2012 Cape Ann Guide – Experience Cape Ann…serving Essex, Gloucester, Manchester-by-the-Sea and Rockport. Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce.
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Cape Ann's Cultural Districts Rocky Neck is also home to the future Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, headquarters and welcoming center for the Cultural District and the colony, located in the former Christian Science Church at 6 Wonson Street; The Goetemann Residency, now in its eighth year, this program is one of the few visual artist live-work residencies offered in Massachusetts; the Rocky Neck Gallery, located in a pressed-tin clad building that was originally part of the Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, the first manufactory in America. There are also numerous historically significant maritime landmarks such as the Marine Railways, a shipyard that has served the fishing fleet of New England since before the Civil War and is the oldest continually operating railways in the country; the Schooner Adventure, a 122-foot historic wooden dory fishing schooner built in 1926 in Essex; the iconic Tarr and Wonson Paint Factory, now headquarters for Ocean Alliance, an organization that conducts research on whales in all the oceans of the world; Ten Pound Island Light, where the great American artist Winslow Homer boarded with the lighthouse keeper in 1880 and painted about 50 scenes of Gloucester Harbor. There is public parking at the beginning of Rocky Neck Avenue, at Madfish Grille and at the Marine Railways. You can also take the Gloucester Harbor Water Shuttle or the Trolley. Visit www.rockyneckartcolony.org for more information about the Rocky Neck Art Colony. Visit us and experience for yourself some of the magic that is Rocky Neck. ++++++++++++++ + + + + + + + ++ + + ++ +++++++++ + + +++ +++ + + + ++ + + + + +++++++ ++ +++ + +++ + +++ + ++ ++ ++ ++ ++ Rockport Cultural District On March 20, 2012, at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the Massachusetts Cultural Council established the Rockport Cultural District, among the first to be designated in Massachusetts, along with Gloucester's Rocky Neck Cultural District. Rockport's cultural district is made up of a diverse group of partners that include art galleries, artistic and performance venues, historic associations, museums, churches, libraries, and retailers. Its mission is to celebrate, preserve, and promote Rockport's artistic and cultural assets, and to help harness these assets as an economic engine for the town. The District's compact boundaries make it easy to walk, encompassing 1.2 miles of downtown Rockport. It includes 150 businesses, galleries, churches, and cultural venues. -Photos and text by Paul St. Germain 20 Cape Ann Guide 2012 ~ Essex, Gloucester, Manchester-by-the-Sea, and Rockport + + + ++ + ++++++++++++++++++++++ + ++ + + ++ + ++++++++++++++++++++++ + ++ + + ++ + ++++++++++++++++++++++ + ++ + + ++ + +++++++++++++++++++ + + + + ++ + ++++++++++++++++++++++ + ++ + + ++ + ++++++++++++++++++++++ + ++ + + ++ + ++++++++++++++++++++++ + ++ + + ++ + +++++++++++++++++++ + + + + ++ + ++++++++++++++++++++++ + ++ + + ++ + ++++++++++++++++++++++ + ++ + + ++ + ++++++++++++++++++++++ + ++ + + ++ + +++++++++++++++++++ +