Partner With An Artist and Block Party

COMPLETE SCHEDULE AND INFO

In July, the Society for the Encouragement of the ARTS in Gloucester awarded grants amounting to $9000 to six area artists for the production of works of art related to Gloucester's distinguished literary history. Last night the first creation was unveiled in the Building Center's parking lot and more will be presented in the coming week. Of course the photo above is our good friend Joe Ciaramitaro from GoodMorningGloucester.org and the photo of him is by photographer Mark Teiwes who has created a series of photographs called "Faces of the Working Waterfront" that will be presented in a multimedia format at Captain Joe & Sons on East Main Street from 10 to 11:30 on October 11. The photographs were inspired by Vincent Ferrini's poem, At the Brink.

Other artists presenting their work are installation artists Susan Frey and Richard Emmanuel, musician Willie Alexander (left) who, in partnership with Virgilio�'s, will play a recorded singing of Ferrini�fs poems over minimal musical accompaniment on Virgilio�fs loudspeaker system on Main Street. Granite sculptor Martin Ray's (below),installation will take place on the granite rocks in front of the Fitz Henry Lane House on Harbor Loop. The public is invited to view the sculpture named "Maximus [Olson] and The Living Poem [Ferrini]". Performance artist Ian McColl, and installation artist Emily Sinagra also participate.

The event will also feature a panel discussion next Thursday evening hosted by one of our favorite people Peter Anastas. I'll be posting more about this event in the week to come but I wanted to warn you to save next Thursday evening and next Saturday for this unique celebration of Gloucester's literary heritage.

The Partner With an Artist (PWA) program is funded by seARTS and through grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council John and Abigail Adams Art Program and the Boston Foundation Bruce J. Anderson Fund. The Partner with an Artist Program has evolved over the last 3 years with increasing interest and new thinking from artist applicants. This year, sixteen proposals were judged on quality and clarity of the project idea; inclusion of relevant literary texts in the conception or manifestation of the project; innovative adaptation/expansion of the artists' work to meet the criteria of the grant; a willingness and ability to be site-specific in the project proposal; and merit of previous work.

seARTS cultivates Cape Ann’s position as a world-class center for working artists. seARTS is a coalition of artists, art lovers, cultural institutions, businesses, and municipal organizations, all working together to improve the economic base for the arts and the larger Cape Ann community.


For more information about seARTS, contact Sara Young, Executive Director ed@searts.org or visit www.searts.org

Stay tuned and thanks for reading.

Download the Flyer with complete schedule.

And don't forget the 2nd Block Party. The first one was such a success that Number 2 is scheduled the evening of the PWA Walk - October 11. Be sure to see a special slide presentation of works by our photographer friends, Jay Albert and Jim Barber (click to enlarge image below):