Tag: Art

GHS Theatre Program Stages Local Performance of Statewide Competition Piece

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From Good Egg Beth Morris-

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

News From Kurt Ankeny

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Winter 2010

Classes on Offer, Gallery Viewing by Appointment

Dear Joey,

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

Close-up of Brush FerrulesWinter 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

Church SunsetAlthough 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.

Carl B Friberg Lobstering Scene Painting At Main Steet Art And Antiques

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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

Carl B Friberg Lobstering Scene Painting At Main Steet Art And Antiques, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Deb Clarke Checks Into The Good Morning Gloucester Flickr Group With This Update

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Deb Clarke Sent This Update O The Verre Eglomise Work of Cape Ann Painter’s Portrait To The Good Morning Gloucester Flickr Group

100_2841, originally uploaded by debclarke art.

 

It’s A David Bowie Art Haven Lobster Buoy Painted By Carla Hollett!

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It’s A David Bowie Art Haven Lobster Buoy!, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Art Haven Buoy Auction Slide Show From Manuel Simoes

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Here are pictures of the kids in a slide show from The Art Haven Lobster Buoy Auction-

Click this Link for the Art Haven Lobster Buoy Slide Show Featuring Gloucester’s Great Young Talented Artists

All of the Kids Represented At The Art Haven Buoy Auction Video

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Manuel Simoes Captures All The Kids In This Video For GMG-

That’s right folks if there’s a community event- we cover it.  If you have something coming up that you think should be covered send us a comment and we will do everything in our power to bring the best of Gloucester to these here pages.

Jared Charney Interview

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 Jared Charney talks about photography and shooting for living

check out Jared’s Website

Tonight!-Art Haven Buoy Auction Preview Video With Dawn Gadow and David Brooks

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Tonight’s The Night!
6-9PM

Food-Art-Fun- Cruiseport- Be There!

Debbie Clarke Verre Eglomise Demonstration Video Part IV

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We wrap up the segment of the verre eglomise technique and Debbie will be keeping us posted on the progress of the peice as she puts the finishing touches on it.

You can view

Part I

Part II

Part III

Things To Do- Art Haven Buoy Auction and Art Show Friday Night 6-9PM

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The buoy auction and art show is tomorrow (Friday) night at Cruiseport.  It starts at 6PM with lots of food which was donated by 14 local restaurants. 

Video with Director Dawn Gadow and Daviod Brooks at 11AM

For more info check out the Cape Ann Art Haven website

buoyauctionflyer, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Debbie Clarke Verre Eglomise Demonstration Video Part III

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Deb Clarke reverse glass painting with metal leaf.

Debbie Clarke Verre Eglomise Demo

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This is the painted and metal leaf demonstration which Debbie is working on.  We have part II of the four part video series which will eventually bring us to this stage in the piece. Part II will be posted today at 8AM. 

In the meantime you could check out the art Smackdown Contest that she has entered and vote for her.  Here is the contest where you can vote for her piece entitled Wedding House

Debbie Clarke Verre Eglomise Demo, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Debbie Clarke Verre Eglomise Demonstration Video Part I

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You can view Deb’s website http://debbieclarke.blogspot.com/

Chickity Check It-Johna Klebenov AKA Special J

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Johna Klebenov is a Hive Artist who does some really cool work transfering images onto wood and other materials.  In her blog she lists herself this way-

////// Surfer, artist, designer, human, girl.

In her latest blog post she describes the process she uses to transfer images and make beautiful pieces of art in the process-

check out her blog by clicking this text

Debbie Clarke

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I did some digging and I found some info on a Artist whose work I Love. Her Name is Debbie Clarke. If you have ever have the chance, stop by the Cape Ann  Museum and see her “Fish Paintings”   Joey has posted some of those in the last few weeks. Photos don’t do her works Justice. She works in Mixed Media; Glass, Canvas, Egg Tempera, Gold Leaf and more.  Joey will have a Video up of her painting me in the Nude soon. Not!  Actually She will be doing a “Gesture Painting” I’m really looking forward to it. Here’s a few Examples of her Work and some Links you can follow her on. She’s also on Facebook.

Right now Debbie’s work “Chorus Line” is in The Saatchi Showdown, a online art competition. You  can  vote for Debbie’s entry until Sunday. 

Here’s the Link:  http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/showdown/index.php?showpic=250296

Debbie is also a Great Teacher and is avaible for Lessons You can Contact Her through any of  her Websites. 

Chorus Line
Near 40
Title: "EB" Distressed Oil, Gold Metal Leaf on Canvas

CHECK OUT HER LINKS BELOW!  You won’t be sorry. The Best Part It’s Free To Look!

http://debbieclarke.blogspot.com/

HTTP://www.youtube.com/pbsage

HTTP://www.myspace.com/clarkeart

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/Debbie%2BClarke/79028.html

A Simple Formula for Pricing Artwork

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Paulie Frontiero sent me a link to this blog post on how this person prices thier artwork-

 Lori Woodward writes-

Pricing artwork is one of the most complex tasks that emerging artists face, especially when they first begin to work with galleries. It’s easy to see by reading articles and books on art marketing that the opinions of the experts vary.

To make it even more complicated, we artists sometimes price with our emotions. Some artists overprice their work in order to impress viewers, hoping to make the artwork look more valuable. Sometimes this works, but usually only when the collector is naive or when the artwork is spectacular and gets the attention of serious collectors. When I price with my emotion, I tend to lower my prices because I feel sorry that the collector has to spend so much. Now, don’t get on me for this … it’s the truth. I’m an empathetic type, but I need to be careful to not price my work based on how I feel about it or collectors. In other words, I need to look at pricing objectively.

Putting emotions aside, let me share a simple formula that many of my professional artist friends have used when first starting to sell their work. I still use this formula. Remember that pricing reflects your position and reputation in the art-selling world more than what your art looks like. If you’re relatively unknown to collectors and don’t have many credentials—such as having placed in competitions, shown with a well-known gallery, or had your work published—you really can’t get the same prices as artists who do have those credentials.

When you’re first starting out, it’s a good idea to make your work as affordable as you can while being able to cover your costs and make a small profit. Don’t charge so little that you don’t break even. Remember that galleries often take a 50 percent commission from sales, so you’ll have to take that into consideration.

click here for the way she formulates her prices

I’m curious if this makes sense to any of you artists out there.

Leave a comment and let me know what you think.