Tag Archives: Art

Your Motif No.1 Day Festival Guide HERE on GMG!

Okay, so here goes…Rockport is packed this weekend with activities for residents, visitors, and people in every other category. Not sure what is going on when? Keep this post handy, because it will guide you through the festivities in the … Continue reading

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Art Blab by Deb Clarke

Art Blab by Deb Clarke Last February we had an engagement party for my daughter Elizabeth and her Joshua.  Towards the end of the evening Elizabeth secretly recorded one of our conversations.  here’s a short snippet.  we had a good … Continue reading

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Remembering Paris

Another photo from my vacation in October. - Fr. Matthew Green

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Origami class at the Hive tonight!

Tonight, April 25, I will be teaching an origami class at The Hive at 7PM.  The cost is $15 students, $20 adults. Supplies are included. The theme is “Spring!”  So I am going to offer a “menu” of models we can chose … Continue reading

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Video- The Summer (of teaching) With Lindsay Crouse

Lindsay stopped down the dock to talk about the many opportunities to listen to her teachings including one at The Hive on the 26th, The Summer Retreat, Amesbury, New York, Rocky Neck Cultural Center and Rockport. She will be at … Continue reading

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Origami class at the Hive, April 25

Next Thursday, April 25, I will be teaching an origami class at The Hive at 7PM.  The cost is $15 students, $20 adults. Supplies are included. The theme is “Spring!”  So I am going to offer a “menu” of models we can … Continue reading

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Committee for the Arts (CFTA) announces that 15 semifinalists have been selected for the first ever 2013 Gloucester MA HarborWalk Public Art Challenge

Catherine Ryan Submits- Hi Joey- On behalf of the City of Gloucester , the Committee for the Arts (CFTA) announces that 15 semifinalists have been selected for the first ever 2013 Gloucester MA HarborWalk Public Art Challenge. Congratulations all! James … Continue reading

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Naomi Lee shares her art in Gloucester and around Cape Ann

Naomi Lee (Glimcher Panarello) who has made her home here in Gloucester for the past six years was a long time resident of Revere for thirty seven years and moved on to Marblehead for 18 years. She has been interested … Continue reading

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EDWARD HOPPER GLOUCESTER MATCH WITH HELP FROM GMG TIP???

Catherine Ryan submits- Thank you again Sibley family! The recent GMG Hopper post of the Sibley family helping to identify the Rockaway Hotel in an Edward Hopper drawing generated more discoveries! For reference, here’s the Hopper Rockaway image and a … Continue reading

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TAG Program Info Session April 3rd At The Hive!

Hi Joe,  I am the assistant director of a new teen art program called the Teen Artist Guild. The Director, David Brooks, and I have been fortunate to receive funding through the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Youth Reach Grant. The TAG … Continue reading

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Aim High Snoop Maddie Mad

Parent Night At School Madeline shows us her Kindergarten painting depicting what she wants to be when she grows up.  A fashion designer in Paris.  Nice aspiration right there Madeline.  Much better than what she told us she wanted to … Continue reading

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Catherine Ryan Explores The Latest Exhibits At The PEM

Hi Joey, We are so lucky to have the Cape Ann Museum in Gloucester , MA . The North Shore is also fortunate to have the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem . There are several memorable exhibits overlapping right … Continue reading

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Rebecca Siswick’s art at Island Art and Hobby

Rebecca Siswick Graham is the Artist-of-the-Month at Island Art & Hobby! Her current collection of artwork in acrylic, encaustic, and mixed media will be on display now through March 31st. They held a reception on March 15, and was well … Continue reading

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Catherine Ryan confirms Rockaway Hotel as another Gloucester Edward Hopper match with help from the Sibley family

Hi Joey, I am hoping readers may think about this Gloucester Edward Hopper project when they peruse old family albums. Why? There are still more Edward Hopper locations in Gloucester to uncover, and the photos may help identify the original … Continue reading

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The Gloucester Committee for the Arts announces $13,200 in new private donation!

Catherine Ryan submits- Hi Joey The Gloucester Committee for the Arts announces $13,200 in new private donation! This jumbo gift enables the current conservation work on six of the Charles Allen Winter New Deal murals in City Hall to be … Continue reading

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Key to Gloucester City Hall’s City Council in Session 1937 New Deal mural by Charles Allan Winter

Catherine Ryan submits- The Committee for the Arts is excited to share new “in situ” photographs of Gloucester ’s City Hall murals by noted architectural photographer, Chuck Choi. Here is Chuck Choi photographing and Mayor Carolyn Kirk eyeing his composition … Continue reading

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The Bean and Snoop Maddie Mad Give The Little Mermaid Jr At O’Maley A Bazillion Thumbs Up

We just caught the dress rehearsal and I’ll let the Bean and Snoop Maddie Mad’s review speak for itself- Don’t be the neglectful parent that deprives your child the opportunity to see this performance! The O’Maley Innovation Middle School’s Performing … Continue reading

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chickity check it!- fortytwoseventy from evie

Evie just put together her blog- check it out here- http://fortytwoseventy.wordpress.com/

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Art ROCKport

When the mood hits. left at 3:10 2/20/13 http://art-rocks.org/

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Gloucester Welcomes The MCC Thursday 2/21/13 Info

    Help us Decorate by printing and posting Art Haven’s poster! (attached) Please print out and share this wonderful poster, a unique and custom welcome for MCC, designed by Art Haven, a founding cultural partner. We’re hoping residents, businesses, … Continue reading

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Abstract Origami

Each folded from a single sheet of paper following a regular geometric method. I am not sure who discovered these first; I discovered them independently back in the 80′s and published diagrams in the Origami Newsletter of the Friends of … Continue reading

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“Fatboy Cichlid” by Deb Clarke

“Fatboy Cichlid” by Deb Clarke From Deb Clarke: “We had a 30 gallon community aquarium for quite a few years where this rare blue faced Cichlid  grew to 10 inches or so by eating most of the other fish in … Continue reading

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Origami Mammoth

Designed by Satoshi Kamiya, folded by me from one 10″ uncut sheet of paper (foil on one side, white on the other). – Fr. Matthew Green  

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Cape Ann Museum After Hours

Last Friday, the Cape Ann Museum had one of its “After Hours” events, featuring custom-made music installations in three galleries, refreshments from The Azorian restaurant, a raffle, and an artistic scavenger hunt! A good crowd showed up for the event. … Continue reading

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Class on origami boxes and containers at The Hive!

Plain boxes, fancy boxes, boxes with lids from one sheet of paper, boxes made from multiple units…. I will be teaching these and/or similar models, according to the skill and interests of the students (teens and adults), on Thursday, January … Continue reading

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