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Things To Do- seARTS Partner With An Artist Presentation Schedules
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I hope to see you all Saturday morning here at Captain Joe’s for coffee and to view Mark’s incredible work.
seARTS is pleased to announce new developments surrounding this weekend’s Partner with an Artist (PWA) Installations and Events. The program revolves around six artists interpretations of Cape Ann’s Literary History and culminates this Thursday, October 9th with a “Forum” discussion with the artists and October 11th with a community art project and celebration.
Boston-based art critic, Greg Cook will join the PWA Forum on Thursday to co-moderate with Peter Anastas. Greg’s presence and interest in the PWA programs further demonstrates the significance of these innovative programs.
Before re-locating to Boston, Greg Cook lived in Gloucester for a decade. He writes regularly for The Boston Phoenix and is founding editor of The New England Journal of Aesthetic Research (http://www.gregcookland.com/journal). His reviews, reports and jokes have also appeared in The Boston Globe, Art New England, PoetryFoundation.org, The Providence Phoenix, the Gloucester Daily Times, and Nick Magazine. Among the many projects that fill his spare time, he serves as commodore of The Society for the Preservation of Fitz Hugh Lane. The combined perspectives and experience of Anastas and Cook promises to make this a lively discussion.
The program is also being enthusiastically supported by two community partners – the Cape Ann YMCA Teen Leaders and Art Haven who will collaborate to produce the October 11th community art project at the green house at 54 Commercial Street to transform the interior and exterior of the building. Ben’s Paint Store has generously donated supplies to help the artists. Monte Rome, owner of InterShell is thrilled to have the space used for a community learning and experiential event and hopes to attract more in the future.
Working in close collaboration with local businesses, seARTS is also announcing the “seARTS-Seafood Experience” drawing to support the programs. The PWA Business Partners have provided a tempting grouping of prizes. Joe Ciaramitaro, of Captain Joe’s is looking forward to the show and to everyone being part of the waterfront.
First Prize includes all the makings of a fabulous dinner at home:
- Intershell – a small diversified seafood processing and distribution company, supplying sushi distributors nationwide is contributing $100 package of sushi items
- Captain Joe & Sons – Four 1 ¼ Lobsters + an Apron to be claimed before December 30, 2008
- Virgilio’s is contributing homemade sauce, olive oil, peppers and bread
- The Building Center – proud to have served Cape Ann for 105 years is contributing a 19 quart seafood steamer.
- Cape Ann Brew Company will provide a growler and t-shirt & fill your growler at a discount
Second Prize will give you a head start on your Holiday shopping with:
A gift from the Black Swan, a $25 gift certificate from Dogtown Books where you can choose from a variety of used books, from affordable reading for pleasure to collectible treasures; a Gift Certificate or a special item from the Dress Code that Barbara will choose especially for you. Barbara advises everyone to “Purge, recycle and renew.” End your day with a $10 gift certificate for coffee, tea, sandwiches or soup at the Pleasant Street Tea Company and a bath with a gift from Bubbles.
Tickets will be sold at the October 9th Forum & throughout the day on the 11th. The drawing will take place on the evening of October 11th. Tickets are available for $5 or 3 for $10.
The October 11th “walk” along the waterfront schedule is as follows:
- 10-AM – 54 Commercial Street – community art at the “green house” – Artist: Emily Sinagra
- 10-11:30AM – Captain Joe’s, E. Gloucester – Artist: Mark Tiewes
- All Day: Building Center – Artists Susan Frey & Richard Emmanual talk 2PM
- All Day: Fitz Henry Lane House – Artist: Martin Ray talk 11:30-12:30
- 11:30 – Virgilio’s on Main St.-Artist-Willie Alexander talk 11:30-3PM
- 6:30- Dogtown Bookstore- Artist Ian McColl
- 7:15PM- Green House Celebration – 54 Commercial Street-All
The Partner With an Artist (PWA) program is funded by seARTS and through grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council John and Abigail Adams Art Program and the Boston Foundation Bruce J. Anderson Fund. For more information about seARTS, visit www.searts.org.
From The Gloucester Daily Times:
Cape Ann
Gail McCarthy
seARTS Partner with an Artist Projects Unveiled October 2-11
Over the next week, projects from Partner with an Artist will be unveiled in various events around town.
These six projects were awarded grants in July by the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (seARTS) to create projects based on Cape Ann’s literary history in partnership with local businesses.
Weather permitting, the first of these projects becomes a reality this afternoon in the front parking lot of the Building Center, where a crane will drop in a “stele” created by artists Susan Frey and Richard Emmanuel. In case of rain, this will take place tomorrow.
Next Thursday, these projects will be discussed at a forum moderated by Peter Anastas at the “green house” that is now part of InterShell’s new location at 54 Commercial St. Anastas is a long-time student and colleague of the literary figures that inspired these artistic installations. Among his many accomplishments, he served as editor of “Maximus to Gloucester: The Letters and Poems of Charles Olson to the Editor of the Gloucester Daily Times, 1962-1969” (Ten Pound Island Books). The forum begins at 7 p.m. and is free and open to the public. He will be joined by the artists who will present the background and evolution of their projects.
On Saturday, Oct. 11, a day full of events is open to the community. Starting at 10 a.m., Emily Sinagra, partnering with InterShell, invites all ages to collaborate with her throughout the day in an interactive, public art installation. Those wishing to participate will use the vacant building at 54 Commercial Street (across from the Chamber of Commerce) to express themselves with a variety of artistic mediums including, paint, lighting, text and found objects. The project is inspired by the “Wharf Rat’s Tale” by Barry Fisher.
