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The Michigan Bears Arrive in Gloucester 1910
Here’s a little History of Gloucester that you would’nt hear about anywhere else.
From Larry Dahlmer;
http://www.ladarts.com/ladarts.com/Welcome_-_L.A.Dahlmer.html
For an Interesting Timeline, Beautiful Paintings and Prints by Larry Dahlmer and on the History of Gloucester
Visit Larrys Gallery on Rocky Neck and Check out Larrys Website
by clicking the link below;
http://www.ladarts.com/ladarts.com/Welcome_-_L.A.Dahlmer.html
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On the Neck
SAT, July 10: Johnny Carwash at Amy’s Coffee and Cones
MON, July 12: Gallery Talk, Artist in Residence Ted Walsh
5 Mile Farm by Ted Walsh, oil on panel, 24" x 24"
July 6 – August 6: Ted Walsh, Painter
The second artist in residence for the season, Ted Walsh, is currently studying in the Master of Fine Arts program at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He works primarily in a contemporary vein of the American Realist tradition of painting and drawing landscapes and figures. Walsh has spent the last decade honing his artistic skills both technically and theoretically, working toward progressive ideas, yet at the same time holding true to historic precedents.He holds a BFA from Drew University in Madison, NJ and has participated in a number of juried shows in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Meet Ted and see his paintings at 7pm on Monday, July 12,
Rocky Neck Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck Ave.
July 1 – 14
The White Wall, Ann Fisk Room, Rocky Neck Gallery
Michael Seif Photography, Martha Wakefield Painting, Robin Colodzin Collage
Mary Rhinelander Prints
Weiler Photo Gallery : A Paris Portfolio
The Weiler Photo Gallery Exhibiting “A Paris Portfolio” through August.
Please visit us on weekends or by appointment or check out “A Paris Portfolio” on our website.
77 Rocky Neck Ave, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978-281-6443 e-mail: WeilerPhotoGallery@comcast.net
ANNOUNCEMENTS
TUE, July 13, 6:30 pm: Rocky Neck Art Colony General Meeting
The next meeting of the Rocky Neck Art Colony will be held on Tuesday, July 13, 6:30 pm at the Rocky Neck Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck Avenue. All members are encouraged to attend.
Beaux Arts Ball Art Show and Auction, Deadline August 4
A Beaux Arts Ball art show will be on exhibit at the Rocky Neck Gallery from August 5 to 12. Attendees will vote on their favorite piece (at the auction) and a "People’s Choice Award" will be awarded at the Ball. To be part of this show, please contact Brenda at at 978-282-1346 orbrendamalloy@hotmail.com as soon as possible to reserve your space.
Artwork Requirements:
- All media is accepted including all 2D, 3D, and fine crafts
- There is no theme … any subject or style is accepted
- Two dimentional work should be a square format of any size
- Work must be completed within the last two years
- Bring work to the Rocky Neck Gallery by August 4. It will be on display for one week at the gallery prior to the auction.
- All work must be labeled on the back with the artist’s name, title of work, and medium.
- "Log-in" your artwork on the Beaux Arts Ball Artwork form available at the gallery.
- Artwork must be wired and ready to hang
If you would like to submit something or if you have questions, please contact Brenda Malloy of Imagine at 978-282-1346 or brendamalloy@hotmail.com.
Beaux Arts Ball Silent Auction Donations
The Silent Auction, in conjunction with the annual Beaux Arts Ball, will be held on Thursday, August 12 at The Studio Restaurant on Rocky Neck.
To donate any Auction Item other than original artwork, Download the Auction Donation Form. fill it out and drop off along with your auction item at the Accommodations on Rocky Neck office.
We thank you for your support in this endeavor. The silent auction is the single biggest fundraiser for the RNAC and we greatly appreciate your time and effort to make it possible.
Save the Date: RNAC Member’s Show, October 2 to 16
The Rocky Neck Art Colony will hold a Fall Member’s Show that will be on exhibit from October 2 to 16 at the Rocky Neck Gallery. There is no submission fee and all Art Colony members are eligible. Submission details will be announced soon.
MEMBER NEWS
SAT, July 18, Exhibition III Awards Ceremony: North Shore Arts Association
Exhibition III will be on display at North Shore Arts Association through July 31st! Be sure to stop by the gallery to see all of the images listed below – and over one hundred more – in person!
July 8 – 21, Michael Seif : The Human Form
A number of Michael’s photographs will be on display at an exhibit called The Human Form, from July 8 through July 21 at the Shaw Jewelry gallery on Mount Desert Island, Maine.
Joseph Flack Weiler Gloucester Portfolio At Topside Grille
Joseph Flack Weiler is now exhibiting his Gloucester Portfolio at the Topside Grill, 50 Rogers Street, Gloucester.
The black and white photographs are made from film negatives and printed with a 1970’s enlarger by J. F. Weiler. The images range in time from 1987 through today. They depict the schooners Adventure, 1988, Thomas E. Lannon, 1997 and Bluenose, 2006. Also included is a selection of seascapes from Bass Rocks.
