Don’t stop looking! Jeanne Blake photo August 14, 2019, shows whale off of Long Beach, back and forth between Rockport and Gloucester, and Thacher and Milk islands.

Winslow Homer and Women’s Bathing Practices

Saturday, August 17, 10:00 a.m.

Coolidge Point: The Thomas Jefferson Memorial, 9 Coolidge Point, Manchester, Mass.

$15 Historic New England and Cape Ann Museum, $20 nonmembers

The Cape Ann Museum and Historic New England invite you to take a fresh look at Winslow Homer’s seaside paintings. Join Elizabeth Block, PhD, senior editor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, for a discussion of Homer’s paintings within the context of women’s bathing, dress, and hair practices of the early 1870s and as an extension of the artist’s early magazine illustrations. Following the lecture, enjoy the waterfront Coolidge Point grounds. Light refreshments provided.

Presented in conjunction with the special exhibition Homer at the Beach: A Marine Painter’s Journey, 1869 – 1880, on view at the Cape Ann Museum from August 3 to December 1, 2019.

Coolidge Point is open to the public for events and special programs in 2019.

For more information visit HistoricNewEngland.org or call 978-522-5540.

Reserve tickets and information about a partner lecture with the Cape Ann Museum
https://my.historicnewengland.org/2774/4768

Joan Snyder Lecture at the Cape Ann Museum
“A Conversation with Joan Snyder and Molly Snyder-Fink”

A collaboration between the Goetemann Artist Residency of the Rocky Neck Art Colony and the Cape Ann Museum

Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 2:00 PM

Cape Ann Museum, 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, MA

Reception following the talk

Free and open to the public. Reservations suggested:
On line at camuseum.eventbrite.com or by calling 978 283-0455, ext. 10

The Goetemann Artist Residency of the Rocky Neck Art Colony and the Cape Ann Museum are collaborating to present “A Conversation with Joan Snyder and Molly Snyder-Fink” at the Cape Ann Museum, 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester on Sunday, August 18, 2019 at 2:00 PM.  Joan Snyder and her daughter Molly Snyder-Fink will be in conversation about her work and accompanied by images. The event is free and open to the public with a reception following the talk. Registration for seating is suggested on line at camuseum.eventbrite.com or by calling 978 283-0455 ext.10. 

This special program inaugurated in 2008 invites a nationally known artist to speak at the Cape Ann Museum followed by a four-day workshop.  This year the workshop is being held at the Montserrat College of Art studios.

Joan Snyder is a national treasure.  She has without question stood her creative, inventive, personal ground with the great painters of the last 50 years.  Her work is very much about her lived experience and being accessible to the viewer. Snyder, well known to the art world, has been honored as a Guggenheim Fellow, National Endowment for the Arts Fellow and MacArthur Fellow. Her work is currently on view in an exhibition “Epic Abstraction” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.  Snyder first gained public attention in the early 1970s with her gestural and elegant “stroke paintings,” which used the grid to deconstruct and retell the story of abstract painting. By the late seventies, Snyder had abandoned the formality of the grid. She began more explicitly incorporating symbols and text, as the paintings took on a more complex materiality. These early works were included in the 1973 and 1981 Whitney Biennials and the 1975 Corcoran Biennial.

“The functions of Ms. Snyder’s art, first and foremost, are to further the tradition of painting and to explore the most serious aspects of the human condition; to connect us not only to one another and to nature but to ancient rites and myths. She reminds us that no matter how modern and civilized we are, art can still be raw, primitive and talismanic. Without apologies or decorum, Ms. Snyder’s work awakens all of the things still wild within us.”Lance Esplund. “Lady of the Wild Things”. The Wall Street Journal, April 27,2011, p. d6

About the Goetemann Artist Residency and the Distinguished/Artist Teacher Program

Founded in 2005 by Gordon Goetemann, the Goetemann Artist Residency fulfills his vision to bring artists both to be inspired by and to enrich the community. This program brings artists from around the world to spend one month in a live-work studio at the Rocky Neck Art Colony in Gloucester, MA.

Inaugurated in 2008, the Distinguished Artist/Teacher (DAT) is one of several programs of the Goetemann Artist Residency, all are part of the Rocky Neck Art Colony. RNAC has welcomed many distinguished artists to this program to give a talk at the Cape Ann Museum and then to lead a four-day workshop. This is the second year that the workshop will be at the Montserrat College of Art.

The DAT workshop is sponsored by the Geoffrey H. Richon Co.

Multiple opportunities to hear the spiritual, healing and soulful music of Jonah Littlesunday.

Offering live concerts for the first time in New England at multiple venues:

♥ August 16 at the Rocky Neck Art Colony in Gloucester, MA

♥ August 15 and 17 at the Manchester Community Center Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts

♥ August 18 the Saltonstall Mansion in Peabody MA

Discounted Advance Tickets are on Sale Now, while supplies last. Tickets can be purchased on-line at Eventbrite. For off-line tickets, contact Karen at 978.283.4258 or email: dreamtimewellness@gmail.com

Are there schooner fishermen in your family tree? Not just those who fished from Adventure’s dories, but any schooner. If so, you and your family members can sail free of charge with us on Sunday, August 18, from 2 – 5 pm. It is a great opportunity to experience some of what your forefathers went through to put bread on their tables and fish on tables across the country. Bring the kids so that they can see a little of what made Gloucester what it was then and is today. Join us for the afternoon and share your family stories with others, help raise the sails, and learn some family history.

Call the Adventure office at 978 281 8079 to sign up today, space is limited.

 

Today from 3-6:30 pm, the Farmers Market returns to Stage Fort Park. My loot from last week:

If you haven’t made it over, it’s worth the trip. Some scenes from last week:

From Kevin Henry

Elinor Teele, a local author, has teamed up with Spike Wademan, an award-winning artist & illustrator, to launch a FREE chapter book for kids on her website.

• It’s a comic tale called Fisher Jim: http://elinorteele.com/fisher-jim/

• Read Chapter One: http://elinorteele.com/fisher-jim-chapter-one/

Please share the book link with as many folks as you like—this is a free resource that’s meant to celebrate the joy of reading!

ABOUT FISHER JIM

Told in the voice of a 10-year-old, Fisher Jim is the hilarious saga of a boy’s adventures on the ocean. Though names have been changed for fictional purposes, kids will recognize Essex, Ipswich Bay, Lanesville, and many more Cape Ann landmarks in Jim’s story.

HOW THIS ONLINE CHAPTER BOOK WORKS

Just like magazine serials of the 1950s, two illustrated chapters will appear every Wednesday on Elinor’s website, from August 14 until October 23, 2019. Families can enjoy each chapter in a digital form or download it as a PDF for printing.

LOCAL ACTIVITIES

Perfect for reading aloud, Fisher Jim is a true North Shore tale, full of salty humor and local characters. The book site also includes plenty of links to kid-friendly activities and organizations around Cape Ann. Choose your own adventure!

This Saturday August 17th The Jantelles will be performing their 50’s & 60’s Jukebox Hits for your bowling enjoyment!!!