My View of Life on the Dock
The One Hour at a Time Gang would like to invite all to come to Shore Road on Saturday April 3rd.
When: Saturday, April 3rd
Time: 08:30
Where: Magnolia Landing
Please make sure you are wearing your masks and bring gloves. There will be sanitizer and gloves also being provided. I have yellow bags and Sean will be proving the sanitizers.
Some wonderful volunteers working on the renovations at the Magnolia Library
This January I will be lending my time and effort to help re-design the library room at the Magnolia Library and Community Center. This is a really important space to our family and it is important that it continue to serve the community.
Don’t miss the Bruce J Anderson Foundation funding opportunity in the New Year! The foundation has helped many local organizations and initiatives annually. Good luck.
Bruce J Anderson Foundation 2020 grants were a who’s who of our community organizations and efforts in targeted areas of specialization: Arts (Cape Ann YMCA; Cape Ann Art Haven; GEF; Gloucester Stage Company); Environmental protection (Backyard Growers; Friends of Halibut State Park; Ocean Alliance); and Mental Health (Gloucester Writers Center; Pathways; Open Door). The family honors their brother and summer visits in Gloucester. The family foundation awarded grants to other communities and efforts, too.
Here’s the announcement from the TPI/Boston Foundation outreach for the Bruce J. Anderson Foundation:
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
We are pleased to announce the 2021 Request for Proposals for the Bruce J. Anderson Foundation, a supporting organization of the Boston Foundation. The Bruce J. Anderson Foundation has been making grants on Cape Ann and in the Nashoba Valley for over 30 years. Please review the guidelines carefully and note that the application deadline is Monday, February 15, 2021. Grant announcements will be made in mid-June.
We hope you will consider taking advantage of this Bruce J. Anderson Foundation funding opportunity. Questions regarding program eligibility can be directed to the attention of Paola Villatoro at pvillatoro@tpi.org or 617-338-5898. The Philanthropic Initiative (TPI) | tpi.org
TPI merged with Boston Foundation in 2012
Heidi Dallin director youth acting
photo: on grounds at Ocean Alliance HQ, one repurposed shipping container now office/teaching module/lab – (and new on its exterior- Rocky Neck Art Colony Goetemann Artist Residency- Sophy Tuttle mural) Ocean Alliance received support from Bruce J Anderson in 2020
Members of the Annisquam Village Church volunteer to buy food, prepare and serve a Community Meal for clients of the Open Door several times a year. The serving of Community Meals in the dining room had been suspended due to the pandemic. Indeed, the meal that we prepared on March 11th was their last. Since then, the Open Door has been meeting the community’s needs for such a meal by means of take-out prepared meals (grab and go), and home delivery. Their main fundraiser for the year, the Empty Bowl Benefit, was cancelled. The Open Door needs to make up the shortfall somehow.
Our plan is send financial support equivalent to our expenses on food for the dates the AVC is committed to serve at the Open Door until was are able to volunteer once again.
In the meantime if you would like to donate directly the The Open Door click here: https://www.foodpantry.org/03_How_To_Help/donate.html
The smile on Pauline face is so welcoming when you see her or visit her wonderful shop.
512 Essex Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
artsaboundmagnolia@gmail.com
As Mother’s Day approaches, I am reminded how quickly the world continues to change. I hope you are all staying as well as you can, mentally and physically. The sad news in our world continues to come but I am trying to stay hopeful that a vaccine is coming soon and that when the crisis is over, that we will have all learned to be kinder and more forgiving to each other.
Arts Abound has been busy in our new role as face mask makers! Just today, Massachusetts’ Governor Baker stated that those folks who are not able to socially distance must wear a mask, or face a $300 fine. We expect to continue our posts at our sewing machines! We continue to donate some masks to help front line workers as well as selling them.
Our masks make a wonderful and colorful gift for Mother’s Day. Think of giving them to your mom, or maybe your dog mom, or the woman who you treats you like a mom, or maybe the mom who looks after your kids. What better way to say that you care than wanting to keep someone safer? I believe that we will each need a few masks, as the pandemic continues, so that we can have one at home, one in the wash, one in the car, and one to give to someone who doesn’t have a mask.
