Art Exhibit & Sale: Clear Vision: Masterworks in Glass
Start: Monday, June 16, 2008
End: Saturday, July 26, 2008
Times: 10:00am - 4:00pm
Location: Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Rte. 28, Cotuit, MA
Cotuit Center for the Arts is proud to announce Cape Cod's first large group glass artists’ exhibition and sale. The exhibition, Clear Vision: Masterworks in Glass will be on view through July 26. Gallery hours are Monday - Friday from 10am - 4pm and from 10am - 2pm on Saturday. For more information, please call the arts center at 508-428-0669.
The exhibiting artists are Jim Holmes, Benton Jones, Fritz Lauenstein, Michael Magyar, David McDermott, Bonnie Maresh, Robbie Mason, Ed Poore, Patrick Todoroff, and Travis Weber as well as pieces from historic Pairpoint, America's oldest glassworks. Works will include the full range of hot worked to cold worked, blown, slumped, beveled, leaded and engraved techniques.
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Summer Art for Teens
Start: Monday, June 30, 2008
End: Monday, July 14, 2008
Times: 8:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Cotuit Center for the Arts
Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Rte. 28 in Cotuit will offer Summer Art, an intensive program for co-ed students, ages 12 - 15, with an enthusiastic interest in art. The program includes extensive classes in painting, black and white photography, sculpture, and drawing where students will have the opportunity to explore a range of media and visual ideas. Much focus is given to observational assignments. Plaster, wire, charcoal, oil painting, and darkroom techniques will be introduced. Many courses and projects will draw inspiration from the Cape landscape and ocean.
There will be three two-week sessions: June 30 - July 11; July 14 - July 25 and July 28 - August 8. Classes will be held each weekday from 8:30am to 12:30pm. The cost for tuition for each two week session is $600 ($550 for CCftA members). The tuition fee includes all art supplies and studio expenses. A great value at $15 per hour! To register, please call the arts center at 508-428-0669 or visit www.CotuitCenterForTheArts.org.
Faculty consists of experienced, practicing, artists and teachers who look forward to working with creative art students this summer.
At the end of each session every student will have acquired new skills, explored exciting media, produced a portfolio of artwork, and benefited from the experience of working with peers in a motivating and creative environment.
Rhymes With Stiches at Highfield Hall
Category: Family Friendly and Free
Start: Monday, June 30, 2008
End: Sunday, August 3, 2008
Times: 10:00am - 3:00pm
Location: Highfield Hall, 56 Highfield Drive (top of Depot Ave.)
Woods Hole artist Salley Mavor brings her delightful fabric-relief illustrations to Highfield Hall in a new exhibit, “Rhymes with Stitches.” Featured in the exhibition will be artwork from Ms. Mavor’s latest children’s books, published by Houghton Mifflin, Hey, Diddle, Diddle, Jack and Jill and Wee Willie Winkie. The exhibition opens on Monday June 30, with a reception to be held from 4 to 6 pm. Eight Cousin’s Bookstore will have be on hand with copies of Mavor’s books for sale and the artist will be in attendance to sign books and discuss her work. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited to attend; children, especially, are welcome.
Mavor’s art work will be on display in the Clark Gallery at Highfield Hall from Monday, June 30 – Sunday, August 3. Highfield Hall is open to the public Monday – Friday and Sundays from 10 am to 3 pm. Admission is free of charge.
SULLIVAN AND GILBERT by Ken Ludwig
Start: Thursday, July 3, 2008
End: Sunday, July 13, 2008
Times: 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: Cotuit Center for the Arts
Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Rte. 28 in Cotuit, proudly presents SULLIVAN AND GILBERT, a play with music by Ken Ludwig on June 26 - July 13*. Performances will be held at 8pm Thursdays-Saturdays with Sunday matinees at 4pm. (There is no performance on July 4th.) Tickets are $20; $18 for seniors and members; $10 for students with ID. Rich McKey direct this charming and clever play with music that mixes hilarious backstage drama with the best of the Gilbert and Sullivan repertoire. To reserve tickets, please call the box office at 508-428-0669.
There will be a fundraising event at 2:30pm on Sunday, July 13*. The event includes guest speaker, Royston Nash, hors d'oeuvres, wine, assorted desserts and a performance at 4pm of SULLIVAN AND GILBERT. All tickets are $50 with proceeds to benefit Cotuit Center for the Arts. To place a reservation, please call the box office at 508-428-0669.
A command performance is the only thing that could cause feuding collaborators William S. Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan together again. And it has: Gilbert and Sullivan, at the behest of Queen Victoria, have gathered the Opera company one last time for a special revue.
Cape Cod Theatre Project Summer Benefit
Start: Sunday, July 13, 2008
Times: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: TBD
The annual summer gala to benefit the Theatre Project held the Sunday after the opening of the first play of the season. A short reading will be presented.
For information about the Cape Cod Theatre Project click here.
