Upcoming Events
Lasting Impressions by Coastal Printmakers
Lasting Impressions by Coastal Printmakers
Exhibition Dates
Friday, December 6, 2024 -January 18, 2025
This event is sponsored in part by the Braintree and Scituate Cultural Councils, local cultural supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Experience the magic of printmaking at the James Library & Center for the Arts in Norwell! From December 6, 2024, to January 18, 2025, join us for Lasting Impressions, an art exhibition featuring 13 of the South Shore’s finest artists from Coastal Printmakers. Explore a stunning variety of techniques like etchings, solar plates, and monoprints, all in our beautiful gallery.
About Coastal Printmakers
Coastal Printmakers is a group of artists on the South Shore of Massachusetts dedicated to the art and craft of fine art printmaking. We are thrilled to welcome them back to the James for this exhibition!
Coastal Printmakers Artists
Scituate
Esther Maschio
Larry Guilmette
Lisa Flynn
Susan Denniston
Braintree
Donna Ingemanson
Quincy
Jane Johnston
Abington
Ellen Harris
Hull
Helen Cuccaro
Helen Brokerick
Cohasset
Nancy Connolly
Rockland
Kathy Folino
Norwell
Barbara Sheehan
Pembroke
Terry Coleman
Whitman
Eileen Dignan
Art for Your Mind: John Singer Sargent
Creative Thinking Through Art Observation
Experience a career-spanning selection of Sargent’s artwork showcasing his ever-evolving techniques and subjects. From elegant society images to less formal watercolors—learn how Sargent’s extraordinary work brought him both commercial success and critics’ disapproval.
About Art Historian Jill Sanford
Jill Sanford is creator and primary presenter of Art For Your Mind LLC programs. She holds a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in Art History from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. After an early background in arts administration and graphic design, she now has over 20 years of experience presenting art enrichment with a passion for making art history and art appreciation enjoyable and accessible for people of all ages and backgrounds.
Learn more at artforyourmind.com.
Norwell High School AP Art Exhibition
Norwell High School AP Art Exhibition
Exhibition dates
February 7, 2025 through March 8, 2025
Opening Reception (Free and all are welcome)
February 7, 2025, 6:00pm to 8:00 pm
This event is sponsored by the Savage Godfrey Gallery.
This event is sponsored in part by the Norwell Cultural Council, a local organization supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Untitled by Eleanor Lane
The Adventures of Benjamin Franklin
Sunday, February 16, 2025 at 2 pm
Printer, Scientist, Inventor, Author, Ambassador, Postmaster, Philanthropist, Patriot: Benjamin Franklin has even been called “the First American.” In this original, interactive one-man show, award-winning actor / playwright / historian J.T. Turner portrays one of the world's greatest statesmen and authors, Benjamin Franklin, as he weaves together history, civics, science, and humor by recounting the story of his life. Dr. Franklin discusses his challenging youth in Boston, his days as a printer and writer in Philadelphia, and his adventures as an inventor, philanthropist, diplomat, and hero of the American Revolution.
This event is sponsored in part by the Hingham and Norwell Cultural Councils, local organizations supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
About J.T. Turner
J.T. Turner (SAG-AFTRA, AEA) is an award-winning stage, screen and audio actor, teaching artist and speaker. He has toured theaters, museums, schools, universities, historical sites, libraries, and senior centers all over the North America with his original one-man shows, including: "Robert Frost, Light and Dark," “The Adventures of Benjamin Franklin", “Shakespeare’s Ghost,” "A Visit with C.S. Lewis", "Charles Dickens in A Christmas Carol", “John Muir: Father of America’s Parks,” “Washington Irving in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, “A Visit with John Steinbeck,” and “Fitzgerald & Gatsby,” as well as storytelling, mindful movement, and theater education programs.
J.T.’s original play “Within These Walls” was featured at the Smithsonian Museum of American History and awarded an Essex National Heritage Pioneer in Partneships Award. His Mill Talk: The Charles Dickens Lectures” was commissioned by The Lowell Institute & Charles River Museum of Industry, and he has served as an on-camera historical consultant on The Travel Channel. He has been awarded multiple Pinnacle Awards from The Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration.
J.T. had served as a visiting artist at the Longy School of Music, Boston University, and University of Massachusetts/Lowell, among others. He is NEFA/NEST grant eligible, and an approved provider of educational programs for MassHousing & Northeast Kingdom Council on Aging.
