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

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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

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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.

Get more information

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

Tendercrop Again

Posted on by Nichole S.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…. if you haven’t pulled into Tendercrop Farm while driving down Route 1A in Wenham…you’re missing out.  I go in once each week to get some cheese, pears, blueberries, soup, and the absolute best pita chips you’ve ever had!  I’ll often grab a sweet treat for the boys and maybe grab some steak tips or eggs.

Head over now and also check out their adorable Easter decorations and flowers!

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TOAD HALL 45TH BDAY CELEBRATION AND FUNDRAISER FEAT. MUSIC BY MIKE FORGETTE!

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Editors note ~ a reader wrote this morning, unable to attend the event but wanting to donate to Toad Hall nonetheless. If you would like to help support Toad Hall, which is a nonprofit 501 C4 (not tax deductible), please send donations to:

Toad Hall Bookstore

c/o Ardis Francoeur

47 main Street

Rockport, MA

01966

Thank you!

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Join Us March 22, 2017 In Supporting The 2018 Graduating 5th Grade Class!

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One Hour at a Time Gang

Posted on by Donna Ardizzoni

The One Hour at a Time Gang, time to get back picking up.

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When: Saturday, March 4, 2017
Time: 8:00 AM
Where: Burnham’s Field

Please bring gloves.. we have bags.

MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION

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Last night’s wild and windy March sky over Rocky Neck.windy-rocky-neck-sunset-copyright-kim-smith

Followed by this morning’s whitecaps in the Harbor. gloucester-harbor-cape-pond-ice-unitarian-church-copyright-kim-smithCape Pond Ice and UU Church

TOTALLY FREE! CONSERVATION FILM FESTIVAL HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND AT PARKER RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

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Hats Off to Spring: A Celebration of Grace Murray

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The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to announce that the extraordinary hats made by longtime Annisquam resident, friend of the Museum and avid knitter, Grace Murray, will be on display throughout the day on Saturday, March 18 in the CAM Auditorium and the Folly Cove Designer Gallery. At 1:00 p.m.owners of Grace’s beloved hats will have the opportunity to share their thoughts during “Story Time” in the auditorium. A selection of hats will remain on view in the Folly Cove Designer Gallery through April 2.

The Museum will be free and open to the public from 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. for this program; reservations are not required.image001-1

Each of Grace’s hats is an original. She was inspired to create her well-known style of hat by the patterns in “Andean Folk Knitting: Traditions and Techniques from Peru and Bolivia”, by Cynthia Gravelle Lecount. By the time Grace had purchased the book in 1992, she had already been knitting for 60 years; however, the colorful motifs kept her attention, and she created over 300 hats, all lovingly tagged “From the Knitting Needles of Grace Murray”.