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On Sale Today 12-2  Chocolate Chip Valentine Sweatheart Cookies, Sugar Sweatheart  Cookies, Dark  Chocolate Sugar Cookies…. Stop by The Cave Cheese Shop Main Street Gloucester for all your Special Valentine needs!

Greg Bover starts it out w a bang @ Short n Main!

With the coldest weather of the season upon us, send me your best photo of “cold.” I want to see pictures that make me shiver and run inside. Subjects might be people reacting to the cold or scenics that evoke a deep freeze or any imaginative approach you care to choose.

Send photos to <editormard1@mac.com> and I’ll post them here at GMG over the next few days. Please include your name for proper credit.

2/12/2016 3:33pm
Good Harbor Beach Plunge

There is an art exhibit at the
Essex Shipbuilding Museum

Feb 16, 10-5 daily.
The opening is Friday from 6-8PM.

It is an interesting show with work by Charlie Carroll, Virginia Eaton, Barbara Donnelly, Lindsay Hopkins Weld, Jay Havighurst, Lynne Havighurst, Katherine Richmond, Connie Sweet, Alison Taylor, Kristen Wilson,Constance Vallis, and Katherine Fitzgibbon.

The Artful Birdhouse: An Auction of artist-created birdhouses, Auctioneer State Senator Bruce Tarr, Sunday, February 21, Preview: with light refreshments and Champagne punch from1-2 PM, Live Auction at 2:15 PM.

The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA 01930
Gallery hours, Thurs-Sun, 12:00-4:00 PM

Tickets are $10 per person available online beginning Wednesday, February10 through Saturday, February 20 until 5 PM at http://rockyneckartcolony.org/event/the-artful-birdhouse/

Tickets also available at The Cultural Center gallery from Thursday, February 11 through Sunday, February 14.  As space is limited, early purchase is suggested.

Artist: Tin Can Sally Seamans,“On a Hot Tin Roof”, (cut tin assemblage)

Artist: Gloucester artist Hans Pundt, “Birdtha’s Flock”, quirky, edgy, odd and fascinating birdhouse – collage and found objects

Artist: Beverly artist Kathleen Gerdon Archer, (natural materials),”Beach Retreat.” A beachy nest to welcome birds traveling along the Spring migration route through Cape Ann.

Betty Lou Schlemm painted birdhouse in oil, entitled “Betty’s Birds”

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“The Artful Birdhouse,” in the entertaining and capable hands of auctioneer State Senator Bruce Tarr, offers more than 20 original, artist-created birdhouses by auction on Sunday February 21, preview beginning at 1:00 PM, live Auction 2:15 PM.  Engaging the charm and appeal of birdhouses as a foundation, the imagination of friends and members of the Rocky Neck Art Colony soars in whimsical, modern, traditional, fantasy and completely unexpected “artful” birdhouses. The following artists have donated their time and talents for an auction of their birdhouse creations in support of Mass Audubon and in conjunction with the “For The Birds” avian-art exhibit at The Cultural Center.

A highlight of the event is the featured item:  A private naturalist walk with Mass Audubon’s Chair of Natural History and Field Ornithology Chris Leahy.  With broad expertise in birds and insects, and an engaging communication style he leads many international tours.  Winner may invite up to 10 guests.  The value is “priceless.”

 Artists contributing to the auction event are Kathy Gerdon Archer, Deborah Barnwell, Carol Mansur Benesh, Lisa Carlson, Joy Dai Buell, Elizabeth Gauthier, Rachel Gauthier, Joy Halsted, Jane Keddy, Mindy Lind-terk, Ron MacNeill, Tom Nihan, Sinikka Nogello, Christy Park, Hans Pundt, Kenny Riaf, Sally Seamans, Betty Lou Schlemm, Pam Stratton, Karen Tibbetts, and Karen Tusinski among others.

A portion of the day’s event proceeds will support Mass Audubon’s mission to protect the flora and fauna of Massachusetts.

Paul Frontiero Gallery

“WINGAERSHEEK BEACH”

16″X20″ OIL ON CANVAS