Many of the images have been made from kayaks allowing an intimate water level view. Changes that have taken place on the Gloucester waterfront over the past twenty-four years are documented in the photographs. Some of the photographs can also be seen at WeilerPhotoGallery.com
Judith Monteferrante at the Topside Grille
A gallery of Monteferrante’s Cape Ann seascapes is on display at the Topside Grille for the entire season. A collection of vibrant color metallic prints is on display and for sale or order (16×20 to 20×30). MetalPrints represent a new art medium for preserving photos by infusing dyes directly into specially coated aluminum sheets. These are waterproof, scratch resistant and archival.
Richard Seeley at In the Wild juried show at Vermont Photo Space
Richard Seeley’s images “Lynx Love” and “Under Mom’s Wing” have been accepted into the “In The Wild” juried show at the Vermont Photo Space, Essex Junction, Vermont. The show runs July 11th through Aug 6th.
KUDOS
Marilyn Swift recently received the Winsor & Newton Watercolor Award for her painting "Gloucester Skyline" at the North Shore Arts Association’s Exhibition III.
Marilyn Swift also received the Joseph Santoro Memorial award for her watercolor, "Pathway at Lobster Cove" at the Rockport Art Association’s Second Summer Show.
Susie Field recently received the James N. Roumbanis Memorial Award for an acrylic landscape at the Rockport Art Association’s Second Summer Show.
Judy Robinson-Cox received the John Harper Memorial Award for her photograph "Save City Hall" at the Rockport Art Association’s Second Summer Photography Show.
Thank You To Judy Robinson Cox For Forwarding This To GMG
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I must have a Leaky Roof!!!!
I came across this Local Shops website by clicking on the owners name in the GMG Comment section. The Shop on Rocky Neck is Called Imagine, The owners name is Brenda Malloy. I’ve walked and drove by this shop many times and never stopped in. I’ve seen Brenda driving a scooter with a colorful tail hanging from her Helmet. I’ve seen the videos Joey has taken for GMG of her coming very close to running him over. I was a little disapointed she did’nt have the heart to do it. NEXT TIME.
Anyways, I read her story of her Travels and how she sponsors Children in Nepal. YOU SHOULD TOO! “Wow, there are really people like that” I thought. After reading that story and thinking about it for awhile, I realized that I must have a Leaky Roof. There were these strange drops of water running down my cheeks. It Had to be a Leaky Roof !
Check out the Story and Brendas website, and Do what you can.
Here’s a little bit of that Story from Brendas website;
I currently sponsor 13 children in Kathmandu, Nepal. March 2000 was my first landing in Nepal, been there 10 times since. Exerting oneself toward a meaningful life, developing confidence in basic goodness,and expressing it with wisdom and compassion, is the key to happiness. If you’d like to check out the story, how it came to be, read on….
Last updated11/15/09, much more to come, keep checking!
Timeline
March 2000: 5 weeks trekking in the Himalaya Mountains of Nepal in the Mt. Everest region, solo. Upon returning to Kathmandu, started meeting street children and took a liking to them immediately. Amazing spirit, sense of humor, resilience and love of life. During this time I met a young boy named Til Bahadur Thapa Magar, who was around 8 years old, working at a coffee shop I used to frequent, sitting around talking with the Tibetan Buddhist Monks about life. Til struck me as an amazing boy, doing his job of serving tea and wiping tables and doing dishes very diligently with a huge smile on his face all the time. He piqued my curiosity, I took a liking to him. I’d visit daily to see him and smile at him and practice my Nepali language lessons with him.
I spent 4 months in Nepal that trip, in between I spent a month in Tibet (thats a whole other story). I returned to Nepal in October that year, after being in the states for 10 weeks. I found a room in a home in a neighborhood close to where Til worked. I inquired of the owner of the coffee shop, where Til worked and whose family Til lived with, if I could send Til to school, meaning to pay his tuition, and the man said yes. Despite the fact that the man would be loosing his laborer for 6 hours a day, he agreed to let Til attend school. At the time Til was working from 4:30am until 9:30pm, then going home and doing the families dishes and cleaning before he went to bed. Til was from a small village a couple of days from Kathmandu by bus and on foot. His parents sent him to Kathmandu to get an education and to earn his keep. He left home at 7, had never seen a road or a bus or a city before leaving his village for this first time. Anyhow, I enrolled Til in the same school where the shop keepers 3 children went, so that he would feel like less of an outsider and to give him some sense of equal footing.
After 2 months in Nepal, during which time I was teaching english at a high end private school, I was called to go to Thailand to meet the American man who was producing and selling my greeting card line in the states. He wanted me to design paper product in Thialand, I wasn’t interested. I was very happy in Nepal, but he asked me to go for just a couple of weeks, so I went. Little did I know that I would end up spending 5 months in Thailand and falling in love with that country as well. I never did return to my teaching job in Nepal, though when I next spoke with the principal of the school he told me that the children in my classes were still keeping the daily journals I taught them to do and talking about my time with them.
