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
Talya Baharal: What’s In A Voice Artist Talk Solo Exhibition: August 7-17 at Cove Gallery, 37 Rocky Neck Ave., Gloucester Artist Lecture: August 10; 5-6pm at Rocky Neck Cultural Center, 6 Wonson St., Gloucester As the 2025 Goetemann Artist Residency Distinguished Artist/Teacher (GAR) (DA/T), Baharal will offer a free public Art Talk at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center in Gloucester (6 Wonson Street), introducing her work and process to the community. This special event—typically held at the Cape Ann
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
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
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
Rockport, MA — Shell RKPT, the popular Rockport gift boutique known for its beautifully curated, high-quality finds, is thrilled to announce its move to a stunning new location just steps away— at 9 Bearskin Neck. Still celebrating life’s little moments, the new space offers expanded views, fresh displays, and the same thoughtful selection of gifts, home goods, and accessories that customers have come to love. Owner Lisa Brown, who opened Shell RKPT in 2024, says the move is part of a long-term vision to
Cape Ann Artisans Announces Summer Mini-TourOne day only to coincide with Mass Tax Free Holiday Cape Ann summers bring many visitors to Gloucester and Rockport and the Cape Ann Artisans are pleased to welcome art lovers into their studios for a mid-summer event called the Mini-Tour. For this special event on Saturday, August 9th, seven studios (of the total 14) will be participating between the hours of 10AM and 5PM. The Mini-Tour was launched in 2020 to take advantage of the Cape Ann’s exquisite summer
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 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