He is also a professional circus ringmaster, fight choreographer, certified instructor of qigong, tai chi, & meditation, and acting, accent, memory, & public speaking coach. www.jtturner.org
Author Don Wilding presents Cape Cod and the Portland Gale of 1898
On the night of November 26, 1898, with a killer storm of historic proportions approaching, the steamer Portland set out from Boston. By the following night, the winter hurricane had sent the vessel to the depths of Massachusetts Bay off Cape Cod, claiming nearly two hundred lives. On the Cape, a few dozen victims of the Portland disaster washed ashore, while ships piled up in harbors, high tides swept away railroad tracks and the landscape and beaches were changed forever. Several Cape Cod mariners went to sea and never returned, caught in the gale’s evil clutches. Local author Don Wilding revisits this disaster and the heroic deeds of the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the Cape’s citizenry in what came to be known as “the Portland Gale.”
6th Annual Spring Juried Art Show
6th Annual Spring Juried Art Show
Exhibition dates
March 21, 2025-April 26, 2025
Opening Reception (Free and all are welcome)
Friday, March 21, 2025 from 6:00pm to 8:00 pm
Prospectus to come!
This event is sponsored in part by the Cohasset, Hanover, Hingham, and Marshfield Cultural Councils, local cultural councils that are supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
The James by Margaret Farrell Bruno
Evan Murphy Bluegrass Band
Evan Murphy Bluegrass Band
Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $35 General Admission, $30 Senior, $20 Student (Purchase Below)
Sponsored by the Edward and Estelle Memorial Fund and Coastal Heritage Bank
This event is also sponsored in part by the Norwell and Scituate Cultural Councils, local cultural councils supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
International Jazz Vocalist Lori Williams
International Jazz Vocalist Lori Williams
Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $35 General Admission | $30 Senior | $20 Student (Purchase below)
This event is sponsored by Poppy & John Troupe and Fox Hill Wealth Management.
Sponsored in part by the Marshfield, Norwell, and Scituate Cultural Councils, local agencies that are sponsored by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
About Lori Williams
Acclaimed international Jazz vocalist Lori Williams has a most impressive resume as a performing artist, music educator, songwriter, producer, musical theater actress, radio host, business owner (PositiveMusicPM.org), and artist-in-residence with over 30 years of experience. Her annual vocal jazz tour and performance at music festivals have taken her to Europe (Austria, Germany, Slovakia, Slovenia, Russia, Switzerland, Czech Republic, and Ukraine), Japan, The Caribbean (including Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Curaçao, St. Lucia, Turks and Caicos, et. al), Mexico, and across the USA. Her vocal jazz artist residencies have allowed her to work with and mentor students on college campuses in the United States and abroad.
As a veteran vocal music educator and private vocal coach, Lori's received many honors for her contributions to the arts, including The Atlanta Chapter of the National Hampton Alumni Association’s 2023 Excellence in Arts and Entertainment Award, Outstanding Music Teacher in the October 2000 issue of Teaching Music, the 2007 Superintendent's Arts Teacher of the Year, and the 2010 Vincent E. Reed Teacher of the Year. Lori was nominated for a 2014 Helen Hayes Award as an Outstanding Lead Actress in a Resident Musical for her role as Ella Fitzgerald. Lori has received letters of recognition for her performances by President Joseph Biden (wherein he wrote that Lori Williams has "the voice of an angel…absolutely amazing"), Speaker of the House John Boehner, and Senator C. Anthony Muse. Immersed in traditional jazz from an early age and earning a B.A. in Mass Media Arts from Hampton University, she hosts a weekly radio program on JazzRadioWETF.org - "Collector's Choice With Lori Williams". Her weekly broadcast focuses on women in jazz, the international scene and young performers dedicated to the roots and traditions of the music. Lori is also the producer and host of Sunday Jazz Lounge at St. James Live! Jazz club in Atlanta, Georgia (stjamesliveatl.com).
