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Eastern Point Lighthouse on a clear day
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Eastern Point Lighthouse from Hammond Castle
On a cold and windy day the lighthouse looks so pretty with the blue ocean.
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Hanging at the Hammond Castle
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TIME magazine on museums and historic homes during Covid-19 features Salem Massachusetts
Excerpt from ‘The Uncertain Future of Places That Preserve America’s Past’
“Thanks to the City’s infamous witch trials, the historic homes and gardens on the Salem, Mass., waterfront usually get about a third of their annual visitors in the Halloween season. But the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lock-downs have created a scary situation for these places: most of the rest of their visitors arrive in the spring and summer. Thanks to the pandemic, this year’s busy time has been a wash, and it’s not looking like the fall will be much different. At the site of Salem’s The House of the Seven Gables and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s birthplace…” Read the full article TIME magazine here
Peabody Essex Museum has reopened with a modified schedule:
“Thursdays through Sundays from 10 am to 5 pm. To allow for safe physical distancing, a limited number of visitors will be allowed inside the museum and its galleries at any time. Reserve your tickets in advance at pem.org/tickets or by calling 978-542-1511.”
In Gloucester, both Beauport Museum and Hammond Castle are open. While Cape Ann Museum is not open, its on line, virtual fare has increased. Check out “CAM connects”- the most recent July 23, 2020 Cape Ann Music
Hammond Castle- Advance purchase of timed tickets is required to enter the museum. Purchase your tickets here. Guest are also welcome to explore the Museum grounds including the Bell Tower, Drawbridge, Look Out Point and our iconic arches. The grounds are open from 9:30 am to 4 pm daily. Face masks are required and social distancing should be maintained as recommended by the State of Massachusetts and the City of Gloucester.
Beauport Museum – Historic New England property details: “The tour has been altered to maximize social distancing, and each tour is limited to four guests. Please read the “Know Before You Go” section below for more information on safety requirements. Advance tickets are required, and admission is free for Historic New England members. Buy tickets now.”
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Hammond Castle Opening Day
45th Season Opening Day Celebration & Free Admission For All
Friday, April 3, 2020 at 10 AM – 3 PM
Join us as we mark the start of our 45th Season with a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at 10 am and day long celebration!
In honor of the continuation of our founder, John Hays Hammond Jr.’s dream that his home and collection of artifacts serve as a museum, we invite you take a self guided tour of the museum at no cost from 10 am to 3 pm!
Our 2020 Season schedule has been extended to offer more opportunities to visit the historic site including weekends in April, November, and December. For the first time, we will open daily in May!
• April: Open Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays from 10 am to 3 pm
• May through October: Open Daily from 10 am to 4 pm
• November and December: Open Fridays, Saturdays &
Sundays from 10 am to 3 pm
We have so much planned for this season and can’t wait to share it all with you!
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LAST CHANCE TO SEE HAMMOND CASTLE DURING THEIR “DECK THE HALLS” EVENT -WITH ROOMS BEAUTIFULLY APPOINTED FOR THE HOLIDAYS BY LOCAL FLORISTS AND LANDSCAPERS INCLUDING ANNISQUAM LANDCARE, CHAPMAN’S, LINDA BROWN, HARBORSIDE INTERIORS, AND AUDREYS
Don’t miss this magical (and first annual newly reinstated) “Deck the Halls” holiday event at Hammond Castle. Each of the main rooms of the Castle has been exquisitely decorated by local florists and landscapers, and also draws from the Museum’s own vintage holiday decorations that had been packed away several decades ago.
“Deck the Halls” is just one of the many events designed to engage the greater Cape Ann community. Linda Harvey, the Museum’s Executive Director, and her staff, are transforming Hammond Castle, from a sleepy museum into a vibrant member of the Cape Ann arts and culture institutions.
“Deck the Halls” is open daily through the week, from 10am to 3pm, closing on Friday, December 20th. Plus, if you stop in at the gift shop and purchase an item in an amount greater than $20.00, admission to the Museum is FREE. This is a wonderful deal because the gift shop is chock-a-block full of unique, castle-by-the-sea inspired presents, especially for the youngest on your holiday gift list.
*Note- The nutcrackers are handmade in Germany, not Chinese factory made.
Thank you to Mayor Sefatia for the suggestion not to miss the exhibit, and to bring bring my camera along so our readers will also want to pop on over 🙂
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DECK THE DOCKS, Hammond Castle, Merry Magnolia, Agape Giving Tree and shopping local
Lots of great way to shop local this weekend.
Holiday Craft Fair, Saturday, December 7th
What better way to do all your holiday shopping than in a seaside castle offering local crafts? On December 7th, from 10 am to 2 pm, we will be hosting a craft fair in the Great Hall. Our vendors include: Abram and Olivia Burton, Nicole M Dahlmer Arts & Photos, Pure Pastry, Selkie Handknits, Whitecap Creations, Victory Designs, Lisa Bowers Soaps and Fragrances, Art Nook Gallery, Style Street Boutique, Ardizzoni Photography, Ma & Pa’s Pickles, Your Welcome Home Artistry-by-the Sea, SeaTales Publishing, Finabella & Cape Ann Fabrics, and Love Home Wreaths. Ticket are: $15 Adults, $12 Seniors, and $10 Children. Off-site parking will be provided! Please park at Stage Fort Park in Gloucester. Free shuttles will run continuously with drop offs every 15 minutes. Click here to purchase your tickets.
