Early this year I posted a video about Art and Rockport Dances in the Sixties, at the end of the video you can see the KandyMen playing at a Gloucester High School Dance.
Category: Art
…he’d pulled two men out of the sea one night
…”Years ago I heard from others
how he’d pulled two men out of the sea one night
off Eastern Point. They’d not been able to shed their jacks
when the ship went over, and when he caught them
they were going down too. He hauled them into Brace’s Cove,
even though the shore wasn’t there, it was such a storm and the sea so big
it had turned the Lily Pond
into an arm of itself.” … Continue reading
Maximus, to Gloucester: Letter 2
BY CHARLES OLSON
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Joseph Flack Weiler Gloucester Portfolio At Topside Grille
Gloucester Portfolio
Joseph Flack Weiler is now exhibiting his Gloucester Portfolio at the Topside Grill, 50 Rogers Street, Gloucester.
The black and white photographs are made from film negatives and printed with a 1970’s enlarger by J. F. Weiler. The images range in time from 1987 through today.
They depict the schooners Adventure, 1988,
Thomas E. Lannon, 1997 and Bluenose, 2006. Also included is a selection of seascapes from Bass Rocks.
Many of the images have been made from kayaks allowing an intimate water level view. Changes that have taken place on the Gloucester waterfront over the past twenty-four years are documented in the photographs. Some of the photographs can also be seen at WeilerPhotoGallery.com
Photo Caption:
Dory time trial, 2000 photo by Joseph Flack Weiler
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The Art Collectors, from; deb Clarke
from; deb Clarke
Watched this documentary on PBS last night and decided that if they could fit over 4000 pieces of original art in their New York City apartment, I have plenty of room in mine for my extensive collection. I have never met collectors like the Vogels. The Vogels really got to know the artists, the artists’ process, and really supported the artists at critical times in their career.
There are a few collectors of my work that have more than one of my works, but there are no collectors as intimately familiar with my work as the Vogels. My paintings have sold one at a time, with very few repeats. Why? because most of my sales have been commissioned for the space over the couch, the sideboard, the bed. The biggest impact this video had on me is that it gave me great courage to continue and helped me to see some of my ‘hidden work’ as valid. So, I won’t throw it out. I will look at my art hiccups, see the value and remember that there is more to painting and making art than making pretty pictures.
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Find Some Pirate Booty at the Block Party!
Get Some Great Deals Downtown at The Block Party and Grab Yer’self Some Pirate Booty !
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More Beautiful Antique Cameras At David Cox’ Main Street Art and Antiques
This one is marked $47 the markings on the lens say ANASTIGMAT BERTHIOT
Cool if for nothing else but decoration if you ask me.
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Angel from the Sea – missing from Main Street
The Angel from the Sea a familiar sight on Main Street when you pass Art Haven has been retired. A contest is being held July 9th at Art Haven for a new logo.
David Brooks scrapped her off the window and I believe there was a tear in his eye during the last scrape; she has served Art Haven for the past 2 years.
Several people came by and did their part in helping David.
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A-Train Orchestra Saturday at Amy’s Coffee and Cones
Amy Writes-
A-Train Orchestra is going to be playing on the deck of Amy’s Coffee & Cones this Saturday, June 19th from 4pm-8pm. They are a fun band and crowd pleaser…they perform jump blues, boogie and soul!!! The drummer is Gloucester’s very own Dave “Doc” Vincent, it’s sure to be a fabulous time! Also very exciting news about Amy’s, as of tomorrow I am serving hotdogs and what is so exciting about that is the special sauce from my family’s restaurant when i was growing up….customers can now get a “Max’s Dog”!!! Please stop by tomorrow and try one out….I’ll even get on video again to share the history of this special sauce!
Thanks so much,
Amy Blake
Amy’s Coffee & Cones
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We Was Robbed!
There’s a soccer game?
USA came back from being down 2 nil to tie it up against Slovenia. Remy’s Bar and Grill goes wild!!! Then a hard fought goal goes through and they score to go up 3-2 with only a few minutes to play. But somehow the psycho referee hallucinates an off-side and pulls the goal back. The USA player in replay is so wrapped up by a Slovenia player it isn’t funny. And the Slovenia player is hugging him while his back is to the goal. No off-sides!
Still, a 2-2 tie against Slovenia is good stuff. Remy’s Bar and Grill right on Boylston Street behind Fenway Park. All the sliders are open on this beautiful day. The ten foot TV screens are crystal clear. A better view than the referee gets, that’s for sure. Tall icy Bloody Marys on a Friday morning is a good start to the weekend.
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Ten Pound Studio Video From High Above Main Street
It’s hard to imagine that the presses for the Gloucester Daily Times were in this very same space
Kate Seidman Rocks
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Plow, Bow and a Bow.
Inside the Cape Ann Tool Company you could play a football game after a little sweeping.
