Kristine Fisher, Dubrovnik Illuminated, 2024
Mark Your Calendars: March 30, 2:00 PM, Cape Ann Museum Gloucester, MA. Please Join Me!
CAMTalks
Why I Create
Meaningful conversations with Cape Ann ARTWaves co-producers Kristine Fisher and Jacqueline Ganim-DeFalco, along with invited artists, to discuss pathways to creativity and nuances of artist and viewer engagement.
Among the distinguished panelists will be sculptor Shelly Bradbury, shellybradburystudio.com, Nella Lush, painter, nellalush.com, Adin Murray, painter, adinmurrayart.com, and Dana Woulfe, visual artist, danawoulfe.com. Kristine and Jacqueline will share their insights after three years of hosting and producing Cape Ann ARTWaves.
Please register at capeannmuseum.org. Members Free/$10.00 Non-members
Fresh Cut Opening Reception at the Jane Deering Gallery in September 2023
Fresh Cut, an exhibition showcasing contemporary abstract florals by Kristine Fisher, combines the artist’s mission for creating beauty with philanthropic purpose. The artist will be donating 20% of art sales to the 100% volunteer nonprofit Generous Gardeners, a 501(C)3, who are dedicated to the design and cultivation of over 45 public garden beds in Gloucester. Vibrant in color and texture, the stylized florals reflect joy and exuberance.
Growing Community thru the ARTS
Please Join Me For My Solo Show, FRESH CUT, Sept. 8 - 24th, Jane Deering Gallery, Gloucester, Massachusetts
A Conversation with Contemporary Visual Artist, Kristine Fisher
Making my Cape Ann ARTWaves debut…we never know how one experience informs another and how chapters of our life connect. Referring to myself as a contemporary visual artist specializing in mixed media and photography; I hope you will enjoy my adventurous journey.
Kristine exhibits with galleries on Boston’s north shore and will be curating her fourth exhibition in 2023 at the Jane Deering Gallery, Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Kristine Fisher & Jacqueline Ganim-DeFlaco
Cape Ann ARTWaves Winter 2023
“Calling it a wrap!”
The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to announce that the CAM Library & Archives will be the new home for the recordings of the program Cape Ann ARTWaves! Cape Ann ARTWaves (CAAW) was initially conceived to keep the arts front and center during the Pandemic. The final episode featuring Rebecca Reynolds, Executive Director and co-founder of Manship Artists Residency and Studios (MARS), aired January 30, 2023—marking almost three years of interviews by co-producers/co-hosts Kristine Fisher and Jacqueline Ganim-DeFalco with over 75 artists, makers, curators, and gallerists. Due to high demand and viewership, the show outlived the Pandemic in 2020 and was continued through 2022. The artists include a diverse group across genres, levels of experience, and personal history and connection to Cape Ann.
CAM will be the official steward of the shows initially created with SeArts and 1623 Studios, and they will be integrated into the Museum archives under the direction of Trenton Carls, Head Librarian & Archivist. Until the transition of videos is complete, you can still view the collection on the 1623 Studios Youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/playlist…
Spring - Summer Highlights of 2022
I enjoy mixing it up…sharing a diversity of work!
Juried Exhibition: Explore the Unexpected, Cove Gallery, Gloucester, MA
To Flourish Series, Monotype Collage & Acrylic on Paper, Opening Reception
Photo Credit: Amy Watt Creative
Experimental Group Exhibition: Unexpected # 17, Jane Deering Gallery Gloucester, MA
Untitled, Mixed Media, 2022
Contributing Members Exhibition: Spring
Rockport Art Association & Museum, Rockport, MA
Rollicking, Mixed Media, 2022
20/20 VISION, at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
Please join me for a group exhibition, 20/20 VISION, at the Cultural Center Gallery, Rocky Neck, Gloucester, MA.
Thrilled to be showcasing my work along with 5 other very talented Artists.
It has been my pleasure to curate this exciting exhibition.
Cape Ann ARTWaves, a 1623 Studios Media Member Program
As a life long champion of arts and culture, I am especially grateful for the ability to support the Cape Ann community along with my close friend and partner, Jacqueline Ganim-DeFalco, in producing 1623 Studios Media: Cape Ann ARTWaves. We kicked off our show that focuses on hosting meaningful conversations with area talented artists and gallerists last April of 2020. Each interview offers insight into artists’ journeys, inspirations, current work, and important gallery activity. This exposure is critical for the creative community who count on media exposure more than ever to share and sell their work given these uncertain times.
Please enjoy this brief video that celebrates our highlights. We are excited to welcome our new artists and champions in 2021. We have partnered with local creatives, graphic designer, Linda Stockman, and videographer, Renee Gonsalves. Many thanks for their contributions! Enjoy and please share!
The co-producers and co-hosts of Cape Ann ARTWaves - a 1623 Members Program are pleased to present highlights from the 2020 season and announce exciting chan...
Musings from my gallery exhibition, Awry⎮ Just Breathe, at the Jane Deering Gallery
Having just wrapped my gallery exhibition, Awry⎮ Just Breathe, earlier in October at the Jane Deering Gallery located in Gloucester Massachusetts, I can’t help but reflect on how much it meant to me to enjoy a few almost normal moments to connect with so many in person over art. Very grateful to those who popped into the gallery and to those who purchased my work. 8 works sold! Kudos to Jane Deering who has kept her gallery open continuously since June 1st. Additionally, the gallery kept to its program and offered virtual exhibitions during the months of March, April and May. All art works in those shows could be viewed on the gallery’s website and purchased online. Jane has been a brave champion especially given the austere reduction in galleries open this past summer. A nod of appreciation to all the gallerists who have safely opened their doors to help stimulate the creative economy and goodwill on Cape Ann.
