ONE LIFE Exhibition Opens
Contemporary Art Inspired by Nature
Matthew Swift Gallery, Gloucester
April 17, 2024 | No. 96 | Cultural Outlook
Dear COSMOS Nymphs and Gnomes of these Spring Delights,
The season is upon us! Veritable gardens of galleries are proliferating with a wondrous array of originality and well-lit wall space. Sending forth every color, form, shape, passion, and puzzlement, to startle our perceptions. To See Anew.
Places of Profusion, Pleasant Street and Beyond
We welcome the new M/N Contemporary Art Gallery opening April 20, co-founded by artists Vanessa Michalak and Rebecca Nagle, and surrounded by other art venues. The nearby Cape Ann Museum will soon show their annual Blossoms exhibit of floral arrangements inspired by artworks. Around the corner, the intrepid Experimental Art Group of New England is showing UNEXPECTED #23, at the Charles Fine Art Gallery.
A little farther out in the orbit, Marblehead Art Association will soon open Variations 2024 a juried exhibition of national artists. Inner Space Fine Arts, N. Reading, is starting the season with Juni Van Dyke’s splendid and colorific artwork. InnerSpaceInformation.
And if you enjoy purchasing your artwork with competitive bidding, the RAAM Annual Art Auction of old masters will happen online, May 4. Register in advance!! RAAMAuction
Wordsmith Division
Gloucester Writers Center, caretakers of both the spoken and written word, will soon stage their next production of live stories, Fish Tales: Odd Jobs, likely to awaken many early memories. For those wanting to learn more about the writing craft, Elizabeth Wolf will teach a proven technique for unpacking original stories or memoirs. Wolf Workshop
On April 27 everyone can do their part for Independent Bookstores Day, by shopping at The Gloucester Bookstore and Dog Town Books and help protect the fine art of browsing!
Violin Duo Plays Dreams and Dances in Annisquam Concert
Cape Ann Symphony Concertmaster Scott Moore and Second Violinist Erica Pisaturo will synchronize their strings with selections spanning 300 years of composition. Tickets at the door, Annisquam Church, April 26, 7:30. Reception follows, acoustics are divine.
Rocky Neck Art Colony
COSMOS welcomes our newest sponsor, Rocky Neck Art Colony, a vibrant and historic force in the art community, with many exhibitions filling the Cultural Center and the Cove Gallery. Check out their current fundraiser, BIGtiny Art Event, where supporters can purchase small and original works made by the many artists in this region. BIGtinyInformation
MUSIC | Silent Voices Remembered GMF FILM | Ennio at Screening Room HISTORY | Eric Pape and Theatre at HCM LITERATURE | Independent Bookstores Day SCIENCE | 140 Years of Television Technology REVELS | Cape Ann Museum Blossoms CULTURE SCENE | Matthew Swift, Ethiopia at PEM
Entrance to the COSMOS
Barbara Brissenden, The Rookery, photograph. Marblehead Arts Association.
Art Exhibitions
VARIATIONS 2024
Marblehead Arts Association April 20 - June 16
Opening Reception: Sunday, April 21, 2 – 5pm Variations 2024 is the Marblehead Art Association’s annual national exhibit which features the artwork of artists from across the country. The annual event started in 2021 and is a juried exhibit of 2D and 3D work. Artists, representing a diversity of styles and mediums, are invited to participate in this eight-week exhibition. Marblehead Arts Association, Marblehead. Information.
ETHIOPIA AT THE CROSSROADS
Peabody Essex Museum
April 13 – July 7, 2024 Ethiopia at the Crossroads is the first major touring exhibition to examine Ethiopian art in a global context. Seated in the Horn of Africa between Europe and the Middle East, Ethiopia is an intersection of diverse cultures, religions, and climates, and has had significant but little-known impact on the world due to cross-cultural exchange over the last centuries. The exhibition features more than 200 objects made over the span of 2,000 years, including religious icons, illuminated manuscripts, gospel books, coins, metalwork, and carvings. Historic art objects are paired with contemporary works, including recent PEM acquisitions. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem. Information.