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Sawyer Free Library
Sawyer Free Library Fountain:
Sea Harvest 1977
Bronze fountain, 4′ tall
Aristides Burton Demetrios
Contemporary sculptor, born in 1932 and raised in Folly Cove, Gloucester, Massachusetts. Studied sculpture with his father George Demetrios, a classical sculptor, trained by Bourdelle, a student of Rodin. Son of Virginia Lee Burton, renowned author and illustrator of children’s books. He is currently an artist-in-residence at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Upcoming Events
- Tuesday June 29, 10:30am – The Bubble Guy with Bob Mello
- Tuesday July 6, 3:30–4:30pm – Afternoon Book Group for 3rd and 4th Graders
- Thursday July 8, 10:00am – Cool Green Storytime for 3 and 4 year olds
- Friday July 9, 10:00am–12:00noon – Drop-In Crafts
- Tuesday July 13, 7:00pm – Adult Book Group. July Book: “Portrait in Sepia” by Isabel Allende.
- Wednesday July 14, 10:00am – The Enchanted Forest
- Tuesday July 20, 7:00am – Cape Ann Tales: Local filmmaker Dan Tremblay will present “Cape Ann Tales” a mix of stories about people and places from Gloucester and Cape Ann.
See the library website for more info at www.sawyerfreelibrary.org
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Ten Pound Studio Textile Arts Classes
Kurt Ankeny and Kate Seidman have been holding textile art classes high above Main street in the Corner building One Center Street (the third floor above Passports) The room was the former press room of The Gloucester Daily Times.
Video with Kate coming tomorrow
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Art Haven Logo Contest – July 9th
Dawn Gadow talks about the Logo Contest on July 9th.
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Our Lady of Good Voyage Carillon Bells are home
Thanks to Linn Parisi for the tip-
The church’s 31 bells were cast by the Taylor Bell Foundry in England and installed during the summer of 1922, and restored by Meek, Wilson & Company.
Bill Meeks was on site directing the operations, photo of him strapping a Bell.
Each bell has a Saints Name in Portuguese, and a name of a person. There is a story for each bell, I am sure. The first Reverend, a Captain, and A. Piatt Andrew are the names on the bells shown. On A. Piatt Andrew’s bell is the inscription in Portuguese “The Heart of Jesus”, as he was instrumental in getting the bells brought to the church in 1922.
An elderly man stood watching them being re-installed, he said to me “I am so glad they are back, I thought I would never hear them ring again, but my prayers were answered.”
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Cape Ann Artisans Studio Tour
Cape Ann Artisans Spring Studio Tour
> Cape Ann Artisans is celebrating their 27th Annual Studio Tour Weekend: held on Saturday and Sunday, June 19 – 20 from 10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. each day. This self-guided tour along the scenic coastline of Gloucester and Rockport presents a unique opportunity to meet fifteen professional artists > and see > their work in the setting in which it was created. The work represented includes:, pottery, painting, sculpture, photography, mosaics, and jewelry. Several of the artists will be demonstrating their working process during > the tours.
This year there are four new members on the tour. Kurt Ankeny grew up wanting to draw comic books and trained for it, developing intensive drawing skills along the way. He is now a fine oil painter and has a charming studio in the heart of Lanesville. In addition to doing his own work Kurt als teaches painting and drawing. Pam Stratton takes hundreds of tiny pieces of glass and turns them into complex and delightful images for both indoor and outdoor settings. Her “Pond Mosaic” flows through her garden in Rockport. Eileen Mueller, also in Rockport, is an oil painter whose work reflects her love of figurative drawing, interior scenes of people at work and the plein air study of the landscape. David Montgomery, our fourth new member, was a third generation boat builder, who, for some thirty years, crafted one-of-a-kind pleasure boats and fishing boats. Now instead of painting boat bottoms, David paints boats on canvas, often they are the very boats he built. He says: “I get equal joy out of rendering their shapes with brush and paint on canvas (and it doesn’t hurt my back).”
> Brochures with route maps will be available at the Cape Ann Chamber of > Commerce, the Rockport Information Booth on Rte 127 and at each of the > artisans. A bright magenta Studio Tour banner will mark each location. > For further information: tel: 978-281-3347 http://www.capeannartisans.com >
> Image is “Twin Lights” mosaic by Pam Stratton
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Represents! and stuff
Forgot to bring a GMG sticker to the game so my beer will have to do.
David Platt Represents!
That’s all I got. Oh wait, my niece is going to Derby Dames in Wilmington on Saturday! She wants to take my daughter for a 14th birthday present. Should I stay or should I go?
5PM to midnight the Massacre vs. Denver and then the Wicked Pissahs vs. the Nutcrackers!
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Try this trick!
I was sitting in Friendly’s parking lot watching an egret – kinda playing with my iPhone. I started thinking that if my polarized sunglasses were making the sky so gorgeous, what would happen if I put the sunglass lens over the iPhone camera lens and shot the marsh? Well, this was the result. Nice, huh?
Try it with your phone or point and shoot camera.
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Meet your Favorite Pirate
Come to the New England Pirate Faire, “A Day of Adventure”
June 19-20 Stage Fort Park.
Photos taken during a dress rehearsal this weekend.
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AGFA PD16 Readyset Camera Find At David Cox’ Main Street Art and Antiques
There are several beautiful antique cameras at Main Street Art and Antiques. I doubt they are functional but for camera bugs like me they are beautiful to look at.
This one was marked $46 click the pics for larger versions
Good Morning Gloucester 