On my subsequent trips to Nepal I began sponsoring more children and donating to organizations with leftover monies I had. When I enroll a child in school, I make a commitment to myself to educate that child through high school graduation, which is grade 10 in the Nepali system. The money to fund the children comes from the revenue at my shop, donations from friends, as well as the donation jar from my ‘have a heart’ program, on the front counter of IMAGINE. ‘Have a heart, make a donation’, the little sign says, and you can take a hand carved heart from Bali or a floating heart candle from Thailand. Most years I have extra monies, more than I use for that particular school year. Some of the extra money I save for the following year, most of it I will spread among these favorite charities of mine in Kathmandu…Mother Theresa’s old folks home at Pashuputinath, an open air facility with dormitory style set up, all beds facing a common temple area in the center, for sick and debilitated elders with no family to care for them. Maiti Nepal, an organization which rescues Nepali girls and their children/babies from brothels in India that they have been tricked into going to under the pretext of being domestic help. Santhi Leprosy home where they house and treat leprosy patients. Hopeful Home for Orphans where they house and care for over 40 children without families.
There is more to say, I’ll get to it later
Bottom line is that each and every single one of us can make a difference. Nothing feels better than service, serving others in some small way. I realize that in America I make a very meager living, in fact know few people who make what I do or less. But my trips to Asia make me realize that I am indeed a very wealthy woman. Compared to the families I sponsor, I am rich. And there is nothing I want for. Nothing I need. And this is one of the things that compels me to help those in need. It takes so little to do so much.
If you are interested in donating, please email me. All donations are greatly appreciated. I do this on my own, I am not a non profit, I do not have 501(c) 3 non profit tax status, therefore donations are not tax deductable. So if you donate to causes to help your bottom line, I am not the place for you. If you donate from the heart, for your heart, your donation goes 100% to the kids. I pay my airfare and expenses while in Nepal out of my own pocket, none of it comes from donations.
PEACE!
Click the Link Below (IMAGINE) for more Infomation and how you can help.
IMAGINE
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The News From Rocky Neck –From Judy Robinson Cox
On the Neck
THURSDAY, July 1: Nights on the Neck
Three Billy Goats Gruff,You and Me Puppets
- John N. Morris, author of Alone at Sea: Gloucester in the Age of the Dorymen (1623-1939), will speak about his 10 years of research into Gloucester’s fishing history, a project sparked by a personal quest to learn more about his grandfather, a doryman who was lost at sea.
- Marlon Carey is a member of the 2010 Boston Lizard lounge Poetry Slam team. Named Best Hip Hop Poet by the Cambridge Poetry Awards two years in a row, he has been the Boston Cantab Lounge’s "Grand Slam Champion" and performed with the Jeff Robinson Trio. With a blend of eclectic themes, wordplay and wit, Marlon (AKA Inphynit) concocts a magical brew of fun with words.
- Telescope is two bright brothers out of Boston who sing striking songs in a modern folk style with a hint of rock.
- Judith O’Hare, You and Me Puppets, will perform Three Three Billy Goats Gruff and Hansel and Gretel. These stories are performed in a small table top theater called a toy theater, with pop-up scenery and small European-style rod marionette puppets. Judith is the Education Consultant for the Puppeteers of America and is an award winner for her work in Puppetry in Education.
Three Sheets to the Wind, a group of local musicians and Schooner Adventure crew members, are preserving the history of maritime work songs (chanteys) and forebitter songs.
July 1 – 14 : Black & White
The White Wall, Ann Fisk Room, Rocky Neck Gallery
Michael Seif Photography
Martha Wakefield Painting
Robin Colodzin Collage
Mary Rhinelander Prints
Reception: Thursday, July 1, 5-8 pm during Nights on the Neck
FRI, July 2 – July 4: Brenda Malloy: Art & Soul, 51A Rocky Neck Ave.
Please join in a celebration of
Art & Soul
An Exhibition of Artwork by B r e n d a M a l l o y of IMAGINE Gallery
Champagne Reception Friday, July 2nd 5 – 9pm
Gallery Open July 3rd & 4th 12 – 7pm
Kismet Wharf (Next to The Studio Restaurant)
51 Rocky Neck Ave, Gloucester
978-282-1346
Weiler Photo Gallery : A Paris Portfolio
The Weiler Photo Gallery Exhibiting “A Paris Portfolio” through August.
Please visit us on weekends or by appointment or check out “A Paris Portfolio” on our website.
77 Rocky Neck Ave, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978-281-6443 e-mail: WeilerPhotoGallery@comcast.net
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Beaux Arts Ball Auction and Art Donations
The Silent Auction, in conjunction with the annual Beaux Arts Ball, will be held on Thursday, August 12 at The Studio Restaurant on Rocky Neck.
To Donate non-art Auction Item
To donate any Auction Item other than original artwork, Download the Auction Donation Form. fill it out and drop off along with your auction item at the Accommodations on Rocky Neck office.
To Donate Original Artwork
All RNAC artist members are encouraged to donate a piece of work for the auction –100% of the proceeds will go to the Art Colony. A "People’s Choice Award" will be awarded at the Beaux Arts Ball to the attendees’ favorite piece or artwork.
Artwork Requirements:
- All media is accepted including all 2D, 3D, and fine crafts
- There is no theme … any subject or style is accepted
- Two dimentional work should be a square format of any size
- Work must be completed within the last two years
- Bring work to the Rocky Neck Gallery by August 4. It will be on display for one week at the gallery prior to the auction.
- All work must be labeled on the back with the artist’s name, title of work, and medium.
- "Log-in" your artwork on the Beaux Arts Ball Artwork form available at the gallery.
