Remembering Charlie: Plein Air panel discussion led by Sinikka Nogelo

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to welcome the friends, students and colleagues of Charles Movalli for a panel discussion on Saturday, April 22 at 2:00p.m. This program is offered in conjunction with the special exhibition, Charles Movalli: Cape Ann & Beyond.

Moderated by Sinikka Nogelo, artist and former host of the Cape Ann Report, the panelists will reflect on the amazing life and career of their friend/teacher Charles Movalli and the art of painting en plein air. Panelists will include T.M. Nicholas, Mike Graves, Dennis Poirier, Charles Shurcliff, Marilyn Swift and Tom Gill.

The cost of this program is $10 for Museum members / $15 nonmembers (includes Museum admission). Space is limited; reservations required. For more information email info@capeannmuseum.org. Register by calling (978) 283-0455 x10 or online at Eventbrite. This program is accessible.

Exhibition support was generously provided by Judi Rotenberg and Edward Zuker and
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. & Lucienne M. Bosselman.

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The boys found this rock the other day in front of our terrace in the Bahamas.  Turns out that it was painted and hidden in Ohio by a member of the Northeast Ohio Rocks! group.  I snapped a couple of photos and shared our find on their Facebook page.  In no time the “owner” of the rock wrote back saying,

We just painted that rock a few weeks ago (last week of March over our Spring Break) and hid in our tiny little hometown at a gas station. We knew it had been found as it was gone not long after we placed it there, but never dreamed it would make it out of the country! I painted that rock because my 7 year old son is obsessed with the Goodyear Blimp and was able to take a ride in it two years ago! I can’t wait to see where it will end up!

Kind of cool.  So, now it is our turn to hide the rock.  Hmmm.  After the Bahamas we were off to the Islamorada and Key Largo in the Florida Keys for a couple of nights, now we’re in Hilton Head for two more days, and then we’ll drive through a whole bunch of states before landing home in Rockport.

I wonder where the rock will end up next.  Great fun!  Thanks, Northeast Ohio Rocks!

Joey     Here is a scan of an old postcard of Cressey’s beach probobly from the 50″s? We lived just over the hill on Western Ave & trecked to the beach every week day ( weather permiting) with all the Moms & kids spending the day.

I thought you would enjoy seeing it. I was sad to see that our dragon is gone.

Cheers & Happy Summer.

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At the Water’s Edge

Online Photo Contest

In conjunction with the Cape Ann Museum’s spring exhibition, Charles Movalli: Cape Ann & Beyond, the Museum is hosting an online photography contest. Photographers of all ages and experience levels are invited to submit images based on the theme of “at the water’s edge” that capture the magical place often seen in Movalli’s work where land and sea meet. Photos must be taken in Rockport, Gloucester, Essex or Manchester-by-the-Sea.

For over forty years, Charles Movalli (1945–2016) was a pillar of Cape Ann’s year-round art community, a distinguished landscape and marine painter, a prolific writer and advocate for the arts and a widely respected teacher.

Submission deadline April 30 | Live Facebook voting May 5 through May 19 | Winners announced May 26

A photographer in the pulpit of a sword fishing vessel, Gloucester, MA (possibly Vincent’s Cove). Handcolored slide from the Fishermen’s Institute, c. 1921. Collection of the Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives.

Cape Ann Museum staff will select photos for public voting on the basis of creativity, photographic quality and effectiveness in conveying the theme of “at the water’s edge.” Beginning on Friday, May 5, the selected photos will be posted on the Museum’s Facebook page at facebook.com/camuseum. The public will be encouraged to vote for their favorite photo(s) by “liking” them.

For more information please visit: capeannmuseum.org/waters-edge

Prizes:

• 1st Prize: One year Cape Ann Museum Membership (Contributor or Red Cottage Society Individual level)
• 2nd Prize: $50 Gift certificate to Museum Shop
• 3rd Prize: Copy of Kodachrome Memory by photographer Nathan Benn

A selection of photographs, including the top three winning entries, will be displayed on the Cape Ann Museum website.

The Cape Ann Museum celebrates the art, history and culture of Cape Ann – a region with a rich and varied culture of nationally significant historical, industrial and artistic achievement. The Museum’s collections include fine art from the 19th century to the present, artifacts from the fishing, maritime and granite quarrying industries, textiles, furniture, a library/archives and two historic houses. For a detailed media fact sheet please visit www.capeannmuseum.org/press.

The Museum is located at 27 Pleasant Street in Gloucester. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Admission is $10.00 adults, $8.00 Cape Ann residents, seniors and students. Youth (18 and under) and Museum members are free. For more information please call: (978)283-0455 x10. Additional information can be found online at www.capeannmuseum.org.

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