The Cook Foundation, a Gloucester organization dedicated to supporting the arts, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month with a visual exhibit in the Fine Arts Museum of Gloucester, 6894 Main Street.
The exhibit highlights the foundation’s philanthropic arts endeavors from its beginning in 1999 to today. It is on display and available to the public from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.
From the beehive sculptures to the Symphony Under the Stars to the Gloucester Arts Festival, the exhibit traces the history of the foundation’s efforts and those of its founder, Adrianne Ryder Cook Joseph, to cultivate an appreciation of the arts in Gloucester and to make the arts accessible to everyone.
“Art is a way for people to discover the world themselves,” said Joseph. “It’s been a joy to bring the arts to Gloucester in so many different ways over the past 25 years.”
The foundation’s executive director, Elizabeth Blackney, said that in the three years since she joined the staff at ...