- Artwork must be wired and ready to hang
If you would like to submit something or if you have questions, please contact Brenda Malloy of Imagine at 978-282-1346 or brendamalloy@hotmail.com.
We thank you for your support in this endeavor. The silent auction is the single biggest fundraiser for the RNAC and we greatly appreciate your time and effort to make it possible.
TUE, July 13, 6:30 pm: Rocky Neck Art Colony General Meeting
The next meeting of the Rocky Neck Art Colony will be held on Tuesday, July 13, 6:30 pm at the Rocky Neck Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck Avenue. All members are encouraged to attend.
MEMBER NEWS
North Shore Arts Association
The North Shore Arts Association is currently showing its second Members’ Exhibition of the season through August 1st.
Gold Coast by Mark Shasha
Two new Featured Artist Exhibitions will be on display from June 23 until July 11. Mark Shasha’s paintings will be exhibited in the Gordon Grant Room. The Artist Reception will be held Sunday, June 27 from 2:00pm to 4:00pm.
Pamela Giarratana will display Small Works.
Rockport Drydock by Pam Giarrantana
North Shore Arts Association has a thriving artist membership of over 350 contemporary artists recognized nationally and worldwide. They come not only from Cape Ann, but throughout North America. In addition to the exhibitions, NSAA offers a diverse schedule of workshops and demonstrations, which are listed in the Opportunities/Class section below.
Joseph Flack Weiler Gloucester Portfolio At Topside Grille
Joseph Flack Weiler is now exhibiting his Gloucester Portfolio at the Topside Grill, 50 Rogers Street, Gloucester.
The black and white photographs are made from film negatives and printed with a 1970’s enlarger by J. F. Weiler. The images range in time from 1987 through today. They depict the schooners Adventure, 1988, Thomas E. Lannon, 1997 and Bluenose, 2006. Also included is a selection of seascapes from Bass Rocks.
Many of the images have been made from kayaks allowing an intimate water level view. Changes that have taken place on the Gloucester waterfront over the past twenty-four years are documented in the photographs. Some of the photographs can also be seen at WeilerPhotoGallery.com
Opportunities / Classes
Oil Painting Workshop by Heidi Caswell Zander
B.F.A. in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design
M.A.T. in art Education also from RISD
Certified Massachusetts Artist Educator
When & What: July 7-8-9 Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday 9:30-2:30
Bring along some lunch, work through or take a break…
There will be a demonstration and viewing of inspiration images for about 1 hour, followed by individual work and on-going input/feed back/ critique, as you prefer.
We will either meet at my home studio ( 8 Wharf Rd. Rockport-by Granite Pier) or go on location depending on weather, stamina etc. Maybe one day downtown in the village….
Landscape Painting ( i.e. all levels): Come enjoy the richness of oils. If you prefer to paint in watercolor I can do individualized mini demonstrations after the main oil demonstration. The workshop will reinforce concepts and practices in employing compositional structure, color theory, and painting techniques/approaches.
As with most worthwhile endeavors anticipate some challenge and satisfaction.
Each date can be taken as a separate and complete experience though the order of the offerings will support a sequential building of skills and confidence. All levels of experience welcome. Small class size.
Cost: $65 per day
Where: Out in the great landscape of Cape Ann
Tidal Edge Gallery • 3 School Street • Rockport, MA 01966
Contact: Heidi Caswell Zander at artatlantic@aol.com or 978 869 0474 with questions or to register
Summer Pottery Classes
Cynthia Curtis Potter, 80 Pigeon Hill Street, Rockport (978) 546-6186
CURRENT OPENINGS FOR THE NEXT SESSION: July 5 – August 21, Sign up now!
- Monday kid’s class with Margie Malley and Sami Steer: 9:00 – 10:30
- Wednesday a.m. adult class with Cynthia Curtis: 9:00 – 12:00
- Thursday p.m. adult class with Cynthia Curtis: 6:00 – 9:00
- Friday a.m. adult class with Anni Melancon: 9:00 – 12:00
Classes are available to all levels of experience. Each session covers throwing pots on the wheel, handbuilding, and glazing. Students work at their own pace supported by individualized instruction.
Private lessons * Independent Study Program * Retail Gallery.
Please call (978) 546-6186 for more information or visit website, www.cynthiacurtispottery.com
North Shore Arts Summer Workshops
John Caggiano – July 9, 10, 11 – “Painting from the Heart and the Head” This workshop is geared to all levels of artistic ability. It will concentrate on drawing, composition, design, color and value. Caggiano will endeavor to have each student utilize inner talent and perception to grow and develop his/her artistic abilities. The day will begin on location with a painting demonstration that will emphasize the essential elements of composing a successful painting en plein air. Caggiano will then circulate among the group and help each student successfully meet the challenge of interpreting the chosen subject matter. To emphasize a painting principle, mini demonstrations may occur. At the end of the painting day the class will meet for a group critique. Limit 18. www.johncaggiano.
