A Portrait of Greatness: Winston S. Churchill by Richard Osbourne
Monday, February 6, 1 pm
Admission is $15; free for CCMA members with additional membership in Friends of CCMA.
Reservations are strongly recommended; call 508-385-4477 x 7
Friends of Cape Cod Museum of Art present A Portrait of Greatness: Winston S. Churchill by Richard Osborne, Monday, February 6, 2012, 1 pm.
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (1874-1965) described himself as “an English-Speaking Union,” being the son of Lord Randolph Churchill and the American heiress, Jennie Jerome. A national hero in Great Britain, Churchill is considered by many to be one of the great leaders of the 20th Century. At the forefront of politics for fifty years, Churchill held many political and cabinet positions. Richard Osborne will speak about Churchill’s amazing career with an emphasis on his prolific and little known “other life” as a painter. The great defeat of Churchill’s life was the disastrous Gallipoli landings on the Dardanelles during World War I. He left politics and turned to painting as a haven to overcome the spells of depression – the “Black Dog” – he suffered throughout his life. He painted hundreds of paintings with great skill. It’s been said that if he had devoted his life to art, Churchill could have been a great artist. The only artwork painted during World War II was given to Franklin Roosevelt.
After service in the Army at the end of World War II, Richard Osborne attended Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey where he received AB and JD degrees. Richard’s career as a professional manager in privately owned paper mills took him to Ohio, Michigan, Virginia, New Jersey, England, Greece and finally, in 1993, to Cape Cod. He has had a life-long interest in history and has followed Churchill’s career with great interest for many years. He is a founding member of the Churchill Centre which was established to educate new generations on the leadership, statesmanship, vision, courage and boldness of Winston Churchill. An avid Red Sox and Patriots fan, Richard and his wife, Sonia, reside in Barnstable Village.
Refreshments are served following the program.
Edward Hopper: In His Own World by Deborah Forman Sold out
Saturday, March 10, 2 pm Re-scheduled!
Admission is $15; free for CCMA members with additional membership in Friends of CCMA.
Reservations are strongly recommended; call 508-385-4477 x 7.
Friends of Cape Cod Museum of Art present Edward Hopper: In His Own World by Deborah Forman, Saturday, January 21, 2 pm.
Edward Hopper, who is best known for his urban scenes, was a seasonal resident of Cape Cod for more than thirty years. Although he lived not far from the Provincetown art colony, he remained apart from that busy scene. True to his reserved personality, he preferred the quiet of secluded Truro.
Deborah Forman, whose book Perspectives on the Provincetown Art Colony, a history of the art colony, will discuss Hopper’s art: his city paintings and his views of Cape Cod, their mood and their meaning. Although Hopper was not one of the many artists Forman interviewed for the book, she has read extensively about his life and reviewed several museum exhibitions of his work.
Despite the allure of the water and the Cape Cod Bay vista from his home, Hopper rarely painted these views. He continued his devotion to architecture – cottages and barns in a rural setting. The lighthouses he painted were his “skyscrapers.” The tall buildings in New York, where he lived in the off-season, were not his main attraction; rather it was life in the city, a quiet street, a row of buildings, a diner, a drug store – and the people, alone, estranged, in solitude. Feelings of isolation are almost everywhere in Hopper’s paintings of city life. He taps into an emotional center and excites curiosity. His paintings set the scene and inspire viewers to develop a scenario.
Forman has interviewed dozens of artists and writers for articles she has written for the Cape Cod Times, Cape Cod VIEW magazine, Art New England and Boston Magazine. These interviews are at the core of her recent book. She was features editor at the Cape Cod Times and editor-in-chief of Cape Cod VIEW magazine. She wrote the script, conducted the interviews and worked on the filming for Art In Its Soul, an award-winning documentary on the history of the Provincetown art colony, which premiered on Boston’s WGBH and then aired on public television stations nationwide.
Forman has a degree in journalism from Temple University in Philadelphia, and has studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and at the Philadelphia Museum School of Art.
Refreshments are served following the program.
Enjoy a Sunday afternoon concert followed by refreshments at Cape Cod Museum of Art!
All performances begin at 2:30 pm
Tickets: CCMA members: $12 Not-yet members: $15
Click on the underlined price for tickets, or call 508-385-4477 ext 7 for reservations. (Reservations are held at the door; actual tickets are not issued)
January 8: The Cape Cod Chamber Ensemble
CCMA members: $12 Not-yet members: $15
The Cape Cod Chamber Ensemble directed by David Gallagher, presents Quintets for Piano and Winds by Mozart and Beethoven in an afternoon of chamber music. Mozart, in a letter to his father written in 1784, stated: “I composed two grand concertos and then a quintet, which called forth the greatest applause. I consider it the best work I have ever composed.” This exceptional work (K.452) along with Beethoven’s impressive answering composition (Op.10) for the same ensemble will be performed at CCMA.
January 15: Tripping Lily Sold Out
CCMA members: $12 Not-yet members: $15
Tripping Lilly, a string band with pop music sensibilities, or perhaps a cutting edge vocal quartet with acoustic instruments, is comprised of Demetrius Becrelis (guitar/vocals/ukulele), Alex Becrelis (mandolin/vocals), Monica Rizzio (fiddle/vocals/ukulele) and Laird Boles (stringed bass). With two Independent Music Awards for best Folk record and best Acoustic song, opening for Jazz artist Chris Botti, being featured on Showtime’s New Hit Series The Big C, hitting number one for several weeks on Boston's Folk Station WUMB, it is no wonder why the Boston Globe called the band"....a genre unto itself."
January 22: Gregg Harper
CCMA members: $12 Not-yet members: $15
Join Gregg Harper, former director of the museum, in an afternoon of contemporary and traditional music: acoustic, folk, blues jazz roots and Americana. Harper’s music is warm and lush – his range embodies works that are contemplative and soothing, as well as tunes that are stirring and energetic. With a strong background in theatre and storytelling as well as instrumental performance, Harper is equally at ease playing to a large audience or intimate crowd. He is able to transform any venue into a soundscape for tales both old and new, and able to quickly adjust his material to suit any occasion.
January 29: Dixie Diehards
CCMA members: $12 Not-yet members: $15
Take A Return Trip to New Orleans on Sunday afternoon. The Dixie Diehards will return to CCMA to present an afternoon of toe-tapping music from New Orleans of the 1920s and 30s with songs such as Alabamy Bound, At the Jazz Band Ball, Ballin the Jack, Melancholy Blues, Shine, Tishomingo Blues, That’s a Plenty, Careless Love, Basin Street Blues and a number of others you will recognize as well as a few you might not know.
February 5: Toast & Jam
CCMA members: $12 Not-yet members: $15
Toast & Jam entertains with an afternoon of bluegrass and swing. Toast & Jam features Tim Dickey on vocals, guitar, mandocello, mandolin, banjo and Dobro; Julie Wanamaker on vocals, guitar, ukulele and flute; and Laird Boles on vocals and bass. Tim and Julie have been singing together since the 1980s. In 2007 they decided to make an effort to develop a new repertoire, and started performing as Toast & Jam, with bassist/vocalist Laird Boles, in 2008.
February 12: Sol y Canto
CCMA members: $12 Not-yet members: $15
Sol y Canto serves up great Latin music led by Puerto Rican/Argentine singer Rosi Amador and New Mexican guitarist/composer Brian Amador. Rosi’s crystalline voice, likened to …”clean spring water, …smooth and clear, and …necessary for life,” and Brian’s quirky, original compositions address matters of the heart and social and global aspirations of all races and nationalities. Tonight’s performance is a Pan-Latin treat with new compositions and old favorites plus something for the child in us all.
February 19, 2012: no concert
February 26: Livio Freitas with Ron Ormsby & Bart Weisman
CCMA members: $12 Not-yet members: $15
Livio Freitas, accompanied by Ron Ormbsy on bass and Bart Weisman, on drums will play a selection of Brazilian inspired music. Freitas was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and now resides on Cape Cod. He is a vocalist & guitarist and has been playing music since he was 6 years old, growing up in Rio where music is the cultural center of society. His style is derived from Samba to more contemporary Brazilian rhythms and his sound borrows from Brazilian greats Antonio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Morais and Gilberto Gil. Ormbsy performs Jazz and Brazilian music on Cape Cod and in Brazil, where his wife is from. Bart Weisman has performed Jazz and Brazilian Music on Cape Cod and in Washington, DC, most notably with the late, great Keter Betts (bass player for 24 years with Ella Fitzgerald) who with Stan Getz and Charlie Byrd brought Brazilian music to Jazz.
March 4: Travels and Dreams - An Afternoon with Jinny Sagorin and Doug Hammer
CCMA members: $12 Not-yet members: $15
Jinny will be performing beautiful songs from some favorite musicals, the Great American Songbook and contemporary gems. Doug will be performing his original solo piano pieces from Travels, his new double CD. It will be a double-header of inspiring piano compositions and gorgeous songs to warm the heart on a winter’s afternoon.
