Currently on exhibit through October 19, 2008:
 
Carved & Gilded :

The Sculpture of James T. McClellan (1910 - 2005)


          
Photo reprinted form the Ipswich Chronicle, 1994 with permission of the Community News Company.  
Gilded sculpture photo copyright Steve Rosenthal, 2008.    

 

Exhibition extended through October 12, 2008

Greenheads: Paintings by Sam Holdsworth

Coming soon! Greenheads (the book)  by Sam Holdsworth

Hardcover, full color, approximately 150 pages, $35.00.
Includes all paintings in the exhibition as well as additional works.
Proceeds to benefit the Cape Ann Museum.

Call the Museum at (978) 283-0455 to place an order.

Also on exhibition: Through September 14, 2008

Oliver Balf: Selected Work

Oliver Balf, Big Tomato, watercolor on paper, n.d. 


Coming November 8: Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) and his Contemporaries

Exhibits in the Library:

Through September 27:

Sketchy Ladies...  Drawings by amateur female artists of the 1800s - from schoolbook exercises to autograph books, doodles to watercolors, schoolgirl figures to exquisite flowers.

Logbook Tales: Captures-Hurricanes-Collisions...Hidden among tedious reports of weather conditions are unexpected moments of excitement. Transcripts of those highlights, along with the logbooks themselves, will be on exhibit.

Library hours: Wednesday-Saturday,10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

upcoming PROGRAMS
Lectures

Saturday, September 13 at 3:00 p.m.
A Monumental Place: Cape Ann's Sculptural Legacy
Rebecca Reynolds, American Decorative Arts curator, sculptor and consultant

Saturday, October 18 at 3:00 p.m.**
Conversations with Contemporary Artists Series
Ken Hruby, Sculptor

Saturday, November 15 at 3:00 p.m.
Ravenswood: From Wilderness to Special Place
Cultural historian Electa Kane Tritsch shares the story of Ravenswood Park’s change from shunned woodland to favorite refuge, and the colorful cast of characters who transformed it. Offered in partnership with the Trustees of the Reservations. Free admission for Museum & Trustees of Reservations members and Gloucester residents.
 

Special Programs

Saturday, September 27 at 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.
2008 Trails & Sails/Essex National Heritage Area

11:00 a.m.: The Folly Cove Designers of Cape Ann
An introduction to the Museum’s Folly Cove Designers collection and screening of a 1987 documentary film featuring five of the original Folly Cove Designers.

1:00 p.m.: Walking Tour of Fitz Henry Lane’s Gloucester

Saturday, October 4 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Fall Festival at the White-Ellery House
Join us for a day of traditional craft demonstrations, music, and family activities. Tours of the c.1709 house ongoing. Lunch available.

Saturday, October 11 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Celebrate Archives Month at the Museum’s Library & Archives Open House
Drop-in with your old photographs, documents and books for advice on storage and preservation.

Saturday, October 25 at 2:00 p.m.
Walking tour of Oak Grove Cemetery
Stroll through Gloucester’s “Garden of Graves,” a landscaped burial ground designed by two pioneer landscape architects and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Explore the gravesites of Fitz Henry Lane, Alfred “Centennial” Johnson and others. Meet at 177 Washington Street (the main entrance to the cemetery).

Saturday, November 22 at 3:00 p.m.**
Robert Squires – Classical Guitar – Pictures at an Exhibition**
A program of classical guitar pieces inspired in part by works of art, including excerpts from the masterpiece of Mussorgsky.

Tours of the White-Ellery House

Saturdays:  September 6 and October 4
11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.



Tours of the First Period White-Ellery House (1709) located at 244 Washington Street at the corner of Poplar Street, Gloucester (128 Rotary). Tours are free and open to the public on June 7. On all other Saturdays the tours are free with the price of admission to the Museum. Offered in partnership with 17th Century Saturdays Program: Escapes North.


Curator's Choice Tours**
Join the Museum's curator on the last Saturday of the month at 11:00 a.m.
for an informal tour and talk. Topics to be announced.
 

Saturday, September 27
Folly Cove Designers

 Saturday, October 25
Edward Hopper's Gloucester Houses

 Saturday, November 29
Topic to be announced.
 

Second Saturdays**
Our new offering for children and families!

Drop-in to the Education Room on the Second Saturday of every month from
1:00 -3:00 p.m. for theme-based activities inspired by our current and permanent exhibitions. Children under 12 are free. For others, the program is free with the cost
of admission to the Museum.
 

Saturday, September 13
The Sculpture of James McClellan

Saturday, October 11
Archives Month

Saturday, November 8
Native Americans on Cape Ann
 

**Free with the price of admission. All other programs are free
and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.

Be sure to check the Education page for more Children's Programs and Events