Tag: Art

Rocky Neck Comes To Downtown

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Great Art in Small Packages

Opening Day: Friday November 26

November 26 – December 23
130 Main Street, Gloucester

Meet the Artists Reception: Saturday, Dec 4, 5 to 8pm

Rocky Neck comes to downtown Gloucester for its sixth annual winter exhibit and sale from November 26 through December 23, 2010 at 130 Main Street in Gloucester. The public is invited to a Meet the Artists reception on Saturday, December 4, from 5 to 8 pm, featuring tastings from your favorite local restaurants including Passports, the Topside Grill and Espresso Italian Grille.

The special focus of this exhibit is great art on a small scale to give or enjoy. The show will feature painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media, ceramics, and jewelry by members of the Rocky Neck Art Colony.

Hours: Mon. thru Wed., 10 – 5pm, Thurs. to 8pm, Fri. & Sat., 10 – 5pm, and Sunday, 12 – 5pm.

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Sawyer Free Art Auction! Only a Few More Days Left!

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This the last full week for bidding on the Paintings that are up for Auction at The Sawyer Free Library.

This is a great Video Joey did of last years Art Auction. It describes How the Silent bidding works at the Library Art Auction.

 

I usually Contribute a Traditional Cape Ann scene. This Year I entered a Bright Floral Painting. I was a little bummed out Saturday when I checked the Bid Book. So far there are no bids on it. Bidding on the Painting starts a $50.00.

Even If it doesn’t sell I Have the perfect spot for it. it will be my Xmas gift to myself.

My painting is at the top left

Click the Links Below to Check out more Info on the Sawyer Free Library Art Auction.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/profile.php?id=100000504276052

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Gloucester-MA/Sawyer-Free-Library/202051117106

Http://www.FrontieroGallery.com

The Gloucester Sketchbook Project Update from eb

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Gloucester Sketchbook Project Update from eb

BECAUSE of other various projects, I haven’t been able to work on my sketchbook for the past few weeks and thus there’s been a lack of updates. Sorry! So here’s a snippet of what I’ve started up with:

The hand written typography is something that I’m really excited about! I haven’t been terribly active with type in a long time, and it felt incredibly satisfying to do some hand lettering. Some are visuals that I copied by eye, just to get my craft back, but none are traced from the source. The ‘u’ in the pencil draft needs to be corrected though….its opposite slant is driving me crazy, sketch or no sketch.

Going, Going, Going……………………

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It’s That Time of Year Again!

It’s Time for the Annual Art Auction at the Sawyer Free Library right here in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

This is your chance to win a beautiful piece of Artwork from Some Great Cape Ann Artists!

The Bidding Starts low and if your Lucky you’ll win your favorite Painting. There’s always great stuff to choose from.

From the Sawyer Free Library;

The Art Advisory Committee of the Sawyer Free Library is sponsoring the  always popular “Annual Art Auction” in the Matz Gallery the entire month of November.

Patrons are invited to come in and view Original Paintings by Local Artists.

Silent bids will be accepted the entire month.

Great interest is generated throughout the month as the Bid Book fills up.

A Final Live Vocal Auction will take place on Dec. 1, 2010 at 7 p.m. A preview party will precede the auction.

The Final Vocal Auction is always an exciting event. There will be a lot of Beautiful Paintings on display.

Go Check it out! and Bid!

Below is my contribution to this years Auction.

 

“Glass Vase with Flowers” by Paul F. Frontiero Jr.

http://www.sawyerfreelibrary.org/

Http://www.FrontieroGallery.com

 

News From Cape Ann Art Haven

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November 2010

ART HAVEN NIGHT AT JALAPENOS!

Join us tonight for some appetizing Mexican food at Jalapenos (located at 86 Main St. in Gloucester)!!  If you’re on the go and don’t have time to sit and eat there, order some take-out.  Ten percent of all profits will be donated to Art Haven so bring family and friends.  We’re offering a raffle for a FREE session of class at Art Haven to anyone who comes so don’t miss out!  We look forward to seeing you all there!!

SAVE THE DATES!

We have a few big events coming up in the next month
that we wish you all to be a part of: 

CAPE ANN PARTNERSHIP FOR CHILDREN & FAMILIES: On November 16th from 6-7:30 there will be an informational meeting at Pathways for Children on various programs provided for children and families provided by the Cape Ann community.  It will include dinner and presentations from Art Haven, Cape Ann Families, Cape Ann Museum, and Cape Ann YMCA.  Please join us!

