Howard Hoople takes pictures of butterflies in Andover the Adirondacks Texas and anywhere else he happens to be A former president of the Massachusetts Butterfly Club Howard leads butterfly walks showing people how to observe and identify butterflies without damaging these delicate creatures He has had butterfly photos published in Merrimack Valley Massachusetts Butterflies American Butterflies and…
Artist of the Month: April 2019 – Garima Parakh
ABOUT THE ARTIST Garima Parakh is a fine artist from the Boston area who creates landscapes still life and floral paintings that have a certain joyful emotion in them She draws her sense of color from many places including her native country India and USA her home since 1999 In 2011 she left a successful career in…
Artist of the Month: March 2019 – Virginia Guazzaloca Photography
Virginia Guazzaloca is a Library Assistant at Memorial Hall Library She is a photographer based in New England who has been taking photos since she was a young kid She won an award for her photography at Salem State University where she graduated with a BA in English and a minor in Photography Architectural Photography large format…
Artist of the Month: February 2019 – Island Street Studios Group Show
This months hanging exhibit and display case feature works by artists at Island Street Studios Island Street Studios at Union Crossing is a vibrant and diverse creative community of artists artisans and entrepreneurs located in the heart of Lawrences historic downtown Housed within one of the ecoconscious redeveloped mill buildings ISS is on the second floor with…
Artist of the Month: January 2019 – Rich Vogel Photography & SHED Clock Towers
When I think of black and white landscape photography the magnificent images of the West captured by Ansel Adams come to mind While Andover doesnt have the dramatic features of the West its woods and ponds are every bit as beautiful in a subtler more understated way With these twelve black and white prints Ive tried to…
Artist of the Month: December 2018 – Alex Schwartz & Wendy Button
About the artist Twentyfour year old selfproclaimed awesome artist Alexander Schwartz of Andover is a creative force Once or twice a week for two to three hours for the past two years Alex meets with his art teacher Andrew Royce Fournier a Rhode Island School of Design Graduate and resident of North Andover Together they explore shape…
Artist of the Month: November 2018 – Martin Culpepper – Nature Photography
Artist Statement My name is Martin Culpepper Im fifteen years old and an aspiring wildlife photographer Im in 10th grade and planning on going into Biology in college out in the Yellowstone area I have been obsessed with learning about wildlife since my earliest memory and now its nice to interact with nature through my photography I…
Artist of the Month: October 2018 – Elaine Richards & Kelly Barnes
Elaine Richards About the Artist Living in Andover for 8 years formerly a member of the Peabody Arts Association Professionally an Occupational Therapy Assistant at Ironstone Farm in Andover The Kioko Center in North Andover River Valley Charter School in Newburyport and at various Genesis Healthcare rehab locations Im also a certified Reiki II practitioner and my…
Artist of the Month: August 2018 – Andover Artists Guild & Display Case Artist Jeanne Marie Blongiewicz
The August and September art exhibit features works by eight members of the Andover Artists Guild Joan Breen Melissa Kuhn Forte Elaine Meisinger Donna Mills Steve Mills Garima Parakh Donna Price and Rekha Quazi MD Joan Breen Artist Statement Painting Jenny on the Marmalade Medium Pastel Format Portrait Dimensions 22x16 Why do I paint There…
Day Jobs of Famous Authors
See if you can guess which authors worked which jobs in our Labor Day Weekend Fun Quiz!