You can choose from the following themes: floral, abstract, juvenile, solid, or neutral. At $15 each, these masks are a great way to be fashionable and safer. You can pick them up curbside at Arts Abound or we can ship them for you for a small extra charge. Working with us is a great way to support local artists and to help our shop pay the rent while we are temporarily closed by the state.
I want to thank all of you wonderful customers for your outpouring of support during this difficult time. It has meant more to me than you can imagine…
Stay safe and sane.
Hugs to you all,
Sue Wheeler, owner
From the Gloucester Daily Times
Editor’s note: This is one in a series of stories on how the arts community is weathering the challenges brought on by COVID-19.
When Gloucester’s Sue Wheeler opened her art gallery last November, she was hopeful after having a decent holiday season of business. Then came the slower months of winter, and then the pandemic struck and now her shop located in the village of Magnolia is temporarily closed.
She opened Arts Abound to celebrate creativity among local artists and sell locally made items from Cape Ann and Ipswich. She also has a few other Massachusetts artists, like one woman from Watertown who makes jewelry from a protected plant in Brazil called “golden grass” because of its metallic sheen. In all, there are 17 artists featured with an array of fine arts and handcrafted gifts, from pottery to paintings to hand-made aprons — and now face masks in the age of COVID-19.
Wheeler, a graphic designer by trade, has other talents. She sews, paints and in her first career, she was a pastry chef.
” ‘We’ve got you covered” is my slogan now,” she said, referring to the masks. “I thought I’d sell one or two but it has been crazy. I do these to order. I ask if they want a design that is abstract, floral, juvenile, baseball or subdued. My hope is they have some joy in wearing these because this is not a happy time. If these designs make somebody smile at least when they have to put it on every day, then maybe it won’t feel like drudgery.”
Wheeler also has donated about a hundred masks so far to healthcare workers and is working on a batch to donate to SeniorCare volunteers.
Helping her with the mask-making endeavors are her 92-year-old mother, Vivian Wheeler, who is involved with ironing and cutting elastic, as well as two nieces, Alex and Jenn Wheeler, who help cut the fabric.
Even though the gallery is closed because of the pandemic, Wheeler now offers virtual shopping with FaceTime, and she also is making “Lock Down” gift baskets, in which customers can choose what they want the basket to contain including a few food items, like local olive oil and Breakwater Coffee.
“They can also choose from handmade cutting boards, whimsical fish mugs, ocean-inspired pottery, jewelry, and local photography to name just a few options,” she said.
“The idea is people can order whatever they want, and it can include hand-made or hand-painted cards. I’m happy to make things to order,” said Wheeler. “I love to do art and create, and opening this shop was a way to combine everything and a way to help other artists. It’s not easy to be an artist.”
Gail McCarthy can be reached at 978-675-2706, or at gmccarthy@gloucestertimes.com.
Meet the artist
Name: Sue Wheeler
Hometown: Gloucester
Shop: Arts Abound, 21C Lexington Ave., Gloucester
Medium: Painter, graphic designer
Website: artsaboundmagnolia.com
Share your story
Are you an artist facing challenges or forced to change the way you approach your craft amid the COVID-19 pandemic? We want to highlight local visual artists, musicians, performers and others in the region’s arts community and the creative solutions they’re using to continue pursuing their passions. Reach out to Sonya Vartabedian, managing editor for features, at svartabedian@gloucestertimes.com if you’re willing to share your story.
Even though we cannot all be together to clean up take a walk today with a bag using social distancing, mask and gloves and pick up one spot of trash and litter.
Local people doing amazing things – DCL is a Boston based leading fabricator of architectural specialties. DCL President Mark Andreasson and his wife Karen Gorczyca reside on Cape Ann. DCL is now producing and delivering Personal Protective Equipment to area hospitals, police, and fire departments. Thank you Mark and Karen and DCL staff for all you are doing to help first responders.
