Category: Art

Wow! New Museum of Fine Art “Art of the Americas”

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Took a bike ride over to MFA after lunch today to see the new wing. I was totally blown away. The open space, the light, the paint on the walls, the doors, the floor, all were amazing. And the same art that was in the old now glows in this new space. John Singer Sargent, John Singleton Copley both get big space and the difference is profound. Those halibuts in Winslow Homer’s boat never looked more forlorn as the fog rolls in.

Upstairs Edward Hopper has two (EXLAX and woman looking out window in Brooklyn) , Henry Fitz Lane has tons in two different locations. One gallery he shares with Martin Johnson Heade then downstairs are boats and more Henry Fitz.

Completely overwhelming. I had to go into the old part up to room 255 to check out the Monet, Manet, Van Gogh’s and Renoir’s just to get my bearings.  Beautiful paintings but the room seemed so drab after viewing the new wing. And the lighting just plain sucked compared to the new wing. I hope they get some paint and some new light bulbs for the old part.

This new wing is going to be my favorite place to hang out on cold dark winter days.

News From Cape Ann Art Haven

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November 2010

ART HAVEN NIGHT AT JALAPENOS!

Join us tonight for some appetizing Mexican food at Jalapenos (located at 86 Main St. in Gloucester)!!  If you’re on the go and don’t have time to sit and eat there, order some take-out.  Ten percent of all profits will be donated to Art Haven so bring family and friends.  We’re offering a raffle for a FREE session of class at Art Haven to anyone who comes so don’t miss out!  We look forward to seeing you all there!!

SAVE THE DATES!

We have a few big events coming up in the next month
that we wish you all to be a part of: 

CAPE ANN PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: On November 16th from 6-7:30 there will be an informational meeting at Pathways for Children on various programs provided for children and families provided by the Cape Ann community.  It will include dinner and presentations from Art Haven, Cape Ann Families, Cape Ann Museum, and Cape Ann YMCA.  Please join us!

SPECIAL NEEDS OPEN HOUSE:  Join us in our introducing of our Special Needs class! On December 8th from 5:30-7 come meet the teachers and partake in an art activity!
WORKSHOP WEEKS: December 6th to the 17th, we’ll be running workshops with things like block printing, ornament and card making, and holiday mugs!  More information to follow!
BUOY PAINTING AND ICE SCULPTURE:  The holiday season is right around the corner!  Make sure to mark your calendars for our buoy painting and ice sculpture event!  Buoy painting starts Friday, December 10th from 3-7 and continues on Saturday, December 11th from 10-4.  We look forward to celebrating with you all!

Thank you to everyone who donated and participated in our 3rd Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest!  It was a blast!  Your continued support is what keeps us going.  We truly appreciate it.

Sincerely,

Dawn Gadow
Cape Ann Art Haven

A FESTIVAL OF TREES & WREATHS

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Photo: Dave Stotzer

Photo: Dave Stotzer

The trees are back! Once again generous Cape Ann Symphony supporters are decorating small table-top trees, as well as wreaths, to grace your home. In a silent auction, you are invited to bid on your favorites when they go on display in the Lobby at the Fuller Auditorium, during the upcoming holiday pops concerts . On Monday, Nov. 29, the Trees and Wreaths will be relocated downtown to Brown’s Mall, 180 Main Street , where you can follow the auction progress on your own special favorite, or make a new bid. The Auction ends on Saturday December 4th. For more information please call 978-283-6750.

C.B. Fisk Part VIII

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Greg Bover explains how flat stock is transformed into organ pipes

This Concludes The C.B. Fisk Video  series

THE NEWS FROM ROCKY NECK via Judy Robinson Cox

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T H E   N E W S   F R O M   R O C K Y   N E C K

Go to mail.rockyneckartcolony.org if you are having trouble viewing this email.

ON THE NECK | ANNOUNCEMENTS | MEMBER NEWS | COMMUNITY NEWS | KUDOS | CALENDAR

Nov 26 – Dec 23: Rocky Neck Art Colony Winter Show

Rocky Neck is Going to Town: Great Art in Small Packages

The Rocky Neck Art Colony Winter Show will be open Friday Nov. 26 through Thursday Dec. 23 at 130 Main Street. The opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, December 4, from 5 to 8 pm.

