -Sunday at 5PM at Cape Ann Community Cinema
From The Cape Ann Community Cinema website-
St. Peter’s Fiesta is Gloucester, Massachusetts’ longtime early summer tradition that keeps the city in the grips of anticipation for 11 months of the year as it awaits the gala celebration that honors the patron saint of its heritage, St. Peter. Sam Hartson’s brand new documentary “This Is Fiesta” offers a glimpse at the Italian festival that the residents of America’s oldest fishing port hold so dear.
Greg Cook Photo
Greg Cook will exhibit his photos of Gloucester’s St. Peter’s Fiesta in the front window of Mystery Train, 21 Main St., Gloucester, from June 23 to July 3, 2011. Cook will be present at a 30-minute exhibition reception that will be held in front of the store window a half hour after the conclusion of the greasy pole contest on Saturday, June 25. So somewhere around 7 or 7:30 Saturday night.
This small exhibit, in the window where the St. Peter’s statue was displayed for many years, features Fiesta highlights from the past three years—from greasy pole walkers to the procession of statues and icons of saints through downtown Gloucester, from seine boat races to a pie eating contest. Over 15 years of photographing the St. Peter’s Fiesta, Cook has taken his camera onto the greasy pole platform and into seine boats, followed greasy pole champions as they were carried up Pavilion Beach and stood next to Cardinal Sean O’Malley in Holy Family Church as he blessed the procession. His photos of St. Peter’s Fiesta are a comprehensive and intimate account of Gloucester’s great summer ritual.
Cook’s photos can be seen at gregcookland.com. In addition to St. Peter’s Fiesta, Cook has spent years photographing community-building spectacles across the region—Chinese New Year Lion Dances in Boston, the Honk Parade of radical marching bands in Somerville, the Festival Betances greased pole climbing contest (vertical versus Gloucester’s horizontal one) in Boston, the monster costumes of the Mirabal Carnival Dancers in Lawrence, St. Patrick’s Day Parade in South Boston, and the Boston Caribbean Carnival. A selection of his photos of Bread and Puppet Theater in Vermont from the past three years appeared in the June 2011 issue of the national art magazine Juxtapoz.
Cook lived in Gloucester for 11 years, including a stint reporting for The Gloucester Daily Times, before moving into Boston to write for The Boston Phoenix. He now lives in Malden. He organized a guerrilla exhibit of 21 artists and collectives at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts on June 15, 2011, that was reported widely, including on WBUR radio, the Boston Globe, GoodMorningGloucester, and, nationally, on the front page of the Huffington Post. Cook is the founding editor of The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research (which won a 2009 Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant), an award-winning cartoonist (his comics have been published in Nickelodeon Magazine, Publishers Weekly, The Believer and many other places), and founder of The New England Art Awards, a regional open-source contest supporting art created here.
The “Art, Rock!” I was inspired to sketch by my Father was found Saturday at the Fort Playground. Janey Brancaleone and her Dog Lola Were walking at the Fort Saturday when Lola sniffed Out the Rock under one of the Park Benches at the Playground. It’s a Beautiful and underated place to watch the Harbor action go by.
Art Critics can be Tough. But I think I passed Lola’s Art Test. She Sniffed the Rock out and didn’t Pee on it! what Artist could ask for more? That will be the one Art review that I will cherish for a long Time! 🙂
Thanks Again Janey and Lola.
photo- Ernie Morin
The Story at The
(I’m pretty sure that’s a bathroom)
Greg Cook-
also picked up by the Huffington Post-
Check out Mary’s Website here-
http://maryrhinelander.com/
6 – 10 years of age 
Instructor & Artist, Kathy Gentile Roberts
The Art Studio @ 12 Lendall St., Gloucester
Website: capeannartgallery.com
Have fun with other children while drawing, painting, creating fish prints, collages, stamp art & jewelry
An opportunity for children to express themselves creatively while learning different artistic techniques with other children in a small group atmosphere.