DCL is a leading fabricator of architectural specialties – including custom signage, rebranding, wayfinding, and themed entertainment. We partner with architects and designers to custom-engineer the right solutions for each project. Our experience and expertise spans globally, and we provide custom solutions for the Academic, Athletic, Healthcare, Hospitality, Retail, and Transportation industries.
Hi all:
Hope everyone is well and taking all the precautions so we can get through these difficult times. Due to all the social distancing, The One Hour At A Time Gang will not congregate. When taking your walk please bring a yellow bag to help keep our city clean and free of litter. Please wear gloves and a face mask. Miss you all and see you soon.
On Saturday we went to Ryan & Wood to pick up their hand sanitizer that they are making. Only one person at a time in the shop with proper social distancing. This 1 Liter of hand sanitizer filled almost 40 fl. oz of sanitizer. The containers that were used are pumps of hand soap. Instead of throwing these plastics in recycle, we use them for other things. Great idea by Ryan & Wood and thank you. Always try to shop local.
Ryan & Wood Distilleries • 15 Great Republic Drive, Gloucester, Ma • (978) 281-2282
Ryan & Wood Distilleries at Blackburn Park.
Because of the COVID-19 crisis, we have switched our production lines to making hand-sanitizer to try and help out. The Federal Government (FDA) recently gave distilleries permission to make this to help with the shortage. It’s made from our vodka distillate according to the World Health Organization recipe of Alcohol (80% of product), Hydrogen Peroxide and Glycerol. https://www.fda.gov/media/136289/download
We intend on donating to local food banks, medical providers, and people who work with elderly. Today we have reached out to the Council of Aging and Cape Ann Food Pantry.
In 2006, Bob Ryan and his nephew Dave Wood founded Ryan & Wood Distilleries with the dream of producing small batch spirits in their coastal home of Gloucester, MA on Cape Ann. Steeped in blue-collar maritime history, Gloucester is an ideal “port of origin” for our whiskies, gins, rums, and vodkas. Our spirits are made the old-fashioned way in our copper pot and column still, fit for hard-working locals and world travelers alike.
Growing up, Bob spent most his days on the Gloucester waterfront working at his father’s seafood processing company. After 35 successful years he sought out a new adventure. Ryan & Wood proved to be a perfect marriage of his manufacturing knowledge and his wish to pay homage to his hometown’s maritime past, now evident in the artwork on each of our bottles. Bob loves to say that Gloucester was built by “ships of wood and men of iron,” noting that only the ships have changed.
They say “father knows best,” but when it comes to spirits, this mother and grandmother is the Queen of tasting Whiskey, Rum, Gin, and Vodka. Possessing the best palette of the crew, Kathy has the final say on what gets the Ryan & Wood stamp of approval.
Doug represents the second generation of the Ryan family to take up distilling. An attorney by trade, he handles the legal work of our highly-regulated industry but prefers to be milling grains and mashing whiskey! You can catch him on the production floor during your tour, and at most of our tastings and promotional events pouring spirits and spreading the word.
Jennifer handles most of Ryan & Wood’s Social Media and marketing efforts, but her Dominican heritage gives her a special perspective on the world of Rum! She also has the some of the finest handwriting in the region, a necessary skill for writing the barrel and bottle number on each individual bottle of our single-barrel craft whiskies.
The “Wood” of Ryan & Wood, Bob and Kathy’s nephew Dave helped found the company and worked tirelessly to build it from the ground up. Although he passed away in 2012, his fingerprints still linger in every aspect of the operation. Dave’s business acumen was only surpassed by his sharp wit and dedication to his family. We’re proud to carry on his legacy with each bottle of Ryan & Wood. Cheers, Dave!
Hey, I am sewing masks for the folks on the front line…I just have to do something for this crisis. I have heard different opinions as to how much it helps but most say it is better than nothing. Many folks are doing this in my area so the craft stores are out of elastic. Does anyone have some I can have? Even on Amazon it is going to take weeks to get. Anyone wanna join me? I have lots of fabric to donate. LMK. Stay safe.