COLOR ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS
Artist Juni Van Dyke
Inner Space Fine Arts
May 4 – May 26
Opening Reception: May 4, 5-7pm
The opening season exhibit at Inner Space Fine Arts explores the significant work of colorist artist Juni Van Dyke. It has been said that one can live in the dreariest corners of the world, all the while performing color miracles on the dreariest of days. German artists Nolde and Kandinsky did just that during the dark impending doom of war. Color for these courageous artists was embedded in a sense of optimism and hope despite all odds. Inner Space Fine Arts, 189 Main Street, N. Reading. Information.
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Al Czerapak, Red Venezia, oil on board (undated).
Art Exhibitions
RAA&M ANNUAL ART AUCTION 2024
Historic American Artists – Highlighting Cape Ann School
Rockport Art Association & Museum
Saturday, May 4, 2024, 2pm
Live and online only with Live Auctioneers
Bidders must register 24 hours prior to the auction.
Each year, this prestigious fundraising event attracts many collectors from across the country as well as local collectors, interested in both Cape Ann artists and other prominent historic American artists. The auction, now in its 39th year, began with a bequest by founding member, Antonio Cirino (1888-1983). To preview the art and register for bidding: Information.
UNEXPECTED XXIII
Experimental Art Group of New England
Charles Fine Arts
April 15 – May 15
Artist Reception: April 20, 4-6pm
Gallery Talk by Nella Lush: April 27, 4pm, "The Act of Creating".
The Experimental Art Group of New England offers their first show of the season, featuring thirty-three pieces by some of the most innovative artists of the region. Works on view will range in medium to include paintings, mixed-media, graphics, sculpture, digital art and photography. The Experimental Group is a creative forum, operating to foster self-expression by bringing artists together to cultivate creative freedom. For more information contact Nella Lush, at experimentalartgroup.com. Charles Fine Arts, Main Street, Gloucester.
M/N CONTEMPORARY ART
New Gallery in Gloucester
Ribbon Cutting Reception: April 20, 3-5pm
Two local artists and gallery co-founders Vanessa Michalak and Rebecca Nagle invite the art community to celebrate the opening of their new gallery on Pleasant Street. The gallery will feature the work of 2D, 3D and performance artists in the upcoming season of six themed shows, with the May/June show inspired by Psychological Perceptions. For additional details see the M/N Contemporary Art Gallery Facebook page and Instagram, @Michalak.Nagle. Gallery hours are Friday 2-5pm, Saturday 11am-5pm, and Sundays 12-4pm. M/N Contemporary Art, 20 Pleasant Street, Gloucester.
LOREN DOUCETTE
Source Bakery, Gloucester
Well-known regional artist Loren Doucette currently has paintings on display at Source Bakery, now a favorite hangout of Gloucester’s cultural community. The libations and bakery treats are perfect for the needed studio breaks. Source Bakery, 3 Duncan, Gloucester.
GERTRUDE CAWEIN at HAMMOND CASTLE Hammond Castle Museum Through April 28
The world of artist Eric Pape (1870-1938) returns to Hammond Castle Museum. Once a resident of Annisquam and close friend of the illustrious Hammond family, Eric Pape holds a special place in regional history. This year’s exhibit of nearly 60 pieces and produced by Dr. Gregory Conn, offers a rare glimpse into the world of Eric Pape’s society portraits. Hammond Castle Museum, Gloucester. Information. Image: Photograph of Eric Pape in his studio with models.
Art & Discourse in the Community
COLLAGE AS A WAY OF SEEING WORKSHOP
Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
May 1, 10am
May 2, 3pm
Collage as Way of Seeing Workshop with Caryl Hull Leavitt will train your eye to see new possibilities with changes of existing forms, colors, and scale. $200/$250 non-members. Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson St., Gloucester. Information.
MUSIC THERAPY
Mental Health and Wellness through Music
Chris Perry
Shalin Liu Performance Center
April 30, 7pm
Chris Perry is currently on staff at the Community Music Center of Boston (CMBC) as a Music Therapist and is their Senior Director of Community Engagement Programs. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, he has always had a passion for connecting with others through music. He has experience with groups and individuals in classrooms, homes, and community spaces, and has led talks through CMCB’s Community Conversations series on music and wellness and creating inclusive spaces. Free, reservations encouraged. Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport. Information.
THE ART OF CONSCIOUS CONVERSATIONS
Transforming How We Talk
By Author & Coach Chuck Wisner
Manchester-by-the-Sea Library
April 18, 5:30-6:30
Chuck Wisner is a highly sought-after thinker, coach, and teacher in the areas of organizational strategy, human dynamics, and leadership communication. In this lecture, based on his book of the same name, he will address the internal obstacles which obstruct good conversations and thus relationships. The event is FREE, registration required. Manchester-by-the-Sea Library, 15 Union Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea. Registration.
