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Paint Stonington, ME — 4 Day Plein Air Workshop with Ken DeWaard - Rockport Art Association & Museum
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Paint Stonington, ME — 4 Day Plein Air Workshop with Ken DeWaard - Rockport Art Association & Museum

Paint Stonington, ME — 4 Day Plein Air Workshop with Ken DeWaard Tuesday, September 16 - Friday, September 19, 2025 Registration Deadline: August 26 RAA&M Members: $650 Non-Members: $700 During this four-day workshop, we will start by discussing our intent, our vision for where we will take the painting. We will strive to make our work fresh, vibrant, and full of light, not being a slave to what is there but knowing how to interpret the essence of it: A painting, a well-designed beautiful one, not just

Rockport Art Association & Museum
Company Community Service Coastal Cleanups!
Monday, August 18, 2025
Company Community Service Coastal Cleanups!

Reducing the amount of debris on our shores to limit pollution and threats to wildlife is a group effort. We take a unique approach… We add icebreakers and team building to the event to make it more impactful and memorable, which is exactly what every company wants out of an event!   Our Company Community Service Cleanups are rewarding opportunities that can simultaneously improve teamwork and communication skills while increasing your team member’s sense of stewardship and accomplishment. We can also

Seaside Sustainability
Nor’east Cleaners Announces New Ownership and Management Focused on Personalized Service
Friday, August 15, 2025
Nor’east Cleaners Announces New Ownership and Management Focused on Personalized Service

Manchester-by-the-Sea & Gloucester, MA – Nor’east Cleaners, a trusted name in garment care on the North Shore for almost six decades, is proud to announce a change in ownership and a renewed commitment to hands-on, day-to-day service across its Manchester and Gloucester locations. The longstanding business was recently acquired by Essex local and entrepreneur Troy Scarbrough who has also brought his daughter Grace in to help out in the family shop. Basically, all the great existing 26 team members are

Nor'east Cleaners - Gloucester
Pauline’s Gifts Launches Annual Women-to-Women Drive to Support Active Military Women
Friday, August 15, 2025
Pauline’s Gifts Launches Annual Women-to-Women Drive to Support Active Military Women

Gloucester, MA – Pauline’s Gifts recently announced that donations are needed for its annual Women-to-Women Drive, which collects personal care items for women currently serving in the U.S. military. This special initiative focuses on providing comfort and care from home to those who sacrifice so much for our freedom. “Our goal is to let these women know that their service matters and that their sacrifices are recognized,” said Pauline Breshnahan, owner of Pauline’s Gifts. “It’s a simple way for our

Pauline's Gift Shop
Donate a Vehicle to Support Local Non-Profit Mission
Monday, August 11, 2025
Donate a Vehicle to Support Local Non-Profit Mission

Seaside Sustainability's mission is to advocate, educate, and deliver tangible solutions to advance environmental stewardship. We are a local 501(c)3 non profit needs your help!  We manage dozens of programs locally and our vehicle has had to depart this earth to hopefully be reincarnated to another vehicle! Do you have a vehicle you can donate?  Looking for something with plenty of room to transport gear and even put on a trailer hitch. FULLY TAX DEDUCTIBLE!!!  

Seaside Sustainability
Rocky Neck Art Colony presents: Rephrasing at Cove Gallery
Monday, August 11, 2025
Rocky Neck Art Colony presents: Rephrasing at Cove Gallery

Exhibition Title: RephrasingLocation: Cove Gallery, 37 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester, MA 01930Dates: August 21 - September 14, 2025Opening Reception: Thursday, August 21 from 4-7 pmHours: Sunday and Monday, noon-5PM; Thursday - Saturday, noon - 7PMGloucester, MA — Rocky Neck Art Colony is proud to present Rephrasing, an exhibition curated by Janice Brand. This show, the fifth for the season at Cove Gallery, encompasses the mixed-media work of four artists who utilize the concepts of adaptation and

Rocky Neck Art Colony
Swing Into Action The NEEDS Center's Golf Classic
Friday, August 08, 2025
Swing Into Action The NEEDS Center's Golf Classic