Member $225 Non-Member $255
Dennis Poirier – July 12, 13, 14 – "Color Vibrations in Oil and Acrylic" In this workshop Dennis Poirier works with each individual to establish the simple shapes in a motif and to understand that a good concept leads to good picture making. Students will learn to understand the process of painting on location and gain knowledge of techniques, and the control of the mediums (oil and acrylic). Limit 10. www.dennispoirierstudio.com
Member $225 Non-Member $255
Ellen Rolli – July 14 & 15 – “Big Color, Bold Strokes” Acrylic Workshop Artist Ellen Rolli, recently featured in an American Artist Workshop Issue for her bold style and “loosening up” teaching techniques, will instruct in the art of arranging simple still life set-ups and on the second day will discuss outdoor composition and painting. Students will leave this workshop not only feeling educated but truly inspired! Limit 14. www.ellenrolli.com
Member $150 Non-Member $170
Susan Daly – July 16 & 17 – “Monotypes with a Plexiglas Plate” Students will savor the “Joy of Monotypes!” in this two-day workshop exploring water-based printing inks, water-soluble oils and watercolor. Daly will demonstrate all mediums as students work from their previous completed paintings, photos or their imagination to create unique images with this hand-pulled process. Limit 10.
Member $150 Non-Member $170
Steve Kennedy – July 19, 20, 21 – “Perspectives – Painting the Streets of Gloucester” *9:30 am-3:30pm Learn how to see light and shade as it relates to architecture, along with a focus on proper perspective and drawing. Paint right on the streets of East Gloucester in this three-day workshop with award winning artist, Steve Kennedy. In a pragmatic, yet appreciative approach, Kennedy wants to bring his students on an exploration of Cape Ann streets as they really are. Limit 15.
Member $225 Non-Member $255
David Curtis – July 21, 22, 23 – “Understanding Light” David Curtis will use his 35 years of plein air painting experience to instruct a plein air oil painting landscape workshop. The focus will be on understanding and interpreting the effect of light on a chosen subject. Individual days will be given to studying and practicing back light and front light and the impact each has on landscape painting. Limit 15. www.davidpcurtis.com
Member $225.00 Non-Member $255.00
Andrew Anderson-Bell – July 23 – “Landscape Painting in Pastel” This pastel workshop will focus on landscape painting working in the studio from photographs, memory and imagination. Emphasis will be placed on composition, values and light. Andrew will share his different techniques using pastel paper, tools and materials. Students will receive individual attention at their easels, as well as demonstrations and critiques. Limit 15.
Member $75 Non-Member $85
Charles Gruppé – July 30, 31, Aug 1 – “Plein Air Painting” Award winning Artist Charles Gruppé is offering a three-day landscape and marine painting workshop in oil and acrylic. Gruppe shares his unique techniques using a palette knife and brush in a rapid wet-on-wet approach to achieve a controlled, impressionistic style painting. For beginning to advanced students, daily instruction includes individual assistance and critiques. Limit 18. www.charlesgruppe.com
Member $225 Non-Member $255
Judythe Evans Meagher – Aug 2 – “Color Mixing with a Limited Palette” Award winning artist Judythe Evans Meagher is offering a special one day workshop. While demonstrations will be done in transparent watercolor, the information presented also applies to opaque media such as oils, gouache and acrylics. Students may bring a medium of their choice. Limit 6.
Member $75 Non-Member $85
Lynda Goldberg – August 5, 6 – “Creating Monotypes with an Etching Press” Explore the process of creating monotype (one-of-a-kind) prints on paper. Students will learn general printmaking techniques using an etching press. Incorporating the elements and principles of design students will create prints using natural and man made objects. Students will explore different ways of creating texture and depth on an inked surface. Using the plates created and pulled, students will have the original print, a “ghosted” print, and a third print utilizing what is left on the plate. The possibilities are endless! Limit 6.
Member $150 Non-Member $170
Lynn Loscutoff – August 7, 8, 9 – “Watercolor on Yupo” This workshop is geared towards intermediate and experienced painters or the beginner who likes a challenge. Students will be working on “YUPO” paper, a synthetic coated paper which works in a very organic way. Paint moves and blends and leads to an even greater creative experiences.
Member $225 Non-Member $255
Frank Federico – August 7, 8, 9 – “The Painterly Pastel” *9:00am-3:00pm Award winning artist, Frank Federico, is holding a three-day plein air pastel workshop. During this workshop, Federico will show students how he focuses on the essence of a landscape or figure, while applying emotional and aesthetically crafted content in the pastel medium. Limit 18. http://www.frankfederico.com
Member $225 Non-Member $255
All workshops will meet on site at NSAA from 10:00am to 4:00pm unless otherwise noted.
Please register early to insure yourself a place in any of the workshops. Participants may register and pay online via PayPal by clicking on the ‘Add to Cart’ buttons below each workshop listing or print out a WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM and mail it with a check to:
North Shore Arts Association, 11 Pirates Lane, Gloucester, MA 01930
ART on the PIER
Located on the Scenic Gloucester Harbor
KIDS SUMMER ART PROGRAM
SUMMER SESSION: Focus on Drawing and Illustration technique: Portraiture features, Landscape, Still life, Sculpture & Molds: In sessions 1 & 2 Bob will instruct the students in pencil work through illustration and drawing techniques that focus on elements of size, dimension, lay-out, shading, light and darks, facial features for Portrait work and Harbor views sessions. Self portrait work will be covered. Please send in a 5 x 7 photograph of a person or pet. Relief sculpture work and making molds will be covered in session 3. Co-ed Ages 8 – 13 (space limited)
INSTRUCTOR: BOB VIAU: BFA from Mass Art Owner/Artist of STUDIOVO: Commercial and Fine Art Studio 121R East Main Street, Gloucester, MA. (At East Gloucester Marina) http://www.studiovo.com
PRIVATE or SEMI PRIVATE LESSONS AVAILABLE: $35hr.
