Good Morning Gloucester

VALENTINE’S DAY EVENT AT THE BLUE SHUTTERS BEACHSIDE INN.

Join Melissa Bourque and Julie Ann Gadziala for an evening of Crystal Bowl Channeling Connections 1/14/15 or book individual daytime sessions…
6:00 – 7:00 Appetizers & Dessert and Refreshments
7:00 – 9:00 Gallery with Julie Ann and Melissa.

Messages will be both Spiritual and Personal. Spiritual Channeling, Mediumship Connections with Loved ones in Spirit, and Healing Vibrations are all part of the evening.
Note… The sounds of Melissa playing her Moldavite Crystal Bowl are quite the intoxication. So deep, so healing and so very beautiful.

Cost is $40 and includes both the Gallery itself and the Food (appetizers & dessert) and Refreshments (beer, wine, coffee, tea) prior to the event.

This is an intimate setting. Reservations are required as there is very limited seating. RSVP directly to Julie Ann /Melissa or to the EventBrite link below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crystal-bowl-vibrations-with-messages-channeling-mediumship-gloucester-ma-february-14-2015-tickets-15421056796

PRIVATE SESSIONS ARE AVAILABLE WITH JULIE ANN OR MELISSA DAYTIME 2/14 & 2/15. $66 PER 30 MINUTE SESSION. CONTACT THEM DIRECTLY
Julie Ann:  978-387-5306 JulieAnn@NHMetaphsyical.com  (www.PsychicJulieAnn.com)
Melissa: 978-979-1212  MBourque1111@gmail.com  (www.MelissaBourque.com)

Consider booking a room and staying overnight at The Blue Shutters. Contact Innkeeper Eddie Comer for a reservation: info@blueshuttersbeachside.com (978) 283-1198 (www.blueshuttersbeachside.com)

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Pop Gallery Has Football Fevah!

Who’s ready for our Patriots to cream the Seahawks?! WE ARE!!!

Starting TODAY, come into POP Gallery and enter our $50 RAFFLE!! You can enter up to the day before kick off (Jan. 31st)!

The winner will be announced before Sunday’s KICK OFF (Feb 1st)! And while you’re in, entering your name, scope out our cute pregame goodies! Sweatshirts, cozy lounge pants, and more!

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IT’S TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT FALL ENROLLMENT AT EASTERN POINT DAY SCHOOL

Interested in exploring EASTERN POINT DAY SCHOOL? EPDS is currently enrolling for Fall. 

Next OPEN HOUSE will be Tuesday, Jan. 27th from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Tours of the school are always available as well. Please call us at 978.283.1700 or email at info@easternpointdayschool.org

WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU! 

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There have been examples of public art in the City of Gloucester that are a tribute to this city and are loved by the people here because they speak to the heart of who we are:
The Committee for the Arts has done a wonderful job in taking care of and publicizing the beautiful and historically significant City Hall Murals. 
seARTS did it right when the Partner with an Artist chose Tricia O’Neill’s downtown mural of her quote from Vincent Ferrini. 
Ken Hruby’s bronze in the courtyard of the Cape Ann Museum.
There is the bronze sculpture of Fitz Henry Lane next to the historic Fitz Henry Lane House, a historic house on the harbor side of Rogers Street.  The three story stone Gothic Revival building was built in 1849 by the artist and was his home until his death in 1865.
And we cannot forget the Man at the Wheel !!!!!!! A triumph of figurative public sculpture.
Now one would think…well those have gone well…why not just continue as we have been?
Because it is not enough that an individual, a sculptor, with a technically skillfully fabricated work, as nice as he is, and having connections to Gloucester, has offered to contribute his work to the city.
I trained as a sculptor at Boston University School for the Arts and got my Masters and Bachelors degrees there and taught there in sculpture and worked with some of the best sculptors of this century. I welded in steel and cast from clay to plaster to bronze. I would not expect because I live here that a work of mine, should I want to contribute it, would be placed in front of the community without a rigorous process to determine WHERE it should go and WHETHER it is right for Gloucester.

