Tag: Art

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Saturday, October 24: Memorial Service for Ann Fisk

Art Colony member and past Bryan Gallery Director, Ann Fisk, died peacefully at home on Thursday, October 8th. Ann was a remarkable woman in many ways. Her enthusiasm and zest for life, art and her community left a very positive influence on all who knew her. She will be sorely missed.

A memorial service will be held at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Rockport, where she was a lifelong parishioner, on Saturday, October 24 at 1:00 PM. A reception will follow at the Rockport Community House.

Sunday, October 25, 10 am: RN Gallery Brunch Meeting

On Sunday, October 24, the Rocky Neck Gallery members will meet for the last meeting of the year at 10 am at the Pleasant Street Tea Company, 7 Pleasant Street, Gloucester. All gallery members are encouraged to attend.

Sunday, Oct 25, 2 pm: Collage Group Meeting

The Rocky Neck Collage Group will meet at 2 pm on Sunday, October 24 at the home of Robin Colodzin. The meeting will be a hands-on collage session. Please bring:

  • scissors
  • a surface to use for your collage (e.g. mat board, canvas, etc.)
  • materials to share (magazines, other paper sources, etc.)
  • medium, or modge podge, or whatever you use as glue (optional)
  • a cheap brush, for gluing things together

Robin’s address is 8B Clark Avenue in Rockport, not far from downtown, on the south side of town. MapQuest Directions.

Heading downtown on Broadway, take a right when you reach the end (instead of heading out onto T-wharf), then the second left on Norwood. At the first stop-sign, take a right.Robin is the second house on the right, a brown shingled house, with blue trim. Please come up the stairs on the right side of the house to the second floor. 978 546 2169. RSVP Robin.

SUN, October 25, 2-4 pm: Elizabeth Harty Solo Show, Rockport Art Assoc.

Lavender Flowers, monoprint by Elizabeth Harty

Art Colony member, Elizabeth Harty has a solo show at the Rockport Art Association, 12 Main Street, Rockport, from October 25th until November 6th. The Opening Reception is Sunday, October 25 from 2 to 4 pm. All are welcome.

Marilyn Swift at Bank Gloucester until January 9th

Marilyn Swift’s paintings are on exhibit at the new Bank Gloucester building on Main Street. Show runs until January 9th. Below is a detail of Marilyn’s watercolor “Boats at Cripple Cove”.

Opening on November 14, 2009 at the Cape Ann Museum

Gordon Goetemann, Silence, 2008-2009, from A Narrative of Live and Glory: Mahler’s 2nd Symphony.

A Narrative of Life and Glory: Mahler’s 2nd Symphony Paintings by Gordon Goetemann
Opening Reception: Saturday, November 14, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

The Paint Factory Warhol

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The Paint Factory Provides So Many Artistic Opportunities.  Here I messed with one of my photos to create this Warhol-esque effect.

The Paint Factory Warhol, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Rocky Neck Artist In Residence Melinda Hannigan

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You can check out more of Melinda’s work by visiting her site here

Rocky Neck Artist In Residence Melinda Hannigan, originally uploaded by captjoe06.


Rocky Neck Artist In Residence Melinda Hannigan Thanks Gloucester

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Workshop For Artists from North Shore Art Throb and Montserrat

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click the pic to check out North shore Art Throb
click the pic to check out North shore Art Throb

Art Throb and Montserrat College of Art are offering  inexpensive workshops for artists.

Mon, Oct 19, 7-9 pm: Putting It Out There: Social Networking 101

You will learn how to interact with Twitter, Facebook and WordPress for blogging. Learn from Dinah Cardin, Art Throb founder and Tyler Colby, Art Throb intern. Fee $25. Art Colony members receive $10 off (so total cost is $15).

To register, call Kathleen Burke at 978-921-4242, x1180 or register online at

http://www.montserrat.edu/continuing-ed/evening-classes.php

Gloucester New Arts Festival 09 Events Schedule

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Festival Events

Saturday the 26th3 PM
Jay Havighurst interactive sound sculptures at Stage Fort Park with a performance at 7-7:30 PM.

7-9 PM
‘The Ways You Flock’ – a 2 hour “singularity” for music duo Clairaudient and the public.

‘The ways you flock’ is inspired by flocking behavior as observed in birds – spontaneous individual actions that create complex large-scale forms. The piece is a transient re-making of Stage Fort Park into an imaginary version itself in which the public is directly involved… by flocking there. The New Arts Festival and Clairaudient invite any and all to come and take part in this piece by bringing safe light sources to illuminate their movements in the dark, and to create flocking patterns while the music plays. Don’t worry, simple instructions will be provided. Wear comfortable shoes and bring a light. Public can also just listen to the music and watch the spectacle unfold.