SPECIAL NEEDS OPEN HOUSE:  Join us in our introducing of our Special Needs class! On December 8th from 5:30-7 come meet the teachers and partake in an art activity!
WORKSHOP WEEKS: December 6th to the 17th, we’ll be running workshops with things like block printing, ornament and card making, and holiday mugs!  More information to follow!
BUOY PAINTING AND ICE SCULPTURE:  The holiday season is right around the corner!  Make sure to mark your calendars for our buoy painting and ice sculpture event!  Buoy painting starts Friday, December 10th from 3-7 and continues on Saturday, December 11th from 10-4.  We look forward to celebrating with you all!

Thank you to everyone who donated and participated in our 3rd Annual Pumpkin Carving Contest!  It was a blast!  Your continued support is what keeps us going.  We truly appreciate it.

Sincerely,

Dawn Gadow
Cape Ann Art Haven

Gloucester ZEN Fishing boats on the Move

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Gloucester ZEN

Fishing Boats on the Move

Good Harbor Silhouettes

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Good Harbor Silhouettes

11/14/2010

THE NEWS FROM ROCKY NECK via Judy Robinson Cox

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T H E   N E W S   F R O M   R O C K Y   N E C K

Go to mail.rockyneckartcolony.org if you are having trouble viewing this email.

ON THE NECK | ANNOUNCEMENTS | MEMBER NEWS | COMMUNITY NEWS | KUDOS | CALENDAR

Nov 26 – Dec 23: Rocky Neck Art Colony Winter Show

Rocky Neck is Going to Town: Great Art in Small Packages

The Rocky Neck Art Colony Winter Show will be open Friday Nov. 26 through Thursday Dec. 23 at 130 Main Street. The opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, December 4, from 5 to 8 pm.

Application Deadline Extended to November 15, 2010

Any art colony member may participate. The application deadline is November 15, 2010. You must appy by that date to be in the show. Click Here for more information and to apply.

MEMBER NEWS

Bodin Historic Photo and Fine Art Gallery welcomes Kathleen Miller

Kathleen Miller

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 13th, 6-10pm

82 Main St. Gloucester, MA

Refreshments will be served.

Hope you can attend!

For more information, please visit www.kmillergallery.com

seARTS

Friday, November 19 : Celebrating Guitar Masters

WHAT: “Celebrating the Guitar: A Masters’ Showcase” – Jazz legend Larry Coryell and renowned guitarists Ken Bonfield and Steve Davison to play a concert featuring American fingerstyle guitar – Fall fundraiser for the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts

WHEN: Friday, Nov. 19 – 6 p.m. Art Show Walk-around – 6:30-7:30 Hearty Hors D’Oeuvres – 7:30-10PM Music

WHERE: Bass Rocks Golf Club, 34 Beach Road, Gloucester – Note: Intimate café-style setting; seating is limited

TICKETS: $85

Contact info@searts.org or http://tinyurl.com/searts-2010-benefit

Through November 28: Ruth Mordecai at Soprafina Gallery

Ruth Mordecai (painting)

Ruth Mordecai, Jacob’s Dream, 2010. Acrylic, oil and collage on paper.

A solo show by Ruth Mordecai, Dreams and Symbols, Works on Paper is on display at Soprafina Gallery in Boston’s South End (SOWA district) and continues through November. Soprafina, located on Boston’s Thayer Street, was chosen the second best gallery in Boston by Boston Magazine.

Soprafina Gallery
55 Thayer Street, Boston
617 728 0770 Soprafina.com

Joseph Flack Weiler

Judy Robinson-Cox in OTHER WORLDS at art sites through December 19
Other Worlds

Four person show at

art sites
651 W. Main St., Riverhead, NY 11901
T 631 591 2401 Th-Sun 12-5 PM

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TREAT YOURSELF, FAMILY, FRIENDS

TO A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY GIFT!!!

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2011 SEASON PLAYPASSES ON SALE NOW!!

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CALL THE BOX OFFICE AT (978) 281-4433

OR BUY THEM ON-LINE AT

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OPPORTUNITIES, CLASSES AND COMMUNITY NEWS

Free Golden Acrylic Workshop on SAT November 13th

If you are interested in attending a free Golden Acrylic workshop on Saturday, November 13th, please email Ruth Mordecai at rglouc@comcast.net. More info will be announced if 25 people sign up.

