CAMTalks: Without Just Grounds

TheCape Ann Museumtells multiple stories, all relating to a single remarkable place. From its earliest days as a fishing and shipping port to its mid-19th century role in the granite industry, to its singular charms of light and sea that have attracted countless artists from the 19th century to the present, Cape Ann boasts a rich and varied culture of nationally significant historical, industrial, and artistic achievement. The Museum'sfine art collectionincludes the largest grouping of works by native son and renowned marine artist,Fitz Henry Lane, as well as work by other prominent painters and sculptors who lived on, visited or were inspired by Cape Ann. The work of contemporary Cape Ann artists is also collected and exhibited. The permanent collection includes fine and decorative arts, and artifacts from the major industries of the area - the fisheries and granite quarrying.

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A lecture on the  artwork and environmental activism of Elaine MacGray Starrett.

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Without Just Grounds, a series of paintings by Rockport artist Elaine MacGray Starrett (1929-2021), will be presented at the White-Ellery House by Cape Ann Climate Coalition’s Carbon Sequestration and Climate Arts’ Action Groups this August. The series reflects Starrett’s concern for the protection of open space and natural resources. On Sunday, August 21 at 2:00 pm, join the Cape Ann Museum for a discussion of Starrett’s work and environmental activism by her daughter Amy Bower and Cape Ann Climate Coalition Climate Arts members Susan Quateman and Axel Magnuson, who helped to produce the webinar &#x27;A Call to Artists: Climate Change, Environment and the Arts In Our Community.’ (available on www.capeannclimatecoalition.org).

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