My View of Life on the Dock
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Bernie Cranston Rowing Past Captain Joe & Sons Lobster Co 7/7/23
Summer in Bloom…
The Rocky Neck Art Colony is pleased to announce an exciting summer workshop for students entering grades 6-8 in the fall. Come explore the art making process with five fantastic practicing Rocky Neck artists! Space is limited and the registration deadline is Friday, July 14!
Morning Coffe with Friends
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978-526-0443
20 Lexington Ave Magnolia MA
I got a kick out of this guy wading way out in the cove off of Rocky Neck (I always forget what it’s called). I asked Finn to snap a photo while we were driving by. Catching people in the act of doing what makes Gloucester pretty special is one of my favorite things to do. #becausegloucester.
The next Gloucester 400+ Cemetery Tour is scheduled for Sunday July 9 at Clark’s Cemetery and the First Parish Burial Ground. It’s a “double header” for you cemetery fans. The event is free but you will need reservations which you can get here. Here’s a Cape Ann Community link to more information.
From Chris on the Gloucester City-Owned Cemetery Committee shares additional information. He also told me “The tour guides and “actors” will be in period costumes and there will be an exciting finale!”
400+ Gloucester Cemetery Tours
June 10th: Cove Hill Cemetery, “Cove Hill 1720” and Langsford Cemetery, “Families of Lanesville”
July 9th : Clark’s Cemetery, ” Tragedy in the Victorian Era” and First Parish Burial Ground “A Travel in Time”
August 5th: Bray Cemetery, “Families of West Parish”
September 16th: Clark’s Cemetery & First Parish Burial Ground, “Drama in the Cemetery”
October 14th: Seaside Cemetery, “Bad Choices Bad Luck”
October 21st: Oak Grove Cemetery, “The Famous and the Infamous”
Picture credit to Cape Ann Community:
We had an absolutely fantastic sunset sail with the Schooner Ardelle to Greet The Fleet for the Rendezvous event this weekend (July 6-9 2023). Maritime Gloucester’s own Executive Director Michael DeKoster joined us and shared some “added value” level information for the passengers regarding schooners and the Rendezvous event. Capt Harold Burnham and intern Tyler manned the sails along with some volunteers and it was just a wonderful evening out on the water. This weekend’s events will be held at Maritime Gloucester at the Harbor Loop as well as at the temporary docks located at I4C2. You can see the schooners up close during the deck tours (more info here). Participating schooners include Columbia, Pride of Baltimore, When and If, Adventure, Thomas E. Lannon, Redbird, Isabella and, of course, Ardelle. It’s going to be a busy weekend but if you can take a sail, I strongly recommend doing so.
Summer is here! Join the Sawyer Free Library on Friday, July 7 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. as we kick off summer reading with an educational and exciting show – – Rainforest Reptiles: Conservation through Education!The Library is excited for everyone to come and enjoy thisfun and informative presentation by a herpetologist and visit with bugs, frogs, snakes, lizards, a tortoise, and theAmerican alligator.
Please note, this event will be held at Captain Lester S. Wass American Legion Post 3 located at 8 Washington Street in Gloucester.
The event is free and open to all! No registration necessary. For more information visit: SawyerFreeLibrary.org or call 978-325-5500.
Community Preservation Act Funds are used to support open space & recreation, historic preservation, and affordable housing projects.
GLOUCESTER, Mass. – The Community Preservation Act Grant Program is administered by the City of Gloucester and funded by the Citizens of Gloucester through the Community Preservation Act. Resources are used for the preservation and rehabilitation of open space, land for recreational use, historic preservation, and community housing. A nine-member Community Preservation Committee makes a recommendation for the use of the funds to the City Council for its approval.
Local projects selected to receive funding:
Preservation Committee meetings are open to the public and are typically held on the third Tuesday of each month. Meetings details will be posted under Public Notices on the City’s website. To learn more about
City of Gloucester Community Development grant programs go to Gloucester-MA.gov/264/Community- Development and follow Innovate Gloucester’s Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
About The City of Gloucester, Massachusetts
America’s oldest seaport, the City of Gloucester, is known throughout the world as an authentic, working waterfront community, a place of spectacular natural beauty, and home to a diverse population of approximately 30,000 residents. Its sharp focus on community development has helped build its reputation as the ideal location to live, work, and play. An important center for the fishing industry, Gloucester is also proud of its vibrant cultural life and rich art heritage. Gloucester is a destination for thousands of visitors who visit the harbor and its beaches during the summer months. The City will be celebrating its 400th Anniversary in 2023.
Deep Purple…
ROCKY NECK ART COLONY (RNAC) announces a new exhibition opening July 13 at The Cultural Center called In Motion.
In recognition of our constantly changing visual world, In Motion celebrates the myriad ways artists explore time and movement – actual, implied, imaginary or otherwise.
This subject of time and motion has interested artists throughout history, from the earliest examples of overlapping animals running on the cave walls of Lascaux and Nike of Samothrace leaning into the wind. But it is in the 20th Century, fueled by technology and rapid societal change, that time and motion become essential subjects for exploration within contemporary art.
The 37 artists in the exhibition employ a variety of media, including photography and video, found objects, mobiles and puppets, paint and mixed media. Some artists evoke movement solely through formal means – carefully chosen shapes, color juxtapositions and mark-making or digital manipulation – while others comment on nature as time keeper and climate change. The human body is in motion, propelled by mechanical means as well as the natural movements of water, wind, sound and light. Movement can be lightning fast, rhythmic and repetitive, or gentle and mesmerizing. Whether it is the thrill of the arcade ride or the optical play of light on water, the works activate our senses and invite us to slow down and engage with a world in motion.
The Artists
Hilary Bachelder, Katherine Bagley, David Lee Black, Jeanne Carey, Gary Carlson, Michelle Carter, Matt Cegelis, Michele Champion, Katherine Coakley, Alyssa Coffin, Dianna Daly, Francois DeCosterd, Maria Denjongpa, Ron Dirito, Carin Doben, Cheryl Dyment, Sarah Eiermann, Maria Galante, Ellen Garvey, Anne Gilson, Kata Hull, Ann Lafferty, Juliet Lockwood, Carmela Martin, Perry McIntosh, Brian Murphy, Margaret Rack, Judy Robinson-Cox, Tom Robinson-Cox, Isabel Santos, Lynne Sausele, Ruth Schneider, Sally Seamans, James Seavey, Laurie Simko, Fleur Thesmar, Helen Tory
Event: For details, visit the Rocky Neck exhibitions website: www.rnacexhibitions.com
About the Juror
The juror Kim Bernard creates sculpture that is recycled, kinetic, interactive, public and involves the community. She shows her work nationally and has exhibited at the Portland Museum of Art, Currier Museum of Art, Fuller Craft Museum, Harvard University, Art Complex Museum and UNH Museum of Art. Bernard is the recipient of the Artist Advancement Grant, Kindling Fund Grant, NEFA grant, 6 Maine Arts Commission Grants as well as funding from the Ellis-Beauregard Foundation. She was an artist-in-residence in the Physics Department at Harvard University and at the University of New England. She received her BFA from Parsons in 1987 and her MFA from Mass Art in 2010. Bernard teaches at the Maine College of Art, Colby College, Haystack and as a visiting artist.
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The Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC), a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, nurtures excellence in the arts through exhibitions, workshops, residencies and vibrant cultural events for its members and the public. On picturesque Rocky Neck in Gloucester, Massachusetts, RNAC operates three exhibition spaces, open to the public for free: The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck (6 Wonson Street); The Salted Cod Arthouse (53 Rocky Neck Ave.), a partnership gallery and café; and Cove Gallery (37 Rocky Neck Ave.), open seasonally in the former gallery of local artists Gordon and Judith Goetemann. Check the website, www.rockyneckartcolony.org, for hours, openings and special events. For more information, see the website or call 978-515-7004
Exhibition Title: In Motion
Location: The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA
Dates: July 13-August 20
Opening Reception: July 16, 5-7 PM
Gallery Hours: Thursday Noon – 7 PM, Friday – Sunday Noon – 5 PM
The best popcorn in Massachusetts is here! Children are especially welcome. Folding chairs and blankets are good.
Bob Rick, Conductor and Music Director
“This program is supported in part by a grant from the Rockport Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.”
Our program is below.
The National Anthem arranger Henry Fillmore
The Olympic Spirit John Williams, arranged Jay Bocook
Land of Liberty arranger John Wasson
American Flourish Robert W. Smith
Liberty Bell March John Philip Sousa
Armed Forces Salute arranger Bob Lowden
To Protect and Serve Robert W. Smith
Chimes of Liberty Henry Fillmore
American Patrol F. W. Meacham
America Exultant Henry Fillmore, arranged Glover
South Shore Soliloquy Robert Sheldon
Chicago (selections) arranger Ted Ricketts
New York 1927 Warren Barker
I’m Shipping Up to Boston arranger Sean O’Loughlin
Victory At Sea Richard Rodgers, arranged John Moss
America the Beautiful Irving Berlin, arranged John Edmondson
Stars and Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa
