Interested in growing your own vegetables from seed? Join Backyard Growers for Seed Starting Part 2! Starting your own seeds is a great way to garden more sustainably while also enjoying a wide variety of veggies!

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At the Water’s Edge Online Photo Contest

In conjunction with the Cape Ann Museum’s spring exhibition, Charles Movalli: Cape Ann & Beyond, the Museum is hosting an online photography contest. Photographers of all experience levels are invited to submit images based on the theme of “at the water’s edge” that capture the magical place often seen in Movalli’s work where land and sea meet. Photos must be taken in Rockport, Gloucester, Essex or Manchester-by-the-Sea.

Submission deadline April 30 | Live Facebook voting May 5 through May 19 | Winners announced May 26

A photographer in the pulpit of a sword fishing vessel, Gloucester, MA 
(possibly Vincent's Cove). Handcolored slide from the Fishermen's 
Institute, c. 1921. Collection of the Cape Ann Museum Library & Archives.

Winning Images

Winning entrants will be notified by May 26, 2017; top three selections will be awarded the following prizes:

1st Prize: One year Cape Ann Museum Membership (Contributor or Red Cottage Society Individual level)

2nd Prize: $50 Gift certificate to Museum Shop

3rd Prize: Copy of Kodachrome Memory by photographer Nathan Benn

A selection of photographs, including the top three winning entries, will be displayed on the Cape Ann Museum website.

How to Enter & Submit Photographs

1. Fill out and sign an entry form for your photograph(s).
2. Fill out model release form if applicable.
3. Email the entry form (1 per photographer), model release form (if applicable) and photo(s) to katelachance@capeannmuseum.org.

 

Margarett Sargent: The Bold and the Beautiful

Saturday, March 25 at 2:00 p.m.

Celebrate Women’s History Month with a lively presentation by Museum docent Margaret Bernier focusing on the life, loves and work of artist Margarett Sargent. Offered in conjunction with the Cape Ann Museum Book Group’s reading of The White Blackbird: A Life of the Painter Margarett Sargent, written by her granddaughter Honor Moore. To complement this program, a selection of works by women artists from the Museum’s collection will be featured in the galleries.

Food Drive Flyer

Come help us fill the shelves of the St Vincent DePaul food pantry that supports our neighbors on Cape Ann.  On Saturday April 8th you can help us by bringing your canned foods to Market Basket, Shaw’s on Eastern Ave and Rite Aid in Rockport.  The Gloucester Knights of Columbus will be there with local Boy and Girl Scouts from 9 am to 3 pm.

The Essex Elementary School PTO is at it again!

The Down River Raffle is a big part of the “Making Waves for EES!” spring fundraising event, which is our biggest fundraiser of the year by far. This year, we have partnered up with ERBA to raffle off a pair of kayaks and accessories, a prize package worth over $3000! Tickets are $50 and we only sell 250, so get yours now! Links to individual items in the package can be found at our website, www.essexpto.com, and the winner will be drawn at our auction Pick-Up Party on April 7, 2017. You do not need to be present to win.

With the exclusive sponsorship of our friends at J. Barrett and Company, every dollar we bring in goes to enriching the EES experience. Join in the fun and reserve your ticket today by emailing essexelementarypto@gmail.com!