Application Deadline Extended to November 15, 2010

Any art colony member may participate. The application deadline is November 15, 2010. You must appy by that date to be in the show. Click Here for more information and to apply.

MEMBER NEWS

Bodin Historic Photo and Fine Art Gallery welcomes Kathleen Miller

Kathleen Miller

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 13th, 6-10pm

82 Main St. Gloucester, MA

Refreshments will be served.

Hope you can attend!

For more information, please visit www.kmillergallery.com

seARTS

Friday, November 19 : Celebrating Guitar Masters

WHAT: “Celebrating the Guitar: A Masters’ Showcase” – Jazz legend Larry Coryell and renowned guitarists Ken Bonfield and Steve Davison to play a concert featuring American fingerstyle guitar – Fall fundraiser for the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts

WHEN: Friday, Nov. 19 – 6 p.m. Art Show Walk-around – 6:30-7:30 Hearty Hors D’Oeuvres – 7:30-10PM Music

WHERE: Bass Rocks Golf Club, 34 Beach Road, Gloucester – Note: Intimate café-style setting; seating is limited

TICKETS: $85

Contact info@searts.org or http://tinyurl.com/searts-2010-benefit

Through November 28: Ruth Mordecai at Soprafina Gallery

Ruth Mordecai (painting)

Ruth Mordecai, Jacob’s Dream, 2010. Acrylic, oil and collage on paper.

A solo show by Ruth Mordecai, Dreams and Symbols, Works on Paper is on display at Soprafina Gallery in Boston’s South End (SOWA district) and continues through November. Soprafina, located on Boston’s Thayer Street, was chosen the second best gallery in Boston by Boston Magazine.

Soprafina Gallery
55 Thayer Street, Boston
617 728 0770 Soprafina.com

Joseph Flack Weiler

Judy Robinson-Cox in OTHER WORLDS at art sites through December 19
Other Worlds

Four person show at

art sites
651 W. Main St., Riverhead, NY 11901
T 631 591 2401 Th-Sun 12-5 PM

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TREAT YOURSELF, FAMILY, FRIENDS

TO A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY GIFT!!!

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OPPORTUNITIES, CLASSES AND COMMUNITY NEWS

Free Golden Acrylic Workshop on SAT November 13th

If you are interested in attending a free Golden Acrylic workshop on Saturday, November 13th, please email Ruth Mordecai at rglouc@comcast.net. More info will be announced if 25 people sign up.

Free Workshop: Marketing for Artists

Friday, Nov. 12 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Whether you are a full- or part-time artist, this interactive workshop will help you promote and sell your artwork in the 21st century.  Susan Fader, co-owner of Ditto Editions and a lifelong artist, will draw on her 30-year career in marketing and promoting fine art and consumer products.  Topics will emphasize today’s art marketing trends and tools. Fader is also the author of "The Artists Giclée Handbook: Digital Fine Art Reproduction." 
Speaker: Susan Fader, Owner, Ditto Editions 
Co-sponsored by Small Business Development Center  and the Creative Economy Association of the North Shore

Click Here to Register

Printmaking Workshops by Elizabeth Hardy at the Rockport Art Association

5 Sessions for $75 or $20 a class

Mondays: 10 am – 1 pm, Nov. 8 thru Dec. 6, 2010, Drop-ins accepted
Linocuts, Monotypes, Stamps,Stencils, Photo transfers, etc.

Printing without a Press
Easy and fun, No experience necessary

Location: The Studio at the rear lower level of the RAA

Contact: The Rockport Art Association at 978-546-6604
or Elizabeth Harty at 978-546-6020

Jayn Gardner Smithing Classes in Beverly Farms, Tuesdays 6:30 – 8:45pm

Jayn Gardner

Jayn Gardner is offering smithing classes in downtown Beverly Farms on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 pm to 8:45 pm. A single class is 25 dollars. A series of four is $90. This is an all-levels class. Space is limited so please call 508-284-8663 for details.