March 11: Boston String Quartet
CCMA members: $12 Not-yet members: $15
The Boston String Quartet, features Christopher Vuk and Angel Valchinov on violin, Chen Lin on viola, and Christina Stripling on cello. They perform with "mature depth and musical prowess" (Tower Records), have been delighting audiences throughout the nation performing their own arrangements of classical chamber music, rock, jazz, world music and more, and is continually “exploring different ways of sparking musical interest” (Boston Globe). If you think that string quartet music is boring, and that violins and cellos play only Bach and Beethoven music, then you will be mightily surprised by this unconventional group of string players that have been thrilling audiences from coast to coast with their unique compositions and daring approach.
March 18: The Maeve Gilchrist Trio
CCMA members: $12 Not-yet members: $15
At only 25, Maeve Gilchrist has been credited as an innovator on the Celtic Harp due to her uniquely chromatic use of the instrument. Her music fuses her Scottish roots with the colors and freedoms of jazz to produce a fresh and unique new sound. The Maeve Gilchrist trio performs exciting original music and breathes life into traditional songs.Gilchrist put together her alternative string trio after being inspired by the rich and innovative string sounds that the north East new-acoustic scene had to offer. Along with her regular collaborator, bassist Aidan O’ Donnell (Scottish Jazz Awards recipient), Maeve is joined by fiddler Duncan Wickel (of the John Doyle Band) to form a unique and colorful string sound drawing deeply on Maeve’s traditional music background while also including elements of improvisation.
March 25: Jenifer and Julian Jackson: Classics and New Originals!
CCMA members: $12 Not-yet members: $15
Daughter and father, Jenifer and Julian Jackson are accompanied by Sonny Barbato in a program of classic jazz and American standards and selections from Jenifer's new album of her original songs; The Day Happiness Found Me. The melodic, poetic, heartfelt songs will bring emotion and inner images to all!
ALZHEIMER'S STUDIO ART PROGRAM: An Artist Within
Friday, February 17, 1:30 pm
This is an art activity session providing a hands-on experience for Alzheimers clients and their caregivers, and is held the third Friday of the month from 1:30 - 2:30 pm. Ann Hitch is the instructor.
There is no charge, but registration is required. Call 508-385-4477 ext 16.
ARTS & ALZHEIMER'S INITIATIVE
Friday, January 27, 1:30 pm
In collaboration with Alzheimer's Services of Cape Cod & the Islands, CCMA is extending museum educator tours to patients with Alzheimers or dementia and their caregivers to engage in art-related discussions in a comfortable and safe environment. Art Care sessions are usually held the fourth Friday of each month at 1:30 pm and last for about an hour. The museum educators begin each session by introducing the visitors to the museum, giving them background information about the artists and outlining the museum's mission of collecting, preserving and exhibiting work by Cape Cod artists. The four paintings are discussed around a selected theme.
There is no charge, but registration is required. Call 508-775-5656.
ONE NIGHT STAND: Matt Gage: The Art of Instrument Making
Thursday, February 23, 5:30 - 7:30 pm
Admission by donation
One Night Stand, CCMA's popular evening of art happenings, is back, with The Art of Instrument Making, featuring Matt Gage. Gage will discuss and demonstrate crafting guitars with Alex Becrelis, of Tripping Lily, providing a musical sampling of the quality of one of Gage's OM guitars.
Gage describes himself as a "self-taught, self-obsessed" instrument maker from Cape Cod who specializes in guitar and ukelele making. Having taught himself to play the guitar at the age of 12, his interests expanded quickly to the caring and maintenance of his and other's instruments. He now builds guitars for many great musicians. Becrelis played one of Gage's OM style guitars at CCMA for a recent sold-out Music & More concert. Louisville, KY, musicians Steven Couch, Eddy Green and Tyrone Cotton are other professional musicians who play Gage guitars. Couch and Green are from the band, The Betweeners. Cotton posted on his website, "Couldn't be happier with my new acoustic guitar made by Matt Gage, unbelievable sweet warm tone. Projects beautifully."
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ARTFUL THURSDAYS
Admission by donation all day – 10am - 8pm
Tours at 11 am and 2 pm
To ensure that all Cape Codders can enjoy CCMA, the museum offers admission by donation every Thursday from 10 am – 8 pm, with tours at 11 am and 2 pm, and special events on selected Thursday evenings.
Visitors can also enjoy lunch or dinner at local restaurants offering Artful Thursday 10% discounts: The Mercantile for lunch and the Blue Moon Bistro for dinner.
The Artful Thursdays program is sponsored by Bank of America.
