Category: Art
“Sarto Shoes” by Clarke
from Deb Clarke;
Shoes by Wyeth: “Trodden Weed” 1951
Shoes by Van Gogh: “Shoes 1888”
Shoes by Clarke: “Sarto Shoes” 2010
the wyeth and van gogh paintings are 2 paintings that i subliminally reference every time i draw some shoes. wyeth’s work is egg tempera, van gogh’s is oil, clarke’s is mixed media: drawing materials/oil paint/aluminum leaf.
c’est finis!
deb.
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Virginia Townsend’s Coastal Art At Local Colors
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Progressive Work of the Slow Future
Art display at Gloucester Brewery Tuesday August 31st 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Jeff Cluett and Benjamin Stebbings display some of their work.
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Sharpie Drawings
I showed Joey my Sketch Book Sunday and he thought I should post some.
So Blame him!
Will draw for drink! if it’s made with Ryan and Wood Spirits!
🙂
Http://www.FrontieroGallery.com
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North of Boston Arts Center Open House September 2
Beverly Farms, MA – The North of Boston Arts Center (NOBAC) will be hosting their first open house on September 2 from 5-7 pm at the Hastings House in Beverly Farms. This event will be held in conjunction with Hastings House members and will give parents, families and prospective members a chance to meet with the NOBAC and Hastings House staff and board. Attendees can also learn about this Fall’s schedule of art, music, theater and cooking classes; tour the Hastings House facilities; and enjoy refreshments as they mingle.
NOBAC after school arts classes are available at the Hastings House on Monday-Thursday from 4-6 pm for children ages 5-13, beginning September 7th. In addition to the after school arts program, NOBAC also puts on two musical productions every year in the Spring and the Fall. This Fall’s production is The Tale of the Oysta: a seafaring Whoops, which was written entirely by students in Henry Allen’s Playwrights Unite! class this summer, is based on about 20 songs by Cole Porter and George & Ira Gershwin.
This young nonprofit was founded in May of 2008 by Beverly local, Bonnie Rynkowski, with the hopes of giving children a creative outlet and direction in any area of interest – from visual arts and crafts to jazz, opera and organic cooking.
Over the last year, NOBAC has seen a considerable amount of growth with the addition of Manchester-By-The-Sea resident Henry Allen, its artistic director who has directed the shows that NOBAC students perform in the Spring and Fall, and is a member of the core faculty.
Faculty member and local business owner, Jessica Brand, is excited about the growth she has seen at NOBAC over the last year:
“I remember this time last year when we had two or three kids in each class and only a handful of parents getting involved. This year we have seen so many families really get excited about NOBAC and the invaluable experience we’re providing for their kids. We hope that this open house will only help us expand our community and open up more opportunities for us to reach out to local kids who are interested in the arts.”
The Hastings House is located in Beverly Farms across from the Train Station at 14 Oak Street.
For more information on NOBAC and its list of fall classes, visit theNOBAC.org, call NOBAC-8-0033 (662-228-0033), or email info@thenobac.org
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Gloucester’s New Poet Laureate Rufus Collinson Will Premiere Special Poem At Celebrate Gloucester
Gloucester Poet Laureate, Ruthanne (Rufus) Collinson will open Celebrate Gloucester with a world premiere poem written especially for the occasion. Having been recently appointed Gloucester ’s Poet Laureate, Ms. Collinson agreed to prepare a poem specifically for the opening of this historic concert and celebration, which immediately follows Gloucester ’s annual Schooner Festival on Sunday September 5th.
Following Ms. Collinson’s poem at 3pm will be 7 hours of music featuring local rising stars and culminating with national recording artist Roomful of Blues followed by Grammy-Award-wining saxophonist Charles Neville, who joins Henri Smith and his band New Orleans Friends & Flavours featuring Stanton Davis.
Tiickets and info at http://www.celebrategloucester.com/
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Bicycle Decorating Contest At Amy’s Coffee and Cones Saturday Sept 4th
Hey Joey,
First and foremost let me just say thank you for all the great coverage you have given "Amy’s Coffee & Cones" this summer! It’s been a great season and I appreciate the support you have given my new business! Secondly, I wanted to let you know that next Saturday, September 4th is my last scheduled band of the season and before that at 3:30pm I am hosting the 1st Annual "End of Summer" Bicycle Decorating Contest and Parade. I have attached PDFs for the band and the contest, if you could post them to the blog soon that would be fabulous! Thanks so much!
