Rockport Exchange

May 4, 2020

Photographs of the Motif by Mandy Hazen

Check out the beautiful photographs submitted by Mandy Hazen of Rockport for the Virtual M1D Fest! Thank you, Mandy, for honoring our Rockport icon and capturing the beautiful light so masterfully.

For more, go to our M1D Photography page HERE.

Be sure to submit your work — prose, poetry, films, photography, painting, sculpture (even selfies at a safe social distance!) — with a Cape Ann/Rockport theme to rockportexchange01966@gmail or to Rockport Exchange, P.O. Box 2294 in Rockport.

May 2, 2020May 3, 2020

From Rockport with Love!

Check out this beautiful video from our friends at Addison Choate in Rockport. (The Motif plays a starring role, of course!) The creativity of Rockporters never ceases to amaze us, and we are grateful to the owners of Addision Choate for sharing this video with the world, especially during a time when it so many of us miss seeing these sights in person.

Hope this film inspires you to create your own contribution to celebrating Rockport and the Motif in the coming weeks!

May 1, 2020May 3, 2020

Call for Submissions to Celebrate Motif No. 1 Day!

We Want to Hear from YOU!

Makers, creators, dabblers, doers, and dreamers — this is your moment. Send in your Cape Ann and Rockport-inspired work (even better if it features our favorite red fishing shack). Prose, poetry, film, drawings, paintings, sculptures, finger-painting — we want to see Cape Ann and the Motif through your eyes!

Send in your original work — or a digital photo of it, if you are submitting visual art — via email or to our mailing address.

Every day leading up to Motif No.1 Day on May 16th, we’ll post a picture or video featuring your work ,or a piece from our M1D Fest archives celebrating the amazing place we live and the fishing shack that has become a symbol of all things Rockport.

Need a little inspiration to get started? Check out the work of a few of our favorite Rockporters who colored the Motif and posed their work in front of the Motif. Talk about meta Motif!

If you want to join in the fun, you can start by downloading the original Motif coloring page, below. The next step is to enjoy a relaxing time of coloring and then send in a photo of your work! We’re grateful for the generosity of the artist, Cynthia Bugden, who donated the artwork for the coloring page. Read on to learn more.

Cynthia Bugden, along with her sisters, Patsy & Betsy, create the art and layout for beautiful coloring and painting pages. The sisters are North Shore natives and residents. Cynthia started “Arts of Gold” as a part-time business, painting with seniors locally in nursing homes and assisted living facilities back in 2008. You can see more of her work at www.etsy.com/artsofgoldpaintpages or at facebook.com/artsofgold.

Thank you, Cynthia, for sharing your classic homage to the wonderful Motif #1!

April 16, 2020April 28, 2020

Virtual Rockport Farmers Market on May 9

The Virtual Rockport Farmers Market opens for online orders on Sunday, May 3, through this link: www.rockportexchange.org/shop

How it Works

May 3: the online farmers market opens for orders at https://rockportexchange.org/shop

May 7: the online farmers market closes for orders at 4 pm.

May 9: orders available for pickup outside the Seaview Farm Store at 38 South Street between 11am and 1pm.

Featured vendors include Seaview Farm, Brothers Brew, Dancing Daisy Bakers, Breakwater Roasters, Halvah Heaven, The Spicy Shark, and Eclectic Clam

COVID-19 Pickup Policies

Pickup will take place outside of the Seaview Farm Store (please park across the street on Marmion Way). Specific 30-minute pickup windows will be emailed Friday, May 8.

Each order will be packed in a new paper bag.

Policies requiring the wearing of masks, social distancing, and sanitation will be strictly observed.

All orders are prepaid online. No money will be exchanged at pickup and no orders are taken the day of the market.