In the event of rain, saturday night’s event will become an indoor Clairaudient gig. Stay tuned for details.

Sunday the 27th4 PM
Blackburn Performing Arts
Featuring Bianca & Andria Bibiloni, Underwater Airport, and the White Box Project
1 Washington St., Gloucester MA
$15

Sisters Bianca and Andria Bibiloni’s “D vs S” is an exploration of two opposing types of motion, deterministic and stochaic as they appear visually, in nature, and audibly through generated tones. together.

Also performing are Underwater Airport, a crystalline clear improvisational group influenced by shamanic trance music, 1960’s free jazz and psychedelia, ambient electronica, and world beat. They play with videographer Marc Lisle.

Boston-based Improvisational dance collective ‘The White Box Project’ headed by Michael Jahoda will perform throughout.

Plus Visual Art from Ayesha Fuentes (WA) beginning Friday the 25th at Green Life at 196 Main St. with a 4-hour drawing project, on view all weekend.

Art Haven Classes Being Offered This Fall

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Free and Discounted Classes at Art Haven this Fall


GLOUCESTER, MA— Many families will inevitably be tightening their budget this fall and extra-curricular activities, such as art, will more than likely be cut from family spending to make room for other necessities. To prevent the arts from falling by the wayside, Cape Ann Art Haven is offering free and discounted classes for low to moderate income families living in Gloucester thanks to receiving Community Development Block Grant funding from the Federal Housing and Urban Development Department.

“This grant is giving us the opportunity to do what we really want to do, teach art to anyone who wants to learn,” says Art Haven Director Dawn Gadow.  “We want every kid, or adult for that matter, to be able to come in and enjoy being creative.”

This summer, a total of around $2000 was awarded in scholarships to 13 Art Haven students in a variety of classes, including mural painting, darkroom photography, youth clayworks, painting, drawing, and open studio time.

Art Haven hopes to get more people drawing, painting, sculpting and taking pictures this fall with the funding from the Community Development Block Grant. As fall classes gear up, they are offering a full gamut of creative possibilities, including darkroom photography, painting and drawing, clayworks, pottery, collage, and whatever else students of any age can think of to create on their own.

For more information on scholarships or Art Haven itself, call (978) 283-3888 or stop by 180B Main Street in Gloucester.  You can also visit the Art Haven website at www.arthaven.org.

Things To Do- Art On The Pier With Bob Viau

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ART on the PIER

AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM

Sculpting, Illustration Skills, Use of Color & MORE

Co-ed Ages 7 – 12 (space limited)

INSTRUCTOR: BOB VIAU: BFA from Mass Art and

Owner/Artist of STUDIOVO:Commercial and Fine Art

121R East Main Street, Gloucester, MA. (at East Gloucester Marina)

WEDNESDAYS:  3:00 – 4:15 (materials included)

Fall Program Sept. 16 – Dec. 9:  (12 weeks)

10 CLASS PUNCH CARD: $150.00: This payment system offers flexibility to use
your 10 class card within the 12 week session: Should your child attend East
Gloucester Elementary, Bob will walk children down to the studio from school
directly at release time at 2:30.  Students from other locations may be
dropped off at 3:00.  StudioVO will provide the Students with a drink and
snack prior to start of classes.

Registration and payment by Friday Sept. 11, 2009

Bob will instruct the children in sculpting, illustrating and drawing
techniques as well as the elements of size, dimension, shading and more.
Any questions please contact us at dviau3@verizon.net or 282-0269

FOB Paulie Expirements On Ebay

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FOB Paulie Frontiero put up one of his paintings on Ebay.-

The listing can be found here-

Paulie Frontiero Painting on Ebay

It will be interesting to see what it sells for.  The auction ends on September 15th at 9PM PDT

Brenda Malloy Art Opening

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Brenda gave my old camera the “Brenda” treatment.  Who paints a camera?  Why Brenda of course!   I’m glad it went to a good home!

Brenda Malloy Art Opening, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

From Good Egg Brenda Malloy

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From Brenda Malloy-

Happy Day!!
Thanks so much to so many of you for your amazing support and good energy and making my art exhibition a success!!!

Tomorrow, Sunday, will be the show closing from 12 – 6 at Kismet Wharf, just next to The Studio Restaurant. Mamossa’s will be flowing, and for those of you who have not yet received one, a free gift for every person who attends this celebration.

Spread the word, EVERYONE is welcome and invited!!!