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Hammond Castle Holiday Show
For the first time in years, Hammond Castle will be open to the public to celebrate the holiday season! The Museum will be open for self guided tours beginning Saturday December 7th through Friday December 20th from 10:00am to 3:00pm daily (except for Sunday December 15th when the Museum is closed for an event) with the last tickets sold at 2:30pm.
We have invited local community groups and businesses to sponsor a room and decorate it and trim a tree! You won’t want to miss this opportunity to visit during the most festive time of year.
Dec 7 at 10 AM – Dec 14 at 3 PM
for more information please follow the link below:
Hammond Castle Museum
80 Hesperus Ave, Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
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Hammond Castle Tasting
October 6th at 06:00 pm
Join us for a special evening at Hammond Castle Museum. Enjoy a wine and hors d’oeuvres tasting and live jazz played on John Hays Hammond Jr.’s 1920 Chickering grand piano while learning about ongoing restoration efforts and new programming taking place at the museum.
Our generous sponsors for the evening include:
• Audrey’s
• Creative Catering
• East Meets West
• Gloucester Rental Center
• Henry’s Fine Foods
• New England Weddings Photography
• Seacoast Tent Rentals
• Timothy S. Hopkins Catering
• Vinwood Caterers
• Woodman’s of Essex
Tickets are $50.00 each and a portion of the ticket price is tax deductible. All proceeds will support restoration and programming at the Museum.
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Massachusetts Museum Guide: upcoming art exhibits at 150 institutions
Last Chance! These must see 2019 shows are closing soon: Don’t miss ICA Watershed Purple (installation view above) closing September 2; DeCordova New England Biennial and the Provincetown Art Association & Museum’s 1945 Chaim Gross exhibition close September 15; and catch Renoir at the Clark before it’s gone September 22nd.
A few of the listed upcoming exhibitions to note: the NEW building and exhibits at PEM are opening September 2019; Homer at the Beach is on display at Cape Ann Museum thru December 1 (and catch a Richard Ormond lecture on John Singer Sargent’s Charcoals Sept.28 at Cape Ann Museum (ahead of the Morgan exhibition opening October); three new shows opening at MFA; Gordon Parks at Addison; and Alma Thomas at Smith. A Seuss-focused experience was pronounced destined for Boston, ahead of its TBD venue, by the LA entertainment company co-founders. Some shows I’ve already visited and may write about, mostly from a dealer’s perspective as that is my background. Exhibition trends continue to evolve and reveal new directions. A few patterns I see in the exhibition titles: what’s annointed for display and how it’s contextualized (corrective labels); immersive exhibits; revisiting colonial methodologies and themes; major solo surveys; women artists (and this upcoming season boost underscoring womens’ suffrage and 100th anniversary of the ratification of women’s right to vote); illustration; environment; and issues of humanity and migration. The list is illustrated with images of the sites. All photographs mine unless otherwise noted. Right click or hover to see info; click to enlarge. – Catherine Ryan
The guide – Massachusetts Museum Guide, Fall 2019
Note from author: The list below is alphabetized by town, and details upcoming exhibitions at each venue as well as some that are closing soon. Click the word “website” (color gray on most monitors) for hyperlinks that redirect to venues. For a list alphabetically sorted by venue, see my Google Map (with a Candy Trail overlay) “Art Museums in Massachusetts” here and embedded at the end of this post. I pulled the map together several years ago. No apps to download or website jumping. Easy scroll down so you don’t miss an exhibit that’s closer than you think to one that you may already be exploring. A few are open seasonally (summer) or weekends only–call first to check before visiting. Major new architectural building projects are underway at BU (closed) and MIT. The 54th Regiment Memorial on Boston Common will undergo restoration. Get ready for close observation of conservation in process. – Catherine
AMESBURY
1. John Greenleaf Whittier historic Home and Museum website
AMHERST
2. Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art website
- September 7, 2019- March 1, 2020 Under the Sea with Eric Carle
- Through October 27, 2019 The Picture Book Odysseys of Peter Sis video of exhibition
- November 10, 2019 – April 5, 2020 The Pursuit of Everything: Maria Kalman’s Books for Children
- Through December 1, 2019 William Steig’s Sylvester and the Magic Pebble: A Golden Anniversary
3. Emily Dickinson Museum website ongoing special guided tours through two historic house museums- Homestead and Evergreens, and programs
