Cape Ann Museum
The Cape Ann Museum presents its next special exhibition, Above the Fold: The Photographers of the “Gloucester Daily Times,” 1973-2005, featuring a selection of works by 15 photographers shooting for the Times for over three decades. The captivating photographs in this exhibition draw on an important archive of an estimated one million photographs which is...
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In this six-week course (February 1 – March 7, 2024) students will learn the mechanics of drawing from life while working directly from pieces in the Cape Ann Museum’s sculpture collection. Lessons will emphasize the importance of structure, seeing, and understanding how light and form interact. The course will include instruction, demonstrations, and of course drawing!...
Cape Ann Museum
Enjoy free admission to the Cape Ann Museum every First Friday from 6:00 – 8:00 pm. Each month, CAM partners with Rockport Brewing Co for a free beer tasting and with a practicing, contemporary artist to interpret the Museum’s collections. Enjoy a taste of local beer and watch art come to life through dance, music,...
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This one-hour, visual journey is largely based on Cape Ann Museum’s vast, historic photograph collection. The presentation is extensively researched and illustrates a lovely and short-lived time gone by, c1900. Learn about the 15 hotels, who they served, and what happened to them. Visual storyteller Susan Morreale will take you around the East Gloucester peninsula...
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Bring your blocks to the CAM Studio for Block Printing Open Studio sessions on Sunday afternoons. Attendees will have the opportunity to print their own designs on an original Folly Cove Designers press used by Mary Maletksos (1918-1993). The press was donated to the Museum by Montserrat College of Art for use in the CAM...
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This course provides an opportunity to draw directly from the collection of sculptures and paintings in the Cape Ann Museum. Students will learn how to draw human and animal forms three-dimensionally and will gradually merge this approach with their innate style. First, the class will focus on the basic planes of the human head by...
Cape Ann Museum
The Cape Ann Museum presents its next special exhibition, Above the Fold: The Photographers of the “Gloucester Daily Times,” 1973-2005, featuring a selection of works by 15 photographers shooting for the Times for over three decades. The captivating photographs in this exhibition draw on an important archive of an estimated one million photographs which is...
Cape Ann Museum
Come join local favorites What Time Is It, Mr. Fox? as they record a live concert in the CAM Auditorium. Named after a Victorian children’s game, the band is known for their original songs which marry rich lyrical imagery with a cinematic sensibility, exploring themes of love, spirituality, sexuality, and identity. What Time Is It,...
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Visit the CAM Library & Archives on Second Saturdays from 10:00 – 11:00 am to see if you can find a historic photograph of your house, your neighborhood, or a friend or family member. Take a look through the over 1.3 million photographs in the CAM Photo Archive with the help of CAM Staff. The...
Cape Ann Museum
Every Second Saturday the Cape Ann Museum is free for residents of the four communities that make up Cape Ann: Gloucester, Rockport, Manchester, and Essex. As a place-based Museum, CAM exists to share the lived experiences of all those who have been part of this region’s history and are part of its story today. Explore...
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Since 2005, the final year represented in CAM’s collection of Gloucester Daily Times photographs and in the exhibit Above the Fold, the work of the newspaper has continued, though not without challenges. Today, in the United States, an average of two daily or weekly newspapers close each week. Local coverage not only educates and brings...