Amy Blake
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Uh…This was not taken this morning!
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Pop Gallery’s Peggy Russell
Here is the idea lady behind Pop Gallery- Peggy Russell
Three down two to go!
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The News From Rocky Neck
On the Neck
August 19 – Sept 1 : Garden Views, paintings by Sue Daly & Lynn Loscutoff
Win’s Orchids by Sue Daly
Bobbie’s Garden by Lynn Loscutoff
Ann Fisk Room, Rocky Neck Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck Ave.
Thurs, Sept. 2 : Nights on the Neck
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JoeAnn Hart, the author of the social satire Addled and a regular contributor to the Boston Globe Magazine, will read from her pretty-much-finished novel, Float. Set in a seaside town in Maine, Float follows the travails of the owner of a dehydration plant as he copes with financial desperation, conceptual art, insanity, infertility, YouTube, a seagull, a duck, plastic, marital crisis, jellyfish and organized crime.
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Gordon Baird will be performing a melange of Frank Sinatra and other crooner toons, some original comic adaptations of show toons with Gloucester-centric lyrics, as well as a few selected short theater monologues. Guaranteed to waste your time and make you smile . . .
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Thomas Hauck will be reading from his recently published book of short stories and poems, Public Image: Stories and Poems.
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Margi Green and Her Delightful Assistants, kids from the Rocky Neck ‘hood, will present Lights in Motion, an electric light performance.
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Rick Drost began singing with a Kingston Trio-style group in high school, continued in a small folk group in college, then a glee club, and an opera chorus. He started writing and singing around coffeehouses in DC and New England in the ‘70s, finally settling in Cambridge, MA, where he was a member of the folk-rock group Parts and Labor. He performs at least once a week, wherever he goes.
- Three Sheets to the Wind
Specific showtimes and locations will be posted in the parking lot on the Rocky Neck Ave causeway, and at the various venues around the Neck. Come on down and check out the galleries or have a snack or dinner at one of the restaurants.
SEPT 3-6: Four Friends Art Exhibit at Kismet Wharf
Clockwise from top left: Marie Sweeney, Barbara McLaughlin, Joan Frank, Barbara Dugan
Barbara Dugan, Joan Frank, Barbara McLaughlin and Marie Sweeney will exhibit their paintings from September 3 to 6 at Kismet Wharf, 51A Rocky Neck Ave.
Reception: Friday, Sept 3, 5:30-8pm
WED, Sept 15th: Anne Krinsky, Artist in Residence Gallery Talk
Delineation Lime, by Anne Krinsky, acrylic on panel, 24” x 24”
Printmaker Anne Krinsky will be the third Goetemann Artist in Residence for 2010. She will give a talk about her work on Wednesday, September 15 at 7pm in the Rocky Neck Gallery.
Anne Krinsky makes grid-based works on paper and panel that occupy a middle ground between painting and drawing. In them, a delicate linear geometry is alternately overlaid with, or superimposed upon, translucent layers of acrylic color. Her panels are built up over time with thick swaths, splotches and drips of candy-colored paint. She subsequently sands these down to create a seamless seductive surface — a visual representation of a present moment shaped by prior experience.
Her upcoming show, Anne Krinsky: Time / Line, 2000 – 2010, opens in October 2010 at the Trustman Gallery at Simmons College in Boston. Krinsky’s layered acrylic paintings are in the collections of the British Museum, the Boston Public Library, Graham Gund and the UK charity, Paintings in Hospitals. She holds a BFA in Printmaking from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and is represented in Boston by Soprafina Gallery.
Sidestreet Gallery : Graceann Warn & The Art Of Encaustic
NOW THROUGH THIS FALL At Side Street Gallery, 17 Rocky Neck Ave.
Side Street is the home of Hughes Bosca’s unusual fine 18K BOLD Gold jewelry. As a gallery we focus on finding and representing exceptional contemporary artists and ethnic objects. In addition to paintings we have selected fine artifacts from around the world. Through our eclectic displays we offer a vision of how to bring unusual art/objects into your every day life. Side Street is an experience. Join us in the adventure of collecting.
