On the Neck

Thurs, Sept. 2 : Nights on the Neck

• JoeAnn Hart, the author of the social satire Addled and a regular contributor to the Boston Globe Magazine, will read from her pretty-much-finished novel, Float.  Set in a seaside town in Maine, Float follows the travails of the owner of a dehydration plant as he copes with financial desperation, conceptual art, insanity, infertility, YouTube, a seagull, a duck, plastic, marital crisis, jellyfish and organized crime.

• Gordon Baird will be performing a melange of Frank Sinatra and other crooner toons, some original comic adaptations of show toons with Gloucester-centric lyrics, as well as a few selected short theater monologues. Guaranteed to waste your time and make you smile . . .

• Thomas Hauck will be reading from his recently published book of short stories and poems, Public Image: Stories and Poems.

• Margi Green and Her Delightful Assistants, kids from the Rocky Neck 'hood, will present Lights in Motion, an electric light performance.

• Rick Drost began singing with a Kingston Trio-style group in high school, continued in a small folk group in college, then a glee club, and an opera chorus. He started writing and singing around coffeehouses in DC and New England in the ‘70s, finally settling in Cambridge, MA, where he was a member of the folk-rock group Parts and Labor. He performs at least once a week, wherever he goes.

• 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.

Specific showtimes and locations will be posted in the parking lot on the Rocky Neck Ave causeway, and at the various venues around the Neck.  Come on down and check out the galleries or have a snack or dinner at one of the restaurants.

Sept 2 - 16: Joyce Frederick, in the Ann Fisk Room at the Rocky Neck Gallery

Joyce Frederick will display her paintings from Friday, September 2 until September 15
in the Ann Fisk Room of the Rocky Neck Gallery.

Four Friends Art Exhibit at Kismet Wharf
RECEPTIOn: Friday, Sept. 3, 5:30 - 8pm

Clockwise from top left: Marie Sweeney, Barbara McLaughlin, Joan Frank, Barbara Dugan

Barbara Dugan, Joan Frank, Barbara McLaughlin and Marie Sweeney will exhibit their paintings from September 3 to 6 at Kismet Wharf, 51A Rocky Neck Ave.

Reception: Friday, Sept 3, 5:30-8pm

WED, Sept 15th: Anne Krinsky, Artist in Residence Gallery Talk

Delineation Lime, by Anne Krinsky, acrylic on panel, 24” x 24”

Printmaker Anne Krinsky will be the third Goetemann Artist in Residence for 2010. She will give a talk about her work on Wednesday, September 15 at 7pm in the Rocky Neck Gallery.

Anne Krinsky makes grid-based works on paper and panel that occupy a middle ground between painting and drawing. In them, a delicate linear geometry is alternately overlaid with, or superimposed upon, translucent layers of acrylic color. Her panels are built up over time with thick swaths, splotches and drips of candy-colored paint. She subsequently sands these down to create a seamless seductive surface -- a visual representation of a present moment shaped by prior experience.

Her upcoming show, Anne Krinsky: Time / Line, 2000 – 2010, opens in October 2010 at the Trustman Gallery at Simmons College in Boston. Krinsky’s layered acrylic paintings are in the collections of the British Museum, the Boston Public Library, Graham Gund and the UK charity, Paintings in Hospitals. She holds a BFA in Printmaking from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and is represented in Boston by Soprafina Gallery.

Sidestreet Gallery : Graceann Warn & The Art Of Encaustic

NOW THROUGH THIS FALL At Side Street Gallery, 17 Rocky Neck Ave.

Side Street is the home of Hughes Bosca’s unusual fine 18K BOLD Gold jewelry. As a gallery we focus on finding and representing exceptional contemporary artists and ethnic objects. In addition to paintings we have selected fine artifacts from around the world. Through our eclectic displays we offer a vision of how to bring unusual art/objects into your every day life. Side Street is an experience. Join us in the adventure of collecting.
For more information: 978-283-3791       http://www.hughesbosca.com/side-street-gallery.htm

Weiler Photo Gallery Presents Gloucester's Schooners

www.weilerphotogallery.com   978-281-6443   WeilerPhotoGallery@comcast.net

MEMBER NEWS

Dale Blank in Gallery Della-Piana Show in Wenham, MA

Symphony, photograph by Dale Blank

Dale Blank has three photographs in "As Lovely as A Tree" juried show
at Gallery Della-Piana, Wenham, Aug 14-Oct 9.

Kathleen Miller at Bodin Gallery

Kathleen Miller will be displaying her work at the Bodin Gallery, 82 Main St. in Gloucester.

Judy Robinson-Cox, Featured Artist at Salem Arts

Judy Robinson-Cox is the featured artist for September at the Salem Arts Association Gallery
on Artist's Row in Salem.

Opportunities / Classes / Contests

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Rocky Neck Art Colony General Meeting

The next general meeting of the Rocky Neck Art Colony will be held on Monday (not Tuesday), September 13 at 6:30pm in the Rocky Neck Gallery.More information will be announced next week.

The Best of Rocky Neck

Rocky Neck Art Colony Member's Exhibition, October 2 to 16

The Rocky Neck Art Colony invites all art colony artist members to submit your best work to this exhibition, dedicated to celebrating and championing creative talent on Rocky Neck and in the Rocky Neck Art Colony.

Submission Info:

• All Rocky Neck Art Colony artist members are invited to submit one piece up to 40” wide or two smaller pieces not to exceed 40” in width of their Best Work.
• Media accepted: painting, mixed media/assemblage, sculpture (including ceramic sculpture and metalwork), printmaking, drawing, photography. The artist should provide a sculpture stand for large sculpture. The gallery cannot accommodate installations or video (unless all self-running equipment is provided by the artist).
• Work must have been completed within the last three years.
• Accepted work must remain with the exhibit until the exhibit closes.
• All two-dimensional work must be wired for hanging. No saw tooth hangers or clip frames.
• Everyone submitting work will be asked to gallery sit for two hours during the show
• Download application form (http://mail.rockyneckartcolony.org/Call_for_Art.pdf) and mail or drop it off at the Rocky Neck Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck Ave., Gloucester MA 01930 by September 15.
• There is no entry fee. Work may be for sale but it is not required.
• The Art Colony will take 30% commission on any work that is sold.
• The hanging committee will make every attempt to hang all work submitted but may have to return some pieces due to lack of space or improper framing.
• Drop off work on Thursday, Sept. 30, 6 to 8pm or Friday, October 1, 10am to noon.
• Pick-Up of Unsold Work: Sunday, October 17, 10am to noon.
• Reception: Saturday, October 2, 5 to 8pm. Donations of food or beverages will be appreciated but are not required.

For more information contact Marie Sweeney, (sonomarie@comcast.net) or Judy Robinson-Cox (judy@robinson-cox.com).

KUDOS

Richard Seeley and Tom Robinson-Cox Receive Top Honors
Reception: Friday, Sept.3, 5-7pm

Tom Robinson-Cox and Richard Seeley were the top prize recipients for the Rockport Art Association's Fourth Summer Photography Show. The reception for this show is this Friday, September 3, 5 to 7pm.

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