22nd ANNUAL NEWBURYPORT PTO KITCHEN TOUR & TASTING
Saturday May 11, 2024
Something fun, and a good cause for education! Enjoy this self-guided, one-of-a-kind exploration of historic and charming homes, featuring complimentary tastings from exceptional restaurants, chefs, brew masters and bakers to provide a “taste” of all that Newburyport has to offer while raising funds for Newburyport public schools. For details visit: www.NewburyportKitchenTour.com.
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Performance
FISH TALES: ODD JOBS
Gloucester Writers Center
Presented at Gloucester Stage Company
May 3, 7:30pm, lobby opens at 6:30
The remarkable Fish Tales series continues to fill the Gloucester Stage theater with an audience who loves these authentic, live productions, where storytellers bare their souls and history. Each Fish Tales has a theme, and the next one is Odd Jobs. Nine storytellers will weave true tales of jobs well done (or not), lessons learned, and doors flung open to another life. The Fish Tales events are often sold out; book your seat soon! Gloucester Stage Company, 267 E Main Street, Gloucester. Information.
WATER'S RISING
Festival of New Climate Action Plays
Gloucester Stage Company
April 26 to 28, 7pm
Gloucester Stage will be staging its first climate festival: Water's Rising: Festival of New Climate Action Plays. The productions are timed to coincide with Earth Day. The festival will showcase staged readings that delve into multifaceted themes around climate interest. The festival’s three winning plays explore climate issues from different viewpoints and are: A Few Fun Facts About Greenland by Maximilian Gill, Cincinnati by the Sea by Hannah Vaughn, and If nobody does remarkable things by Emma Gibson. Gloucester Stage Company, E. Main Street, Gloucester. Information.
National Theatre in HD
THE MOTIVE AND THE CUE
A new play by Jack Thorne directed by Sam Mendes Shalin Liu Performance Center April 19, 7pm
The play, described as “A love letter to theatre” by the Evening Standard, is an insider’s inside treat. With the interactions of actor Richard Burton and director John Gielgud, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director threatens to unravel. The Evening Standard award-winning best new play was filmed live during a sold-out run at the National Theatre. Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport. Information.
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Scott Moore and Erica Pisaturo
Music
DREAMS AND DANCES
Scott Moore and Erica Pisaturo
Annisquam Village Church
Saturday, April 26, 7:30pm
A reception follows the concert.
The Annisquam Village Church will host a performance featuring violinists Scott Moore and Erica Pisaturo playing a program titled Dreams and Dances, with selections spanning some 300 years of music and a range of genres such as Telemann’s Canonic Duos, Bela Bartók’s rustic Duos and Sergei Prokofiev’s Sonata for Two Violins. Scott Moore is Artist-in-Residence and Concertmaster of the Cape Ann Symphony and Erica Pisaturo was recently named Principal Second Violin for the same symphony.. Scott and Erica also comprise half of the newly formed Lobster Cove String Quartet. $25 suggested. Annisquam Village Church, 820 Washington Street, Gloucester.
SILENT VOICES REMEMBERED
Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation and Temple Ahavat Achim
Thursday, May 2, 7:30
Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation and Temple Ahavat Achim will jointly host the Essex Piano Trio in a concert called Silent Voices Remembered and held in the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church. This is the third in a semi-annual series for the worldwide day of commemoration of the Holocaust, Yom Hashoah. Although the subject is dark, the music is described as “gorgeous,” representing the work of five composers and offered as an inspirational musical remembrance. Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church, Gloucester. Information.
Metropolitan Opera Live in HD
LA RONDINE by Puccini
Shalin Liu Performance Center
April 20, 12:55pm
Puccini’s bittersweet love story makes a rare Met appearance, with soprano Angel Blue starring as the sophisticated French courtesan Magda, opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman in his company debut as Ruggero, an idealistic young man who offers her an alternative to her life of excess. Maestro Speranza Scappucci conducts. Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport. Information.
LOVE RESOUNDING!
Sorellanza—Sisters in Song
St John’s Episcopal Church, Gloucester
April 28, 4pm
Sorellanza, directed by Patti Pike, presents their first concert in over three years…Love Resounding! Tickets will be available at the door for $15, families $35, and seniors $10. The parking lot for St. John's is on Washington St.
LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE
Cantemus Chamber Chorus
Saturday, May 11, 2024, 7:30pm
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 4 Ocean Street, Beverly
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 4pm St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 166 High Street, Newburyport
What is love? Artistic Director Jason Iannuzzi directs the Cantemus Chamber Chorus in a program of “songs of love” in all their forms: love among friends, romantic love, love between parent and child, and love for all humankind. Included in the concert is a new arrangement of the Scottish traditional song “The Parting Glass,” Bernstein’s “To What You Said,” Linthicum-Blackhorse’s arrangement of the Lakota lullaby “Chante Waste Hoksila (My Kind-hearted Boy),” Joan Szymko’s rousing “It Takes a Village,” and more. Tickets.
Music (cont.)
WAITING IN THE SKY (BEFORE THE STARMAN CAME TO EARTH)
April 20 release by Bowie’s record label, Parlophone
A new posthumous album titled Waiting in The Sky (Before The Starman Came To Earth) will be released on April 20—the date of the upcoming Record Store Day—when labels release special items to bring customers to independent physical record stores. While marketed as a new release, it is reported to be more like a slightly changed edition of Bowie’s famous The Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars album, although mixing things up a bit and certain to revive the era.
N.B. Our petition to change the name of this newsletter to Cape Ann COSMOS: Arts, Science & David Bowie was unanimously rejected by the COSMOS Board. (Famously chaired by Oscar Wilde and our copy editor who chooses to remain anonymous and does all the work.) But we of the editorial staff have been authorized to promote Bowie’s posthumous career and to not conceal our enduring fandom.
SYMPHONY BY THE SEA: HEROIC IMAGINATION
The Cabot Theater
May 5, 2pm doors open, 3pm concert
Back by popular demand, teenage violin virtuoso Keila Wakao, who dazzled in the last season with her Vivaldi Four Seasons, will join Symphony by the Sea again, to perform Tchaikovsky’s iconic Violin Concerto. Combined with Mendelssohn’s Scotland inspired Symphony No.3, this season finale program promises to deliver an intense musical experience. Tickets $52.50. The Cabot, Beverly. Information.
Image credit: Ebet Roberts/Getty Images) David Bowie performing at Giant Stadium at the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, New Jersey on August 3, 1987. (Photo by Ebet Roberts/Redferns)
Still from La Chimera.
Film
LA CHIMERA
The Screening Room, Newburyport
April 19-25
Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera is described as “a dream-like romp through Italy’s archaeological and cinematic past." Following a band of tomb raiders who are in search of Etruscan artifacts to sell on the illegal market, the film is an uproarious and celebratory ode to love and loss. The Screening Room, Newburyport. Information.
ENNIO
The Screening Room, Newburyport
April 21, 22, 23
Giuseppe Tornatore, director of the beloved Cinema Paradiso, turns his camera on his longtime collaborator Ennio Morricone (1928 - 2020) in a moving and comprehensive profile of the indefatigable composer. The documentary portrait explores the breadth of the maestro’s career, from his early Italian pop songs to the unforgettable film scores that he wrote, including THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY, THE THING, DAYS OF HEAVEN, and hundreds of others. Included is commentary from Morricone’s closest collaborators and contemporaries such as Bernardo Bertolucci, Marco Bellocchio, Giuliano Montaldo, Dario Argento, Clint Eastwood, Joan Baez, Quentin Tarantino, and more. ENNIO deconstructs the artistic process that produced two Academy Awards and over 500 soundtracks. 2 hrs 36 mins. In Italian, French, Portuguese, Chinese, and English with subtitles The Screening Room, Newburyport. Information.
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Eric Pape illustration, oil on canvas study for "So Onward to Canterbury" a scene from Percy MacKaye´s "The Canterbury Pilgrims", presented at the Gloucester Pageant 1909.