I am aware of a lot of discord and discomfort around this work.  It is not enough to say in time we will get used to it.   
Museums do not accept donations without a process of selection.
As Gloucester ventures more actively into the realm of more public art for this city we need to have a more critical process in place. It is important that a new Public Arts Policy be developed that sets the standards and that assures engagement by the people of Gloucester and our local artists in the selection of public art.
Other cities have done this…the City of Boston has had a specific “Task Force for Public Art”. They have worked with the neighborhoods.  I was a member of that task force for 2 years.
I therefore urge that the City of Gloucester delay any vote to set aside $30,000 of public funds for the installation of the David Black sculpture at Solomon Jacobs Park until a rigorous review and public discussion of the proposal and alternative locations is completed. 
Respectfully,
Ruth Mordecai
I am very sorry I cannot be at the meeting.  I have had a plan in place for several months to leave for 2 weeks on Monday morning.

Editor Note:
If someone feels strongly that the piece should happen I’d be happy to post their thoughts as well.
-Joey

Photos From Super K

Off-leash dog day at Wingaersheek Beach.

A lot going on for 4:45 on a Friday afternoon.

Cruise port

Happy Connecting. Sent from my Sprint Samsung Galaxy S® 5

Song “OFF THE COAST OF ‘OL NEW ENGLAND” written by Carlo Lovasco Sr. and performed by Carlo Lovasco Jr. with old 8 mm films of the crew of the Gloucester fishing vessel JOSEPH and LUCIA (c. 1957)

 

An opportunity for Gloucester

Ward meeting Monday on proposed sculpture at Solomon Jacobs Park

Dear friends:
On Monday, Jan. 26, at 6 p.m. Councilor Melissa Cox and I will be hosting a dual ward meeting at Maritime Gloucester on Harbor Loop to present the proposal to install a sculpture by the renowned artist and son of Gloucester David Black.
David, who was born here and was valedictorian of his class at Gloucester High School is making a gift to the city of a sculpture entitled “High Seas.” The sculpture will be located at Solomon Jacobs Park, between Maritime Gloucester and the Coast Guard Station.
David, who traces his roots back to the early families of Gloucester, including the Tarrs and the Wonsons, whose names appear on the old paint Manufactory across the harbor from the park, is a world famous artist. His works appear in cities around the world, including and Berlin, Germany, Washington DC, Nagano, Japan, and Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio. His sculptures epitomize the best of modern art, capturing in steel and shape the spirit of a place.
“High Seas” evokes billowing sails and stormy seas in a modern idiom.  It embodies Gloucester’s past and its future. It is fitting that it be located just down the hill from the Fitz Henry Lane house. David is very much in the tradition of the artists who have found inspiration in Gloucester for more than three centuries. He is donating his normal commission to the city as a gift to the place of his birth.
I encourage you to attend the meeting to hear for yourself about this exciting opportunity to enrich our city’s already rich artistic and cultural legacy. 

Grace Giambanco Numerosi has been hired as the Community Relations Manager for Lahey Health. Grace will work out of Addison Gilbert Hospital and be responsible for all community relations and health benefits on Cape Ann. She will continue to build relationships with those on Cape Ann served by Addison Gilbert Hospital and Lahey Heath.

Grace has more than 20 years of experience in marketing and community relations. After graduating from Boston College, she began her career at the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce, and then continued her experience with the City of Gloucester. Most recently, she held a marketing position at Rockport National Bank. During her career, Grace has spearheaded several local events, been an active board member and worked collaboratively with local nonprofits, social service agencies, community organizations and city and state governments.

Grace is particularly excited to be working at Addison Gilbert Hospital since she was born in the hospital’s maternity ward and raised in Gloucester.

“We are thrilled to have Grace join our team,” said Gerald MacKillop, director of Community Relations at Lahey Health. “She is a life-long resident of Cape Ann, she knows the community and she can appreciate the health related challenges that the area presents. Her passion for Cape Ann and her enthusiasm will be a benefit for both Addison Gilbert Hospital and the Cape Ann community.”

Grace lives in Gloucester with her husband and two children.