SUMMER Program Sessions: Tuesday and Wed. mornings
Session 1: July 6, 7, 13, 14 : 9:30-11:00 : Portraiture
Session 2: July 20, 21, 27, 28 : 9:30-11:00: Harborviews
Session 3: August 3, 4, 10, 11: 9:30-11:00: Sculpture&Mold
One session $90: Two Sessions $170: Three Sessions $250
10% Family discount off second child
Snacks and Materials Provided. MUST BE 4 Students for class to proceed
Click to Download application or call 978-282-0269
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TUE, June 29: Studio Talk by Artist in Residence, Ekua Holmes
TUE, June 29: Studio Talk by Artist in Residence, Ekua Holmes
Golden, Collage on paper by Ekua Holmes
Collage artist Ekua Holmes will give a Studio Talk about the work she did during her residency
at 7pm on Tuesday, June 29 at the Residency Studio, 51A Rocky Neck Ave.
Don’t miss this refreshing and inspirational artist.
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You’re Invited to the Cut & Paste Show SUNDAY, June 27
Cut & Paste Reception, 5 to 7pm
Rocky Neck Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck Ave. Gloucester
Cut & Paste, a collage show, is on exhibit in the Ann Fisk Room at the Gallery through June 30.
Participating artists include Robin Colodzin, Sue Daly, Marci Davis, Mary McCarl,
Mary Rhinelander, Judy Robinson-Cox, and Jan Walker.
Reception: Sunday, June 27, 5-7 pm
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Brenda Malloy Art Exhibition- ART & SOUL
ART & SOUL
Featuring new paintings by Brenda Malloy
Champagne reception Friday, July 2, 5-9pm
Gallery hours Sat & Sun, July 3 & 4, 12 – 7 pm
Kismet Wharf (next to The Studio Restaurant)
51 Rocky Neck Ave, Gloucester, Ma.
info or questions call Brenda at 978-282-1346
http://www.ImagineRockyNeck.com
Colorful, funky, chunky, abstract art incorporating everything from clothing, birch bark, found objects and anything else that happens to be laying around. 3" x3" on up to 4′ x 5′, all price ranges. Come one, Come all, check it out!!!!!!!!
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Amy’s Coffee and Cones Now Serving Killer Dogs
Amy Blake Had Me Swing By To Sample One of Her Killer Dogs On Rocky Neck. I’m telling you (and maybe I shouldn’t let out the secret) that her little deck next to the shop has the best little ocean breeze and view of Smith’s Cove. A perfect spot to bring the kids for a hot dog and ice cream while sitting and taking in the beautiful view.
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Killer Dogs Now Served At Amy’s Coffee and Cones Video
Ice Cream Coffee and Hot Dogs On a Deck Overlooking Smith’s Cove?
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What to do Today
Today’s a great day to tour the Art Gallery’s on Cape Ann. What else is there to do on a warm Drizzly, Foggy almost Summer Day? Boating, Beach, Cookouts? Maybe Next weekend.
Take a walk thru Downtown Gloucester, Rockport, Rocky Neck and check out all the talented Cape Ann artists.
Go visit a gallery today, take some pictures and send them in to GMG to be posted.
Visit John Nesta and see his Beautiful Paintings Of Cape Ann at his Gallery on Rocky Neck.
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The News From Rocky Neck
via Judy Robinson-Cox
T H E N E W S F R O M R O C K Y N E C K
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ON THE NECK | MEMBER NEWS | OPPORTUNITIES/CLASSES | KUDOS | CALENDAR
On the Neck
Thursday, June 3: Nights on the Neck, 5-9pm
- 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. - Michael Kirsch/Ed Spilllert
Mike Kirsch and Ed Spillert (guitar, five-string banjo and vocals) will do a range of country, blues, bluegrass, and rock. - Chick & Ellen
A Gloucester fisherman and his Brooklyn-bred bride play oldtime and newfangled blues, folk, country, and swing tunes. - Steff Deschenes
The Ice Cream Theory is ice-cream guru Steff Deschenes’s charming exploration of the parallels between human personalities and ice-cream flavors, a tongue-in-cheek celebration of the variety inherent in a well-lived life. - Gloucester Area Astronomy Club
The friendly folk of the GAAC will set up their telescopes on Rocky Neck, give out observing guides to any passersby who take an interest, and help them pick out things of note in the night sky.
See sign in parking lot for Times and Locations.
Opening Thursday, June 3, Passions by Ed Touchette
Passions, three large canvases by Ed Touchette will be on exhibit at the Rocky Neck Gallery
from June 3 until June 17.
June 1 – 30: Ekua Holmes, First Goetemann Artist in Residence
Golden, Collage on paper by Ekua Holmes
Collage artist Ekua Holmes will have an open studio during Nights on the Neck (unless it’s raining).
Additional open studio hours will be posted outside the Residency Studio, 51A Rocky Neck Ave.