4. Eli Marsh Gallery – Amherst College website
- September 16-October 11, 2019 Do Things to Images: An Exhibition by Odette England
5. Mead Art Museum – Amherst College website
- Opening September 12, 2019 Rotherwas Project 5 | Christopher Myers: The Red Plague Rid You for Learning Me Your Language
- Through September 11, 2019 Fleeting Nature: Selections from Collection
- Fall 2019 Ten Years of Trinkett Clark Memorial Student Acquisitions
- Opening December 2019 Students’ museum seminar exhibition
- Through January 5, 2020 Constructing Collage
ANDOVER
6. Addison Gallery of American Art Philips Andover website
- September 1, 2018- July 31, 2020 A Wildness Distant from Ourselves: Art and Ecology in 19th-Century America press release
- September 1, 2018 – December 15, 2019 The Art of Ambition in the Colonial Northeast press release
- September 1 – November 15, 2019 George Washington: American Icon press release
- October 5, 2019 – January 5 2020 Men of Steel, Women of Wonder press release
- February 1 – April 26, 2020 Gordon Parks: The New Tide, Early Work 1940-1950 press release
ARLINGTON
7. Cyrus E. Dallin (1861-1944) Art Museum website
ATTELBORO
8. Attleboro Arts Museum (like NSAA) website
BELMONT
9. The Belmont Woman’s Club & 1853 Winslow Homer (seasonal) website historic house museum
BEVERLY
10. Montserrat College of Art website
- Through September 13, 2019 Montserrat Gallery | Julian Howley: Building Better Mobs
- Through September 21, 2019 Ashley Brown Durand: It’s Ok to Feel Things
- Through October 12, 2019 301 Gallery | Adrian Fernandez Milanes
11. Murals, Cabot Street Beverly
12. Beverly Public Library website
13. Long Hill historic home and gardens 114 acres website
BOSTON
14. Boston Athenaeum website
- September 17, 2019 – March 14, 2020 Required Reading: Reimagining a Colonial Library on display in the Norma Jean Calderwood Gallery press release
15. Boston Black Heritage Trail, NPS website
photo info: Visitors will see the Robert Gould Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial undergoing conservation beginning fall 2019
16. Boston Children’s Museum website
- Through September 30th HUMAN GARDEN | Handmade Installation by Lani Asuncion on display in The Gallery
- Through Fall 2019 Pickup Music Project www.pickupmusicproject.com
- iconic permanent public art/architecture, i.e. Hood Milk Carton; mini temporary displays and/or art commissions integrated every floor
17. Boston Freedom Trail website
18. Boston Harbor Islands National and State Park website
(photos show info gateway on the Greenway near the ferry access to Boston Harbor Islands)
- Summer 2019 public art: Boston Harbor [Re]creation The Project: Artists Marsha Parrilla; Robin MacDonald-Foley; Brian Sonia-Wallace more(Jury: Luis Cotto MCC; Lucas Cowan, The Greenway; Celena illuzzi, National Parks; Caroly Lewenberg; Denise Sarno-Bucca DCR; Courtney Shape, City of Boston; Rebecca Smerling Boston Harbor Now; Kera Washingon; Cynthia Woo, Pao Arts Center)
19. Boston Public Library website
- Through November 10, 2019 America Transformed: Mapping the 19th Century, special exhibitions, more
20. Boston Society of Architects website
- Through October 25, 2019 Canstruction 2019
- Through December 31, 2019 2019 BSA Design Awards
- December 6 – January 2, 2019 8th Annual Gingerbread House Design Competition
- January 10, 2020- May 15, 2020 The Architecture of Time
- February 14 – April 5, 2020 Women in Design Award of Excellence 20th Anniversary celebratin and exhibition
- February 21 – May 31, 2020 Durable: Sustainable Material Ecologies Vilna Shul website
21. Boston University BU Art Galleries website
- Reopening Fall 2020 – 808 Gallery (temporary closures)
- Reopening Fall 2020 – Faye G., Jo & James Stone Gallery (temporary closures)
- Annex
22. Design Museum, Boston website
23. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway website
- Unveiled 2019 – Super A (Stefan Thelen) Resonance, 2019, latex and spray paint
- Note to Greenway (see photo notes below): food trucks by the stop should be relocated to other food truck areas (and maybe one tree) to optimize and welcome sight line to the Greenway and public spaces from streets, sidewalk, and South Station. There are pauses elsewhere along the lattice park links, and a generous approach past the wine bar. The temporary commissioned mural could extend verso (or invite a second artist) so that the approach from Zakim Bridge/RT1/93North is as exciting as the approach from Cape Cod.
- Skip the app AI download– swamped my phone battery despite free WiFi on the Greenway.
- See complete list of 2019 public art currently on view at The Greenway here
- The Greenway packs a lot of punch in a compressed area; its lattice of dynamic public spaces and quiet passages are an easy stroll into the North End or along the HarborWalk to the ICA, roughly similar in size and feel as walking Battery Park and Hudson River Park in New York City.
