CAPE ANN to us: Breathe. Relax. Create: Connect your hands with your heart. Her pieces are smooth, rounded and finished with ocean- and nature-inspired glazes—sometimes highlighted with bright sparkles. Her studios, with windows looking into the woods, include wheels, kilns, 30-plus glazes and two kinds of clay. From Pigeon Cove in Rockport, head north, passing Halibut Point State Park, home of granite quarries and absolutely unparalleled ocean views. Here you’ll visit Flatrocks Gallery in Lanesville. Cynthia Switzer Roth and Anne Marie Crotty run this respected, innovative gallery. “Historically, Lanesville has attracted many artists of international acclaim,” says Roth, “such as the sculptor Paul Manship, Virginia Lee Burton and her husband George Demetrios, and Walker Hancock. We had a desire to carry
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on this tradition, so the majority of our artists are from the North Shore.” Flatrocks maintains a beautiful sculpture garden where Sunday afternoon garden parties—open to the public—feature local dancers, musicians and performance artists. Cape Ann includes many small, coastal towns. All unique. Gifts 4 Soul is in Ipswich—a town known for its fried clams and also for its arts community, farms, marshes and beaches. Gifts 4 Soul proprietor Lisa Menino has created a fun and unique shopping experience. She carries organic clothing, jewelry and accessories. She says her products are earth-friendly, and that many are Fair Trade, organic and/or USAmade. Even the jewelry is made from organic and sustainable raw materials. You’ll find lovely one-of-a-kind, hand-crafted pieces, such as handbags and scarves, created by local artisans. Inspiration abounds for early holiday shopping. Before departing Cape Ann entirely, reward yourself with a sunset at Plum Cove. This arched cove, bounded by rocks on both sides, is right off Route 127 near Flatrocks Gallery in Gloucester. In the evenings a handful of people gather to take in the changing array of brilliant colors as the sun lowers, minute by minute, into the horizon. Some viewers just watch. Some swim. Others picnic. One or two meditate. There’s almost always a photographer. They’re gathered to pay tribute to light, beauty and the special community Cape Ann inspires. Perhaps someone there has art hanging in one of the galleries you’ve visited.
—Rae Francoeur
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