History
ERIC PAPE AND CIVIC THEATRE OF CAPE ANN
Presented by Leslie Barlett
Hammond Castle Museum
April 19, 6pm
April 22, 2pm
As a complement to the current art exhibit featuring the multitalented Eric Pape, local historian Leslie Bartlett will tell the story of Pape as the visionary behind the 1909 Outdoor Pageant at Stage Fort Park, which became a model for future productions in the region. His collaboration and close friendship with Percy MacKaye infused the pageant with artistic intention and grandeur, leaving a lasting impact on the cultural landscape of Cape Ann. Bartlett will delve into the rich history, legacy, and enduring influence of Eric Pape. After the program, attendees may explore the Gertrude Cawein/Eric Pape fine art exhibit and self-guided tours of the Museum. Tickets $25. Hammond Castle Museum, Gloucester. Information.
AMERICA’S FIRST MILLIONAIRES
The China Traders of Essex County
Manchester-by-the-Sea Museum 2024 Speaker Series
Lecture location: First Parish Community Hall, 1 Chapel Lane, MBTS
April 25, 7pm, doors open at 6:30pm for refreshments.
Ipswich writer Doug Stewart will discuss Manchester-by-the-Sea’s fascinating connections to the China Trade, highlighting local shipmasters, a spectacular shipwreck, and retired opium traders who built mansions here. Background reading: New England's Opium Overlords. Free to members, $15 non-members. Information.
Literature
INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES DAY
North of Boston Book Trail
The Bookstore of Gloucester & Dogtown Book Shop
April 27
The North of Boston Book Trail is a group of 16 independently owned bookstores, working together to bring more book lovers – both locals and tourists – into all of their shops. Two of Gloucester’s well-known and cherished independent book purveyors have joined the group. The Bookstore of Gloucester and Dogtown Book Shop are both central to the life of bibliophiles and book browsers on Cape Ann. Their inventories always offer distinguished books on local and worldly topics, whether recently published or out of print treasures discovered at Dogtown Book Shop.
The purpose of the North of Boston Book Trail is to provide more awareness of these important retailers of books, where browsing and community easily form. The first annual North of Boston Book Trail Passport Challenge on April 27-28 will offer prizes at participating stores, https://northofbostonbooktrail.com. The Bookstore of Gloucester, 61 Main Street, and Dogtown Book Shop, 132 Main Street, Gloucester.
STORY SLAM TO CHAPBOOK
Workshop taught by Elizabeth Wolf
Gloucester Writers Center
April 28, 1-4pm
Gloucester Writers Center is offering a writing workshop with a dynamic and proven method for creating stories from your own experience. Award-winning author Elizabeth Wolf will teach the method of creating a chapbook using the process of prompts. A chapbook is a short collection of poems, essays, or chapters that are connected by a theme. Prompts are images or verbal cues used to spur writing.
Professionally qualified to share this technique, Elizabeth Wolf won the 2018 Rattle Chapbook Prize, and she will share her work as well as examples from other writers who have responded to prompts. For the upcoming 3-hour workshop, she has created a set of prompts as jumping-off points for writing exercises of 15-20 minutes. Workshop fee $50. Gloucester Writers Center, 126 East Main Street, Gloucester. Register.
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Image, Invention, and Imagination: A Series on Art & Community Through the Ages
Hammond Castle Museum
May 6, 7pm – 8:30pm
The story of television, one of the most ubiquitous technologies to alter civilization, is a winding tale of decades of painstaking research, false starts, technological dead ends and breakthroughs, commercial failures and successes, aspirational ideals, and human drama. The eventual success required a mosaic of individual scientists, engineers, and industrialists, including the museum’s founder, John Hays Hammond Jr., whose contributions to the medium are often overlooked. The presentation will be made by John Leysath, Curatorial Director at Hammond Castle Museum. Information.
ANTEDILUVIAN WORLDS
Exploring the Possibility of Human Civilizations Before Our Own
Earth & Space Report by Dr. Mark Carlotto
Recorded Zoom presentation
The latest contribution to William Waller’s fascinating series of Earth & Space talks was Dr. Mark Carlotto. His provocative presentation reported on a study of over eight hundred ancient sites, wherein the geographical orientation of almost half of the sites could not be explained using conventional archaeo-astronomy models.
Distributed throughout the world the sites include Mesoamerican pyramids, megalithic structures in Peru’s Sacred Valley, temples in Upper Egypt, cities of antiquity throughout southern Europe, the walls of Jerusalem, the foundation of Baalbek, and many other well-known places. A new model is proposed to account for their alignment based on an application of Charles Hapgood’s theory that patterns of climate change associated with ice ages are the result of displacements of the Earth’s crust and corresponding shifts of the geographic poles. Earth & Space Report YouTube Channel. Dr. Mark Carlotto on Antediluvian Worlds: Exploring Possible Human Civilizations Before our Own.