Calling All Massachsetts Artists! Come to the Boston MA State House on Nov 18th! 10 AM to 3:30 PM

A R T I S T S  U N D E R  T H E  D O M E

Come to the MA State House on Nov 18th!

The fourth Annual Artists Under the Dome Event 2010 will be held THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2010 from 10am to 3:30pm Massachusetts State House’s Nurses Hall (The Big Hall at the Boston State House.)

It is a Free Annual Event for Massachusetts Artists Working in all Disciplines.

More info: http://www.artistsunderthedome.org/annualevent.html

For the fourth time, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is inviting Massachusetts artists working in all disciplines (visual arts, literary, performing, crafts, new media, etc.) to the State House on Thursday, November 18th to thank them for all they contribute to our state’s economy and quality of life. Massachusetts is the only state in the country to have such an event!

The 2010 event is brought to you by the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development, the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, Treasurer Tim Cahill, the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, the Joint Committee of Community Development and Small Business, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Cultural Caucus, and the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition ( MALC).

Announcements

Goetemann Artist in Residency Program Information Available Online

The application form for the 2011 Goetemann Artist in Residency Program is now available online at www.rockyneckartcolony.org/11Residency_application.pdf

A Gloucester Sketchbook Project Update from Carol McKenna’s Yorkie

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A Gloucester Sketchbook Project Update from Carol McKenna’s Yorkie!

Little Buddha "ZOE" photo by Gisela Turner

 

 

This photo is part of the Sketchbook Project that my owner decided to enter. The project is keeping her busy and she says it is quite interesting. What is the Sketchbook Project? It is a traveling event whereby you enter the sketchbook that you purchased from the event after you have filled it up with art.  Then in January you send it in all finished. Then it begins to travel around the United States to various libraries and then comes home and is housed in the Brooklyn library. (wonder if they have dogs in the library?) In her Sketch Book, she is including pencil sketches, watercolor paintings, favorite quotes with watercolor background and recycled watercolor paintings that really didn’t work for her. Personally, I would have welcome the dropped pieces and chased them around. Nope, now she is going “green” and trying recycle everything. I will still hope for the “crumbs” that I can eat or use as a toy.
This particular collage piece above is one of those “recycled babies” ~ I looked real closely and laughed because in the center it looks like one of those “Where’s Waldo” types or even one of the guards at Buckingham Palace. Look closely and let me know if you see it also? My owner can get real weird sometimes; yet you know I love her and sit and watch faithfully what she creates. She thinks I am sleeping and that is okay I will keep watching. She is soooooooo much fun to watch.
Now, my owner has decided that I can be the writer of this blog because I am always snuggling up to her laptop and she says I interrupt her when she is typing so now I get to do the typing. Boy, what I get for being so faithful and loving. Yep, I get treats, walks, hugs and to be near her most of the time. She sometimes goes out and leaves me home to take care of the house. I don’t mind, I love her and I know she loves me. So, I try to give her good “mojo” so that she will be happy creating and creating wonderful creations from her soul. You are probably laughing that a “dog” is writing this but I am. I am a real smart Yorkie; not just a cutie, you know.
Hugs and namaste,
Artmusedog
 
PS. Do you know what namaste means?
 

ART, ROCKS! 11/13/2010

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My Fathers family grew up here way back in the 20’s-40’s.

Alot of Sicilian families grew up here.

can you find it?

do you know where this is?

drawn and left at 8:45am 11/13/2010

C.B. Fisk Part VI

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Rick Isaacs takes us inside OPUS 137

Part VII comes tomorrow

OPUS 137 PART V

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Rick Isaacs explains how the movements of the organist is transferred from the keys to the organ.

Part VI tomorrow

Opus 137 Slide Show

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click the photo for the slide show

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The Open House at C B Fisk runs from two o’clock to six o’clock on Saturday, November 13. Swing by and listen to OPUS 137 or even play it.

For more info check out the C B Fisk website

Sundays Art Rock Found!

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Sorry, Mr. Morrision your Scientific Theory of the Rock Jumping back into the Sea has been disproved.