For more information: 978-283-3791 http://www.hughesbosca.com/side-street-gallery.htm
Weiler Photo Gallery Presents Gloucester’s Schooners
www.weilerphotogallery.com 978-281-6443 WeilerPhotoGallery@comcast.net
MEMBER NEWS
FRI, August 20, 5-8pm Reception for
Judythe Meagher, Solo Show at NSAA, AUG 16-31
The North Shore Arts Association will present two new Featured Artist Exhibitions; Judythe Evans Meagher’s Show “Gloucester Up Close and Personal” will be on display from August 15 to Sept 1 in the Gordon Grant Room. A Champagne Reception will be held Friday, August 20 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm.
Dale Blank in Gallery Della-Piana Show in Wenham, MA
Symphony, photograph by Dale Blank
Dale Blank has three photographs in "As Lovely as A Tree" juried show
at Gallery Della-Piana, Wenham, Aug 14-Oct 9.
Jan Walker, Rich Seeley, and Tom & Judy Robinson-Cox
in Newburyport Art Association Photo Interest Group Show, August 26 – Sept. 6
Joyce Frederick Exhibit at Gloucester Stage
Painter, Joyce Frederick, currently has three paintings on exhibit in the foyer of the Gloucester Stage Company on East Main Street.
Kate Somers at Addison Gilbert Hospital
Kate Somers is exhibiting her paintings at the Addison Gilbert Hospital for the month of August.
Opportunities / Classes
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Rocky Neck Art Colony General Meeting
The next general meeting of the Rocky Neck Art Colony will be held on Monday, September 13 at 6:30pm in the Rocky Neck Gallery.More information will be announced next week.
The Best of Rocky Neck
Rocky Neck Art Colony Member’s Exbition, October 2 to 16
Attention Artists: We need images for the Member’s Exhibition postcard. If you have a .jpg image available of artwork that you plan to submit to the Member’s Exhibition, please email it to judy@robinson-cox by August 23.
The Rocky Neck Art Colony invites all art colony artist members to submit your best work to this exhibition, dedicated to celebrating and championing creative talent on Rocky Neck and in the Rocky Neck Art Colony.
Submission Info:
- All Rocky Neck Art Colony artist members are invited to submit one piece up to 40” wide or two smaller pieces not to exceed 40” in width of their Best Work.
- Media accepted: painting, mixed media/assemblage, sculpture (including ceramic sculpture and metalwork), printmaking, drawing, photography. The artist should provide a sculpture stand for large sculpture. The gallery cannot accommodate installations or video (unless all self-running equipment is provided by the artist).
- Work must have been completed within the last three years.
- Accepted work must remain with the exhibit until the exhibit closes.
- All two-dimensional work must be wired for hanging. No sawtooth hangers or clipframes.
- Everyone submitting work will be asked to gallery sit for two hours during the show
- Download application form (http://mail.rockyneckartcolony.org/Call_for_Art.pdf) and mail or drop it off at the Rocky Neck Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck Ave., Gloucester MA 01930 by September 15.
- There is no entry fee. Work may be for sale but it is not required.
- The Art Colony will take 30% commission on any work that is sold.
- The hanging committee will make every attempt to hang all work submitted but may have to return some pieces due to lack of space or improper framing.
- Drop off work on Thursday, Sept. 30, 6 to 8pm or Friday, October 1, 10am to noon.
- Pick-Up of Unsold Work: Sunday, October 17, 10am to noon.
- Reception: Saturday, October 2, 5 to 8pm. Donations of food or beverages will be appreciated but are not required.
For more information contact Marie Sweeney, (sonomarie@comcast.net) or Judy Robinson-Cox (judy@robinson-cox.com).
KUDOS
Larry Dahlmer was awarded the "People’s Choice" award at the Beaux Arts Ball for his
reproduction of a painting of Gloucester Schooners.
Kate Somers was honored recently with two prestigious awards. She received an award for Most Creative for her Horribles Parade floats and she received the People’s Choice award in watercolor at the Magnolia Art Festival.
