Cape Ann Artisans News

Media Advisory: Cape Ann Artisans Announces 2021 Open Studios Schedule, Returning and New artists

Posted on January 15, 2021 by artisan

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Cape Ann Artisans Announces 2021 Open Studios Schedule, Returning and New artists.

The Cape Ann Artisan’s tour continues to be a delightful and thoroughly enjoyable … Read the rest

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From the Studio, Fall 2020: Jillian Demeri

Posted on October 7, 2020 by artisan

I’d waited some time before adding anything to a beautifully bound and paged journal. My dear friend and talented artist, Elisif, gave this gift to me from her most recent trip to London, as well as a tube of watercolor named ‘Sand’. Each year she and three other good friends from college make time to reunite...

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From the Studio, Fall 2020: Linda Hogan

Posted on October 5, 2020 by artisan

Joining Cape Ann Artisans for our 2020 Open Studio Tour season is Linda Hogan, a well-known and respected quilter from Rockport, MA. A master quilter for over 40 years, Linda favors traditional quilting patterns made with a contemporary twist...

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From the Studio, September 2020: Cynthia Curtis

Posted on September 11, 2020 by artisan

These are certainly strange times. But even so, I am feeling very grateful. Thanks to all of the folks that came out for our two Cape Ann Artisans “Mini Tours” in July and August. It was a lot of fun! ...

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Media Advisory: Cape Ann Artisans Announce Fall Open Studios New Schedule and Participating Artists

Posted on August 26, 2020 by artisan

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Cape Ann Artisans Announce Fall Open Studios New Schedule and Participating Artists

The Cape Ann Artisans are pleased to announce that the well-loved 37^th… Read the rest

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From the Studio, Summer 2020: Sinikka Nogelo

Posted on August 24, 2020 by artisan

Thank goodness for outdoor art! Right now I’m excited to be working on my 5th sculpture for the sculpture show at Maudslay State Park that opens Sept. 13th. This year’s theme is “Passages.”...

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From the Studio, Summer 2020: Rob Diebboll

Posted on August 18, 2020 by artisan

...But I have started getting back into the painting rhythm again. A few weeks back I took my paints down to the pebbly part of the beach and watched a mother help her children down to the water...

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Cape Ann Artisans August 15th Mini-Tour – Updated Schedule

Posted on July 31, 2020 by artisan

Based on the success of the July Mini-Tour, the Cape Ann Artisans look forward to a second one-day event on August 15th. To beat the heat, the hours have been moved earlier...

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Announcing Two Mini-Tours, July 18th and August 15th

Posted on June 19, 2020 by artisan

A small group (sub-set) of the formal Cape Ann Artisans will open up their studios twice over the summer for the full days...

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Not exactly business as Usual

Posted on June 6, 2020 by artisan

– but the Cape Ann Artisans are here! As we embrace the warmer weather, it usually means that the Spring Tour is in the air. Like so many other "events," sadly we have had to cancel to ensure the safety of each of us and you. However,...

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From the Studio, Spring 2020: Jacqueline Ganim-DeFalco

Posted on May 26, 2020 by artisan

At this time of year, I would normally be preparing for the Northeast Sea Glass Expo, the Spring Cape Ann Artisans Tour, and Art in the Barn. With all of these events either postponed or virtual, I am using my creativity in new ways.

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From the Studio, Spring 2020: Pam Stratton

Posted on April 10, 2020 by artisan

This spring my exploration in mosaic work is turning towards the sculptural and more spontaneous. A small series of work came out of a favorite broken pot. I call it the shaman series...

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From the Studio, Spring 2020: Marcie Rae

Posted on March 16, 2020 by artisan

With a “call for entry” for an exhibition named “Hidden Treasure”, you can’t just send the piece of jewelry currently in process on your jeweler’s bench. Hidden in the recesses of your mind must be a pendant or pin with its own secret tresure, ready to reveal with one simple gesture.