Includes all supplies: canvas, paper, pencils, paints, ink & stamps, brushes, beads etc.
Tuesdays and Thursday: 10:00 -12:00
June 28, 30 & July 5, 7, 12. 14, 19, 21
August 2 & 4
Attend all 10 classes @ $190. or
A block of 5 classes @ $100
To register or for more information: call Kathy Roberts @ 978-281-3665 or kathygroberts@yahoo.com
New Schedule for SUMMER ART PROGRAM 2011
Drawing and Illustration Techniques: Pencil work through techniques that focus on, portraiture skills, dimension, lay out, shading. Please bring in minimum size 5×7 photo of person or pet to work from
Storyboards and Cartooning: Pencil work through illustration and drawing techniques that focus on elements of size, dimension, lay-out, shading, light and darks, character development.
Co-ed Ages 10 – 16 (space limited) Must have five students to run class
INSTRUCTOR: BOB VIAU: BFA from Mass Art
Owner/Artist of STUDIOVO: Commercial and Fine Art Studio
121R East Main Street, Gloucester, MA. (At East Gloucester Marina)
SUMMER Program Sessions: Tues., Wed. & Thurs. afternoons
Session 1: July 5, 6, 7th: 3:00-5:00: Drawing and Illustration (Wednesdays 1:30-3:30)
Session 2: August 2, 3, 4th: 3:00-5:00: Storyboards and Cartooning (Wednesdays 1:30-3:30)
Each session $95: 10% Family discount off second child
Snacks and Materials Provided.
Registration and payment for Session One: July 1st. Session Two: July 29th
Any questions please contact us at dviau3@verizon.net or 282-0269
Please read and sign below with registration and mail or deliver to:
StudioVO: 41 East Main Street Gloucester, MA 01930
CHILD’S NAME and Age: _______________________________ Phone ________________
Allergies: ___________________________ Parent sign: __________________________-_____
I hereby allow my child/children to participate in the ART on the PIER. I acknowledge that my child/children are in proper health to do so. I will not hold the Viaus, StudioVO or their property liable/responsible in any legal way should anything occur with or to my child.
Cape Ann Artisans Spring Open Studio Tour
THIS WEEKEND! June 18-19
Cape Ann in Gloucester and Rockport, Massachusetts.
Cape Ann Artisans are ready for their Spring Open Studio Tour, June 18-19. All studios are open for the weekend.
Bring friends and family to visit the studios and meet the 14 Cape Ann Artisans. Make a day of it! Enjoy the extraordinary beauty of our coastline and sample our local seafood.
Sculpture, painting, textiles, jewelry, pottery, photography, mosaics…we have a selection of art that will be sure to please. Come join us!
June 18th and 19th 10am to 5pm daily
Visit the studios of our tour members and see where they work, what they’ve been producing, and how they think about art and the creative process! Treats are served at many studios and everyone is 
welcome!
More information, maps, brochures and a list of participating artists is available at www.capeannartisans.com.
EXHIBITIONS ׀ EDUCATION ׀ MUSEUM
RAA celebrates it’s 90th anniversary in 2011!
The Rockport Art Association founded in 1921, one of the oldest and most
active art organizations in the country, offers something for everyone.
Visit us and discover the artistic and cultural splendor of Cape Ann.
Opening Reception Friday June 17th ~ 6-8pm
Exhibition June 17th – July 19th
Open Free To The Public
Click here for more info . . .
This Is Fiesta will be playing at the Cape Ann Community Cinema
For showtimes and to purchase tickets visit the site
Judy Robinson Cox is hands down the most creative photographer in Gloucester based on the materials and the way she presents her photographs. Between the books, the Lilliputian series, the distressed paint photos, the translucent photos that you hang in windows, there is no-one getting as creative as she is with the materials and how her unique art is presented. Any gallery that hosts her work should be genuinely honored to have her because she continually pushes the boundaries of traditional photographic fine art.