From 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Mark Teiwes, in partnership with Captain Joe & Sons, will present “Faces of the Working Waterfront,” a series of portraits inspired by Vincent Ferrini’s poem “At the Brink.” Teiwes will focus on the strength, struggle and dignity of harborside workers with photographs on display on interior and exterior walls of the East Main Street warehouse. An online audio slide show was made of the subjects reading “At the Brink.” Teiwes also will run a community photo workshop on night photography and environmental portraits on Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. at Pleasant Street Tea Co.
At 2 p.m., Frey and Emmanuel will be available to discuss the “stele,” which is a commemorative sculptural piece representing the life and work of the late Poet Laureate Vincent Ferrini.
From 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., Willie Alexander, in partnership with Virgilio’s, plays a recorded singing of Ferrini’s poems over minimal musical accompaniment on Virgilio’s loudspeaker system on Main Street. Alexander will be there to discuss the project with visitors in the middle of the day. The music will be played again at the evening reception at 54 Commercial Street.
From 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Martin Ray’s installation will take place on the granite rocks in front of the Fitz Henry Lane House on Harbor Loop. The public is invited to view the sculpture named “Maximus [Olson] and The Living Poem [Ferrini].” Ray will be there to discuss his work with visitors.
At 6:30 p.m. Ian McColl will present the “Telling of the North Star” at Dogtown Bookstore on Main Street. This adaptation of Ferrini’s play encompasses prerecorded text and dialogue, projected imagery and live action in an interpretation of Ferrini’s epic description of an ancient Gloucester Ghost Ship’s return to salvage one of its own.
The Oct. 11 event will culminate with a celebration back at the “green house” at 54 Commercial Street beginning at 7:15 p.m. At that point, the space will have been transformed throughout the day and all are invited to join in the festivities and enjoy the new space.
For more information about seARTS, contact Sara Young, Executive Director ed@searts.org or visit www.searts.org.
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Attention- Bundle Up This Morning!
It’s frickin cold out this morning. It can be deceiving because it is sunny but believe me when Dave Jewell and all the rest of my fishermen are bundled up like this, you should be too.
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Toby Burnham Has A Weird Fetish
Toby loves rotten fish. Not just regular fish, but he just loves rotten fish. The more rotten, the better.
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Come down the dock Saturday Morning at 10:00AM to see incredible life sized black and white photos as part of Mark Teiwes’ seARTS Waterfront Portrait show. Toby’s portrait is probably my favorite one along with Joe Grillo’s.
it would be nice to see some of my GMG friends come down and say hey!
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Your Moment Of Gloucester Zen
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Minimal Editing- Minimal Conversation- Just A Slice Of Time On Gloucester Harbor
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Dog and I “Catching Lobsters -Sometimes Crabs”
Here’s Johnny “Doc” Herrick in the office.
Note what appears to be a halo above his head?
It doesn’t belong there, LOL!
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Beautiful Industry- Seaweed Balls
Toby Burnham says they could be little alien cocoons, LOL!
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Matt Ring Shows Us A Seaweed Ball
Matt Ring aboard the Stanley Thomas shows us these seaweed balls. They are almost perfectly round and made of seaweed with little sand mixed in.
Mark Ring who has been lobstering for over 30 years tells me he has never seen them before and Toby Burnham who brought some in a couple days earlier said the same thing, that he had never seen anything like them either.
They are sponge-like and when squeezed will let out a little water and if you throw it on the deck it will flatten out a little with a splat like landing.
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Susie Byrd- Lobsterman
Here’s Susie Byrd- Lobsterman extraodinaire. Susie had the option of taking the day off when her skipper John Herrick decided to stay in, or go fishing on another boat. Wanna guess which option she chose?
If you guessed go fishing, you’re right. She just can’t get enough. She just loves being out there on the water. I swear this girl has salt water running through her veins.
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The Mrs’ Lobster Rolls- Best In All The World
You Know It Baby!
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Buttering The Rolls- Note The Salted Buttah!
You know what’s coming, right????????????
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Spotted Lobster
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The End Of The Day
Lobsters all toted up and ready to roll out.
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Spotted Lobster
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Spotted Lobster Landed At Captain Joe and Sons
Yesterday we got this spotted lobster in. They are rare but not nearly as rare as the blue ones or the double crusher clawed lobsters.
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Butter Me Up at Seasons On Main
This over sized sleeping shirt for women can be found at Seasons On Main Street. The placement of the pincher claws seems a little precarious.
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Salted Pogies
Aboard The Jupiter II
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Hacking Up Bait Aboard The Jupiter II
Whack Whack Whack. When the blade comes down into the flesh and cartilage of the swordfish it makes a sound like a thud. It usually takes a couple of whacks to lop off the preferred size for the bait bag.
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Herring Flats
These are whart we call flats of frozen herring.
Usually the flats weigh 45 lbs, these particular flats weigh 25 lbs each. They are being laid out on the floor so that they will defrost and our lobstermen can use them right away. The 45 lb flats of herring or pogies take a while to defrost. To pull the fish apart is a huge pain in the ass when they are a big frozen rectangular solid block. Breaking down pallet after pallet of frozen 45 lb flats wreaks havok on our backs but the real strain comes when you gotta lift them all back up while bent over.
I know, I know bend your knees. It still doesn’t make it easier when your on your fifth pallet and they are stacked up high. Not fun. Not fun at all.
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Good Morning Gloucester 