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Guest Post From Jo-Ann Castano Announced first here On GMG!

What: State Senator Bruce Tarr and Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante of Gloucester will read a proclamation from Governor Deval Patrick declaring October Arts & Humanities Month in Massachusetts, kicking off a month-long series of events designed to showcase the public value of the arts and humanities in communities around the state. The event coincides with the kick-off of the "Charles Olson Festival," a week-long collaborative celebration among the City of Gloucester’s cultural institutions and its community of writers, artists and businesses, to honor the 100th year of the poet’s birth.

When: Sunday, October 3, 2010 at 1 p.m.

Where: White-Ellery House, 245 Washington Street, Gloucester

Who: Sen. Tarr, Rep. Ferrante, Ronda Faloon, Director, Cape Ann Museum, Jo-Ann Castano, ArtsGloucester, Peter Anastas, The Charles Olson Society

About the Massachusetts Cultural Council:

The Massachusetts Cultural Council promotes excellence, access, education, and diversity in the arts, humanities and sciences, to improve the quality of life for Massachusetts residents and contribute to the economic vitality of our communities. MCC is committed to building a central place for arts and culture in the everyday lives of communities across the Commonwealth. The agency pursues this mission through a combination of grants, services, and advocacy for cultural organizations, schools, communities, and artists. MCC receives an annual appropriation from the state of Massachusetts and funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and other sources.

THE EVENT:  Proclamation will be presented on Sunday, October 3rd at 1:00 pm at the …

(left) Susan Erony, To Gloucester with Love. Courtesy of the artist. (right) Paul Cary Goldberg, Olson, Fragment #3. Courtesy of the artist.

The Man Who Loved Gloucester, by Susan Erony

The Big O, by Paul Cary Goldberg

To Gloucester with Love is Susan Erony’s ode to Olson and his passion and to Gloucester through him. She made it with respect and awe for his momentous work. Other works in the installation, The Man Who Loved Gloucester, are condolences for the environment Olson wanted so much to protect. Paul Cary Goldberg’s installation is "a series of photographic fragments, interpretations and riffs on Charles Olson the manpoet, the largeness of him and his work, the BIG O." This program is part of a series of events associated with the Charles Olson Centennial Celebration and is free and open to the public. The historic White-Ellery house will also be open that day as part of Escapes North’s 17th Century Saturdays

Then go out to lunch in downtown Gloucester and head back over to the Cape Ann Museum

on Pleasant Street at 4:00 p.m. for the…

BOOK LAUNCH

Charles Olson: Letters Home 1949-1969

Edited by David Rich, published by Cape Ann Museum

Sunday, October 3, 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Poet Charles Olson (1910-1970) took the fishing port of Gloucester as the subject of his Maximus Poems, an enduring literary achievement that explored the relation of self to place on an epic scale. From childhood summers at the Barrett campground to living at Fort Square as a controversial poet at the height of his powers, Charles Olson was fascinated by Gloucester.

This book, published in Olson’s centennial year, is a study in letters of Charles Olson and a sampling of ten people in Gloucester who were part of his circle: artists, writers, a publisher, a museum president, an inventor, and an architect. Editor David Rich has taken the unusual step of arranging each chapter by correspondent and presenting both sides of each exchange when possible: the result is a group portrait, with Olson at the center, of a vibrant literary and artistic scene.

The book signing and reception with editor David Rich will be held at the Museum; this program is free and open to the public as part of the Charles Olson Centennial Celebration.

(left) Book jacket; (right) Charles Olson contemplating a statue of the Madonna, 1961, Fort Square, Gloucester.