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Marcie Rae in “Hidden Treasure”

Posted on February 28, 2020 by artisan

Marcie Rae, Jeweler juried with the League of NH Craftsmen and the Cape Ann Artisans, has a pendant entitled “What’s Behind Door # 1?” in the Juried Exhibition “Hidden Treasure” at the League of NH Headquarters in Concord, NH from January 17 through 27, 2020.

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From the Studio, Spring 2020: Chloe Leigh

Posted on February 20, 2020 by artisan

Meet Our New Member, Chloe Leigh. Chloe is a Fine Jeweler from Cape Ann. She graduated from Massachusetts College of Art and Design with a BFA in Jewelry and Metalsmithing in May 2017 and sought additional training by attending Alchimia Contemporary Jewelry School in Florence, Italy...

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Media Advisory: Cape Ann Artisans Announce Details for 37th Anniversary Open Studios

Posted on February 1, 2020 by artisan

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Cape Ann Artisans Announce Details for 36th Anniversary Open Studios – Partnership Opportunities Available through Feb 1

The Cape Ann Artisans have set the schedule … Read the rest

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From the Studio, Fall 2019: Beth Williams

Posted on October 12, 2019 by artisan

Fall is my favorite time of year (along with Spring and Summer! 😉) and this year I was lucky enough to spend the beginning of it in San Diego and on the big island of Hawai’i!...

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From the Studio, Fall 2019: Jacqueline Ganim-DeFalco

Posted on October 4, 2019 by artisan

For some reason, circles are comforting. It may be that we are always looking for closure? It may be our circle of life – something that starts and ends almost at the same place...

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PRESS RELEASE: Cape Ann Artisans Fall 2019 Open Studio Tour

Posted on September 26, 2019 by artisan

The Cape Ann Artisans have deep roots in the community – connecting artistically and in many other ways with both visitors and residents year round. This Fall, for the first time, in addition to welcoming the general public, the Artisans will roll out the red (yellow, and orange) carpet for the Cape Ann Plein Air painters who are part of the week long Plein Air event leading up to the 36th Annual Cape Ann Artisans Open Studios...

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From the Studio, Fall 2019: Sinikka Nogelo

Posted on September 26, 2019 by artisan

Since the spring Cape Ann Artisans Studio Tour I’ve continued experimenting with stain painting. I’ve painted “plein air” on the lawn, making outsized abstracts...

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From the Studio, Fall 2019: Pam Stratton

Posted on September 19, 2019 by artisan

This Summer I continued to play with integrating mosaic art and encaustic wax. My work “Interwoven” won an award for artistic distinction in the annual New England Mosaic Society juried exhibition. It is made with Sodalite, pebbles and hand made bark paper...

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From the Studio, Fall 2019: Deborah Gonet

Posted on September 19, 2019 by artisan

Hard to believe it’s already mid-September! On a whim I decided to take a Viscocity Monotype workshop with Joyce Silverstone at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill in August...

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From the Studio, Spring 2019: Anni Melançon

Posted on May 17, 2019 by artisan

This spring I’ve been making porcelain pieces coated with black slip (liquid colored clay) to carve surface decoration on. I knew that I couldn’t make enough pots to fill my big kiln before the Cape Ann Artisans spring studio tour, so I decided to spend some time with a series of sgraffito (scratching) animal designs on some mugs, platters and serving bowls...

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PRESS RELEASE: Cape Ann Artisans Spring 2019, 36th Year, Open Studio Tour

Posted on May 2, 2019 by artisan

The Cape Ann Artisans are preparing to welcome hundreds of visitors and community members to their studios for the Spring Open Studios Tour - Saturday and Sunday, June 1-2 during the hours 10AM-5PM. There will be 15 unique studios locations and 17 artists sharing works from across the fine art and craft spectrum...

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From the Studio, Spring 2019: Andy Matlow

Posted on May 2, 2019 by artisan

There is a cyclical rhythm deeply rooted in the process of working with clay: Build, Dry, Bisque, Glaze, Fire. | Each cycle produces themes which link what came before to what will follow...