Email from the Finder;

“I just wanted to let you know that I found “your” Good Harbor Beach Rock and am just delighted with it.  I follow Good Morning Gloucester daily.  When I saw the rock on the site Sunday morning I just knew I had to have it.  So, my husband and I raced off to Good Harbor Beach because we knew just where it was perched and we believe we had an advantage because of the time change.  What makes this rock even more special to me is that I have worked in the house in which you sketched on the rock for the past 23 years.  Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to have such a special piece of art in my home.  I look forward to finding more of your Art Rocks.  Thank you”

The Finder didn’t give me her name. She’s welcomed to leave a comment if she likes.

Http://www.FrontieroGallery.com

Jennifer L Kicks Off The GMG Cell Phone Picture Series

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Jennifer L inspired me to start a new series here on GMG called the GMG Cell Phone Pic Series.

I know with technology today that many of you have cell phones.  Well maybe this will  inspire you top figure out how to use ‘em!

If you would like to have your pictures displayed snap a photo with your cell phone camera and email it in to goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com put GMG Cell Phone Pic in the subject line and I’ll post em and make a photo slide show of them.

It doesn’t have to be landscapes.  It can be a meal at a local restaurant, your kids with their GMG Sticker, anything!image

Hi Joey,

Even on cloudy days we get great sunsets here on Cape Ann!  Here is a pic of last night’s sunset (from Wheeler Point), courtesy of my trusty cell phone camera.

Jennifer

Opus 137 Scale Model at C.B. Fisk Part II with Greg Bover

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The detail in the scale models are works of art in their own right

Tomorrow we spend time with the actual organ in part III of our multi part video series leading up to Saturday’s Open House At C.B. Fisk

For more info visit www.cbfisk.com

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Greg Bover Shows How An Organ Is Designed At C. B. Fisk Part I

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This is part of a multi part video series we will run this week in anticipation of the Saturday Nov 13th Open House in which the public is invited to play the organ and see the masterpiece in person.

For more information-

http://www.cbfisk.com

Tempo di notte sul molo

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Http://www.FrontieroGallery.com

Reception for Ruth Mordecai at Soprafina Gallery

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FRI, Nov 5, 5:30 to 8pm: Reception for Ruth Mordecai at Soprafina Gallery

Ruth Mordecai (painting)

Ruth Mordecai, Jacob’s Dream, 2010. Acrylic, oil and collage on paper.

A solo show by Ruth Mordecai, Dreams and Symbols, Works on Paper opens at Soprafina Gallery in Boston’s South End (SOWA district) Friday, November 5th at 5:30 – 8:00 and continues through November. Soprafina, located on Boston’s Thayer Street, was chosen the second best gallery in Boston by Boston Magazine. Thayer is a walking street and on the first Friday of every month all the galleries are open to the public.

Soprafina Gallery
55 Thayer Street, Boston
617 728 0770 Soprafina.com

Chaos Inspired Art by Deb Clarke

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Gloucester Sketchbook Project Update;

from deb clarke;

down your street dancing on the Kamchitka.  the volcanoes went kablooey yesterday, and the volcanoes in indonesia blew up a few days before.

yes, art really happens in this happy chaos.

http://debbieclarke.blogspot.com/

GMG T Shirts For Sale For The Holidays

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Paulie Frontiero will be printing up GMG Logo T-Shirts for sale for holiday presents

Short Sleeve- $15

Long Sleeve- $17

Sweatshirts- $25

shipping $2.99

easy- peasy holiday shopping for the true GMG lover right here

send an email to goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com for ordering information and to help support the cause

You can also order Sharon’s Calendars here

 

or

Joey’s Holiday Photos here

The Big Fish from deb clarke

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This is The Big Fish (a blue faced cichlid we named ‘fat boy’) that hangs in our long narrow hallway.  The painting is oil with mixed media on linen, painted in 1995.  We had a 35 gallon fish tank.  This Big Boy ate every other fish in the tank, including several crayfish, then grew to an amazing size.  sometimes i think to sell this, several people have ‘tried it out’ on their wall, for a few years it was displayed at The Bookstore on Main Street in Gloucester.  Now, I say hello to Fat Boy everytime i hang a coat, store a painting, or head to the downstairs laundry.  
best,
deb.
Contact Deb Clarke for available Paintings at:
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