24. Innovation and Design building (aka Boston Design Building makeover in process in winter 2016 photos posted here) website
25. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum website
- Through September 15, 2019 BIG PLANS: Picturing Social Reform more
- Through October 20, 2019 Contemporary Art Joan Jonas: i know why they left more
- Through January 14, 2020 Anne H. Fitzpatrick Facade Laura Owens: Untitled
- October 17, 2019 – January 20, 2020 In the Company of Artists featuring Sophie Calle, Bharti Kher, Luisa Lambri, Laura Owens, Rachel Perry, Dayanita Singh, and Su-Mei Tse
26. Guild of Boston Artists website
- Through September 28, 2019 Annual Regional Juried Exhibition 2019 Winners announced September 21, 2019. The 2018 gold winner, Leon Doucette of Gloucester, exhibiting again, and Melissa Cooper. more
27. ICA Institute of Contemporary Art website
- On display at The Water Shed ICA Boston venue
- Through September 2, 2019 at The Water Shed, ICA Boston John Akomfrah: Purple more
- What’s coming in 2020 to The Water Shed? Still TBA
- Through September 22, 2019 ICA Less Is a Bore: Maximilist Art & Design more
Nice installation with a few surprises and thoughtful connection to other exhibtions on view. (The LeWit and Johns selections triggered what about that work or artist? I wish May Stevens and Harmony Hammond were included and my list grew from there. That’s part of the fun of the exhibit.)
- September 24 – February 7, 2021 ICA Yayoi Kusama: Love is Calling more
- September 24 – February 7, 2021 ICA Beyond Infinity: Contemporary Art after Kusama more
- October 23, 2019 – January 26, 2020 ICA When Home Won’t Let You Stay: Migration through Contemporary Art more
- Through December 31, 2019 ICA 2019 James and Audrey Foster Prize Boston area artists: Rashin Fahandej; Josephine Halvorson; Lavaughan Jenkins; Helga Roht Poznanski more
- Through December 31, 2019 ICA Vivian Suter more
- January 17, 2020 – March 15, 2020 ICA Fineberg Art Wall | Nina Chanel Abney mural more
- January 20, 2020 – July 5, 2020 ICA Tschabalala Self: Around the Way more
- January 20, 2020 – July 5, 2020 ICA Carolina Caycedo more
- February 26 – May 17, 2020 ICA Sterling Ruby more
- July 1, 2020 – October 18, 2020 ICA Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech more
28. John F. Kennedy JFK Presidential Library & Museum, UMASS Boston website
- Through November 28, 2019 JFK 100: Milestones & Mementos more
- Through December 31, 2019 Freedom 7 Space Capsule more
29. Massachusetts State House art collection website and Boston Commons public arts and spaces
30. McMullen Museum of Art BC – Boston College website
- September 9, 2019 William Trost Richards: Hieroglyphs of Landscape more
- September 9, 2019 Simon Dinnerstein: “The Fulbright Triptych” more
- September 9, 2019 Alen MacWeeney and a Century of New York Street Photography more
- September 9, 2019 Mary Armstrong: Conditions of Faith more
31. MAAH – Museum of African American History, Boston website
32. MFA – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston website
- September 13, 2019 – May 3, 2021 Women Take the Floor (The fugitive textiles and printmaking sections will rotate out Part 1 May 2020) at the MFA more
- October 12, 2019 – August 9, 2020 Weng Family Collection of Chinese Painting: Family and Friends at the MFA more
- October 13, 2019 – January 20, 2020 Ancient Nubia Now at the MFA more
- Through October 14, 2019 Community Arts Mindful Mandlas at the MFA
- Through December 15, 2019 Viewpoints: Photographs from art dealer Howard Greenberg Collection at the MFA more
- Through January 20, 2020 Make Believe: Five Contemporary photographers at the MFA more
- Through January 20, 2020 Kay Nielsen’s Enchanted Vision at the MFA more
- Through February 20, 2020 Hyman Bloom: Matters of Life and Death at the MFA more
- Through February 23, 2020 Jackson Pollock | Katharina Grosse Abstraction on a Massive Scale at the MFA more
- March 1, 2020 – May 25, 2010 Lucian Freud: The Self Portraits at the MFA more
- Through March 8, 2020 Collecting Stories: Mid Century Experiment at the MFA
- Through March 29, 2020 Boston Made Arts and Crafts Jewelry and Metalwork at the MFA more
- Through June 30, 2020 Conservation in Action: Japanes Buddhist Sculpure at the MFA
33. Otis House Museum, Historic New England website historic house museum
34. Paul Revere House website
35. Society of Arts & Crafts, at Pier 4 Boston website
- Sepember 10 2019 – November 10, 2019 Kogei-Kyoto x SA+C, Boston more
- save the date: Society visits Gloucester, Mass
36. USS Constitution, NPS website
BREWSTER
37. Cape Cod Museum of Natural History website
- Long term display in the Naturescape Gallery James Prosek and Barbara Harmon (see also Thornton Burgess in East Sandwich)
BROCKTON
38. Fuller Craft Museum heads into 51st season website
- Opens September 7, 2019 Striking Gold: Fuller at Fifty press release
- Opens September 7, 2019 Gleam: Golden Selections from the Permanent Collection press release
- Through September 8, 2019 Mano-Made: New Expression in Craft by Latino Artists
- Opens September 28, 2019 Human Impact: Stories of the Opiod Epidemic
- Through October 6, 2019 Brockton Youth Creates
- Opens October 19, 2019 Stitch by Stitch: Activist Quilts from the Social Justice Sewing Academy
- Through October 27, 2019 Take It Outside: Works from the Boston Sculptors Gallery
- Through October 27, 2019 Maine Crafts Association: Ten Years of Master Craft Artistshttps://larzanderson.org/exhibits/goldenage/
- Through November 17, 2019 Elizabeth Potenza: “Look up,” she said, “there is more color than you ever imagined.