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From the Studio, Spring 2019: Deb Schradieck

Posted on April 30, 2019 by artisan

This is my first year with the Cape Ann Artisans and I’m thrilled to be part of this diverse and talented group! With our Spring Tour just around the corner I’m busy organizing new work, getting the studio shaped up and preparing for my first weekend of receiving visitors...

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From the Studio, Spring 2019: Beth Williams

Posted on April 2, 2019 by artisan

The Road to Vegas....T minus 7 days and counting! Next Sunday I will present my newest work to the International Society of Glass Beadmakers at our annual conference, "The Gathering", in Las Vegas.

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From the Studio, Spring 2019: Pam Stratton

Posted on March 31, 2019 by artisan

It has been a busy off season. I was thinking, “What have I been doing?” A better question is, “What haven’t I been doing!” Lots of new work in the studio...

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Cynthia Curtis at MFA’s Art in Bloom, 4/27-29

Posted on March 27, 2019 by artisan

Artisan Cynthia Curtis is one of twelve artists from across the region invited to participate in the MFA's Art in Bloom event, April 27-29.

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From the Studio, February 2019: Rob Diebboll

Posted on February 26, 2019 by artisan

While the beaches in summer are one source of inspiration for me, I do love the other seasons here in New England. Winter provides more quiet time that I use to stretch canvases and design new work. As it turned out though...

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From the Studio, February 2019: Cynthia Curtis

Posted on February 24, 2019 by artisan

BIG YEAR! Recently, Kory Curcuru from Bridge Cape Ann and the camera and production crew from 1623 Studios in Gloucester came to my studio to do an interview and photo/video shoot for a piece to come out later this spring.

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From the Studio, January 2019: Jacqueline Ganim-DeFalco

Posted on February 5, 2019 by artisan

I am writing this in January. It’s the dead of winter and it’s too cold to go out and forage for sea glass. I am staring at 30 bottles overflowing with glass and pottery that I have collected for 25 years...

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Media Advisory: Cape Ann Artisans Announce Details for 36th Anniversary Open Studios

Posted on January 19, 2019 by artisan

*** Partnership Opportunities Available through Feb 1 ***... details...

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From the Studio Fall 2018: Cynthia Curtis

Posted on October 3, 2018 by artisan

As we enter October, I think about the dark weather of Fall/Winter. Our studio is filled with natural light and warmth from the kilns creating a very cozy environment for making pottery. In the gallery, we keep it warm with an antique wood stove that my uncle gave me...

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From the Studio Fall 2018: Anni Melançon

Posted on September 30, 2018 by artisan

2018 is my 40^th anniversary of making pottery here on Cape Ann. One of the things I’ve been doing is revisiting past work, series, techniques and designs...

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From the Studio Fall 2018: Rob Diebboll

Posted on September 30, 2018 by artisan

Summer began with the Rockport Garden Tour, in which we were one of nine Rockport gardens open to the hundreds of curious gardeners from around the region and beyond. We also had a group of plein air painters, including myself, finding inspiration in the flora. It was fun for me to come home from the beach to take on the completely different subject of the garden with all of its complexities of flowers and architecture.

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From the Studio Fall 2018: Sinikka Nogelo

Posted on September 28, 2018 by artisan

Cape Ann Artisan Sinikka Nogelo has once again created a piece for the annual sculpture show that transforms Maudslay State Park each September. This year’s theme, “Contact”, has inspired "lots of strong, surprising, work; a lot of energy, color, sense of fun, mixed with serious questions, too," according to Bert Snow, who heads the group of over thirty artists.

Show ends Sunday, September 30th!

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From the Studio Fall 2018: Erin Lee O’Sullivan

Posted on September 28, 2018 by artisan

Erin Lee O'Sullivan is participating in an exhibit, "Marvin Sweet & Friends: A Celebration", showcasing the legacy of Marvin Sweet, through October 26th at the Gorse Mill Studios, 31 Thorpe Road, Needham, MA.

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From the Studio Fall 2018: Pam Stratton

Posted on September 27, 2018 by artisan

I have been playing in my yard, creating a path from my front door to the new sculpture being created. It is made from some of the wood from my tree and a lot of cedar from a friend who also lost a tree to a storm...