Weiler Photo Gallery : A Paris Portfolio
Paris Metro, photograph by Joseph Flack Weiler
The Weiler Photo Gallery Exhibiting “A Paris Portfolio” through August.
Please visit us on weekends or by appointment or check out “A Paris Portfolio” on our website.
77 Rocky Neck Ave, Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: 978-281-6443 e-mail: WeilerPhotoGallery@comcast.net
Visit These Galleries & Businesses Now Open on Rocky Neck
- Elynn Kröger Gallery, 15 Rocky Neck Ave., 2nd Floor
- Side Street Gallery, 17 Rocky Neck Ave.
- Sailor Stan’s, Wonson and Rocky Neck Ave.
- Sigrid Olsen Art, 34 Rocky Neck Ave.
- Goetemann Gallery, 37 Rocky Neck Ave.
- John Nesta Gallery, 37 Rocky Neck Ave.
- Ruth Mordecai, 4 Terrace Lane (by appointment or chance)
- Imagine, 43 Rocky Neck Ave.
- Amy’s Coffee and Cones (Former Ice Cream Gallery), 43 Rocky Neck Ave.
- Studio Restaurant, 51 Rocky Neck Ave
- Rocky Neck Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck Ave
- The Rudder, 73 Rocky Neck Ave. (Thurs to Sun)
- White Bird Gallery, 75 Rocky Neck Ave
- Bernard Gerstner Gallery, 75 Rocky Neck Ave.
- Diana Pasquariello Gallery, 75 Rocky Neck Ave.
- Alma McLaughlin Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck Ave. (moved to former Avery Mann Gallery)
- Lucid Eye Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck Ave. All things to delight those of the clearest eyes.
- ISLA Beach House, 77 Rocky Neck Ave #G10
- Weiler Photo Gallery, 77 Rocky Neck Ave (Madfish Wharf)
- Madfish Grille, 77 Rocky Neck Ave
MEMBER NEWS
FRI, June 4: Artist Receptions, 34 Mt. Pleasant Ave, 5:30 – 9pm
The Artists at 34 Mount Pleasant Avenue, East Gloucester will host a reception showcasing their works at their studios on this Friday, June 4th from 5:30 – 9:00pm
Christine Armstrong, silkscreened textiles; John Cameron, fine woodworking+ wood engraving;
Ann Conneman, hand cut stone lettering; Maria Davis, Morning Star Massage;
Jeremy + Dana Hatch, hand-hammered copper fish; Paul Jeswald, wood carving + other media;
Karl + Joan Frank, oil paintings; William Schumacher, custom woodwork + furniture
The reception is free and open to the public. Questions: Call Karl Frank at 978 853 3592 or send an email to : karl.karolus@gmail.com
North Shore Arts Association
The North Shore Arts Association will present its second Members’ Exhibition of the season June 5th through August 1st. The public is invited to an Awards Reception on Sunday, June 6th from 2 to 4 pm.
In addition to the Members’ Exhibition, there will also be a solo exhibition of paintings by Charles Shurcliff from June 5th through June 23rd. The public is invited to a reception on June 6th from 1:00pm to 4:00 pm.
Also from June 5th through June 23rd there will be a solo exhibition of small paintings by Claudia Kaufman.
KUDOS
Kathleen Gerdon Archer’s photograph selected for Danforth Museum
Off the Wall show in Framingham, MA
I cannot leave the world, photograph by Kathleen Gerdon Archer
Kathleen Gerdon Archer’s photograph "I cannot leave the world" was recently accepted for the show Off The Wall at The Danforth Museum in Framingham Ma. The show was juried by Jen Mergel of The MFA and Helen Molesworth from The ICA.
Archer’s photograph "Cartography is a sublime craft" was chosen for the exhibit A Community of Artists also at The Danforth Museum.
Off the Wall: Patrons’ Preview Event, Saturday, June 12, 8pm – 10pm
Opportunities / Classes
Summer Pottery Classes
Cynthia Curtis Potter, 80 Pigeon Hill Street, Rockport (978) 546-6186 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting (978) 546-6186 end_of_the_skype_highlighting
CURRENT OPENINGS FOR THE NEXT SESSION: July 5 – August 21, Sign up now!
- Monday kid’s class with Margie Malley and Sami Steer: 9:00 – 10:30
- Wednesday a.m. adult class with Cynthia Curtis: 9:00 – 12:00
- Thursday p.m. adult class with Cynthia Curtis: 6:00 – 9:00
- Friday a.m. adult class with Anni Melancon: 9:00 – 12:00
Classes are available to all levels of experience. Each session covers throwing pots on the wheel, handbuilding, and glazing. Students work at their own pace supported by individualized instruction.
Private lessons * Independent Study Program * Retail Gallery.
Please call (978) 546-6186 for more information or visit website, www.cynthiacurtispottery.com
Judythe Evans Meagher will conduct a WATERCOLOR
WORKSHOP
“MIXING COLOR WITH A LIMITED PALETTE”
Monday, August 2, 2010 at North Shore Arts Association
This SPECIAL ONE-DAY COURSE will be held at the NORTH SHORE ARTS ASSOCIATION, 11 Pirates Lane, East Gloucester, MA. While demonstrations will be done in transparent watercolor, the information presented also applies to opaque media, such as oils, gouache and acrylics. Students may bring the medium of their choice.