For over three decades, Lori Williams has had the honor of working with many notable artists as lead / background / studio session / guest vocalist including Oleta Adams, Yolanda Adams, Nikita Agafonov, David Archuleta, Marcos Ariel, Temidayo Balogun, Rob Bargad, Regina Belle, Eric Benet, The Blackbyrds, Michael Bowie, Willie Bradley, Karen Briggs, Norman Brown, Tom Browne, Peabo Bryson, Chuck Brown, Wayne Bruce, Jerry Butler, Jonathan Butler, West Byrd, Paul Carr, Terri Lyne Carrington, TC Carson, Gene Chandler, Renato Chicco, Stanley Clarke, Jeremy “Bean” Clemons, Nick Colionne, Collaboration, Michael Colyar, Adrian Crutchfield, Jon Davis, John Di Martino, Will Downing, Joris Dudli, George Duke, Nathan East, Rodney M. Edge, Troy Sol Edler, Kevon Edmonds (After 7), Jorel "JFLY" Flynn (HBIYD), Derrick Gardner, Laszlo Gardony, James Genus, Jazmin Ghent, Tres Gilbert, David Gilmore, Savion Glover, Aaron Graves, Chelsey Green, Slide Hampton, Winard Harper, Christian Havel, Walter Hawkins, Norbert Heger, Howard Hewett, Weldon Hill, Tony Hightower, Corcoran Holt, William Hubbard, Daryl Hunt, Tim Hutson, Yoron Israel, Jessy J, Al Johnson and The A-Team, Allyn Johnson (Divine Order), Marcus Johnson, Nathan & Noble Jolley, Stanley Jordan, Michael Keul, Kindred the Family Soul, Ben E. King, James King, Anatoliy Kirnichnyy, Antoine Knight, Yishai Knoll, Saltman Knowles Group, Ignat Kravtsov, Rayshun LaMarr, Lavahi, Evgeny Lebedev, Lisa Levine, Dee Lucas, Alex Malheiros (Azymuth), Jimmy Masters, Maysa Leak, Daniel McClain (After 7), Frank McComb, John Paul McGee, Marion Meadows, Najee, Jimmy Masters, Nathan Mitchell, Ed Neumeister, Marat Nikolaev, Milan Nikolic, Julia Nixon, Daniel Nösig, Antonio Parker, Phil Perry, Robert E. Person, Anne Phillips, Benjie Porecki, Lloyd Price, Phylicia Rae, Chuck Redd, Robert Redd, Althea Rene, Anton Revnyuk, Lenny Robinson, Gino Rosaria, Ellie Saitoh and The Love Tambourines, Erwin Schmidt, Sylver Logan Sharp, Avery Sharpe, BillyRay Sheppard, Art Sherrod, Brian Simpson, Jae Sinnett, Oli Silk, Dick Smith, Jesse ‘JT Jazz’ Thompson, John Toomey, Tony Terry, Unit 3 Deep (w/ David Dyson), Tadataka Unno, Gerald Veasley, Chris Walker, Kevin Walker, Kim Waters, Jacob Webb, Anthony Wellington, Matthew Whitaker, Roz White, Bernhard Wiesinger (Poysdorf All-Stars), Vesta Williams, Larry M. Wilson, Angela Winbush, Sherry Winston, Lisa Yves, David Ylvisaker, Frederic Yonnet, et.al.
Lori has six independent CDs and has recorded with numerous artists internationally. She released a single - "Too Late (It's My Time)" - in June 2022. The official music video (directed/co-produced by Elise Perry) was released in July 2022. Too Late (It's My Time) - Official Music Video
Her latest inspirational contemporary Jazz single - “Take My Wings” - released in October 2023. Take My Wings
Homes of Norwell Tour 2025
Join us On Friday, April 11, 2025, for the Homes of Norwell Tour!
9 am: Doors open at Cushing Memorial Hall for tickets, tour booklets, and shopping at the Marketplace. Grab some coffee, shop the Marketplace, pick up your tour booklet, and get ready for a wonderful event!
10 am-2 pm: Houses open to guests
2 pm: Houses close to guests
A list of houses, addresses, and their history will be provided to ticket holders on the day of the tour at the Cushing Center.
Color Noise Artist Dina Brennan
Color Noise by Artist Dina Brennan
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Exhibition dateS
May 9, 2025 through June 14, 2025
Opening Reception (Free and all are welcome)
Friday, May 9, 2025, 6-8 pm
Color Noise—Artist Statement
My creativity was sparked by COVID, of all things, and what I coined my Quarantine Creative. I started taking out all of my art supplies and playing with watercolor landscapes which I called “colorscapes.” The idea was letting the water move how it wanted against the page to create a loose and abstract visual of what I saw on my daily walks. I was also taking black and white photos every day, which focused on line and texture. I like the idea of playing with lines that emulate horizons and layering values that create depth. Working abstractly is something that is new to me and I have had a lot of fun experimenting with new painting tools and different types of acrylic paints, mediums and soluble artists’ crayons.
