Show your gratitude thia pre-Thanksgiving weekend by helping Maritime Gloucester’s Gloucester Gig Rowers during our blood drive. We are saluting those who battle Leukemia, specifically honoring our own rower, Suzyn Ornstein who is fighting this battle today. All who give receive a $5 Dunkin Donuts gift card.
We are pleased to partner with Dana Farber, Brigham Health, and Dunkin Donuts to make this effort possible.
For the fall art exhibit at the Rose Baker Senior Center, Juni Van Dyke, Director of the Art Program at the Center, is honoring a group of artists: Mary Rhineland McCarl, Ed Leavitt, Marion Linden, Helen Burgess and Gen McNamara. The artists and Juni are pictured below in front of the exhibit. The public is encouraged to stop by the Center between 9am and 4pm any weekday to see the work of these accomplished artists.
From left to right, the artist being honored are Mary Rhineland McCarl, Ed Leavitt, Valerie Sandler and her mother Helen Burgess, Susan Harrington, Juni Van Dyke (Art Director) and Marion Linden. Gen McNamara was not at the photo session.
Many of you may know Mary Rhinelander McCarl’s work as she has been honored as artist of the month before. Mary studied medieval art at Radcliff College. Many years later, the influence of her studies are evident in her intelligent abstract interpretations rendered through a bold use of color and unique collage application. For this exhibit Mary selected several of her brightly colored paintings. One of the featured paintings is shown below.
Ed Leavitt’s is another familiar artist. He like Mary has been honored before as artist of the month. Ed’s profession was in the building trades and now in retirement he spends his time following his love of art. He brings his understanding of fine detail and serious craftsmanship to the medium of watercolor and acrylic. This piece from the exhibit show his attention to fine detail and sense of color.
Helen Burgess came to the Art Program six years ago without any prior instruction in the visual arts. She has come a long way since then and has been honored as artist of the month a number of times. Helen’s delightful “Bird Series” bears witness to the promise that creativity is a unique gift that dwells within us all. Her bird paintings are unique and this piece from the bird series show her playful style.
Susan Harrington is one of three artists in this exhibit who are being honored for the first time. Her recent floral arrangements are examples of watercolor’s potential for fluid, graceful, and immediate renderings. For this exhibit she has selected a number of her watercolors that help to define unlimited forms of expression. One of her pieces from the exhibit is shown below.
Marion Linden is another of the first-time artists being honored in this exhibit. Marion brings an insatiable curiosity to her investigation of the formal techniques of established artists. Antecedents of the work of Fairfield Porter are impressively evident in works on display. As you can see in the piece below, her work is both detailed and whimsical.
The final new artist in the exhibit is McNamara. Gen approaches the art process with a curious embrace of new possibilities and brave exploration. Her watercolors and acrylics help define her most recent discoveries. Her work advances in directions that both surprise and delight as you can see in this piece from the exhibit.
Maritime Gloucester is working hard to get ready for the 2nd Annual Deck the Docks, December 4 through 7!
Today’s Star feature: Our “Deck Your Walls” Art Gallery (thanks to partner group seARTS!) seARTS put it best:
We put out the call for art and were FLOODED with response. So the walls will be FILLED with incredible works from incredible artists from Cape Ann and [way] beyond!
It’s a perfect way to get a great gift for the holidays, support Artists and support Maritime Gloucester, and we hope you’ll join us for the show, the reception, and do some of your gift shopping in the BEST way possible!
Volunteers for the event are still needed. Contact us at info@maritimegloucester.org if you would like to be part of this great event.
This Thanksgiving, show your gratitude by helping Maritime Gloucester’s Gloucester Gig Rowers during our blood drive. We are saluting those who battle Leukemia, specifically honoring our own rower, Suzyn Ornstein who is fighting this battle today. All who give receive a $5 Dunkin Donuts gift card.
We are pleased to partner with Dana Farber, Brigham Health, and Dunkin Donuts to make this effort possible.
Did you enjoy the graveyard tour in Essex? Come and learn more about gravestones with the Essex Shipbuilding Museum President, Dr. David Driscoll. He is sure to have you on the edge of your grave, clinging on for dear life in the next installment of the “Frame Up to Fit Out Speaker Series”
November 20th, 7 pm at the Shipbuilding Museum. To purchase tickets and learn more follow the link : https://www.essexshipbuilding.org/calendar-of-events
Saturday, November 16th
9:30 to 2 PM
Rockport High School
24 Jerdens Lane, Rockport
Come get your holiday shopping done or buy something unique for yourself! We will have:
This is just a small sample of some of the amazing items that will be there!
The Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation hosts this civic event to explore the topic of housing, its relevance to the City of Gloucester and Cape Ann, and the challenges and opportunities it presents for the future. Through a program of speakers, panels, and audience interaction, presenters will address the question of how Gloucester’s lack of reasonably-priced housing is holding the city back. Discussions will explore how creative, green, and maritime economies might offer solutions.
PROGRAM
SEGMENT I 2:00 – 2:50
GREETING: Charles Nazarian, President, Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation
OVERVIEW: Sandy Ronan, VP/Events, Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation
PANEL DISCUSSION, Sandy Ronan-Moderator:
Subject: “How is the lack of housing holding Gloucester back?”
Shawn Henry -Gloucester Planning Board
Robert J.Gillis, Jr. – President, Cape Ann Savings Bank
Ken Riehl – CEO, Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce
David Houlden – Gloucester Housing Authority
SPEAKER:
Peggy Hegarty-Steck – President and Executive Director, Action, Inc.
Subject: Cameron’s project – zoning/funding challenges
BREAK: 10 minutes
SEGMENT II 3:00 – 3:50
RESIDENT STORIES, Kathleen Williams-Moderator:
Clare Higgins – SeARTS
RuthPino – Realtor
David Calvo –Woodcarver/sculptor
Angela Sanfilippo– Executive Director, Gloucester Fisherman’s Wives Association
Rob Newton -Cape Ann Community Cinema Stage
Katie O’Leary – Wellspring, Homeless Prevention Case Manager
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
Andrew DeFranza -Harborlight Community Partners
BREAK: 10 minutes
SEGMENT III 4:00-5:00
SPEAKERS:
Carl Gustin -Economic Development and Industrial Corporation
Tom Balf – Founder and Principal, OceanVest, Merging the Maritime, Green, and Creative Economies
PANEL, (addressing written questions from the audience) Jeremy Melvin-Moderator:
Jen Holmgren – City Councilor
David Houlden –Gloucester Housing Authority
Andrew DeFranza – Harborlight Community Partners
Robert J. Gillis – President, Cape Ann Savings Bank
Kirk Noyes – Gloucester Development Team
CLOSING 5:00
SUMMATION: Mayor Sefatia Romeo-Theken
The three-hour program is free and open to the public. People are encouraged to attend as much of the program as they like. Ten-minute breaks with refreshments between segments will allow audience members to interact with presenters and engage in informal conversations with each other.
The Gloucester Meetinghouse, home of the Unitarian Universalist Church, is located at the corner of Church and Middle Streets. The accessible side entrance is at 10 Church Street. Event parking is available on the green and at additional parking lots nearby in the Historic District. For more information on this program and for the full 2019-20 event schedule, please visit www.gloucestermeetinghouse.org.
