CULTURE SCENE and SEEN
Enthusiasts & Creatives Across the Circuit
AUGUST 17, 2022
Cocktail Party by Carol St. John
Dog Days of Summer
Whether reclining in the salon or on a sandy beach on Cape Ann, it is time to relax and enjoy these final weeks of repose.
COSMOS subscribers, out and about, spent the cocktail hour with Alex Westerhoff and Toby Muller, enjoying the ambiance and residential artistry of their home, located on the highest land in Manchester-by-the-Sea. A stunning gallery of design, the interior combines classical, retro, modern and imagination. The residence is dog friendly and most hospitable to human company too. A lovely time was had by all. Remarkably: The home at 3 Colburn Road, and contents, are on the market! COSMOS can arrange an introduction.
Left to right: Lynn Maguire, Alexander Westerhoff, Karen O'Haire of Sacramento, Kelly Kern of Las Vegas. Photo: Chris Munkholm
Culture Splash Thursdays in Gloucester — A HIT!
Now winding down in its second season, the weekly Thursday evening Culture Splash Event, founded by Discover Gloucester and orchestrated with many of our Gloucester cultural venues, has acquired traction, and is growing into a very special addition to the summer cultural scene. Each Thursday features a unique roster of events and it is best to plan ahead. Two more Culture Splash evenings remain for this summer: August 18 and 25. See you around town! Photos below from recent Culture Splash Thursday, August 11.
COSMOS' first stop was at the Gloucester Meetinghouse, to view artwork by Pia Juhn Nadel, a Gloucester artist known for paintings of quarries and rock formation. Her new paintings focus on Gloucester neighborgoods.
Above, top left: Pia Juhn Nadel with Charles Nazarian, President, Gloucester Meetinghouse Foundation; Below, left: Gloucester neighborhood by Pia Juhn Nadel; right: Pia with two artist friends.
left: Chris Baum, first violinist, and Nathan Cohen, second violinist, of the Poison Peach String Quartet, playing in the Cape Ann Museum courtyard. Right: Jane Deering Gallery exhibit, painting by Leslie Lewis Sigler, Once Removed. On view through August 28.
Eileen Mueller (left) and Christina McDonald at the opening; painting by Jane McDonald.
WOMEN ON THE WHARF
Jane McDonald and Friends
Christina McDonald organized the exhibit dedicated to her mother Jane McDonald (1938-2009), which also includes the works of four artist friends who were part of a special cadre of women artists, formed during the 1990s. The other four were Eileen Muller, Joan Frank (1941-2014), Carol St. John, and Patti Sullivan.
Cultural Center at Rocky Neck through September 11.
A late arrival at Matthew Swift Gallery opening of Right Here on Paper: Gloucester and Environs. Not too late for crackers & cheese.
Swift Gallery through September 5.