- Opens January 25, 2020 Stephanie Cole: Secular Cathedral
- Opens May 2, 2020 Another Crossing: Artists Revisit the Mayflower Voyage
- Through May 3, 2020 Tending the Fires: Recent Acquisitions in Clay
BROOKLINE
39. Larz Anderson Auto Museum website
- Through mid April 2020 Golden Age – Era of Distinction, Style and Grace 1915-1948 more
- Permanent display – The Anderson Collection
CANTON
40. Eleanor Cabot Bradley Estate website
41. Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon website
- Through September 15, 2019 Under Pressure– Birds in the Printed Landscape: Linocuts by Sherrie York more
- Through September 29, 2019 The Shorebird Decoys of Gardner & Dexter more
CAMBRIDGE
Harvard –
42. Harvard Art Museums (Fogg; Busch-Reisinger; and Arthur M. Sackler) website
Why do any of the Harvard museums charge an entrance fee?
- Through January 5, 2020 Winslow Homer: Eyewitness (in conjunction with Cape Ann Museum Homer exhibition) University Research Gallery
- Through January 5, 2020 Early Christian Africa: Arts of Transformation
- Through January 5, 2020 Critical Printing
- Through January 5, 2020 Crossing Lines, Constructing Home: Displacement and Belonging in Contemporary Art
- Through November 14, 2021 On Site Clay — Modeling African Design
43. Harvard – Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts website
- Through September 29, 2019 Anna Oppermann: Drawings
The Carpenter Center was closed for an event on the day I scheduled to see the Oppermann exhibition – good reminder to call first for the must see shows on your list.
- Jonathan Berger: An Introduction to Nameless Love
- Harvard Film Archive weekly film series
44. Harvard – ‘The Cooper Gallery’ / The Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art website
- September 16 – December 13, 2019 The Sound of My Soul: Frank Stewart’s Life in Jazz photography, curated by Ruth Fine
- the Gordon Park exhibition that recently closed was on my list of top shows for 2019
45. Harvard – Gutman Gallery website
- Through August 30, 2019 Sneha Shrestha (aka Imagine), Ed.M.’17
46. Harvard – Graduate School of Design Gund Hall Exhibition website
47. Harvard – Ernst Mayr Library website
48. Harvard – Houghton Library website
49. Harvard – Lamont Library (Harvard ID required) website
- Through March 29, 2020 Harvard College International Photo Contest Winners
50. Harvard – Museum of Natural History website
- September 25, 2019 – December 31, 2019 Rotten Apples: Botanical Models of Diversity and Disease at Harvard Museum of Natural History more
- Ongoing, Glass Flowers Gallery
51. Harvard – Peabody Museum of Archaeology website
- Through December 31, 2019 Harvard’s Peabody Museum and the Invention of American Anthropology more
52. Harvard- Pusey Library Exhibition Gallery website
- Through October 31, 2019 Mapping the Moon in Black and White Harvard Map Collection
- Through January 22, 2020 The Rittase Touch: Photographic Views of Harvard in the 1930s
53. Harvard – Widener Library (Harvard ID required) website
- Though September 30, 2019 Colonial North America: Portals to the Past
54. Central Square Murals, Cambridge website
MIT –
55. MIT Museum website **OCTOBER 2021 MIT Museum moving to KENDALL SQUARE**
- Through September 1, 2019 Arresting Fragments: Object Photography at the Bauhaus more
- Opens October 11, 2019 The Polaroid Project: At the Intersection of Art and Technology more
- Opens November 7, 2019 Making Digital Tangible more
- Through May 1, 2021 Lighter, Stronger, Faster: The Herreshoff Legacy design and engineering and the Hereshoff Manufacturing Co. more
- Ongoing Harold Edgerton exhibit; Holography collection; and Gestural Engineering: The Sculpture of Arthur Ganson
56. MIT List Visual Arts Center website– MIT Media Lab more
- Through September 15, 2019 Student Lending Art program more
- Through October 20, 2019 List Projects: Farah Al Qasimi more
- October 18, 2019 – January 5, 2020 Alicja Kwade: In Between Glances more
- December 12, 2019 – February 9, 2020 List Projects: Becca Albee more
- February 7, 2020 – April 12, 2020 Christine Sun Kim: Off the Charts more
- February 7, 2020 – April 12, 2020 Colored People Time: Mundane Futures, Quotidian Pasts, Banal Presents more
- March 17, 2020 – May 17, 2020 List Projects: Rami George more
57. MIT Hart Nautical Gallery website
58. MIT Museum Studio and Compton Gallery student projects website
59. MIT School of Architecture Galleries website
- September 1 Gallery 9 SA+P Thesis show website
- School of Architecture Dean’s Gallery website
- School of Architecture Keller Gallery website
- Rotch Library Exhibition space website
- Through September 30 GRAND CANYON: Geology, Exploration Tourism and Architecture more
- Through October 4, 2019 A theater without theater on display Maihaugen Gallery and Rotch Library more
- Opens December 9, 2019 ACT Fall Studio Final exhibit
- PLAZmA Digital Gallery website
60. MIT Wiesner Student Art Gallery website Stratton Student Center
- Through September 15, 2019 Surrounded by Digitized Faces and Bodies
61. Mount Auburn Cemetery website
62. Museum of Science, Boston website
- Temporary art and photography exhibitions top floor moments of excellence
- Ongoing George Rhodes 1987 commission, Archimedean Excogitation, mesmerizing audiokinetic sculpture (Relocated to lobby 2015- I prefered lower level.)
