Art - Marblehead Current

26 Dec

Reveal party set for Arts Festival 2026 logo

Leigh BlanderArt, Nonprofit corner, Top Stories

You still have a couple days left to vote on the Marblehead Festival of Arts 2026 logo. Voting closes this Sunday at 5 p.m. Ballot boxes can be found at these locations: Abbot Public Library, Ace Hardware, Arnould Gallery & Framery, Blue Canoe, F L Woods Nautical Merchants, Java Sun Coffee, JCC, Marblehead Arts Association, Marblehead Bank, Marblehead Jacobi Community Center, Marblehead Mercantile, Marblehead Pediatrics, Marblehead/Swampscott YMCA, National Grand Bank, Plus Cafe, Shubie's Marketplace and The Landing Restaurant. Every year, judges whittle down all the…

23 Dec

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets coming up

Leigh BlanderAbbot Public Library, Art, Entertainment, Local News

Current Events spotlights exciting happenings in the coming days. If you’d like to contribute a listing, please email Current Editor Leigh Blander at lblander@marbleheadnews.org. Guy Ford Band for DAVSaturday, Dec. 27, 7 p.m. Come rock out to the Guy Ford Band in The Bunker at the VFW, 321 West Shore Drive. The show benefits the Disabled American Veterans of Massachusetts. Open to all. New Year’s Day Resolution Bracelet WorkshopThursday, Jan. 1, sessions run 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Kick off New Year’s Day with creativity and purpose…

23 Dec

JUST DUCKY: Students create color mural with artist

Leigh BlanderArt, Marblehead Public Schools, Top Stories

You’ve probably heard of Banksy, the anonymous street artist famous around the world for his poignant pieces. Well, at the Village School last week, students learned from Boston-based artist-in-residence Bren Bataclan, who travels the world giving away his paintings and working with students to create dynamic murals. He’s painted more than 300 murals and his most recent is right here in Marblehead. He works mostly in acrylics and has created hundreds of cartoon-like characters. Artist-in-residence Bren Bataclan works with Village School students on a new…

16 Dec

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets this week

Saoirse StallingsArt, Entertainment, Health, Local News

Current Events spotlights exciting happenings in the coming week. If you’d like to contribute a listing, please email info@marbleheadnews.org. Winter Candle Workshop at Abbot LibraryThursday, Dec. 18, 6 p.m. Back by popular demand! Come to Abbot Library to make winter-inspired, scented candles with soy wax and essential oils. Adults and teens are welcome. Space is limited, and registration is required at tinyurl.com/winter-candle. Lighthouse Fitness Studio: Country Line Dance with KateThursday, Dec. 18, 6 p.m. Wear your boots and a country hat for this 90-minute line…

20 Nov

‘Revolutionary’ appearance at Me&Thee Friday

Leigh BlanderArt, Local News

This Friday at 8 p.m., the Me&Thee Muisic welcomes Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas performing traditional Scottish music. Fraser's music is featured in Ken Burns' documentary series, "The American Revolution," which just premiered on PBS. Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas perform at Me&Thee Friday night. COURTESY PHOTO The two "cover the full spectrum between intimate chamber music, Scottish tradition and ecstatic dance energy," according to Me&Thee. "Over the last 25 years, they have created a real buzz at festivals and concert halls across the world,…

19 Nov

ARTS & COMMUNITY: Local artist celebrates 20th anniversary of largest ceramics studio north of Boston

Saoirse StallingsArt, Local News

Marblehead artist Kirsten Bassion founded The Clay School 20 years ago. / COURTESY PHOTOS Marblehead artist Kirsten Bassion has spent two decades building a creative home for ceramics students on the North Shore — The Clay School, now the largest ceramics studio north of Boston. Bassion studied studio art at Skidmore College and earned a master of fine arts in ceramics from the School for American Crafts at the Rochester Institute of Technology. After graduate school, she returned to Marblehead to work in local ceramics…

19 Nov

Arts Festival to host annual Artisans’ Marketplace

Leigh BlanderArt, Local News

Festival calls for logo submissions It’s back! The Marblehead Festival of Arts hosts its annual Artisans’ Holiday Marketplace in December. COURTESY PHOTO The Marblehead Festival of Arts will hold its annual Artisans’ Holiday Marketplace at Abbot Hall on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will showcase handcrafted gifts from both new and returning artists. Visitors can enjoy signature cocktails and craft brews from Bubble Bar Boston, sample holiday treats, listen…

12 Nov

CURRENT EVENTS: Marblehead’s best bets coming up

Saoirse StallingsArt, Entertainment, Local History, Local News

Current Events spotlights exciting happenings in the coming days. If you’d like to contribute a listing, please email Current Editor Leigh Blander at lblander@marbleheadnews.org. Art talk with Siobhan McDonald - 'This is Where I Lived'Wednesday, Nov. 12, 7p.m. Join Siobhan McDonald at the Abbot Library, 235 Pleasant St., for her talk on her exhibit, “This is Where I Lived.” The work will be displayed in the Carten Gallery from Monday, Nov. 10, through Saturday, Jan. 3. McDonald is a Marblehead resident, with her studio at…

12 Nov

BROADWAY BOUND: North Shore Children’s Theater celebrates 15th year; looks for permanent home

Leigh BlanderArt, Entertainment, Theater, Top Stories

Cameron Ridgely, 9, may be a kid, but he has big dreams. Ridgely, of Marblehead, has performed in 19 — that’s right, 19 — productions with North Shore Children’s Theater. Cameron Ridgeley, Ayla Fox and Victoria Tran sit on the stage at the Veterans School while their fellow actors rehearse with the North Shore Children’s Theater. COURTESY PHOTOS / KIM PIVER Right now, he’s rehearsing for his roles as Zeke and a flying monkey in “The Wizard of Oz.” “I like singing and dancing and…

05 Nov

A sustainable home and fashion company opens a pop-up in town

Bella TravagliniArt, Business

The worlds of fashion and art collide as designer, Erin Beatty, brings her sustainable home and fashion brand to a pop-up at The Willie Shaker Gallery on Washington Street. Rentrayage, a sustainable home and fashion company, is opening a pop-up in Marblehead this month. / COURTESY PHOTO Visitors will be treated to goods from Rentrayage, French for “to mend,” translating into a unique form of fashion that transforms vintage clothes and fabrics into one-of-a-kind creations. “Many don’t realize that over 50% of fabrics are made…