Good Morning Gloucester

Jane Deering Gallery presents two new exhibitions! 

Ephemerata | a timeline of creation, a timeline of change.

Opening Saturday September 5th. Works by Cape Ann artist Deborah Brown explore the shared juxtaposition of intent and materials.  Brown studied at the San Francisco Art Institute and exhibits nationally.  This exhibition will be at 19 Pleasant Street in downtown Gloucester, adjacent to the Cape Ann Museum. Hours: Saturday & Sunday 1:00-3:00.  Also on view from Friday September 4th in the SHED @ 18 Arlington Street, Annisquam is

Late Summer Selection | New Painting by Adin Murray.

Murray continues his superb Horizon series, serene and luscious oils on canvas.  Hours: Friday, Saturday & Sunday 12noon-3:00pm.  And always by appointment at either location. 917-902-4359. Works can be viewed at janedeeringgallery.com

Look at these two love birds. I am glad they selected my down spout to mate instead of my food.

Please welcome baby Maverick!

If you would like to participate in the baby’s gift registry you can do it on the Amazon link here and the gift will be sent directly to Jim and Pat’s family!

Here’s the link to the Baby Registry

We took a quick walk down to the low tide shoreline at Good Harbor Beach recently on a gorgeous day. We took the crystal balls along for the ride.

From the City of Gloucester Clerk regarding today’s (Sept 1) Massachusetts State Primary Election. This was posted yesterday Aug 31. TODAY Sept 1 is State Primary Election Day:

We took FOB Paula Ryan O’Brien to Tonno for dinner over the weekend to celebrate her visit to our fair city. Online reservations are very easy through Resy on the Tonno website here. We sat inside as it was a little rainy and all tables are safely distanced. We had outstanding service as always. Paula ordered the pork chop and she loved it. Jim had the “Sunday Sauce and Meatballs” (always a favorite) and I had the Chicken Milanese, now a new favorite. We felt safe and well cared for. Thanks Tonno for facilitating our family dinner!

Dear Gloucester Friends,
Last evening, in a socially distanced backyard celebration, resident Charles Gantt held an “unwhaling” for his hand-crafted, Barcelona inspired, multi-media whale, PICO.
Charles is a novice artist, and this is his first sculpture (wire, hand-cast concrete, ceramic tile, stone). Attendees were impressed by the amazing piece of backyard, do-it-yourself, art. 
We thought you might be interested.
David VanderhooftShore Road

We have a wooden sailboat built in 1950 that we have restored, maintained and sailed for 25 years. Over the last two years we replaced the plank keel, sternpost, dead wood, stem and bowsprit. Finally we are on the water again!

We love Cape Anne (one of our crew grew up in Gloucester) and hope to store our boat here and do our yearly spring work of sanding, painting, varnishing and small repairs. We need room to put up staging and store our mast, booms and dinghy. The boat is 34 feet on deck (plus bowsprit and boomkin), with a 50 foot mast. 

We’d like to find someone who has a boat or boats and room for one more on their land. Or has a workshop with outdoor space. Or a boatyard/boatbuilder with enough room. (Most boat yards have many boats and space is limited for DIY maintenance). We would also consider buying a piece of land with water and electricity.

Over the past many years we have been lucky enough to share boatshops and have been called “low wake people”. We are very neat, and considerate. We would of course pay storage fees (to be determined) and are open to the possibility of sharing the use of the boat, with an experienced sailor, as part of the exchange. We are hoping to haul out at the end of September. We would appreciate any names, places, and or ideas: 

Contact Paul at plind@earthlink.net

The Rockport Art Association & Museum (RAA&M) invites ALL artists to enter this exhibit celebrating the new and emergent voices of the Cape Ann art community.  Artists do not need to be members of RAA&M to apply!!!!  This is an opportunity to show artwork that reveals the immense diversity of the creative community about us. This exhibit will be juried using digital images (.jpg), submitted and uploaded during the July 25 – September 13 submission period onto the smarterentry.com site.

Grass Roots: Emerging Artists Exhibit: October 15 – November 1, 2020

Call for Submissions Begins: Saturday, July 25, 2020
Deadline for Online Entries: Sunday, September 13, 2020
Notice of Acceptance by: Sunday, September 27, 2020
Accepted Art Drop-Off: October 8 & 9, 2020 (Thursday & Friday, 9:00AM – 4:45 PM)
Jury for Prizes: Sunday, October 11, 2020
Exhibit Opens: Thursday, October 15, 2020
Exhibit Closes: Sunday, November 1, 2020
Pick-Up Artwork: November 4 & 5, 2020 (Wednesday & Thursday, 9:00AM – 4:45PM)

To learn more, please feel free to click the following link:
https://www.rockportartassn.org/grassroots-exhibition

And to apply, please click here:
https://www.smarterentry.com/CallsForEntry/RAAM