- Ongoing Katherine Lane Weems (1899-1989) animal sculptures. MoS is the largest repository of her work.
- Historic Eames installation dismantled 😦
CLINTON
63. Museum of Russian Icons website
- Through October 20, 2019 Wrestling With Angels Icons from the Prosopon School of Iconology and Iconography more
- November 15, 2019 – March 8, 2020 Emil Hoppe: Photographs from the Ballet Russes more
CONCORD
64. Louisa May Alcott Orchard House 399 Lexington Road, Concord, Massachusetts 01742, United States (978) 369-4118 guided tours year round plus special events
65. Ralph Waldo Emerson House (seasonal) website
66. Walden Pond State Reservation – Henry David Thoreau website
67. Concord Museum website
- Opening October 19, 2019 Concord Collects
- February 14, 2020 Beyond Midnight: Paul Revere press release
COTUIT
68. Cahoon Museum of American Art website
- September 6 – October 30, 2019 Through the Looking Glass: Daguerreotype Masterworks from the Dawn of Photography
- October 6 – October 30, 2019 Cahoon Contemporaries: Jodi Colella, Jackie Reeves, Kimberly Sheering
- November 8 – December 22, 2019 Soo Sunny Park: Boundary Conditions installation
- November 8 – December 22, 2019 Gretchen Romey Tanzer Weaver
- Rotating – Highlights from the collection; New Acquisitions; Cahoon studio tours; and historical installation designed by Mary Ann Agresti
DALTON
69. Crane Museum of Papermaking website Founded in 1930. Mill venue dates to 1844, built after papermaker Zenas Crane’s retirement
DENNIS
70. Cape Cod Museum of Art – 39th year website
- Through October 6, 2019 Milton Teichman sculpture
- Through October 20, 2019 Ship of State…Paintings by Robert Henry
- Through December 21, 2019 Interpreting Their World: Varujan Boghosian, Carmen Cicero, Elspeth Halvorsen and Pual Resika
DUXBURY
71. The Art Complex Museum (Weyerhaeuser collection) website
- August 18 – November 10, 2019 Steve Novick: Approximation
- September 15 -January 12, 2020 Draw the Line
- September 15 – January 12, 2020 Rotations: Highlights From the Permanent Collection Nocturne including Lowell Birge Harrison (American, 1854–1929), Suzanne Hodes (American, b. 1939), Kawase Hasui (Japanese, 1883–1957), George Inness (American, 1825–1894), Johan Barthold Jongkind (Dutch, 1819–1891) Martin Lewis (American, 1881–1962), and Henri Eugene Le Sidaner (French, 1862-1939)
- November 17 – February 16, 2020 George Herman Found Paintings
EAST SANDWICH
72. Thornton W. Burgess Society Green Briar Nature Center & Jam Kitchen website *may join Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster to combine and become the Cape Cod Museums of Natural History
ESSEX
73. Essex Shipbuilding Museum website
- September 8th and 15th, 2019 Clam Basket Making Workshop
- September 12-13th,2019 The Great Rowing Adventure, the first collaborative rowing program with Lowell’s Boat Shop and the Essex Shipbuilding Museum
74. TOHP Burnham Town Hall & Library, Essex website don’t miss Alexia Parker paper collage
FITCHBURG
75. Fitchburg Art Museum (FAM) website
- Through September 1, 2019 84th Regional Exhibition of Art and Craft
- Through September 1, 2019 Broad Strokes: American Painting of the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries from the FAM collection
- September 7, 2019 – January 5, 2020 Sage Sohier/David Hilliard: Our Parents, Ourselves more
- September 21, 2019 – November 10, 2019 Adria Arch: Reframing Eleanor more
- September 21, 2019 Daniela Rivera: Labored Landscapes (Where Hand Meets Ground) more
- September 21, 2019 – January 12, 2020 David Katz: Earth Wares more
- Ongoing Evoking Eleanor; Discover Ancient Egypt; Thurston sculpture by Douglas Kornfeld
FRAMINGHAM
76. Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham State Univ. website
- September 7 – October 13, 2019 Populux Steven Duede | Sean Sullivan on display in the works on paper gallery
- September 7 – December 30, 2019 Dressed! Exhibiting artists include Catherine Bertulli, Jodi Colella, Merill Comeau, Mia Cross, Nancy Grace Horton, and Marky Kauffmann
- September 7 – May 2020 Highlights from the Permanent Collection
GLOUCESTER
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History of Medieval Arms and Armor
August 22, 2019
History of Medieval Arms and Armor and Knighting Ceremony
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Thursday, August 22, 2019 at 130 AM – 12 PM
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80 Hesperus Ave, Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
History of Medieval Arms and Armor & Knighting Ceremony
John Pettibone, former curator and executive director of Hammond Castle Museum, will host a lecture and demonstration of the History of Medieval Arms and Armor. He has spent many years studying the ancient art of armor and examples from the castles collection will be on display including: Japanese samurai pole arm (naginata), an armored sleeve and shoulder protection from a Japanese Samurai, and a two handed European sword. John will talk about how one became a knight and the rules of knighthood. He will then confer knighthood with a Dubbing Ceremony for girls and boys of all ages, in order to induct our very first members into the Order of the Junior Knights of Hammond Castle.