PEACE!

Brenda Malloy Art Opening
Brenda Malloy Art Opening

Brenda Malloy Art Opening- Art and Soul

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The Woman Of The Hour- Brenda!
The Woman Of The Hour- Brenda!
Brenda Malloy- Art and Soul
Brenda Malloy- Art and Soul
Brenda Malloy Art and Soul
Brenda Malloy Art and Soul

Kat Valentine Posts Painter Schedules For Schooner Festival Weekend

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From Kat Valentine-

Thursday, September 03, 2009

Schooner Festival This Weekend

The annual Schooner Festival is this weekend and the artists of the North Shore Arts Association will be out painting them. Below are a selection of some of my favorite schooner paintings by area artists and the schedule for the NSAA Schooner Festival Wet Paint Event.

The schedule for painters and where they will be painting is on my blog at: http://parlezmoiblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/schooner-festival-this-weekend.html

Feel free to copy it here, Joe.

Dennis Poirier Paints Schooners

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From Paul Friontiero-

Hi Joey Here’s a picture I told you I’d send and some info;

Dennis Poirier http://www.dennispoirierstudio.com/ Caleb Stone and Tom Nicholas (pictured) were out painting the Schooners today for The Northshore Arts Assoc. “Schooner Festival Paintout” There will be a lot of Great Cape Ann Artist’s out Painting all weekend during the Festival. At the end of the weekend there will be an Exhibition and Sale of these Paintings. For more info go to; http://www.northshoreartsassoc.org/

Thanks Joey!


Things To Do- Nights On The Neck Thursday September 3rd

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Please join the Rocky Neck Art Colony for Nights on the Neck, an evening of gallery receptions and entertainment, on Thursday, September 3, 5-9 pm, featuring

Three Sheets to the Wind

The Schooner Adventure organization spawned Three Sheets to the Wind, a group of local musicians and Adventure crew members who are preserving the history of maritime work songs (chanteys) and forebitter songs.

Rick Drost

Rick Drost began singing with a Kingston Trio-style group in high school, continued in a small folk group in college, then a glee club and an opera chorus. He started writing and singing around coffeehouses in DC and New England in the ‘70s, finally settling in Cambridge MA where he started playing with the folk-rock group Parts and Labor.  He performs at least once a week, wherever he goes, and has enjoyed stints with great instructors and students at Song School in Colorado , SAMW and other workshops.

Rick Berlin

Rick Berlin sings honest narrative (sometimes funny) songs from the torn pocket of the heart; his style has been compared to Waits, Weil, and Newman. Rick’s impressive past credits in the Boston music scene include Orchestra Luna/Luna, Berlin Airlift, Rick Berlin–The Movie, Rome is Burning, Rick Berlin–The Awful Truth, and The Shelley Winters Project. He was a regular at Jacques in Boston ’s Bay Village for nine years, and now appears frequently at the Lizard Lounge, among many other places.

Chris Brokaw & Geoff Farina

Chris Brokaw & Geoff Farina, both well known in the indie rock scene, will play pre-World War II country blues songs on acoustic guitars and vocals, including such favorites as Stagger Lee and Trouble in Mind.

Geoff Farina

In 1998, Geoff and his bandmate, Jodi Buonanno, purchased and renovated the Narragansett Grange Hall, a historic public building that would otherwise have been demolished.  With the aid of a HUD program they made the building into music and painting studios and living space, and for seven years provided living and studio space to annual artists in residence. Geoff will talk about his experiences developing the project.

Boston Derby Dames

A group of Boston Derby Dames, Boston ’s first and only all-female, DIY, skater-owned and -operated flat track roller derby league, will make a swift but no-doubt high impact appearance on Rocky Neck Avenue.

Additionally, Sigrid Olsen & Kathleen Archer invite you to a cocktail party at their galleries, ISLA Beach House and Painted Bird, at 77 Rocky Neck Avenue.

Rocky Neck Art Colony, Rocky Neck Avenue, East Gloucester

Things To Do- Brenda Malloy Opening Friday September 4th

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Brenda is having an opening reception September 4th.  She’s such a good egg and always bringing such positive energy, I guarantee if you go you’ll be glad you did and leave her space a better person.

ART&SOUL Poster , originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Things To Do- Hive Gallery Opening September 9, 2009

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I’m gonna try like hell to get there, you should too.