In my new body of work, each piece is focused on limiting my color palette and pushing color relationships while maintaining a balance in tone and movement. With that movement, I really want to explore what sound looks like, particularly in nature. My love of color motivates me most in creating my art. I’m endlessly caught up in the colors found and created in nature, no matter where I am in the world. Growing up and living in New England has been very influential because of the ever-changing seasons, the continuous moving landscape found along the coast and the way the light makes everything seem different from day to day. The naturally occurring color combinations found while spending time outdoors inspires me to try and create those connections while painting. I am working to see if can visually depict sound within a landscape. Does sound have a color? Does color make a noise?
I have had the pleasure of working with local artists at the Frame Center for twenty-five (25) years. Post-COVID, the Frame Center began enhancing its showroom and gallery spaces. We decided to utilize the open space to showcase original artwork by local artists. Our goal is to create a safe space for the community to enjoy and celebrate their art without the pressures of a traditional gallery. I find that I really enjoy pushing people to share and celebrate their work, which in turn has inspired me to try new things in my own artwork and put myself out there in a way that I never have before.
My very first solo show will be hanging next spring at the James Library in historic Norwell Center. The James Library and Center for the Arts is a non-profit organization offering programs in music, art and literature. My new work, which focuses on playing with sound and color, will be featured in their art gallery in May, 2025.
Sculptor Jared Hadfield
Sculptor Jared Hadfield
Spiral Rocket
32” x 7” x 7”
Engineered wood, french mappa burl, maple, lead and tacks
Exhibition dates
June 20, 2025 through August 8, 2025
Opening Reception (Free and all are welcome)
Friday, June 20, 2025, 6-8 pm
Santa at the James--Norwell Holiday Stroll
Come to the James during the Norwell Holiday Stroll on December 7th to take a picture with Santa and mail your child's letter to the big man himself!
author anthony sammarco Talk: The Christmas Tree Shops
In Halloween Traditions in Boston, Anthony Sammarco discusses the history of the Salem Witchcraft Trials which caused such tremendous anxiety and fear and the deaths of many innocent people in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692, to the decorating of Beacon Hill as a veritable neighborhood of whimsy, with macabre skulls, bones, and cobwebs, to pumpkins and lighted jack o'lanterns.
Heavenly Holidays Fundraiser
Don't miss this extraordinary night of hope, healing, and heartwarming messages from the Other-Side.
About Lori
Lori Sheridan is a professional psychic medium and spiritual teacher dedicated to helping others make healing connections through mediumship. Her ability to deliver highly evidential messages of love and comfort from the Other-Side with compassion has brought hope to individuals, families, and audiences of all sizes. She is a certified medium for the Forever Family Foundation and a contributing author to the book Signs & Synchronicities. She is also the owner of Hope Ethereal, a spiritual center in Norwell, Massachusetts. She believes love and life are eternal. Learn more at www.LoriSheridanMedium.com
The Fine Print
This event is limited to 90 guests. Secure your seat now for a truly memorable experience. As always, Lori will share as many messages with as many people as possible during the time allotted, but while every effort is made, not all guests will receive a message. All ticket sales are final.
HANNEKE CASSEL & DAVE WIESLER WITH KEITH MURPHY & YANN FALQUET
Beloved Boston-based fiddler Hanneke Cassel—who fuses influences from the Isle of Skye and Cape Breton with Americana grooves—joins forces with nationally acclaimed pianist Dave Wiesler and masters of contemporary Celtic guitar, Keith Murphy and Yann Falquet, who also bring a rich blending of the Franco and Anglo traditions as singers.
A South African Perspective on Racism
Join Stewart Ting Chong as he presents his perspective on growing up in South Africa, his work in the anti-apartheid movement, and his observation and experience of discrimination.
James Fundraiser at Buttonwood Books and Toys
Join us at our favorite independent book and toy store for a fundraiser event to benefit the James Library & Center for the Arts. Shop all that Buttonwood has to offer and mention the James Library when you checkout. That's it! 20% of your sale will go to the James.
Mama Steph: Music, Movement, and More!
Mama Steph returns to the James for a fun-filled morning of music and movement for little ones up to age 7. Space is limited, so make sure to reserve your spot now!
Toddler Halloween Morning
Bring your little one to the James for a morning of Halloween fun! Wear your costumes, enjoy a story and art and crafts, and take home a sweet treat.
Lysander Piano Trio
The Lysander Piano Trio has been praised by The Strad for its “incredible ensemble, passionate playing, articulate and imaginative ideas and wide palette of colors” and by The Washington Post for “an uncommon degree of heart-on-the-sleeve emotional frankness” and “vivid engagement carried by soaring, ripely Romantic playing.”
