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Art As I See It Vacationing At Cape Ann Is Delightful For Artists By MARION E. COUGHLIN People painting and sketching all over the place! That's what it was like at Cape Ann this summer. Others were wandering along enjoying the little shops and historic places everywhere. Cape Ann, less known to tourists than Cape Cod and the Berkshires, offers scenic and historic treasures and natural beauty all its own - a real artist's delight, located in Massachusetts about 35 miles north of Boston. It is a peninsula jutting out into the Atlantic where fishermen and lobster-men may be seen at Gloucester where a statue of a ship's captain in foul-weather gear stands along the causway leading into central Gloucester. An artists' colony is located at Rocky Neck and attracts visitors to its shops and galleries, as well as its restaurants. A drive around Bass Rock Road offers a breathtaking view of rocks and sea where many painters climb out onto the rocks to paint and admire the view. In nearby Rockport, a unique area known as Bear's Neck attracts hundreds of people daily to its tiny shops, boutiques, eating places and galleries. Specialty shops are wedged in next to one another, and in the harbor is located an old looking warehouse called Motif 1, so named because it has been photographed and painted by si many viewers as a symbol of the New England coast. An evening in the studio of artist Nell Blaine proved to be one of the most satisfying events of this particular trip. She has a beautiful view of the harbor from her second floor studio which looks down on the the trees and garden below. The Pizzaro exhibit was still the main attraction at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, and added to that was the new west wing of the museum designed by architect I.M. Pei, who did the east wind of the National Museum in Washington, D.C. This new section displayed "the Great Bronze Age of China: An Exhibition from the People's Republic of China," which will continue through Sept. 27. Three restaurants offer a variety of menus in the new wing, and the spacious dining room of the Fine Arts Restaurant left nothing to be desired, both in excellence of food and a view of paintings decorative arts and atmosphere. NIAGARA FRONTIER Transportation Authority (NFTA) is seeking artists to submit works for use in the forthcoming transit stations in Erie & Niagara counties. Craftspeople, environmental artists, muralists, painters, photographers and sculptors who work both large and small scale are needed. Commissions will range in size from approximately $5000 to $100,000. If you wish to be considered for this work please contact Nina Freudenheim, consultant for art c/o Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, 181 Ellicott St., Buffalo, N.Y. 14205. Box 5008, (Phone 855-7375). Deadline for submitting is Sept. 30. ARTICLES a publication in Buffalo seems to be a great little newspaper concerned with all the arts in out general area. It is published bi-monthly by Arts Development Services, Inc., 237 Main Street, Buffalo. Albright Knox opens the Kenneth Snelson Retrospective Exhibition Sept. 12, remaining on view through Nov. 8. Over 60 works by this contemporary American sculptor will be shown, with some of the monumental ones being located on the grounds of the Gallery. OLEAN ART Association has announced its fall programs, with the first will be a month-long exhibit of works by Tom Vroman of Galeton, Pa., at Olean Public Library Gallery. The OAA meeting will be Friday, Sept. 25, when Mr. Vroman will discuss his works in fine and graphic arts. Friday Oct. 16 is the date of the second meeting in which Buffalo Courier Express cartoonist Tom Toles will present a program. Nov. 6 through Dec. 4 are the dates when OAA will have a local exhibit of members works at Olean Public Library Gallery. Exhibit Calendar: Springville Arts & Crafts Festival, Saturday and Sunday. Randall Grimm, chairman. Alden Art Society, Sept. 6, call Sue Weber, 937-3510. Hamburg Art Society Sept. 13, call Betty Shanaham, 941-3281. Colden Valley Art. Association Fall Festival, Sept. 27, call Jeanne Alles, 941-3727.