Coffee & Conversations: Quarry Inspirations—Art & Architecture

Name: Coffee & Conversations: Quarry Inspirations—Art & Architecture
Start: 2026-01-22T10:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-01-22T11:30:00-05:00
Location: CAM Green, 13 Poplar St, Gloucester, MA

Schedule

Thu Jan 22 2026 at 10:30 am to 11:30 am

UTC-05:00

Location

CAM Green, 13 Poplar St, Gloucester, MA | Gloucester, MA

Thursdays, January 22 & 29, 2026
10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Carlson Education Center, CAM Green
13 Poplar Street, Gloucester, MA
CAM Members Free, Non-Members $5
Registration required as space is limited: https://www.capeannmuseum.org/series/coffee-conversations/
Join us for a deep dive into a single piece from the Collection with a CAM Docent, Bonnie Sontag. Begin with conversation, a short presentation, and complimentary coffee at the Carlson Center, then move to the James Center to view the original.
Michael McKinnell, architect and artist, and Steve Rosenthal, architectural photographer have interpreted their love of the natural world in their work with the built environment. Quarry Inspirations—Art & Architecture will explore their revelations in two works displayed in the current exhibition Hammers on Stone. McKinnell transformed his view of quarry stones into paintings that exhibit his architect’s eye for form, material, and texture. Rosenthal’s photographs of the quarries suggest structures for which quarried stones have been used. Both artists appreciated the beauty in the stone as well as the quarry sites.

Image Credits: Michael McKinnell (1935-2020), "Quarry Triptych" (detail), 2013-24, oil on board. Collection of the Cape Ann Museum, Gloucester, MA. Gift of the artist, 2014 [2014.071.03].