Fall Juried Art Exhibition
Our Fall Juried Art Exhibition showcases the best in local and regional art! This wonderful art exhibition features works by local, regional, and national artists, juried by Makayla May, Curatorial Associate, Modern and Contemporary Art at The Art Institute of Chicago.
Fashion of United States First Ladies
Explore the evolution of United States' first lady fashion in this engaging presentation. Discover how these women's clothing choices have become symbols of cultural shifts and national identity, reflecting societal expectations, political climates, and changing roles throughout history.
Works by Brenda M. White Henriquez
Brenda M. White Henriquez is an award-winning local artist from Norwell, Massachusetts. With a BS in Biological Sciences from Cornell University, White Henriquez is uniquely equipped for observing and understanding the intricacies of the natural world. This scientific foundation seamlessly translates into her oil paintings, where she excels in capturing the subject’s subtleties with incredible precision.
Author Stephen Puleo presents...
The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union
TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2024 | 7:00 PM
TICKETS: $20 GENERAL ADMISSION | $10 STUDENT
*A LIMITED NUMBER OF FREE TICKETS FOR SENIORS ARE AVAILABLE, COURTESY OF THE CORDELIA FAMILY FOUNDATION.
SPONSORED BY THE NORWELL HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THE EDWARD AND ESTELLE MOSHER FUND, AND NAPIER FINANCIAL.
ALSO SUPPORTED IN PART BY THE NORWELL AND SCITUATE CULTURAL COUNCILS, LOCAL AGENCIES SUPPORTED BY THE MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL, A STATE AGENCY.
The Conscience of the North
For a quarter of a century, including twenty-three consecutive years in the Senate from 1851 until his death (which encompassed a three-year absence as he recovered from his caning injuries), it was Charles Sumner–not Lincoln, not William Lloyd Garrison, not Frederick Douglass, Lydia Maria Child, or anyone else–who was the nation’s most passionate, vociferous, unrelenting, and inexhaustible anti-slavery and equal rights champion.
Before and during the Civil War, at a great personal sacrifice, he was the conscience of the North and the strongest and most influential voice in favor of abolition. Throughout Reconstruction, no one championed the rights of the emancipated Freedmen more than Charles Sumner. Through the force of his words and his will, he first moved his state, and then the nation, toward the twin goals of abolitionism – which he achieved in his lifetime – and equal rights, which eluded him and the country, but for which he fought literally until the day he died.
In so doing, he laid the cornerstone arguments that civil rights advocates would build upon over the next century as the country strove to achieve equality among the races. To Sumner, the two concepts of abolitionism and equal rights were inseparable and could not be untethered. Freedom and equality embodied the founding principles of the United States as stated in the Declaration of Independence, and in the Constitution’s guarantee of a republican form of government; only by enshrining these rights forever could the United States survive. This view was first considered radical and unworkable, dismissed as the ranting of rabble-rousers on the fringe – positions at first not held even by Lincoln and other anti-slavery Republicans.
But Sumner’s influence gradually took hold, permeated the party’s dogma, and finally became the prevalent and official view of Lincoln and the nation.
Artist Marcia Ballou
OPENING RECEPTION: FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2024 | 6:00-8:00 PM
ON VIEW FRIDAY, MAY 10TH THROUGH SATURDAY, JUNE 15, 2024
SPONSORED BY THE MARSHFIELD CULTURAL COUNCIL, A LOCAL AGENCY SUPPORTED BY THE MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL, A STATE AGENCY.
On a sparkling summer day, I was sitting on a bench in my field enjoying the bright light and beautiful summer flowers when a dance of nature appeared before my eyes. A swarm of dragonflies was diving, circling and chasing each other, their wings sparkling in the sunlight. And then Monarch butterflies appeared, many of them, floating into the scene and joining the dance. It was enchanting. This scene is held in my memory as a treasure. It is a scene I paint, always trying to portray the feeling I had: joy.
A KALEIDOSCOPE.
Collage is my medium. I use a palette of painted papers, cloth, paints, and threads. The process is slow, and I employ deliberate and spontaneous applications. I create colorful gestures and intuitive patterns with paint for atmosphere and then assemble papers, cloth, and threads with either acrylic mediums or hand stitches. They are put together like a jigsaw puzzle. The compositions are enlivened by the unexpected combinations of material and shapes. And then sometimes a realistic painting of a favorite creature appears against the abstract dance of color. The patterns always seem to create blossoms of texture on the surface of the finished piece. My goal is to evoke joy.