At the conclusion of the program there will be a question and answer session, an opportunity to try on the Armor and a tour of Medieval aspects of the Museum.
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Bite Me indie film screening at Hammond Castle #GloucesterMA & candlelit tours
The Joyful Vampire Tour of America landed at Hammond Castle for a most special screening of Bite Me, within its Great Hall, one of the location shoots for the film.
Bite Me is the second feature film of writer/director collaborators Naomi McDougall Jones and Meredith Edwards. Writer, star and producer, Naomi McDougall Jones, is so besotted by the charms of Hammond Castle, she’s currently working on her next feature inspired by John and Irene Hammond. She hopes to film at the castle in 2020. Her husband is a north shore native and connection for her introduction to this cultural landmark. Hammond Castle programming and curation is returning to its heyday. Look for upcoming special events, and curated exhibitions from new research into the archives.
Marlee Newman, Assistant to Naomi McDougall Jones, shared all the channels of this tenacious film push and where you can screen the movie. Thanks, Marlee!
Website: http://bitemethefilm.com
Youtube & Docu-series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keIisDY8eeo
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/vampiresdontbite/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/BiteMeTheFilm
Instagram: http://instagram.com/bitemethefilm
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7201818/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Stream the movie:
Seed & Spark: https://www.seedandspark.com/watch/bite-me
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/bite-me/id1457605251
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/movies/details/Bite_Me?id=s6HqpTtaDgY&hl=en_US
Next Stops:
Wellfleet, MA (July 29): https://www.bitemethefilm.com/tour-screenings/2019/5/10/acme-screening-room-lambertville-nj-4pfw4
Cape Cod, MA (July 30): https://www.bitemethefilm.com/tour-screenings/2019/7/30/cape-cinema
New York, NY (Aug 5): https://www.bitemethefilm.com/tour-screenings/2019/8/5/end-of-the-tour-joyful-vampire-ball-and-conversation-with-team-bite-me-in-nyc
Marlee Newman
Assistant to Naomi McDougall Jones
Naomi McDougall Jones
Writer | Actress | Producer
TEDTalk: go.ted.com/naomimcdougalljones
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Hammond Castle Candlelight Tour
July 18, 2019
Candlelight Tours at Hammond Castle Museum
From 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm
Hammond Castle
80 Hesperus Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
Candlelight Tours at Hammond Castle Museum
John Hays Hammond, Jr. loved the evening. Alexander Graham Bell had suggested to Hammond that he work at night and sleep during the day, which Hammond adopted. Domestic staff, frequent overnight guests, and even Hammond’s wife were daytime people and frequently commented that they might go long periods where they rarely saw him.
With this in mind, “candlelight tours” are offered Thursday nights during the months of July and August. Guides will show you the rooms the Hammond frequented and tell stories about how Irene Fenton Hammond and her husband enjoyed their many years living in the castle. Guided tours are the only way to see the castle on Thursday evenings at no additional charge other than basic admission, and are offered at 6:00, 7:00 and 8:00 P.M. Thursday August 15th there will be no candle light tours. Come and
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Hammond Castle is open daily! Check out new programs and events like this art show opening July 8
photo of Hammond Castle by Rebeccah Pearson Museum Shop Manager
Rebeccah Pearson, Museum Shop manager submits:
Artist reception at Hammond Castle Museum Monday July 8th 6pm – 8pm
“On the Right Track” artist meet and greet is a wonderful way to meet some of our most talented artists on Cape Ann that are being featured in Hammond Castle’s Museum Shop. Join us Monday July 8th at 6pm ending at 8pm. Refreshments will be served as you talk with the artists and enjoy their paintings. Please RSVP by going to the website at www.hammondcastle.org.
The featured artists for the month of July include:
Rosemary Ryding was born in London and is greatly influenced, by the art old and new in Europe. Her main interest is in the study of new mediums and methods. Her present pursuit is the study of ENCAUSTIC which is a medium used by the Greeks in the fourth century BC. It is now used in a multitude of ways and combines the old and the new.
Patty Boynton is a painter whose art is inspired by the beauty of the Northeast, in particular the marshes of Cape Ann and the Isles of Shoals . She works in oils in a representational style with a goal of simplifying and abstracting her subjects. When she isn’t painting, she enjoys walking, working in her garden, singing in her church choir, reading and traveling. You can reach her at p.boynton@comcast.net.
Linda Harvey has been painting as hobby for the past 20 years. Her work includes seascapes, landscapes, children and European streetscapes. Oil on canvas is her medium of choice. She has had many painting adventures in France, Spain, Majorca and Italy . She paints with joy in the beautiful color.
