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Zig Zags

Te Pae Convention Hall, Christchurch, NZ

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1932 Pierce Arrow at the 2024 Misselwood Concours d'Elegance
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Silver Ghost

1909 Rolls Royce 40/50 Silver Ghost at the 2024 Misslewood Concours
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History buffs, get ready! 📚 Join us THIS FRIDAY at the Marblehead Arts Association for an evening with authors Cheryl Bartlam du Bois and Debra Ann Pawlak.

During this free author presentation and book signing, they'll dive into the early years of the American Revolution in New England and talk about the women that helped shape it.

Don't miss this chance to learn, ask questions, and grab a signed copy! Pre-registration is recommended due to limited space: https://marbleheadarts.org/author-presentation-on-marblehead/

This Thursday, August 15th, we have the pleasure of hosting the amazing Yoko Miwa Trio as part of our monthly Jazz at the Arts concert series! Doors open at 6:30pm and there will be a cash bar.

Tickets are $35 and are available online, in the Arts Association Artisan Shop, and also at Arnould Gallery.

Yoko always sells out when she visits the MAA so don’t delay and grab your tickets today: https://marbleheadarts.org/jazz-at-the-arts-yoko-miwa-trio/

Join us at the MAA next Thursday, August 22nd to learn how to create an original painting using stencils on velvet following the early 19th century techniques called Theorem Painting!

Linda Sheldon, an award winning member of the Historical Society of Ear​ly American Decoration (HSEAD), will be your guide as you create your own Whimsical Morning Glory.

Space is limited so make sure to register for this class and reserve your spot: https://marbleheadarts.org/velvet-theorem-painting/

Gullwing

Mercedes Benz 300SL at the 2024 Misslewood Concours
Shot in Infrared
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SAVE THE DATE for an evening of comedy, drinks, and art at the Marblehead Arts Association's FUNdraiser to Help Keep the "Art-Beat" Strong on Friday, September 13th. ✨

Featuring the North Shore's hottest improv comedy troupe, Accidentally On Purpose, this will for sure be a night full of side-splitting laughter while raising money for the MAA's future exhibits, performances, and programming.

Tickets will be available for purchase soon, so make sure to keep an eye out for them! Learn more about our FUNdraiser here: https://marbleheadarts.org/art-beat-fundraiser/

While at the Misslewood Concours , I tried an experiment using my IR Camera to see what the results would be. Here are four unprocessed images for yuor viewing and commenting pleasure.

a 1955 Mercedes Benz 300SL
1909 Rolls Royce 40/50 Silver Ghost
1936 Cadillac Business Coupe
1931 Auburn 851 Boattail Speedster

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It was on this date, 248 years ago, that our Declaration of Independence was adopted by the Second Continental Congress. On the 210th anniversary, in 1986, President Ronald Reagan came to NYC to mark the occasion as well as celebrate the reopening of the newly restored Statute of Liberty. From the deck of aircraft carrier, USS John F Kennedy (CV 67), President Reagan gave a speech that included the below remarks. Given the current political climate in our country, I thought it appropriate to share these today, on our nation's birthday.

All through our history, our Presidents and leaders have spoken of national unity and warned us that the real obstacle to moving forward the boundaries of freedom, the only permanent danger to the hope that is America, comes from within. It's easy enough to dismiss this as a kind of familiar exhortation. Yet the truth is that even two of our greatest Founding Fathers, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, once learned this lesson late in life. They'd worked so closely together in Philadelphia for independence. But once that was gained and a government was formed, something called partisan politics began to get in the way. After a bitter and divisive campaign, Jefferson defeated Adams for the Presidency in 1800. And the night before Jefferson's inauguration, Adams slipped away to Boston, disappointed, brokenhearted, and bitter.

For years their estrangement lasted. But then when both had retired, Jefferson at 68 to Monticello and Adams at 76 to Quincy, they began through their letters to speak again to each other. Letters that discussed almost every conceivable subject: gardening, horseback riding, even sneezing as a cure for hiccups; but other subjects as well: the loss of loved ones, the mystery of grief and sorrow, the importance of religion, and of course the last thoughts, the final hopes of two old men, two great patriarchs, for the country that they had helped to found and loved so deeply. ``It carries me back,'' Jefferson wrote about correspondence with his cosigner of the Declaration of Independence, ``to the times when, beset with difficulties and dangers, we were fellow laborers in the same cause, struggling for what is most valuable to man, his right to self-government. Laboring always at the same oar, with some wave ever ahead threatening to overwhelm us and yet passing harmless . . . we rowed through the storm with heart and hand . . . .'' It was their last gift to us, this lesson in brotherhood, in tolerance for each other, this insight into America's strength as a nation. And when both died on the same day within hours of each other, that date was July 4th, 50 years exactly after that first gift to us, the Declaration of Independence.