Jedi Knight Training at the James
$10 PER PADAWAN LEARNER | ACCOMPANYING ADULTS FREE
SPONSORED BY BOB MELONE TEAM AT RADIUS FINANCIAL GROUP AND SHD MARKETING
Bring your young Padawan Learner to The James for a Jedi Knight Training! Your child will be led through a series of challenges including Jedi Force Magic, the Laser Balloon Barrage, Jedi Teamwork Training, and of course, Lightsaber Dueling. Recommended for ages 3-11 and limited to 35 children and their accompanying adults. Star Wars apparel encouraged.
Roll out the red carpet and cue the Star Wars theme! Presenting the Jedi Knight, who's not just any ordinary space warrior, but the galaxy's most entertaining and charismatic guide! Watch as he takes your young Padawans on a whirlwind adventure, filled with Jedi Force Magic that'll make Harry Potter jealous, a Laser Balloon Barrage that's more thrilling than a carnival game, and Jedi Teamwork Training that even Yoda would give a nod of approval to. And let's not forget the pièce de résistance: Lightsaber Dueling!
The entire cosmic extravaganza lasts between 45-60 minutes, tailored perfectly to the number of younglings present. Got a battalion of more than 35 kids? No worries! Our Jedi Knight, also known as Jim when he's not saving the universe, will switch gears to a grand stage-style presentation. While this means individual lightsaber dueling might take a backseat, the Star Wars training will still be in full swing, captivating the entire audience.
We've found this intergalactic experience to be a hit with kids aged 3-11. But a little birdie (or should we say, droid?) told us that it's an absolute blockbuster with the 4-8 age bracket. So, why wait? Book now and give your child a Star Wars experience that's out of this world!
International Piano Soloist Einav Yarden
Join internationally-renowned pianist Einav Yarden for an evening of piano music.
Mini Golf Vacation Fun at the James
SPONSORED BY FIRST PARISH PRESCHOOL OF NORWELL AND THE LIZ MCCARRON TEAM AT WILLIAM RAVEIS
Looking for something fun to do during spring break? Join us at the James for an indoor round of mini golf. The entire building will be transformed into a 10-hole mini golf course with greens and holes winding through the stacks, around the art gallery, and through the concert hall. Everything is provided, including clubs, balls, scorecards, and fun! This is the perfect activity to let loose and support the James.
edmar colón jazz quartet
Puerto Rican saxophonist, pianist, and composer, Edmar Colón, explores the connections between the West African musical heritage in the Americas and the idiosyncrasies of classical music from Europe and beyond. By amplifying the similarities of these and other musical traditions, Colón achieves a distinctive homogenous blend of sounds, textures, and rhythms in his original work. This program will also include some selections from the expansive and ever-so-beautiful Puerto Rican songbook by composers such as Bobby Capó, Julio Guitiérrez, and Sylvia Rexach.
Edmar Colón - Saxophones (Instagram - @edmarcolon)
Alain Mallet - Piano (Facebook - Alain Mallet)
Ian Ashby - Bass (Instagram - @i_ashby)
Julian Miltenberger - Drums (Instagram - @julianmiltenberger)
jane austen: Who dares to be an authoress? with actress laura rocklyn
The year is 1815, and Miss Austen has just returned from a visit to the Prince Regent’s London residence. The honor of this invitation prompts her to reminisce about the events that led the daughter of a country clergyman to a position of such notoriety. She shares her thoughts and feelings about her novels and how their publication changed her life forever.
Playwright and actress Laura Rocklyn portrays Jane Austen, with discussion and Q&A about Regency deportment and etiquette.
Norwell High School AP Art Show
OPENING RECEPTION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2024 | 6:00-8:00 PM
ON VIEW IN ART GALLERY FEBRUARY 9-MARCH 9
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
SPONSORED BY JOSEPH’S GARAGE OF NORWELL
AND THE NORWELL CULTURAL COUNCIL, A LOCAL AGENCY SUPPORTED BY THE MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL, A STATE AGENCY.
About the Norwell High School AP Art Show
AP Art students' portfolios are driven by personal research. There is no preferred style, only encouragement to experiment, practice, revisit and revise as they think about the synthesis between materials, ideas, and how to tell their story to the audience they are trying to reach. Student work displayed is always in flux and has the potential to be worked back into and altered again (and again) prior to the submission of the AP exam in May.
Each student has two pieces of work in this exhibit that convey ideas as to where their research is leading them. The James Library & Center for the Arts and Norwell High School are proud to display and showcase work by these accomplished student artists as they continue to find their voice.