This year’s Holiday Pops featured art, “Snow Shower,” by Marblehead artist Martha Quigley, will be unveiled at the special artist reception hosted by the Rotary Club of Marblehead Harbor on Wednesday, November 5, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Virginia Carten Gallery and the adjacent meeting room at Abbot Public Library, 235 Pleasant Street in Marblehead.
The reception is free and open to the public. Refreshments prepared by Louise Moore’s Every Little Breeze will be served.
In addition to the unveiling, the reception will also celebrate the opening of an exhibit of the artist’s work in the Gallery through November titled “Marblehead and Beyond: Paintings by Martha Quigley.” The exhibit will be in the library gallery through the end of November.
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Signed and numbered artist giclee prints, notecards and raffle tickets for a chance to win Quigley’s original artwork will all be available for purchase at the reception.
Raffle tickets are $5 for one; $10 for three. The original painting has been framed by Arnould Gallery and Framery. The winning ticket will be drawn following the intermission of The Holiday Pops Concert, Saturday, December 13.
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The December 13th concert will begin with a dessert reception at 7 p.m. and the concert featuring The Hillyer Festival Orchestra will begin at 8 p.m. at historic Abbot Hall. Concert tickets go on sale November 13. Balcony tickets are $35 each and will be available at Arnould Gallery, Marblehead Bank, National Grand Bank and Spirit of ’76 Bookstore. Floor seats are $60 each and can be purchased exclusively by mail using the order form in the November 13 issue of The Marblehead Reporter or the downloadable order form that will be available beginning November 13 at rcomh.org.
Proceeds will benefit the Rotary Club of Marblehead Harbor’s scholarship fund and its local, national and international charitable and philanthropic projects.
For more information about the Holiday Pops, contact event chairperson Bill Bartin at wbartin@infinexgroup.com.