My fellow Americans, it falls to us to keep faith with them and all the great Americans of our past. Believe me, if there's one impression I carry with me after the privilege of holding for 5\1/2\ years the office held by Adams and Jefferson and Lincoln, it is this: that the things that unite us -- America's past of which we're so proud, our hopes and aspirations for the future of the world and this much-loved country -- these things far outweigh what little divides us. And so tonight we reaffirm that Jew and gentile, we are one nation under God; that black and white, we are one nation indivisible; that Republican and Democrat, we are all Americans. Tonight, with heart and hand, through whatever trial and travail, we pledge ourselves to each other and to the cause of human freedom, the cause that has given light to this land and hope to the world.

From Ben Levinsohn, Director of Volunteers USS Intrepid

A beautiful day on the Fans of the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail with a casual ride from Wolcott to Greensboro bend.

Saugus Iron Works
The Oldest Iron Works in the United States dating back to 1646 on the banks of the Saugus River in Saugus, MA.

My first attempt at long exposure Infrared photography.

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The Broad

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Wishing ALL the members of the 12 tribes a chag kasher v’sameach, a joyous and spirited Passover.

But it is NOT a joyous night of celebrating freedom for ALL of our Jewish brethren. There are still hostages being held by the terrorist organization Hamas that need to be released NOW.

“Let My People Go” – A Passover Prayer of Freedom for the Israeli Hostages
by Rabbi Naomi Levy

As we sit at our Seder table tonight to celebrate the Exodus of our ancestors from slavery in Egypt,
The words “Let My People Go” resonate in the depths of our souls.
Our hearts are with our Israeli brothers and sisters who have been kidnapped by Hamas.
The bitter taste of Marror is on our tongues, our tears are in the salt water.
On this night of freedom we cannot rejoice until every soul heartlessly held captive is
released.
Help us, God, to bring them home.
Fill Israel’s leaders with the strength, the wisdom and the power
to negotiate the release of the hostages who are waiting and praying for deliverance.
Until that day, watch over the hostages, God.
Let them know they are not alone, and not forgotten.
Fill them and their families with courage, perseverance, strength
and hope for the blessed day of freedom that is coming.
We pray the seas will part, the hostages will walk free,
and we will welcome a new time of peace for Israel!
On that day we will sing a new song to You, O God, Who frees the captives,
A song of rejoicing and gratitude.
May that day come soon.
Amen.

Join us for the opening reception for the Marblehead Arts Association's annual national exhibit, Variations 2024, on Sunday, April 21st ✨ Mingle with fellow art lovers, meet the talented creators, and be among the first to experience this diverse showcase!

Featuring over 170 pieces of artwork, Variations 2024 is one of the MAA's biggest exhibitions yet. This captivating exhibition celebrates the richness and complexity of artistic expression, offering viewers a vibrant tapestry of styles, mediums, and perspectives.

Learn more about Variations 2024 here: https://marbleheadarts.org/variations-2024/

Curves

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D Type

1954 Jaguar D Type

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Audrain Automobile Museum

Concours Ceiling

Southern Cross Station, Melbourne

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Power & Beauty

1938 Delage D8-120 'de Villars'

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Audrain Automobile Museum

Curated by the Marblehead Arts Association's Youth Art Council, Fresh, has received so much praise that we've decided to keep it going for a bit longer!

Fresh will now run until December 24th instead of the original closing date of November 5th - giving you even more time to stop in and take a look at this showcase of artwork by all of the talented young artists included.

To learn more about Fresh and to view the online exhibit: https://marbleheadarts.org/fresh/

Space Age Inspired
1955 Fiat Streamliner "Gilda"
2023 Audrain Newport Concours & Motor Week

Since Ghia built this masterpiece in 1955, their designers must have been influenced by the Space Age and American Car Designers use of fins.

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Audrain Automobile Museum

Alien Landed

1955 Fiat Streamliner "Gilda"

2023 Audrain Newport Concours & Motor Week
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Voluptuous II

1937 Delahaye 135 Cabriolet bodied by Figoni & Flaschi
from the Mullin Automotive Museum

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Streamliner Fins

1955 Ghia Streamliner (aka Gilda)
Turbine Powered

2023 Audrain Newport Concours & Motor Week
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Audrain Automobile Museum

A great day was had at the 2023 Audrain Newport Concours.
Here are a few of the many images captured.
Most of the time the view of the rear of the automobile is neglected, but there is beauty and details there to be savored.

Audrain Automobile Museum
2023 Audrain Newport Concours & Motor Week

Type E

Once called the most beautiful car ever built by Enzo Ferrari
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