Debbie Clarke requested people take pictures and explain stories about their lives through what they have on their refrigerators. Well my fridge at home is just as plain as can be but we have a freezer down the dock on which we place stickers and magnets as they come into our lives. So I guess the freezer down the dock is much more interesting.
If you would like to send in a sticker for me to add feel free to send it along to me Joey at Captain Joe and Sons in Gloucester. I’ll be sure to take a picture of it and add it to the collection and post it up here on these pages.
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Coco and Rory stopped by this morning to talk about the upcoming Cape Ann Theatre Collaborative production of The Weir starring David McCaleb, Michael McNamara,Rory O’Conner, Michael O’Leary and Kierstin Searcy. Video coming tonight. the Weir will be playing at The Gloucester Stage Company this Friday and Saturday night at 7:30PM and also an afternoon performance at 2:00PM on Sunday. It will also play next week at the same times Fri, Sat, Sunday.
The Marblehead Arts Association
has invited Jeff, as guest artist,
to have an exhibit of his paintings
in the Parlor Gallery
at the King Hooper Mansion
8 Hooper Street, Marblehead, MA 01945
Jeff’s exhibit will run concurrent with the April Member Exhibit:
The Blue Show – All Things Water
from Saturday, April 3 through Sunday, April 25
Opening reception for both exhibits is Sunday, April 11, 2-4 pm.
For more information call: 978-590-2979, or 781-631-2608.
Jeff will be exhibiting at the Modern Marine Masters show
at The Maritime Gallery
at Mystic Seaport, 47 Greenmanville Avenue, Mystic, CT 06355.
The show runs from Saturday, April 24 through Friday, June 11.
For more information call: 978-590-2979, or 860-572-5388.
We have some VERY talented people among us in Gloucester MA. One of them is local artist Kathy Roberts.
Here is a little Bio about Kathy Roberts:
One can express themselves in many ways. Creativity can be inspired by your imagination, resourcefulness or a vision you may have; something you are working towards. I choose to express myself through watercolor painting. A medium that requires dedication and persistents, but allows you to choose your favorite paint brush, color palette, and paper and finish with a painting of something you have interpreted, your own vision. I enjoy painting fresh flowers, landscapes, seascapes and still lives using lots of color.
I am a native of Gloucester, MA, a seacoast community, which has inspired and challenged me to capture its natural surroundings. Those include the views of the inner harbor, studying our numerous beaches, its shifting sands, dunes and changing tides. Daily walks around the backshore, call my attention to the changing sunlight on the warm, rugged rocks and the forceful ocean waves splashing against them. And of course our native spring and summer flowers have always inspired me to paint my interpretation of their shapes, vibrant colors and delicate beauty.
Artists often are drawn to subjects that have a strong emotional appeal. For me it is Cape Ann’s scenic coast, where I spent all my summers at the beach as a child and still do as an adult. I always feel at peace when I am painting in that environment. I look to capture the essence of a place and convey the emotion I feel with the viewer. Being on location helps me to maintain a spontaneous approach.
GHS Theatre Program Stages Local Performance of Statewide Competition Piece Students share the stage with their peers from North Shore Tech.
Gloucester — February 10, 2010 – The GHS Theatre Program will perform The Scheme of the Driftless Shifter, on Thursday, February 25th at 7:00 pm in the GHS auditorium. The play, a 40-minute one-act comedy, is Gloucester’s entry in the Massachusetts High School Drama Guild Festival competition. Students from North Shore Technical High School will also perform their competition piece, Grimm’s Fairy Tales, an original adaptation by Robert Parsons.
The Massachusetts High School Drama Festival annually draws an average of 120 schools from around the state. Through participation in the Festival, students with interests in acting, directing, and technical theatre gain valuable performance and production experience. Schools compete at preliminary, semi-final and state levels with two schools chosen at the state level to represent Massachusetts in the New England Drama Festival. At each level, students are recognized for excellence. A terrific learning experience, the Festival is also great fun.
For a number of years Gloucester High School and North Shore Technical High School have performed in the same preliminary round of the competition. This year, however, they will not. While both will perform on Saturday, February 27th, GHS will take the stage at 9:00 a.m. at Ipswich High School, NSTHS at 2:00 p.m. in Newburyport.
There are many friendships between the two programs. GHS students didn’t want to give up the tradition of sharing the “Fest” experience with NSTHS and therefore invited their peers to join in the local performance. Having no home stage facility on which to perform, NSTHS is particularly pleased to have this opportunity.
28 GHS students and 33 NSTHS students (several from Cape Ann) will take part in this special performance. Tickets for February 25th are $5.00 and may be purchased at the door. For more information please contact ghstheatreprogram@gmail.com
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Winter is a time on Cape Ann where we tend to hibernate and wait for warmer weather, but it helps to keep busy to pass those short days and long nights without going stir crazy. Please consider taking a class or dropping by to view some paintings.
Drawing and Painting Classes
Winter is a great time to learn a new skill you want to use in the warmer months. Whether you’ve always wanted to be able to join those easel jockeys out at Halibut Point on warm summer evenings, or make sketches of places you visit on vacation, I can help you develop the skills. I hold a drawing class on Tuesday nights from 6 to 8 p.m., and a painting class (any medium, including pastels) on Saturday mornings from 10 to noon.
If you’re interested, please contact me via email to sign up. Classes are $25 each session or 10 sessions for $180. More information can be found at ankenystudio.com.
Gallery Viewings by Appointment
Although I don’t hold regular gallery hours during the deep winter months (it’s commonly known that most retail is pretty dead between New Years and Tax Day) I’m still available to open the gallery for private viewings by appointment. If you would like to stop by and say hello, or have a particular painting you would like to see, please give me a call at 978-281-2803, or you can drop me an email at kurt@ankenystudio.com.
New on the Blog
If you’re not aware, I was a resident artist in Dinan, France for the month of December. I’m posting articles about my travels, my work and sightseeing on my blog. You can find it at www.kurtankeny.com.
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David has a whole of cool stuff in his store- Main street Art and Antiques. This is one of them. Click the pic and select “all sizes” to see the full sized version