Therese Melden lives in Manchester, MA and began painting 14 years ago. She has explored acrylic and oil paint and currently works in pastel. “I have always loved making art. I enjoy trying new techniques and have been fortunate to work with gifted teachers and talented peers. I paint plein air and mostly from photographs. I choose subjects that I have an emotional reaction to.”
Camille Skilton has been painting as a hobby for around 15 years. She started in watercolors but now does mostly oils. She paints in the tonalist style which George Inness started in the 1800s.
Carmela Martin a native of New England, Carmela Martin finds that these are the landscapes and people that most attract her as an artist. Whether working representationally or in a more expressionistic style, her art is informed by her experiences living in this unique part of the country. Martin has studied at Montserrat College of Art and with many gifted and renowned artists from the North Shore and beyond. She works in pastels, acrylic and oils, often incorporating cold wax and marble dust. Martin is an artist member of the North Shore Arts Association, Rockport Art Association, Newburyport Art Association and the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA). Her paintings are in private and corporate collections in the U.S., Canada and Scotland.
Katie Bull has lived in Beverly MA most of her life. Though her travels inspire her art, she thrives on her sense of place in her own back yard. Her primary medium is pastels, and recently she has been exploring and enjoying painting in oils.
Art at Hammond Castle Museum
Every month through out our season Hammond Castle Museums Shop will be featuring local artists upon its walls. A portion of the proceeds will go towards restoration efforts. To view this months local artist please click here! Hammond Castle Museum, 80 Hesperus Ave, Gloucester MA 01930 www.hammondcastle.org
Hammond castle open daily! Enjoy guided or self-guided tours.
Thursday night Candlelit Tours coming July and August
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Hammond Castle Museum Gift Shop Grand Reopening
Hammond Castle Museum Gift Shop Grand Reopening
Hammond Castle,
80 Hesperus Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
Thursday, April 25, 2019
9:30 – 2:30
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RESULTS Week 4 INVENTORS | #greatteacher Mr. Goulart’s local history hunt #GloucesterMA #TBT
Gloucester, Mass. Great teacher at Gloucester High School, Shaun Goulart, creates a local history scavenger hunt trivia game for his 9th grade students that takes place weekly for 6 weeks. We’re taking the challenge paced one week after the students.
ANSWERS TO SHAUN GOULART’S LOCAL HISTORY TRIVIA WEEK FOUR
How did you do? Week two delved into Gloucester’s famous inventors. Stop here if you prefer to go back to see Week 4 questions only
Mr. Goulart’s Local History Trivia Scavenger Hunt Week 4 Inventors
1.John Hays Hammond Jr. “Jack”
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Go to the location of his home and take a picture with a member in it.
- What did he invent?
Answer: “Over the course of his professional career, he was awarded over 800 foreign and domestic patents resulting from over 400 of his inventions. Many of these began in radio control before extending to electronics, naval weapons, national defense, as well as various consumer products.” – Hammond Castle
“In connection with his radio researches Jack obtained most important patents for receiving and broadcasting and these he sold to RCA…” John Hays Hammond, Sr
Hammond Castle – I hope that one day the Trustees and Historic New England add this as a shared property among their preservation jewels, along with the Natalie Hammond property and much of the parents’ estate, Lookout Hill, with some portion of admission for the City. At one point Hammond Castle was one of the top attractions in Massachusetts.
2.Clarence Birdseye
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Go to the location where his company was and take a picture with a member in it.
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What did he invent?
Answer: flash freezing
3.Augustus H. Wonson
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Go to the location of his grave and take a picture with a member in it.
Answer: Mt. Pleasant cemetery
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What did he invent?
Answer: Augustus S Wonson invented antifouling copper paint to protect boats. Tarr & Wonson’s was established in 1863. The former factory and harbor icon is now Ocean Alliance.
Paint Factory Past/Present
Paint Factory Ocean Alliance_2018 09 28_ Goetemann artist Deborah Redwood public art – whale’s tail in process_Gloucester, MA © catherine ryan
4.William Nelson Le Page
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Go to the location where his company was after it moved from Rockport and take a picture with a member in it.
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What did he invent?
Answer: Le Page’s glue from fish waste (established 1876)
- Go to the location of Le Page’s company co-founder Ruben Brooks’ manor and take a picture with a member in it.
Answer: Castle Manor Inn
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Schooners going by Hammond Castle
Very windy with gave a diamond look to the blue ocean.
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Boston Globe comes to #GloucesterMA for a perfect weekend
Article describes some Gloucester highlights: Cape Ann Museum and Harrison Cady exhibition, Gloucester Beaches, Stage Fort Park, Half Moon Beach, Gloucester Shuttle, Cape Ann Cinema, Gloucester Stage, Schooner Thomas E. Lannon, Hammond Castle Museum, Perfect Storm, Wicked Tuna, Rocky Neck, Latitude 43, Lobsta Land, Zeke’s Place, Willow Rest, Beauport Hotel, Ocean Hotel at Bass Rocks, Beth Williams, and (couldn’t get a reservation at) Duckworth’s Bistro.
Good Morning Gloucester 