Category: Art

Art Haven Art Show and Buoy Auction

Posted on by Sharon

Received this info from David Brooks-

ART HAVEN  ART SHOW

2009 Programs Fundraiser

Dear Friends,

On January 30th, Cape Ann Art Haven will be conducting its first ever Art Show and fundraiser. For the last 6 months, Art Haven has been offering art lessons after school in the heart of down town Gloucester. During this time, our Main St. studio has been a headquarters for young artists to meet and develop friendships. Many of the children we serve have trouble expressing themselves through conventional extra curricular activities, such as sports. Art Haven is a place where children can be proud of what they can accomplish. Since our opening, all staff at Art Haven have been volunteers, and have occasionally paid for the supplies for fun projects out of their own pockets.  Proceeds from the art show will contribute to funding for this new year, and we, as well as all the children who take classes at Art Haven, are looking forward to displaying the artwork they have created.

This will be a great time to meet those who are involved in Art Haven. There will be buffet dishes donated by many Gloucester Restaurants (Lat 43, Thai Choice, Azorean, Sebastian’ Pizza, Jalapenos, Chili Choice and more…), as well as a cash bar.  Also, Senator Bruce Tarr will be auctioning off painted buoys from this years lobster trap Christmas tree. We hope to see you there! Tickets are only $5.00!! Be there at 6 pm.

David Brooks
Cape Ann Art Haven

978 283 3888

For more information, just start Flapping like a Haddock!

Beautiful Industry

Posted on by Sharon

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This photo is part of the Wall St. Autumn collection, but isn’t included in the video tonight.   —Sharon

Sign of the Day

Posted on by Sharon
Great place to work!
Great place to work!

From Jay Albert’s Cape Ann Images.  Jay vividly captures the essence of Gloucester and beyond.  Excellent collection of photos!                  —-Sharon

Magnolia Pier From Donna Ardizzone

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Donna sent me three beautiful pictures, here’s the first one.

Magnolia Pier From Donna Ardizzone, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Thanks To Barbara Koen

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Thanks to a generous donation from Barbara Koen from The Dress Code shop downtown we are able to double the amount of t shirts that will be available for purchase.  100% of the money raised from the sale of these shirts will go to the family of Matteo Russo.

Good Morning Gloucester Logo, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

GoodMorningGloucester Fundraising T Shirt

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Beth Swan, The Winner Of The GMG Logo contest and contributor to our fund raising efforts for the family of Matteo Russo sent  this mock up of what the t-shirts will look like.  The T Shirt stock arrived at my house last night and Paul Frontiero will be printing them up within the next few days.  If anyone wants one there are a limited supply of each size so let me know and I’ll try to see that you get the size you would like and be aware that 100% of the money raised for these is going to Matteo’s family.  I’d also like to thank Kat Valentine who put together the flyer to promote the G_GAP Fundraising Event at Cape Ann Community Cinema on January 28th(next Wednesday night)

GoodMorningGloucester Fundraising T Shirt, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Old School Kicks never Looked Like This

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

While walking down Lincoln Road and Washington Street in South Beach there were many places selling sneakers like this.

I went in to snap some pictures and the young salesman asked me which pair I wanted to try on.   I told him I wasn’t interested and if the kids were buying these funky sneakers.  He replied that these sneakers were bringing it back “Old School”.  To which I told him that old school kicks never looked like that and in fact if you ever showed up wearing those things you’d get your ass handed to you back in the day.

Old School Kicks never Looked Like This, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Old School Kicks Never Looked Like This

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Old School Kicks never Looked Like This, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Vote For Mark And Ernie

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Just got an email from Mark Teiwes.  Ernie Morin and Mark are both entered in The 2008 Boston Art Awards.

Mark Entered his Faces Of  The Working Waterfront which was shot here in Gloucester and still on display at the Dock. Ernie has “Sight Lines” entered. Give them your votes if you dig the work.  They both have my votes that’s for sure.

This from Greg Cook-

“Below is the ballot for the 2008 Boston Art Awards, a contest organized by The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research to honor the best art made in New England (excepting Connecticut) and exhibits organized here in 2008. And you are invited to vote. You!

The ballot is long. Crazy long. More than 60 people contributed some 190 nominations for the 2008 Boston Art Awards. Yes! The process was designed to be open to all, democratic and broadly representative of our community. The resulting ballot – which includes nearly all the nominations – is somewhat messy, despite my best sincere efforts to give it clarity. Ah, democracy!

(http://gregcookland.com/journal/2009/01/2008-boston-art-awards-ballot.html)

Winners will be chosen by (1) local active art journalists and (2) anyone else who wants to vote – and will be announced in terms of these two separate categories of voters.

How to vote:

Voting is open to all. So feel free to pass along this message. Voting will be by e-mail. Vote for just one nominee in each category. Be clear. List each category and then your vote in each category. I suggest copying the ballot into an e-mail, and deleting all but the stuff you’re voting for. It’s okay to vote for yourself – everyone’s doing it. You don’t have to vote in every category. Of course, you may only vote for stuff you have seen. And you may only submit one completed ballot. Anyone breaking these rules will be banished. Email your votes to bostonartawards@gmail.com. Put “Vote” in the subject line.

The deadline for the receipt of votes is 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. Late votes will be ignored.

The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research will tally the votes. Nominees with the most votes in each category will win. The 2008 Boston Art Awards Ball is being planned by the kind folks at Big Red & Shiny (thank you) – details will be announced shortly, but it’s looking like it will be in Boston on Feb. 2, and free and open to all. Mark your calendars, because I hope to see you there. Winners will be announced by early February. Stay tuned.

Please contact me with any questions, suggestions, complaints, corrections, dire warnings. And please vote.

Greg Cook

The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research

http://www.gregcookland.com/journal

Dorchester, Massachusetts.”

Old School vs New School- You Decide

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Old School South Beach- The Winter Haven Hotel

Winter Haven Hotel, South Beach Miami, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

New School South Beach -Il Villagio

 

 

 

South Beach Alley

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

One Block From Some Of The Most beautiful Places To Be.  I guess to some people it may be beautiful too, like the Birdseye Plant.

South Beach Alley, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

South Beach Miami

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I love the architecture here.  Probably because I’m a sucker for symmetry.

South Beach Miami, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Art Deco, South Beach, Miami

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

These hotels are old and have a rich history.  When I was looking up and trying to frame this shot I couldn’t help but wonder what kind of mischief went on over the years on that rooftop balcony.   I mean really, how much damage has been done up there?  What kinds of parties?  How many times did lovers have at it up there with the Atlantic lapping at the shore across the street and partygoers dining and drinking  down below on Ocean Ave?  If the walls could talk in some of these places and tell the stories of  drug deals, romantic encounters, fights, the highs and lows of South Beach’s popularity what a story some of these buildings could tell.

Art Deco, South Beach, Miami, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

The Van Ness Hotel South Beach Miami

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I had no idea that Peter and Vickie were living so large!  Hey Pete, you’re buyin the pizza at the next Block Party meeting!

The Van Ness Hotel South Beach Miami, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Penguin Hotel

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

When I started to come here in the early 90s the renovation boom had just kicked off.  I remember going through some open houses for hotel-condo conversions which were selling for $60,000.   What I didn’t remember back then was the sheer number of hotels in the Art Deco district.   There are probably twenty more going through revitilization as we speak and many many have already undergone transformations.  I was reading a book about the early 90s revitilization and it was quoted as saying that rooms on Ocean Drive in 1976 could be had for $5.  That was of course when you would not have wanted to be here and it was a dangerous place. 

Penguin Hotel, originally uploaded by captjoe06.