Free Workshop: Marketing for Artists

Friday, Nov. 12 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Whether you are a full- or part-time artist, this interactive workshop will help you promote and sell your artwork in the 21st century.  Susan Fader, co-owner of Ditto Editions and a lifelong artist, will draw on her 30-year career in marketing and promoting fine art and consumer products.  Topics will emphasize today’s art marketing trends and tools. Fader is also the author of "The Artists Giclée Handbook: Digital Fine Art Reproduction." 
Speaker: Susan Fader, Owner, Ditto Editions 
Co-sponsored by Small Business Development Center  and the Creative Economy Association of the North Shore

Click Here to Register

Printmaking Workshops by Elizabeth Hardy at the Rockport Art Association

5 Sessions for $75 or $20 a class

Mondays: 10 am – 1 pm, Nov. 8 thru Dec. 6, 2010, Drop-ins accepted
Linocuts, Monotypes, Stamps,Stencils, Photo transfers, etc.

Printing without a Press
Easy and fun, No experience necessary

Location: The Studio at the rear lower level of the RAA

Contact: The Rockport Art Association at 978-546-6604
or Elizabeth Harty at 978-546-6020

Jayn Gardner Smithing Classes in Beverly Farms, Tuesdays 6:30 – 8:45pm

Jayn Gardner

Jayn Gardner is offering smithing classes in downtown Beverly Farms on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 pm to 8:45 pm. A single class is 25 dollars. A series of four is $90. This is an all-levels class. Space is limited so please call 508-284-8663 for details.

Calling All Massachsetts Artists! Come to the Boston MA State House on Nov 18th! 10 AM to 3:30 PM

A R T I S T S  U N D E R  T H E  D O M E

Come to the MA State House on Nov 18th!

The fourth Annual Artists Under the Dome Event 2010 will be held THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2010 from 10am to 3:30pm Massachusetts State House’s Nurses Hall (The Big Hall at the Boston State House.)

It is a Free Annual Event for Massachusetts Artists Working in all Disciplines.

More info: http://www.artistsunderthedome.org/annualevent.html

For the fourth time, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is inviting Massachusetts artists working in all disciplines (visual arts, literary, performing, crafts, new media, etc.) to the State House on Thursday, November 18th to thank them for all they contribute to our state’s economy and quality of life. Massachusetts is the only state in the country to have such an event!

The 2010 event is brought to you by the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development, the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, Treasurer Tim Cahill, the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development, the Joint Committee of Community Development and Small Business, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Cultural Caucus, and the Massachusetts Artists Leaders Coalition ( MALC).

Announcements

Goetemann Artist in Residency Program Information Available Online

The application form for the 2011 Goetemann Artist in Residency Program is now available online at www.rockyneckartcolony.org/11Residency_application.pdf

A Gloucester Sketchbook Project Update from Carol McKenna’s Yorkie

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A Gloucester Sketchbook Project Update from Carol McKenna’s Yorkie!

Little Buddha "ZOE" photo by Gisela Turner

 

 

This photo is part of the Sketchbook Project that my owner decided to enter. The project is keeping her busy and she says it is quite interesting. What is the Sketchbook Project? It is a traveling event whereby you enter the sketchbook that you purchased from the event after you have filled it up with art.  Then in January you send it in all finished. Then it begins to travel around the United States to various libraries and then comes home and is housed in the Brooklyn library. (wonder if they have dogs in the library?) In her Sketch Book, she is including pencil sketches, watercolor paintings, favorite quotes with watercolor background and recycled watercolor paintings that really didn’t work for her. Personally, I would have welcome the dropped pieces and chased them around. Nope, now she is going “green” and trying recycle everything. I will still hope for the “crumbs” that I can eat or use as a toy.
This particular collage piece above is one of those “recycled babies” ~ I looked real closely and laughed because in the center it looks like one of those “Where’s Waldo” types or even one of the guards at Buckingham Palace. Look closely and let me know if you see it also? My owner can get real weird sometimes; yet you know I love her and sit and watch faithfully what she creates. She thinks I am sleeping and that is okay I will keep watching. She is soooooooo much fun to watch.
Now, my owner has decided that I can be the writer of this blog because I am always snuggling up to her laptop and she says I interrupt her when she is typing so now I get to do the typing. Boy, what I get for being so faithful and loving. Yep, I get treats, walks, hugs and to be near her most of the time. She sometimes goes out and leaves me home to take care of the house. I don’t mind, I love her and I know she loves me. So, I try to give her good “mojo” so that she will be happy creating and creating wonderful creations from her soul. You are probably laughing that a “dog” is writing this but I am. I am a real smart Yorkie; not just a cutie, you know.
Hugs and namaste,
Artmusedog
 
PS. Do you know what namaste means?
 

ART, ROCKS! 11/13/2010

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My Fathers family grew up here way back in the 20’s-40’s.