Not only that, she tirelessly collaborates the N E W S F R O M R O C K Y N E C K newsletter which an aggregation of Rocky Neck Art Colony Members news, for nothing, because she is one of those people who give and like to help others.
Check out her website here-
Joey already posted two weeks ago here about the 2011 Cape Ann Artisan Tour but it’s only two days away. This is one of Rubber Duck’s favorite events so get out and find her.
Rubber Duck Quick Tip: click and print this brochure. A simple map and description of the 14 stops. You get tours of pottery studios, find out how they fire those pots, see the world’s biggest color printer, all sorts of cool stuff. If you do not know the artists that are hiding in the woods on this island this is a great way to find a bunch of them.
| 2011 Cape Ann Artisans | |
| David Archibald Plum Cove Pottery
Leslie Bartlett Photography & Folding Screens Cynthia Curtis Stoneware Pottery Anni Melancon Dogtown Studio Pottery David Montgomery Marine Painting/Portrait Artist Marty Morgan Pottery & Sculptural Tile Marge Rack Sculpture & Wire Drawings |
Mi Robertson Sculpture & Water Colors
Twin Lights Studio Pottery & Sculpture Pam Stratton Mosaics Bart Stuyf Sculpture Beth Williams Jewelry Judy Wright Mosaics, Pastels, Oils & Jewelry Sara Wright Fiber Wrights |
Thanks for the coffee Johnny :0)
meet the legend at The Rockport Art Association tomorrow night
Judy Robinson-Cox writes
Looking for Old Rocky Neck Photos
The Rocky Neck Art Colony is looking for old photographs of Rocky Neck to include in a History of Rocky Neck exhibit in the Rocky Neck Gallery. If you have any photos taken before 1990 that we could borrow, scan and return to you, please contact Judy Robinson-Cox (judy@robinson-cox.com). Specifically, we are looking for photos that show the character of Rocky Neck including the artists that worked here and their studios and galleries. The older the better. If we use the photo, we will display it with a short description and credit line for the photographer.
Judy may I suggest you head down to the Cape Ann Historical Museum and see our boy FOB Fred Buck in the archive room? If anyone hasn’t figured it out by now, they have an incredible amount of old photos and a staff of caring people who would like nothing more than help you access it.
Go see our man-
Check out the kind of stuff they do-
click the picture for the slide show
Photographer Skip Montello enjoys a talk by Joy Dai Buell
Terry Weber writes-
Hi Joey,
I attended the seARTs Art Show at the Bass Rocks Golf Club as your “Rookie Reporter” or “Guest Reporter” — not sure what to call myself. Anyway, the show was wonderful and included the works of over 25 local artists with their pieces displayed throughout the Bass Rock’s event room. There was also a great food spread, cash bar, panel discussion led by educator Joy Dai Buell, raffle and Viewer’s Choice Award. (more to come on who won award).
One of the great things about the show was the pride and passion of the artists, and it showed in their faces and words. Speaking of faces, a few of the photos had sun-glare which sometimes worked out in a strange way. Look at the photo of Martha Wakefield; I think its the third one in the set. If you look into her painting you can see a reflection of her face.
Good Morning Gloucester was granted exclusive access to the final dress rehearsal of Greasy Pole -The Musical before its opening on June 16. All we can say is that if you are lucky enough to have tickets or intend to get them, you are in for a real treat. This production could have just as easily been titled, Gloucester-A Celebration of Community. It will warm your hearts and remind you of what this place is all about.
EXHIBITIONS ׀ EDUCATION ׀ MUSEUM
RAA celebrates it’s 90th anniversary in 2011!
The Rockport Art Association founded in 1921, one of the oldest and most
active art organizations in the country, offers something for everyone.
Visit us and discover the artistic and cultural splendor of Cape Ann.
Opening Reception Friday June 17th ~ 6-8pm
Exhibition June 17th – July 19th
Open Free To The Public
Click here for more info . . .
Late Spring – Early Summer Hours
Monday thru Saturday 10:00 ~ 5:00
Sunday Noon ~ 5:00
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