Revels
BIGtiny
Online Art Auction for Rocky Neck Art Colony
April 17 – April 21
Annually, hundreds of original works -- all on a scale of 6 inches square – are created by more than 100 artists and offered for sale through RNAC’s BIGtiny online fundraiser. Artists’ names are not revealed – each work is signed on the back, so participants buy what resonates with them. Featured artists may include Ruth Mordecai, Jon Sarkin, Barbe Ennis, Amy Sudarsky, Joyce Roessler, Barbara Moody, Lynne Sausele, Hans Pundt, Stephen LaPierre, Rokhaya Waring, Vanessa Michalak, Ken King and many more. Proceeds from BIGtiny go to support the many exhibitions and programs offered by the Rocky Neck Art Colony throughout the year. Rocky Neck Art Colony, Gloucester. Information.
CAPE ANN BLOSSOMS PREVIEW PARTY AND WEEKEND
Cape Ann Museum
May 3, 6-9pm, fundraiser preview
May 4 & May 5, open to public
One of the favorite fundraisers of the year, the event couples local floral artists with selections of the museum’s masterpieces, producing the most gorgeous and creative arrangements imaginable! For the weekend exhibition period, the inspiring artwork and floral arrangement are staged together. The galleries are open to the public on May 4 and May 5, included with general admission. Cape Ann Museum, Pleasant Street, Gloucester. Information.
Hammond Castle Museum
ERIC PAPE EXHIBITON:
GERTRUDE CAWEIN at HAMMOND CASTLE
Opening Reception April 6
Exhibition through April 28
Travel back in time and experience the world of artist Eric Pape (1870-1938). Once a resident of Annisquam and close friend of the illustrious Hammond family, Eric Pape holds a special place in regional history. Last year’s inaugural exhibition mesmerized the Cape Ann cultural community and this year’s exhibit promises the same, including nearly 60 pieces and offering a rare glimpse into the world of Eric Pape’s society portraits.
Hammond Castle Museum Executive Director Linda Harvey with Board Member Richard Harvey in front of Pape's portrait of Gertrude Cawein.
Staff historian Caleb McMurphy entertains guests with castle stories.
Left: Eric Pape painting on display in the exhibition. Right: Dr. Gregory Conn, biographer and collector of Eric Pape, produced the exhibition with works primarily from his own collection.
Matthew Swift Gallery
ONE LIFE April 6 Reception
A Saturday crowd turned out for first show of the season at the Matthew Swift Gallery in Gloucester. The exhibition, ONE LIFE, is curated with the inspirations of dance and plant life. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem “The Eolian Harp” also added to the curatorial vision, evidenced by the following verse from the poem:
Where Melodies round honey-dropping flowers,
Footless and wild, like birds of Paradise,
Nor pause, nor perch, hovering on untamed wing!
O! the one Life within us and abroad,
Which meets all motion and becomes its soul,
Artists, working in a variety of meduiums, include: Gabrielle Barzaghi, Debra Olin, Winston Boyer, Peter Lyons, Kim Radochia, Aron Leaman, and Mary Edna Fraser -- with several attending the reception and sharing insights into their splendid works! It was a sublime time surrounded by some of the best contemporary art on view right now North of Boston.
Left: Matthew Swift and guest. Right: Peter Lyons and Juliette Lockwood.
Left: Bing McGilvray and Susan Erony. Right: Ken Riaf.
Peabody Essex Museum
ETHIOPIA AT THE CROSSROADS
Opening Reception April 11
Exhibition through July 7, 2024 Ethiopia at the Crossroads is the first major touring exhibition to examine Ethiopian art in a global context. The exhibition features more than 200 objects made over the span of 2,000 years, including religious icons, illuminated manuscripts, gospel books, coins, metalwork, and carvings. Historic art objects are paired with contemporary works, including recent PEM acquisitions.
Above: Lynda Roscoe Hartigan welcomes the press to opening of Ethiopia at the Crossroads.
Left: Whitney Van Dyke, Director of Communications, Peabody Essex Museum. Right: Curator Christine Sciacca, Curator of European Art, 300-1400 CE, The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore MD.
Lydia Peabody, PEM, coordinating co-curator of exhibition.
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