
Blue sky with lots of sunshine at the State Pier

My View of Life on the Dock

Double vision….

Annual Spring Art Show & Sale

I just love our boulevard guardians but especially following poor weather.




Hi Joey –
Good Morning! I’m writing to introduce you to my newsletter Cape Ann COSMOS, covering the greater Cape Ann culture scene, and started in 2019.
www.capeanncosmos.com
Your readers might enjoy the contents about art, music, history, theater, science, film. The monthly FREE newsletter, covers Greater Cape Ann events, concerts, exhibits – all things to do.
Sometimes special features too such as
Last month, “Frances McDormand Remembers Gloucester”. It was her recollection of Gloucester when here for several months filming Olive Kitteridge for HBO. Blog 3 — Cape Ann Cosmos
Or Google: Frances McDormand Gloucester
The March edition will be published on March 1 with some wonderful local content. I’m now promoting on social media.
Is it possible to mention March Cosmos in GMG?

The Sotheby’s sale Two Centuries American Art closing March 3, 2021 highlights work by artists inspired by Gloucester and/or with Gloucester ties including these few: illustrations for Harper’s and Redbook by Frank E. Schoonover; work by Leon Kroll including a Good Harbor Beach scene; and views of Gloucester harbor by Frederick John Mulhaupt and Mary Blood Mellen:





Gloucester Harbor, a central panel from one of Mulhaupt’s monumental mural masterworks, has been on display at Gloucester’s O’Maley school for decades. The center panel was commissioned under the auspices of the WPA-era programs and ultimately moved from its original site at Central Grammar to City Hall in 1972, and then again to O’Maley. Other sections of this mural were disconnected and dispersed within City Hall in 1972, and not all on display, which has confounded understanding of the sections individually and as a whole. All will be reunited one day–temporarily or permanently– back to the artist’s original, immersive art experience intent. Here are several photos of the mural to compare with the artist’s treatment of the harbor scene at auction.






Fine examples by all the artists coming up at auction can be found at Cape Ann Museum within the permanent collection and/or special temporary exhibits.
photos c ryan: installation views at Cape Ann Museum (double click or pinch and zoom depending upon your device; right click to see credit info)





I took a quick drive through Rockport this morning, It’s as pretty as always in case you haven’t been by in a while.

A friend shared this clip recently and labeled it “Vaccine Side Effects After Your Second Dose”. Looks like a dance of joy to me, and although I didn’t see reactions quite as animated following second doses at the clinic I recently worked, the joy was totally apparent……..
She does her thing while I was doing mine volunteering in Salem this week:


GloucesterCast 473 Live From The Mile Marker One Igloos with Chris McCarthy, Pat and Jim Dalpiaz and Joey C Taped 2/24/21
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GloucesterCast 473 Live From The Mile Marker One Igloos with Chris McCarthy, Pat and Jim Dalpiaz and Joey C Taped 2/24/21
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Mile Marker Igloos not just for dinner: breakfast and lunch too.
Mile Marker will give GMG viewers an offer of no igloo fee for breakfast Wed -Friday if the mention they saw it on GMG
Shout out to Center Sandwich NH for assisting Pat and Jim out of the snowbank on Monday
Beer brewing with Joey and Eloise.
The next Gloucester400 Commemorative Medal (3”) is scheduled to be released on Thursday at 1:00. (Pat)
Our friend Donna Ardizzoni has a new beach towel available amongst her other items and additional local work at Arts Abounds in Magnolia
Cape Ann Whale Watch has announced its opening date Saturday April 17!!!!
How are these mild temperatures affecting your mood or activities??
Daylight Savings Time! Ice cream stands opening (March 13 for White Farms in Ipswich)
Have we turned the corner on winter?
Odds on another monster snowfall (7+ inches)???
Julie Borge at K9Kutz
Things Joey said when he got the family a cat:
Ted Allen On Chopped Deserves An Oscar for acting completely devastated every time he tells someone they got chopped, like he had a lifelong bond with them and his soul was crushed that they got eliminated.
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Join Backyard Growers for the virtual garden workshop “How to Start Seeds Indoors” and learn how to start your own seeds this spring. In this workshop, you’ll learn the benefits of starting seeds indoors, what you need to be successful at starting your own indoor nursery, and how to care for your seedlings from seed to garden. The event includes an interactive Q&A and demonstration.
When: March 11, 7 – 8pm
Where: Zoom
Tickets: FREE for Backyard Garden Program participants. $15 general admission. Ticket sales support Backyard Growers’ school, community, and backyard garden programs. Click here to reserve your spot or purchase a ticket.
If you subscribe to the GloucesterCast Podcast it will be emailed to you so if you miss it you can still access it through the free email!

Fishermen please register for the Fishing Vessel Stability Classes:
https://goodmorninggloucester.com/2021/02/20/fishing-vessel-stability-classes/

Another pretty winter weekend on the coast











Fall 2 Online Apparel Store open until Wed 2/24 11:59pm. Includes Cheer, Football, Indoor Track, & GHS Athletics apparel.
Click link: https://ghsfall2-2021.itemorder.com
People continue to share photographs of Byron Brooks oil paintings since a request back in 2016. Some images show paintings that were bought directly from the artist at his gallery in East Gloucester. Others were passed down through a family for generations. Still others were discovered at auction or estate sales across the country. One turned up in Arizona.
People google the artist and find their way to Good Morning Gloucester in search of biographical information. As more and more people share snapshots, a fuller picture of the artist and favorite motifs began to emerge. For instance, because of new additions from one collector, it’s clear that Brooks painted favorite scenes beyond Gloucester, “greater Cape Ann”, and in all seasons. Besides photographs, GMG readers have expressed memories of the artist, as well as Gloucester and relevant neighborhoods at the time he was active here. These contributions help us to have a better understanding of what it was like to visit his home studio gallery and learn more about him as a person.
selection snapshots from new contributions:


This is Part 5 from series, Searching for Artist Byron Brooks


Distant shores….
