Category: Shoutouts


Artist Profile: Kathy Edmonston

“I always knew that I could draw well, but it wasn’t until college that I actually took a formal class. It never occurred to me that I could pursue art as a career, so I chose business. “After more than 25 years in the advertising and high tech publishing business, I found my creative needs […]

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Welcome Adele!

Adele Raphael came to NMLC as our new Office Manager and Volunteer Coordinator after nearly 25 years in the utility industry.  Working for both NSTAR and National Grid, she’s held positions as:  a Communications Specialist, working in Public Relations writing customer, employee and company documents, maintaining four web sites and assisting with community outreach projects; […]

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Artist Profile: Candice Ronesi

“‘My love of Cape Cod began a very long time ago. My love of painting is much more recent. For me, the two are forever linked. “‘For years I have been exploring this wonderful place by car, bicycle and on foot. I am always intrigued by the small, less traveled places ~ little paths, walkways […]

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Artist Profile: Caitlin Hurd

“Intrigued by the particulars of ‘the suburbs,’ Caitlin Hurd questions the expectations of the culture in which she grew up. Using a painting vocabulary rooted in modernist, figurative tradition, she explores what it means to be conditioned towards the idealized nuclear family and traditional work-life, and what happens when one deviates. Caitlin employs images of […]

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Artist Profile: Odin Smith

“Odin Kaeselau Smith is a native Cape Cod artist who resides in Harwich MA, with her husband and five young sons whose ages range from 3 to 13 years old. She is a full time mother who uses her ‘spare’ moments to capture time, light and emotion through her artwork. “Odin’s subjects reflect her upbringing […]

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Artist Profile: Sandy O’Connor

“‘My best work is always inspired by what I have seen and experienced personally. I filter those experiences and try to capture the emotional connection that stirs my own senses when seeing something for the first time. I am constantly drawn to strong natural light and deep shadows no matter what the subject matter especially […]

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Catching Joy and The Blue Bunny Support NMLC’s Efforts to Save the Seals!

Catching Joy and The Blue Bunny bookstore in Dedham Square teamed up to support the National Marine Life Center’s efforts to “Save The Seals” at a special event on August 25, 2010. Joy read stories about ocean life and the kids made simple and adorable seal puppets. Joy told the story about “Shitake”, the sick […]

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Artist Profile: Kate Walls

“Kate Walls is a Cape Cod artist whose work reflects the beauty of her native surroundings. Her landscapes, floral and wildlife scenes are done in several mediums in a painterly realistic style. “Kate is a juried artist member at the Cape Cod Art Association, Cape Cod Cultural Center, Yarmouth Art Guild and Cape Cod Waterworks. […]

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Recycled Rope Makes a Great Doormat!

A few months ago, I was in Bar Harbor, Maine for the Northeast Region Stranding Conference.  (Great conference and awesome group of people, by the way!)  While there, I visited the Bar Harbor Whale Museum.  It’s a fabulous place with lots of hands-on displays, beautifully articulated skeletons, and information on marine mammals and whale research […]

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Local Artist Donates Painting to NMLC

Audrey Forge is local artist and long-time supporter of the National Marine Life Center.  When she heard about NMLC’s Art for the Seas, she quickly signed up to help organize the event.  To promote the auction, she donated a giclee print on view in NMLC’s Marine Animal Discovery Center.  Tickets to win the print are […]

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