The document summarizes the Partner With an Artist (PWA) program, which partners local artists with businesses in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The program aims to create site-specific artworks inspired by the businesses and communities. It provides opportunities for artists and helps strengthen relationships between arts and business. Past projects are described from 2005-2011, pairing individual artists with organizations like the YMCA, ice company, inn, and more. The artworks created include paintings, films, sculptures, and mixed media based on the partner sites.

1. February 22, 2012
Gloucester Engineering

2. PWA: Purpose
Partner With an Artist is a program wherein
businesses and artists collaborate with one
another to create unique and innovative artworks
that are inspired by the businesses themselves –
the workers, the customers, the site, the history
of the building – and the collaborative process.

3. PWA: How it Works
PWA is an opportunity for artists to make collaborative work outside of
traditional visual art spaces. Artists are invited to determine the content
and method of their work in response to the physical, historical, and/or
cultural aspects of a site, and the lived experiences of the people who
work in or use the site. PWA challenges artists to think about their work
and their roles as artists in new ways
Goals:
The goals of PWA are to:
•Provide high-profile exhibition and career-building opportunities for
contemporary artists
•Provide quality, innovative arts experiences that are part of the daily
lives of Gloucester residents and visitors
•Strengthen the relationships between the arts and business
communities
•Create exposure and economic opportunities for artists and business
owners

4. PWA Artists & Partners
2005: 2009: skipped
• Lara Lepionka and Cape Ann YMCA 2010: Jerry Beck with Cape Ann Art Haven
• Sarah Slifer and Cape Pond Ice 2011: (combined $$ to offer more awards)
2006: (Spring) • Susan Erony with Gloucester Writers Center, Ten
• Chad Carlberg with Cape Pond Ice Pound Island Books and Sawyer Free Library
• Henry Ferrini with Winchester Fishing • Elizabeth Harty with Rockport Council on the
and Doyon’s Aging
• Paul Cary Goldberg with Gloucester • Kristen Miller and Robert Newton with The Annie
Marine Railways and Alchemy Cafe & Bistro
(Fall 2006) • John Taguiri with Gloucester Marine Railways
• Kimberly Collins Jermain with Varian • Abby Ytzen with Capt. Joe & Sons
Semiconductors
• Anne Rearick with Cape Ann Motor Inn
• Lynda Robinson with The White Rainbow
2007:
• Lara Lepionka with Shaw’s
• Rose-Marie Glen with Gloucester
Maritime Heritage Center
2008:
• Willie Alexander with Virgilio’s
• Susan Frey & Richard Emmanuel with
Building Center
• Ian McColl with Dogtown Bookstore
• Martin Ray and Fitz Henry Lane House
• Emily Sinagra with InterShell, YMCA
Teen Leaders and Art Haven
• Mark Teiwes and Captain Joe & Sons

5. PWA Past Programs
Year 1 (2005)
text
Lara Lepionka’s “Talking Towels”
Cape Ann YMCA, Gloucester Sarah Slifer’s “Icehouse Series”
Cape Pond Ice

6. PWA Past Programs
Year 2 (2006)
“Night Maneuvers”
Paintings by Kimberly Collins Jermain
with Varian Semiconductors
Abstract Photography Series
Paul Cary Goldberg
Photographs by Anne Rearick with Gloucester Marine Railways
with Cape Ann Motor Inn
Actor/Playwright
Lynda Robinson with
The White Rainbow Chad Carlberg film on fishing
Script Reading: "Water industry and arts in Gloucester
Works: Sea Jobs of Cape With Cape Pond Ice
Ann Women"
Documentary Film by Henry Ferrini
with Winchester Fishing and Doyon’sTV
and Modern Home Sales & Service
“Polis is This:Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place”

7. PWA
Publicity:
Year 2
(2006-
Spring)
Flyer

8. PWA
Publicity:
Year 2
(2006-Fall)
Flyer

9. PWA Past Programs
Year 3 (2007)
“A Sea Garden”
Hand-Painted Banners by Rose-Marie Glen
Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center
Lara Lepionka’s
“Attention Shoppers”
Images of Workers Carved in Styrofoam
Shaw’s, Eastern Avenue
Gloucester

10. PWA Publicity
Year 3 (2007)
Newsletter
Coverage

11. PWA Past Programs: Year 3 (2008)
Six Artists’ Interpretations of Cape Ann's Literary History
Willie Alexander Talk & Recorded Singing of
Vincent Ferrini’s Poems
Virgilio’s on Main Street
Ian McColl:
Vincent Ferrini's “
Installation by Susan Frey
Telling of the North Star”
& Richard Emmanuel
Dogtown Bookstore on Main Street
Building Center, Harbor Loop
Martin Ray Sculpture Tribute to
Gloucester Poets Vincent Ferrini & Charles Olson
Mark Teiwes' Community Photo Workshop Fitz Henry Lane House, Harbor Loop
Pleasant Street Tea Company &
“Faces of the Working Waterfront”
Captain Joe’s, East Gloucester Partner with an Artist Forum
Emily Sinagra Community Art
InterShell, YMCA Teen Leaders,
and Art Haven
The Green House, Commercial Street

12. PWA
Publicity:
Year 3
(2008)
Flyer

13. PWA
Publicity:
Year 3 Final
event (2008)
Flyer

14. PWA Publicity: Year 3 (2008)
Newspaper Coverage

15. PWA Past Programs: Year 4/5 (2010)
Jerry Beck with Cape Ann Art Haven
Multi-media sculpture workshop with Cape Ann Art Haven students to
create constructions inspired by
images of Native Americans from Gloucester City Hall WPA murals.

16. PWA Past Programs: Year 6 (2011)
Documentary Film: "No More Gloomy Sundays“
About WPA Murals
Kristen Miller and Robert Newton
with The Annie and Alchemy Cafe & Bistro
Elizabeth Harty, Mixed Media Painting
Lecture: “Text, Image & Visual Art” with Rockport Council on the Aging
Susan Erony
with Gloucester Writers Center
“Discover Gloucester”
by Abby Ytzen with Capt. Joe & Sons
East Main Street, Gloucester
“Captains, Their Crews, and Their Vessels”
Photography by John Taguiri
“A Few Chosen Words”
with Gloucester Marine Railways
Susan Erony with
Ten Pound Island Books, Sawyer Free Library

17. PWA
Publicity:
Year 6
(2011) Flyer