Rockport Art News: Check it Out!

• Local printmaker & artist Rocky Delforge is featured on Heather Atwood's blog: a must-read! Check it out HERE.

• Also, tomorrow, April 21st, Sarah Kelly of The Roving Home will open a pop up shop & show at the Tusinski Gallery at 2 Main Street in Rockport. The show features a recycled theme in conjunction with Earth Day. Opening party is on Saturday from 6 to 8pm so stop by!

• And a reminder that artist & sculptor Nina Samoiloff will be creating a sculpture at Toad Hall Bookstore on Sunday April 22nd at 1pm in honor of Earth Day and the 40th birthday of Toad Hall, an environmentally-minded business if there ever was one.

Celebrate Toad Hall Bookstore's 40th Birthday!

HAPPY 40th BIRTHDAY TO TOAD HALL BOOKSTORE!

On April 22nd Toad Hall Bookstore on Main Street in Rockport, as part of its 40th anniversary celebration, is sponsoring an Earth Day Beach Cleanup and Beach-Art Presentation. All are invited to walk to Front Beach with naturalist Robert Buchsbaum and to talk with local artist Nina Samoiloff as she creates a sculpture made from collected beach materials. Activities begin at noon at Toad Hall which donates all of its net profits to support environmental improvement and education projects.

Art Show Featuring Recycled Beach Finds

Don't miss a special exhibit beginning with a lecture on Tuesday, November 15th at 7 p.m. in honor of National Recycling Day. The art show will feature the work of Nina Cassel Samoiloff (read more about her work HERE) and the pieces she creates using elements she finds washed up on the beaches of Rockport. 

From the NOAA:

NOAA Fisheries Service Sponsors Marine Debris Lecture and Art Show

NOAA Fisheries Service is sponsoring two local artists who have focused recent efforts on the impacts of marine debris in our oceans.  Gloucester’s Karen Ristuben will present her recent sailing expedition from Honolulu to Vancouver, British Columbia to document marine debris in the Pacific Ocean. Nina Cassel Samoiloff will present art work crafted from marine debris collected from Rockport beaches. Her work will be on display in the NOAA Fisheries lobby weekdays from 8:00am – 4:30pm from November 15 until December 15. This event will take place at NOAA Fisheries Service, 55 Great Republic Avenue in Gloucester at 7:00 pm on November 15.  For more information, please contact Eric Hutchins, NOAA Fisheries, at 978-281-9313. 

Art Now Rockport event on September 17th!

A lively intimate evening showcasing the work of five contemporary Rockport artists (Renata Fryshara, Kurt Ankeny, Ben Macadam, Nina Samoiloff, and Karen Tusinski) along with a presentation from New York based Art Advisor Lydia Barry Kutko, who will connect the current contemporary art scene in Rockport with its art colony past, as well as putting what is happening in Rockport in the context of what is taking place in the broader art world. This event is designed to be upbeat, informative, with fun food & drink and interesting people in a beautiful setting. Whew! Don't miss it.

September 17th from 7 to 9pm at the former Rockport Lodge. Tickets are $28 and include the artist's showcase, Lydia Barry Kutko's presentation and light food and drink. A percentage of proceeds benefit Rockport Festivals, so by supporting emerging art the purchase of a ticket also supports community programming.

The event showcases other Rockport talents as well: Art Now Rockport is put together by Sarah Kelly of The Roving Home with food provided by Brett Roeske of Lula's Pantry and a venue (the historic former Rockport Lodge) provided by Abby Cahill O'Brien of 5th Joy.

Art Now Rockport is sponsored by: