Competing for the Gold 3/5/17

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

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On Sunday the Cape Ann Cyclones, a Special Olympics Unified basketball Team will compete in their first Team State Tournament. Special Olympics Unified Sports®brings together ATHLETES with intellectual disabilities and athletes without intellectual disabilities (UNIFIED PARTNERS) to train and compete on the same team. Participants improve their physical fitness, sharpen their skills and learn acceptance and inclusion while participating in Unified Sports. The games will be held at the Fay School in Southboro. The Cape Ann Cyclones have worked very hard to get to states; they are striving for the Gold. All competition will take place in Harlow gymnasium. Come down and support your favorite basketball team, the Cyclones first game is at 11am.

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New & Different…for me

Posted on by Lowell Peabody

Long exposure and LED lights. Photos from yoga posing and LED lights last night with Anneliese Brosch, Jody Caplan, Dave Fernandes and James Eves. Special thanks to Cause Creative for letting us use the space. Closest I’ve gotten to yoga…

 

14° March morning on thin ice – marsh edge rivers and roads

Posted on by Catherine

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March 4, 2017

 

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higher tide with ice sails January 10, 2017
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March 4 ice banks (lower tide vs January 10)
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January 10 ‘ice sails’ and higher tide
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trees cleared along Rt. 128

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Scenes from seArts 2017 Annual meeting at Gloucester Stage featured Bosoma dance company which may relocate to Cape Ann

Posted on by Catherine

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BoSoma Dance may move to Cape Ann 

Gloucester Stage new season opens May 19 2017. Heidi Dallin also revealed a Gloucester Stage world exclusive premiere announcement!

EX LOVERS, a festival of 10 minute plays is coming on April 28th!
Founding director Israel Horovitz asked 8 dramatists to contribute an original 10 minute play

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Heidi Dallin (Gloucester Stage)  Tony Sapienza (Cape Ann Plein Air committee)
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Ken Reihl Cape Ann Chamber and Karen Ristuben Rocky Neck (Cape Ann Plein Air committee)

 

Caroline Enos Don’t Tread On Us article about the WRITERS RESIST event coordinated by JoeAnn Hart at Rocky Neck Cultural Center 

Artist opportunities:

seArts Art Loan @ Bass Rocks 2017
seArts Wearable Arts updates http://wearableart.org/
Cape Ann Plein Air II is scheduled Oct 8-16, 2017- artist  applications  are due by April 30, 2017
Marty Morgan Empty Bowl Open Door seeking volunteer artists to help guide painters

 

NYC or bust

Posted on by Bridgette Mathews

Yesterday’s cold weather didn’t stop us from some touring and night shooting around the City!  (click below for some more shots)

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Night views from Brooklyn Bridge Park
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The Oculus of the Westfield Mall on Ground Zero has a “Grand Central Station” feel to it
The Westfield Mall design in front of the Freedom Tower
Too cold for ice cream but the shop I love
Looking over to the Brooklyn Bridge

PARTY SNAPSHOTS FROM THE BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL CHARLES MOVALLI EXHIBIT OPENING TODAY AT THE CAPE ANN MUSEUM

Posted on by Kimsmithdesigns

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Lovers of Cape Ann scenes and vistas, don’t miss the exquisite Charles Movalli exhibit “Cape Ann and Beyond,” opening today at the Cape Ann Museum. The reception is free and open to the public. Cape Ann’s landscapes seen through the eyes of Movalli are simply gorgeous. GO today!

 

 

 

 

From the Cape Ann Museum: The Cape Ann Museum will host a special exhibition of paintings by Charles Movalli, opening on Saturday March 4 and remaining on display through May 21, 2017. Cape Ann & Beyond will be drawn from private collections throughout the region and will be complemented by gallery talks and lectures exploring Movalli’s career and the Cape Ann School of painters.

For over forty years, Charles Movalli 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. His paintings have been showcased in solo and group exhibitions throughout the region and showered with awards; his writings on art and artists have been published widely and his editorial skills earned him a 25 year stint as contributing editor of American Artist magazine. Often referring to himself as “the luckiest man in the world,” during his long and successful

TARANTULA OCTOPUS

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driftwood-pebble-beach-rockport-2-copyright-kim-smithThis beautiful lunk of wood at Pebble Beach appears as if it is a trunk and root system. Would it be possible that it is from an ancient tree that was at one time growing there, or do you think the driftwood just landed there in that artful manner?

GOOD MORNING GLOUCESTER, BROUGHT TO YOU BY BRACE COVE SUNRISE

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The arc of the sun’s rise is growing greater daily. Hurry Spring!brace-cove-sunrise-copyright-kim-smithbrace-cove-sunrise-1-copyright-kim-smithBrace Cove Sunrise

Lexicon Gallery

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

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Larry Elardo Hand Building Class March 2017
When
Monday March 27, 2017 at 10:00 AM EDT
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Monday May 22, 2017 at 1:00 PM EDT
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Where
Lexicon Studios
15 Lexington Ave
Unit 3 (yellow)
Magnolia Gloucester, MA 01930

Dear Clay Friends,
If you like texture and building big, this is the class for you. At the request of the students, this 9 week class will offer you the option of staying for a
4th hour of hand building (10-1pm is with instructor). This is a partially project based class that you will then take and make your own under the wonderful guidance of Larry Elardo.

When: Mondays
Building: March 27 – May 8, 2017
Glazing: May 15 and May 22, 2017
Show & Tell: June 5, 2017, 10-11am

Time: There are 2 options for class
10am-1pm (with instructor present)
10am-2pm (additional hour of studio time)

Skill Level: Intermediate+

Limit: 9 students

Cost: $380 10am-1pm with instructor or
$480 10am-2pm (last hour is studio time)

Includes: Instruction, 25 lbs clay and bisque firing only

Additional fee: Glaze and glaze firings are additional and will be calculated at the end of the class

Clay: Available by preorder at $1/lb in 25lb bags. Most people order an additional 50 lbs.

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Register Now!

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Seyrelwilliams@gmail.com.

Thank you for their attention and response, and we look forward to seeing you at class.

Sincerely,

Seyrel Williams
Lexicon Gallery & Studios
seyrel@lexicongallery.com
781-962-7177

Off the island

Posted on by Bridgette Mathews

Making our way to NYC today with Hubs for some adventures off the island.  I’ll leave you with some of my favorite shots of the Big Apple.   Hopefully I’ll get a couple more favs to add to this collection!  Happy Friday! 😀

One Hour at a Time Gang cancelling Saturday Clean Up

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

Hello all,

As tough as we are, it will be extremely cold tomorrow, Saturday, March 4, 2017. We will reschedule.

As Melissa stated, due to the fact that she loves and respects all our volunteers good idea to cancel.
Thank you all and will let you know next date.
Stay warm.

Take care kids,
Donna