We will focus on the double primary palette to learn how to mix a myriad of hues with only six pigments, how to determine whether our mixtures will produce bright or subdued colors, and how to keep our paintings from getting dull or “muddy”. To register for this course, contact North Shore Arts Association at 978-283-1857 or www.nsarts.org.
ART on the PIER
Located on the Scenic Gloucester Harbor
SUMMER ART PROGRAM
SUMMER SESSION: Focus on Drawing and Illustration technique: Portraiture features, Landscape, Still life: Bob will instruct the students in pencil work through illustration and drawing techniques that focus on elements of size, dimension, lay-out, shading, light and darks, facial features for portrait work and more. Self portrait work will be covered. Please send in a 5 x 7 photograph of a person or pet.
Co-ed Ages 8 – 13 (space limited)
INSTRUCTOR: BOB VIAU: BFA from Mass Art
Owner/Artist of STUDIOVO: Commercial and Fine Art Studio
121R East Main Street, Gloucester, MA. (At East Gloucester Marina)
www.studiovo.com
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PRIVATE or SEMI PRIVATE LESSONS AVAILABLE: $35hr.
SUMMER Program Sessions: Tuesday and Wed. mornings
Session One: July 6, 7, 13, 14 : 9:30-11:00
Session Two: July 20, 21, 27, 28 : 9:30-11:00
Session Three: August 3, 4, 10, 11: 9:30-11:00
One session: $90, Two Sessions: $170, Three Sessions: $250
Click to Download application or call 978-282-0269
SAVE THE DATE
June 3
Nights on the Neck
June 29
Ekua Holmes: Goetemann Resident Studio Talk, Residency Studio
July 1
Nights on the Neck
July 12
Ted Walsh: Goetemann Resident Gallery Talk, Rocky Neck Gallery
Aug 1
Ilana Manolson: Goetemann Distinguished Artist/Teacher, Cape Ann Museum
Aug 4
Ted Walsh: Goetemann Resident Studio Talk, Residency Studio
August 5
Nights on the Neck
August 12
Beaux Arts Ball – Dudes and Divas, Studio Restaurant
September 2
Nights on the Neck
September 9
Hannah Bureau: Goetemann Resident Gallery Talk, Rocky Neck Gallery
October 2
Reception, RNAC Members Juried Show
October 6
Hannah Bureau: Goetemann Resident Studio Talk, Residency Studio
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Rocky Neck Accomodations Renovations With Mona
Mona Faherty Gives Us a Tour Of The Under Construction Suite In The Top Level Of The Rocky Neck Accomodations
Click here to go right to Mona’s Rocky Neck Accommodations Website
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Amy’s Coffee and Cones -New Coffee and Ice Cream Joint On Rocky Neck Video
Amy talks about the hours, offerings and a special event this weekend with $1 scoops
The best of luck to Amy!
Grand Opening kicks off on Friday, May 28th with $1.00 scoops of ice cream between 4pm and 7pm.
Saturday, May 29th Kids Face Painters from Art Haven from 12pm to 2pm and A-Train Orchestra performing on the deck from 3pm to 6pm. Come join the fun!!!
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New Coffee and Ice Cream Shop Opens On Rocky Neck- Amy’s Coffee and Cones
Here’s Amy Blake the owner. There had been an ice cream shop in this space but Amy has added iced coffee, coffee and specialty teas. New hours, new items and more. Look for her video tomorrow morning.
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Biker Brenda Brings Us The Latest Happenings On Rocky Neck Video
Watch For The Big Finish!!!
Here’s to a great season down on Rocky Neck. Brenda just got back from a six month stint in Thailand. Check out more on Brenda here
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Nights on the Neck Starting Up June 3
Save the first Thursday of every month from June to September for Nights on the Neck, beginning June 3. Open Galleries and wonderful entertainment on Rocky Neck in Gloucester. Festivities are from 5 to 9 p.m.
Features for specific dates will be available at www.rockyneckartcolony.org/notn.html, or on signage in the parking lot on the Rocky Neck Ave causeway on the day of the event.
*Scheduled to perform on June 3:
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.
Michael Kirsch/Ed Spilllert
Mike Kirsch and Ed Spillert (guitar, five-string banjo and vocals) will do a range of country, blues, bluegrass, rock and standards.
Chick & Ellen
A Gloucester fisherman and his Brooklyn-bred bride play oldtime and newfangled blues, folk, country, and swing tunes.
Steff Deschenes
The Ice Cream Theory is ice-cream guru Steff Deschenes’s charming exploration of the parallels between human
personalities and ice-cream flavors, a tongue-in-cheek celebration of the variety inherent in a well-lived life.
Gloucester Area Astronomy Club
The friendly folk of the GAAC will set up their telescopes on Rocky Neck, give out observing guides to any passersby who take an interest, and help them pick out things of note in the night sky.
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Gloucester At Dawn- Smith’s Cove Submitted to the GMG Flickr Group By ciabat
Chickity Check It- The New Rudder Website!
Click the picture to check out the Rudder’s New Website!
It features the reconstruction slide show detailing the renovation from frame to finish along with video interviews with owner Jeannie Boland and much more.
Good Morning Gloucester 