Alot of Sicilian families grew up here.

can you find it?

do you know where this is?

drawn and left at 8:45am 11/13/2010

Sundays Art Rock Found!

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Sorry, Mr. Morrision your Scientific Theory of the Rock Jumping back into the Sea has been disproved.

Email from the Finder;

“I just wanted to let you know that I found “your” Good Harbor Beach Rock and am just delighted with it.  I follow Good Morning Gloucester daily.  When I saw the rock on the site Sunday morning I just knew I had to have it.  So, my husband and I raced off to Good Harbor Beach because we knew just where it was perched and we believe we had an advantage because of the time change.  What makes this rock even more special to me is that I have worked in the house in which you sketched on the rock for the past 23 years.  Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to have such a special piece of art in my home.  I look forward to finding more of your Art Rocks.  Thank you”

The Finder didn’t give me her name. She’s welcomed to leave a comment if she likes.

Http://www.FrontieroGallery.com

Kathryn Roberts displays her Art at “Local Colors”

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Kathryn G. Roberts

Visit the Art Studio and support your local artists.

SeArts – Celebrating the Guitar – Nov 19th

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Tickets: Places are still available to the November 19th seARTS Benefit, but advance purchase is necessary.  Tickets are $85 in advance by check or online with a $5 per ticket fee at http: tinyurl.com/searts-2010-benefit.  Ticket price includes hearty hors d’oeuvres by Tim Hopkins Catering.  Cash Bar throughout the evening. 

For advance tickets by mail send check to
SeArts
PO Box 1476
Gloucester, MA. 01930
 Music:  Celebrating the Guitar: A Masters’ Showcase.   Jazz legend Larry Coryell and renowned guitarists Ken Bonfield and Steve Davison will lead an inspiring tour of the world of American fingerstyle guitar in a benefit for the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts.  This event will feature country blues, ragtime and folk, traditional Celtic, jazz and classical pieces in an intimate café-style setting, appealing to fingerstyle guitar aficionados and newcomers alike. 

 Visual Art: The Bass Rocks Golf Club is also home to seARTS original “Art Loan Program.”  The art on the walls are original works for sale by 24 seARTS artist members.  The evening will also feature over a dozen ceramic artists of Cape Ann whose works will be on display and for sale throughout the evening.  Ceramic artists who have donated include: Helen Beal, Cynthia Curtis, Nina Goodick, Susan Hershey, Jayne Lacey, Deb Levene, Annie Melancon, Marty Morgan, Sigrid Olsen, Roselle Randazza, Evy Stewart, Virginia Townsend, Twinlight Studios, and Seyrell Williams.  

 

Raffle:  Before and during the event you can purchase raffle tickets to win a BOSE Wave II radio and a second prize of a 15″ TV.  Tickets are $10 each or 3 for $25.  Please contact info@searts.org to purchase in advance!

Lead sponsor, Acme Merchandise and Apparel and donors Cape Ann Savings Bank, BOSE, Ben Paint Store, Doyon’s, InterShell, Winer Brothers-ACE Hardware for supporting this event & our annual sponsors program.

Sketchbook Project Update, from deb Clarke

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here’s the ‘back’ of the sketchbook with the necessary barcode. i wonder if they will be able to scan the code. better get out the iron and try to clean it up.

and here is the front:

i may/may not share the contents here.  ready to ship at any time.  unless i change my mind.

best, deb

http://somethingsketchy.wordpress.com/

http://www.debbieclarke.blogspot.com/

Art, Rocks! 11/07/2010

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I drove by there at 7:30am today. It’s still there 11/07/10.

 One of these Rocks is not like the others.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS?

CAN YOU SEE IT?

CAN YOU FIND IT?

Tempo di notte sul molo

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Http://www.FrontieroGallery.com

Reception for Ruth Mordecai at Soprafina Gallery

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FRI, Nov 5, 5:30 to 8pm: Reception for Ruth Mordecai at Soprafina Gallery

Ruth Mordecai (painting)

Ruth Mordecai, Jacob’s Dream, 2010. Acrylic, oil and collage on paper.

A solo show by Ruth Mordecai, Dreams and Symbols, Works on Paper opens at Soprafina Gallery in Boston’s South End (SOWA district) Friday, November 5th at 5:30 – 8:00 and continues through November. Soprafina, located on Boston’s Thayer Street, was chosen the second best gallery in Boston by Boston Magazine. Thayer is a walking street and on the first Friday of every month all the galleries are open to the public.

Soprafina Gallery
55 Thayer Street, Boston
617 728 0770 Soprafina.com