Awry | Just Breathe
Donna Caselden and M. Kristine Fisher
@ Jane Deering Gallery 19 Pleasant Street . Gloucester MA
Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays 1:00 - 3:00pm
and, always by appointment, janedeeringgallery.com
Donna Caselden, Awry #4 2020, Mixed media on paper, 15 x 15 inches
Inspired by these historic times … this exhibition presents two different interpretations in response to “the noise” of the current Covid19 pandemic. Awry — Nothing seems quite right in the world, everything is a bit off kilter. All pieces are intentionally misaligned and act as a metaphor for the angst and discord in today’s world. Just Breathe — As an antidote to the disarray, these works reflect the way in which Cape Ann’s transporting beauty, discovered along daily beach walks and explorations, provides comfort, healing, and renewal.
M. Kristine Fisher, Just Breath Series, Good Harbor, Gloucester, MA, 2020, monotype collage, 12 x 12
M. Kristine Fisher, Just Breath Series, Sea Garden, Lighthouse Beach, Annisquam, MA, 2020, monotype collage, 8 x 8
Donna Caselden has won acclaim for her work in acrylic and oil and is known for her experimental 2D artwork which incorporates unusual substances (marble dust, mica, sand) to achieve unique texture and effects. Awry — works in mixed media, including spray paint, latex paint and copper tape on paper, then mounted onto board.
Caselden is a member of Cape Ann’s Experimental Art Group at Rockport Art Association & Museum, The Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (seARTS), Rocky Neck Cultural Center, Fort Points Art Community, the National Association of Women Artists (NAWA), and is a Master Artist of the Newburyport Art Association. The artist is represented by Gallery on Jarves in Sandwich, Massachusetts. She maintains a studio in the seaside village of Annisquam in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Her work is held in museums, galleries and private collections throughout the country, and was exhibited at the renowned Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) in Salem, Massachusetts. www.donnacaselden.com.
Donna Caselden, Awry #2 2020, Mixed media on paper, Triptych 19 x 24 inches
M. Kristine Fisher, Just Breath Series, Tide’s Out, Lighthouse Beach, Gloucester, MA, 2020, monotype collage, 8 x 8
M. Kristine Fisher is known for her works in mixed media and photography. She writes: My strategy for everyday living is to seek, create and share beauty. This inspires and sustains me, and provides the balance to a present world of unpredictable rhythms.
From her studio in Annisquam, Massachusetts, Fisher creates mixed media work deeply influenced by an extensive career in commercial architectural design during her tenure with global leader, Herman Miller. She is drawn to bold forms, sculptural elements, and graphic composition. The Just Breathe series is comprised of monotypes on rice paper further combined with acrylic on paper.
Fisher has exhibited with numerous North Shore arts organizations, including the Experimental Group, Rockport Art Association Museum (RAAM), Rockport, MA; Rocky Neck Art Colony, Gloucester, MA; Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport, MA; The Society for the Encouragement of the Arts (seARTS), MA; and Jane Deering Gallery, Gloucester, MA. www.kristinefisher.com.
This exhibition continues through Monday, October 12, 2020
Gallery hours: Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1:00 - 3:00pm
and, always by appointment, janedeeringgallery.com
Donna Caselden, Awry #7 2020, Mixed media on paper, 23 x 7 inches
MOMENTS REDEFINED | Richard Crangle & Kristine Fisher
Please join us Saturday . September 7th . 5-7pm
for the opening reception of
MOMENTS REDEFINED | Richard Crangle & Kristine Fisher
photographic compositions . mixed media . wood elements
@ Jane Deering Gallery 19 Pleasant Street . Gloucester MA
Kristine Fisher . Olives, Isola di Pantelleria, Italy 2019 . Archival Pigment Print . 8 x 8 inches
Photographed over a period of 9 years, Moments Redefined presents a selection of textural images recomposed by artists Richard Crangle and Kristine Fisher. The exhibition is designed to evoke curiosity and wonder for the beautifully raw and remote Isola di Pantelleria, an ancient Italian island located 60 miles southwest of Sicily and 40 miles east of the Tunisian coast. Known as the ‘Black Pearl of the Mediterranean’ for its vineyards and orchards terraced from volcanic stone, the island is the home of the world-famous Moscato Passito wine. Olives and capers ripple over a rustic land that is Sicilian, Italian, distinctively Pantellerian!
Moments Redefined celebrates the juxtaposition of hard and soft details, tonality, and imagery. These are the mini moments our eyes too often do not see.
Richard Crangle — From his studio in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Crangle creates refined wood sculptural forms and furniture that summon a reverence for each wood’s unique character. He incorporates time-honored craftsmanship with contemporary expression using local, reclaimed, and exotic woods. Crangle’s vocabulary of abstract and organic themes, repeated patterns, and textures evoke the inclusion of visual grace, movement and innovation. His work is in the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts and in many private collections.
Kristine Fisher — Fisher is a visual artist based in Gloucester, Massachusetts, working in photography and, more recently, getting messy with mixed media. Using the camera, Fisher enjoys conveying a ‘sense of place’ by weaving a narrative that focuses on the discovery of ‘off the grid’ locations. Her mixed media work is deeply influenced by an extensive career in commercial architectural design with global innovator, Herman Miller. She is drawn to structure, bold forms, and graphic composition. Fisher has exhibited with numerous North Shore arts organizations.
The exhibition continues through Sunday, September 29, 2019
Gallery hours: Friday, Saturday & Sunday 1:00 - 5:00pm and by appointment