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Goetemann Artists in Residence

May 31-June 29: Ekaterina Smirnovanova

Las Ramblas 40 x 52

Ekaterina Smirnova, a Brooklyn based artist, started painting in a Russian art school in Siberia in 1991. Her style has been further developed at The Art Students League of NY, where Ekaterina has been a member since first moving to the United States in 2006. Watercolor, her main medium, and etchings are often exhibited at art shows around New York and the Northeast. In the past 4 years, Ekaterina has received various awards in juried shows including from The Salmagundi Club, Allied Artists of America and Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition (BWAC). Currently she is a Junior Scholar and a member of The Art Committee at The Salmagundi Club.

MON, June 4, 7pm : Introductory Slide Presentation, The Center, 4 Wonson St

WED, June 27, 7pm : Studio Talk, Residency Studio, 51A Rocky Neck Ave. (Kismet Wharf)

See rockyneckartcolony.org/residency.php for more images and information about all of this year's resident artists.

Sailor Stans Now Open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays

M E M B E R   N E W S

Free Artist's Demonstrations

Throughout its 90th season, North Shore Arts Association will offer a total of 16 demonstrations by its artist members, many of whom will be teaching adult workshops.
The schedule for the coming weeks is as follows:

• Sunday, May 20, 2pm - Andrew Anderson-Bell, Pastel
• Sunday, June 3, 2pm - Steve Kennedy, Oil
• Saturday, June 9, 2pm -Tom Sutherland- Oil and Wax

Fort Point Arts Community Featured Artist for the month of May:
http://www.fortpointarts.org/exhibitions/mifp-featured-artist/

Just One Word, by Karen Ristuben

Karen Ristuben is presenting "Just, one word..." at several area locations. Please come, and spread the word about this event: a multimedia performance/lecture on the issue of marine plastic pollution, plastics toxicity and public health viewed through the lenses of marine science, economics, politics, and public policy. Hope to see you there!!

• Thursday June 28, 10:15 am, National Marine Educators Assn conference, Univ. of Alaska, Anchorage AK (if you happen to be there!)
• Monday July 16, 7 pm, Seabrook Beach Civic Association, Rte 1A, Seabrook, MA

Thursday, May 31, 6-8pm Art@Bass Rocks Opening and Reception

Bass Rocks Golf Club
Guest Speaker: Maggie Cavallo

6:00-7:00 PM: Reception, cash bar.
7:00-8:00 PM: Maggie's talk, Q&A session

Free and open to the public. All art work is for sale.

We're very pleased to welcome Maggie Cavallo as Guest Speaker for the opening of the fifth Annual Bass Rocks Art Loan Program. Maggie is the Assistant Curator of Education for the Gallery & Visiting Artist Program at Montserrat College of Art. For Maggie's complete bio, click here.

Exhibiting artists:

W O R K S H O P S  &  D E M O S

K U D O S

Eileen Patton Oliver Shows Her Paintbox on GMG

See more images and info at goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/eileen-patten-oliver-shows-hers/

Photos from GMG ... the Tea Party Ship Eleanor was towed to Boston.

Photographs © Kathy Chapman 2012 http://www.kathychapman.com

The Eleanor

The original Eleanor was one of several vessels owned by leading Boston merchant, smuggler, and Boston Board of Selectman, John Rowe. His holdings included stores, warehouses and Rowe's Wharf, a current Boston landmark. Rowe was an active smuggler and inciter in the years preceding the American Revolution. He was influential in protesting British authority, specifically Britain's tightening restrictions on colonial trade.

Richard Seeley wins First Place in the Mile High Wildlife Photo Club competition

for month of May in the controlled/captive category.

"Desert Ghost" - A great horned owl flies in silence and with stealth. The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum in Tucson conducts predator free flights. In these sessions trained predators respond to the commands of their handlers. No tethers are used. This beautiful great horned owl swooped in silence just a few feet over my head and landed on a cactus stalk 10 yards from where I was standing. In between heart palpitations and rapid breathing, I was able to remember to take this picture.

Susie Field receives award at North Shore Arts First Members Exhibition

Susie Field recently was awarded the "Art Supply Warehouse Prize" for her painting "Fifth Avenue Musician" at the North Shore Arts Association's First Membes Exhibion. She spotted the musician performing outside the Gugenheim Museum during a visit to New York earlier this year.

Judith Monteferrante Featured in Scottsdale, AZ Gallery

Photography by Judith Monteferrante is now featured at Xanadu Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona.

See attached catalog for details.

Reception: Sunday, May 20, 3-5pm

A N N O U N C E M E N T S / O P P O R T U N I T I E S

SAT, May 19, 9am - 5pm : Artists' Plein Air Day

Artist's Plein Air Day at Cogswell's Grant

When: Saturday, May 19th, 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Where: Cogswell's Grant,60 Spring Street, Essex, Mass.
Phone: 978-768-3632
Admission: Free

Artists and painters are invited to Cogswell's Grant for a day of plein-air painting. Join your fellow artists from all over the North Shore to paint beautiful vistas including the Essex River and the Great Marsh, farm fields and landscapes, and our eighteenth century historic house and barns. Free beverages and snacks will be available during the day, and artists can take a free tour of the museum and its important collection of American folk art.

2011 Grand Prize Winner
"Early Morning Marsh" By Marion J. Bayly Location: Essex, MA

2012 ENHA Photo Contest Launched: Shoot, Enter, Win!

Essex Heritage is pleased to announce the launch of the 2012 Essex National Heritage Area Photo Contest! All photographers are welcome to submit images to the Photo Contest that capture the essence of the Essex National Heritage Area (ENHA) or speak to Essex Heritage's role in preserving the historic, cultural and natural treasures of Essex County.

Photographs must be taken within the ENHA and represent one of this year's three contest categories. Check out the contest categories (and prizes!) and read the complete rules & requirements here.

Essex Heritage Photo Safaris

Need a little inspiration for your award winning submission? View the 2011 photo contest gallery and go on a Photo Safari this summer! Essex Heritage Photo Safaris provide the perfect environment to capture your award winning shot: eye-catching locations and state of the art digital equipment! For more information about the Safaris click here.

Attention all RNAC Members

On June 1 the RNAC website will be updated to include only paid 2012 member in the Artist, Business, and Community sections. Anyone that has not renewed their membership will be removed from the website. If you are not sure if you have renewed or not, please contact the memberhip chair, Ann McKay. Membership renewal forms are available on www.rockyneckartcolony.org.

F O R   R E N T

Residency Studio Available for Rent

The Goetemann Residency Studio at 51A Rocky Neck Ave. is available for rent for private shows. These daes are availablel:

15% of sales will go to the RNAC. Our lease for the weekend begins on a thursday at 2:00 pm and ends on monday morning, checkout time at 10 a.m. The cost for the artist is $300. For Rocky Neck Art Colony members every day before or after this time is an extra cost of $40 per day. (example: Wednesday 2 p.m - Sunday 10 a.m would be $340.) Non RNAC members who wish to rent the studio will be charged an additional $75 per day beyond the $300 initial weekend rate.

We are being very strict about the hours as we pay many thousands of dollars to rent the esidency studio. There will be an additional charge to the renter if the studio is in disrepair or damaged in any way. For more information or to reserve your space, contact Ruth Mordecai at rglouc@comcast.net.

S A V E   T H E   D A T E

• SAT, May 19 : Spring Exhibition opening day, 11am - 8pm
• FRI, May 25 : Aquarto Gallery Grand Opening, 6-9pm
• SAT, May 26 : Best of Rocky Neck Spring Show Reception, Rocky Neck Gallery, 5:30 - 8pm
• SAT, May 26 : White Bird Grand Re-Opening Party, 7-9pm
• SAT, May 26 : Khan Gallery, Judith Monteferrante/Roger Salisbury, Spirit of the West Reception, 7-9pm
• MON, June 4, 7pm : Goetemann Resident Ekaterina Smirnovanova, Introductory Slide Presentation, The Center
• Thursday, June 7, Nights on the Neck
• Thursday, June 7, Rocky Neck Gallery Opening Day
• SAT, June 16, Elizabeth Gauthier, Summer Artist Series Exhibition, 6-8 pm
• SAT, June 16, Rocky Neck Gallery opening reception, 6-8 pm