Hours for March
SUBJECT TO CHANGE DUE TO CORONAVIRUS.
Please call first. (603) 359-2713
Stay safe out there…
Also by appointment and by chance…call (603) 359-2173
The One Hour at a Time Gang will meet at Pavilion Beach
Join us on the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day for the FOURTH annual #GreatGloucesterCleanUp! Last year, we had well over 200 volunteers join us in a one-day cleaning spree!
This year’s locations are:
– Pavilion Beach,
– Dogtown
– Cripple Cove
– Good Harbor Beach
– Horton Street.
Details on meeting locations for each site will be given closer to the event.
RSVP to your site here: https://forms.gle/vL6uQBF6TEVXnG3p7.
Len Burgess:
Happy Birthday to you, hope your day is great. This is Len helping the eighth graders from O’Maley building boats.
Come create with us! Make your reservation to decorate a bowl on Saturday, February 8, from 10 a.m. to NOON at The Open Door!
Event is free. Children welcome. Reservations requested.
28 Emerson Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
· Hosted by The Open Door
February 8, 2020 10:00 am
March 7, 2020 10:00 am
Great job GHS Class of 2020. Looks like they may need to produce a second edition–just eight games left to sell at 830AM!
Don’t miss the Bruce J Anderson Foundation funding opportunity in the New Year! The foundation has helped many local organizations and initiatives annually like Cape Ann Reads.
They are low key modest with credit but impact many. The Bruce J Anderson generous recommendations from 2019– for just the Cape Ann region– bolstered support across four areas of focus. Chances are every one of us has benefited, or knows someone that has benefited, from this largesse: Arts (Gloucester Education Foundation $8,400; Rockport Music $8,000; Gloucester Stage Company $5,000; and Cape Ann Art Haven $7,500) Environmental Protection recommended for funding (Clean River Project $11,000; Backyard Growers $12,000; Ipswich River Watershed Association $10,000; Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center $6,000; Cape Ann Farmers Market $2,500) Historic Preservation recommended for funding (Cape Ann Museum $7,000; St. Peter’s Fiesta $2,500; Gloucester Writers Center $5,000; Mental Health recommended for funding (Pathways for Children $7,500; Action Inc. $5,000)
Don’t miss the information session and deadline to apply for 2020. Good luck!
Here’s the News from the Boston Foundation outreach for the Bruce J. Anderson Foundation:
Dear Friends and Colleagues:
We are pleased to announce the 2020 Request for Proposals for the Bruce J. Anderson Foundation, a supporting organization of the Boston Foundation. The Bruce J. Anderson Foundation has been making grants on Cape Ann and in the Nashoba Valley for over 30 years. Please review the guidelines carefully and note that the application deadline is Friday, February 14, 2020. Grant announcements will be made in mid-June.
This year we will be hosting an informational webinar session on Wednesday, January 15th. Those interested in attending can join us to hear about the Bruce J. Anderson Foundation’s grantmaking priorities, and the process for applying for funding. Please note that this webinar is not mandatory and attendance will not affect how your application is reviewed. If you would like to participate in the webinar, please accept the attached calendar invitation.
This year all applications will be submitted online.
We hope you will consider taking advantage of this Bruce J. Anderson Foundation funding opportunity. Questions regarding program eligibility can be directed to the attention of Loren Van Allen at loren.vanallen@tbf.org or 617-338-1621.
Sincerely,
The Bruce J. Anderson Team
Ritika Kumar
Senior Donor Relations Associate
The Boston Foundation
75 Arlington Street
Boston, MA 02116
Direct Line: 617-338-4294
Ritika.Kumar@tbf.org
Went over to Pauline’s to get a couple of pairs of her great slippers yesterday. As always her shop never disappoints, plus you can get some great gifts and of course lots of laughs.
512 Essex Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
978-281-5558
https://www.paulinesgifts.com/
Besides having delicious food, Julie Geary also uses compostable and recyleable materials.
Good Morning Gloucester 