Swing Into Action at The NEEDS Center’s Golf ClassicMonday, September 15, 2025 |  9:30AM Ipswich Country Club, Ipswich, MAJoin us for a day of golf, contests, BBQ lunch, awards and a dinner reception all while networking and supporting our mission all while raising funds to support people with autism and other developmental disabilities in our community!   Click here for ticket and sponsorship information and to participate in our silent auction. For custom sponsorship opportunities please contact

The North East Educational and Development Support Center (The NEEDS Center)
The Salted Cod Gallery Welcomes Kathleen George as August Guest Artist
Friday, August 01, 2025
The Salted Cod Gallery Welcomes Kathleen George as August Guest Artist

GLOUCESTER, MA — August 1, 2025 — The Salted Cod Gallery is delighted to announce Kathleen George as the featured guest artist for the month of August.   Gloucester-based artist Kathleen George invites viewers into a deeply personal world where painting serves as both mirror and vessel—a way of giving voice to life’s inner tides. From her light-filled studio in her Gloucester apartment, George has spent a lifetime turning to art as an essential practice—one that grounds her emotionally and connects her to

Rocky Neck Art Colony
2025 RAA&M National Juried Show Call for Entries - Rockport Art Association & Museum
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
2025 RAA&M National Juried Show Call for Entries - Rockport Art Association & Museum

Call for Entries! The 2025 RAA&M National Juried Show is now accepting submissions. Over $24,000 in Cash and Merchandise Awards! $5,000 Grand Prize.The RAA&M National is a juried exhibition for artists across the United States to exhibit artwork crafted in a wide and diverse range of media (painting, drawing, mixed media, collage, photography, digital art, original printmaking, and sculpture).Entry Deadline: September 8, 2025.For more information and to enter: www.rockportartassn.org/raam-national  

Rockport Art Association & Museum
“What’s in a Voice, Solo Exhibition with Talya Baharal”
Tuesday, July 29, 2025
“What’s in a Voice, Solo Exhibition with Talya Baharal”

Talya Baharal: Excavating the Shape of a Language On view at Cove Gallery, 37 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gloucester, MA, August 7-17, 2025 Gloucester, MA Talya Baharal’s paintings explore the evolving journey of an artist finding and refining her abstract voice. Each work reflects her deep engagement with the visual world—unintended compositions seen, absorbed, and reimagined through the language of abstraction. From asphalt repairs and fractured ice sheets to a humble mended seam or a mangled wire in a trash

Rocky Neck Art Colony
Cape Ann Museum welcomes two new members to its Board of Trustees to further Museum growth
Friday, May 23, 2025
Cape Ann Museum welcomes two new members to its Board of Trustees to further Museum growth

                                 Left to Right: Allison Mueller; Lindsay Pearce Cowan, MDGLOUCESTER, Mass. (May 2025) – Cape Ann Museum has appointed Allison Mueller, Gloucester native and current Rockport resident, and Lindsay Pearce Cowan, MD, of Annisquam, to its Board of Trustees. “Allison and Lindsay make excellent additions as advocates for Cape Ann Museum,” says the Museum’s Director Oliver Barker. “Their expertise will be an asset as the Museum continues moving toward its next chapter with a

Cape Ann Museum
Cape Ann Museum seeks donations to acquire Morgan Faulds Pike’s plaster model of the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Memorial
Tuesday, April 01, 2025
Cape Ann Museum seeks donations to acquire Morgan Faulds Pike’s plaster model of the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives Memorial

Cape Ann Museum seeks donations to acquire Morgan Faulds Pike’s plaster model of the Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives MemorialMuseum expands collections as it enters 150th anniversaryMorgan Faulds Pike, Scale-model for The Gloucester Fishermen's Wives Memorial, 1999-2001, painted plaster.GLOUCESTER, Mass. (April 2025) – Cape Ann Museum Director Oliver Barker is appealing to the community for final donations in the Museum’s quest to purchase the plaster cast model of the Gloucester Fisherman’s Wives Memorial by

Cape Ann Museum
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