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From The Hive Newsletter-

Hive Events

Gallery Opening Friday September 4th @ 7pm

Start the last weekend of summer off with a wicked bang!  Come check out all the new work from the rapidly expanding Hive members, the original crew and the recycled aquatic creations of Jon Conant- Everlution Forms. Tasty treats and beverages provided by Cape Ann Brewing. Come By and feel free to bring friends. If you can’t make the opening, we will be open Saturday the 5th 11-3pm. Oh by the way, as of now the gallery is only open for events, by appointment or by chance.  We decided we can have the best effect to create connections and enhance the creative image/culture/community of cape ann by focusing on our events.  So come out!

GMG Q&A With Jon Conant at The Hive

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Jon Conant is the head honcho over at The Hive.  If you haven’t heard about it or aren’t completely sick of hearing me rave about how vital I think The Hive is to our creative community check out The Hive Blog here
I’d love to see them move the space that is The Hive to a central location in Gloucester where they might get more foot traffic and exposure.
How long have you lived in Gloucester?   7 years

What is your favorite season In Gloucester? Fall

Do you have any secret outdoor spots in Gloucester where you go to “get away”?   Brace, breakwater, dogtown

What is your favorite sub shop in Gloucester? Last Stop

What place would you go for a romantic dinner in Gloucester?  Halibut

What is your favorite bar in Gloucester? Cape Ann Brewing

What is your favorite breakfast joint in Gloucester? 2 Sisters & Sailor Stans

What is your favorite local event in Gloucester? Blackburn Challenge

In the summer do you prefer the beach or to be on a boat?  boat

Who is your favorite local artist?  Don Gorvett

Which is your favorite local beach?  Good Harbor or Brace

Who has the best chowder in town?  ???

Excluding GMG what is your second favorite local blog?  The Hive Cape Ann

Do you prefer haddock chowder or clam chowder?  Not a big Chowder guy

What were your thoughts on The Downtown Block Parties last year? Missed them cause they were all on Roller derby nights

What is your favorite local band? Qwill

TheHive>CapeAnn

Amos Pewter Sealife At Alexandra’s Bread

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Very reasonably priced Amos Pewter Sealife Collection now available at Alexandra’s Bread on Main Street.

Amos Pewter Sealife At Alexandra’s Bread, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Amos Pewter Sealife Collection at Alexandras Bread
Amos Pewter Sealife Collection at Alexandra's Bread

David H. Montgomery Studio and Fine Art Gallery Exhibition Opening and Reception

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David H. Montgomery Studio and Fine Art Gallery Exhibition Opening and Reception, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

From Kat Valentine-

An opening reception for an exhibition of portraits and marine paintings by Gloucester native David Montgomery is being held Sunday, August 23 from 2-6 pm in the artist’s studio and art gallery at Montgomery Boatyard.

This special exhibition coincides with the on-going celebration of the 100th anniversary of the boatyard located at Montgomery’s Cove on the Annisquam. David Montgomery’s grandfather, Nicholas, started building boats here in September 1908. A family tradition carried on by Nick’s son and David’s father, Herbert.

Thus, many Cape Ann residents know David Montgomery as a third generation boat builder, who, for some thirty years, crafted one-of-a-kind pleasure boats; fishing boats; and the locally-famous fish-class cat boats.

What few knew was that David was also a fine artist, equally skilled in the mediums of charcoal and paint. In 2005, David put away his boat building tools and decided to become a full-time painter. Now instead of painting boat bottoms, David paints boats on canvas, often they are the very boats he built. David also is a gifted portrait artist, praised for capturing a likeness, as well as for portraying something of the character and personality of his sitter.

His drawing is not just mechanically correct, he is able to imbue his work with an emotional quality that gives it a sense of life. The artist’s nature and deep appreciation of his hometown also comes through as there is a sense of stillness and quietude in all his work.

“Growing up in my grandfather’s boatyard, I have always had a love of the shapes of boats. At the same time, I had an innate love of painting, starting with my earliest exposures to Norman Rockwell and N. C. Wyeth, and later the harbor scenes of Emil Gruppé and paintings of John Singer Sargent. Now, after thirty years of building boats, I get equal joy out of rendering their shapes with brush and paint on canvas (and it doesn’t hurt my back),” says Montgomery.

“I feel very privileged to live in an area with such a rich artistic heritage, one that continues to this day, and to be able to paint with such great Cape Ann artists as Betty Lou Schlemm, Jeff Weaver, and childhood-friend David Curtis.”

All are welcome to attend the opening reception on August 23 from 2 to 6 pm, and to visit the exhibition during regular gallery hours on Saturdays from 1-5 pm at 29 Ferry Street. The gallery will be closed on Saturday, August 22. For more information: 978.283.0262 or dhm@davidhmontgomery.com