SAVE THE DATE
September 2
Nights on the Neck (Last one of the season)
September 15
Anne Krinsky: Goetemann Resident Gallery Talk, Rocky Neck Gallery
September 29
Anne Krinsky: Goetemann Resident Studio Talk, Residency Studio
October 2
Reception, RNAC Members Juried Show
the News From Rocky Neck is forwarded from Judy Robinson Cox
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Jo-Ann Castano Would Like Us To Check Out The Work Of Stevens Brosnihan
Jo-Ann writes-
Hi Joey, Getting more and more feedback on people loving GMG! I just repost
from your site to fb. Works well for me, thanks. This is one of the posting on my fb you
may not have received and might be interested in. Gloucester fine artist, Stevens, is a wonderful
fun guy and the Cape Ann Museum’s use of the White-Ellery House to host one day installations
of artists has been a fantastic opportunity. Think you would enjoy Stevens and
I was interested in that he says here he has processed photographs with coffee. Not sure
if he’s under the influence of caffein or actually processing film with coffee. Either way,
I’m sure he’s captured the historical time and essence of the White-Ellery House in
a unique way. Best to you today Joey… keep that news flying like the gulls.
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Saturday. September 4 – 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Cape Ann Museum
White-Ellery House
Cape Ann Museum – White-Ellery House
Grant Circle, Gloucester, MA
Stevens Brosnihan – White-Ellery Illuminated
One Day Only, Saturday, September 4th, 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Firend Room at the Library
Black and white photographs processed with coffee. Abstract imagery that reveals the history of marks,
constructions, and destructions within the White-Ellery house.
Stevens Brosnihan web site: http://stevens-brosnihan.com/
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Pop Gallery’s Peggy Russell
Look for the Peggy Russell interview At Newly Opened Pop Gallery Tomorrow
Here’s the link to Pop Gallery’s Blog-
Click below for the slide-show of some of Peggy’s Work-
Pop Gallery Is Located at 67 Main Street In Beautiful Downtown Gloucester’s West End
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Kyle Browne’s Studio Move-out Sale Friday 3-7PM
Hi Joey,
I’m moving out of my studio & was wondering if you would mention in GMG that I’m having a Studio Sale
When: Friday August 27 3pm – 7pm & Saturday August 28 10:00 – 5:30
Where: 1 Center Street (above Passports)
What: Local artist Kyle Browne’s Studio Move-out Sale – Artwork, sketches, cards, art supplies and other items for low prices!
I’ve attached a photo of one of my environmental art pieces to showcase.
Let me know if you have any other questions!
Thankyou,
Kyle
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check out my new website! www.exploratoryart.yolasite.com
www.kylebrowne.com
artist collective – www.thehivecapeann.com
be happy 🙂
Here’s an interview at Kyle’s Studio we did 10 months ago
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Deb Clarkes “The Shoes”
Deb Clarkes “The Shoes” A WIP part 3
“The Light Changes everything”
For More of the “Shoe” Videos and more of Debs Life Cam Videos Visit her Site.
http://debbieclarke.blogspot.com/
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Sundays “Art, Rock!” Found
A few hours after Sketching, Dropping and Posting My latest “Art Rock” Sunday, I received this email from the Serrin Family.
“As soon as we saw the post we rushed right over there. So excited to finally find one! We are big fans of GMG. Little Jack Serrin loves his new toy.” 🙂 The Serrin Family
Here’s Little Jack Serrin with his new Toy
Thanks to the Serrins for the Kind Words.
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Betsy Frost Design At Pop Gallery Photos
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Sunday Morning Rock
Had do the Rock sketch real quick. They were ready to close down the road for the race. the photos are the only hints.
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Betsy Frost At Pop Gallery 67 Main St Gloucester MA
Out of the five artists represented at the Pop Gallery Artist Cooperative yesterday I had the pleasure of interviewing Betsy Frost as my second interview.
Pop Gallery is located at 67 Main Street and will be open for tonight’s Block Party.
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Helen Anne Lind Tells The Story Of How She Created The Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce Logo Back in the 70’s
Helen Anne Lind, a frequent commenter on GMG writes in from Palm Springs California after she saw the post I wrote giving props to Chamber Director Bob Hastings-
It is very nice to see the logo I designed for the Chamber many years ago (c 1970′s) still being used. This was created prior to the days of computer graphics & fancy programs. It was hand cut in “ruby lith” (which is a film) with an X-Acto knife. The original size of the art was quite large (perhaps 2ft high or more). It was then reduced to the necessary sizes by means of my vertical “stat camera”.
This equipment could produce B&W paper reproductions and/or transparent film images. It would reduce to 33% and enlarge to 300% in one percent increments. By the 90′s the equipment was a “dinosaur” and the trash truck took it to its final resting grounds. Thanks for showing the logo!
Helen Anne Lind, Palm Springs, CA
Good Morning Gloucester 