Arts Fest 2025: a grand success!
The 2025 Gloucester Student Arts Festival was held on Saturday, May 17th at a new venue: O’Maley Middle School and CAM Green! Arts Fest is an annual celebration of the arts in the Gloucester Public Schools, a day to enjoy creativity, connection, and celebrating our students’ talents as a Gloucester community. It is led by the Gloucester Education Foundation in partnership with the Gloucester Public Schools, Cape Ann Museum (CAM), and a host of local arts and cultural partners.
With both Sawyer Free Library and CAM currently under renovation, we moved the festival to a new site for 2025. O’Maley was a terrific venue, with PK-12 artwork on display in the Commons, performances from theater, band, recorder, and chorus in the Courtyard and Auditorium; food vendors in the loop; and a dozen art-making activities. A free shuttle took festival-goers to nearby CAM Green to see additional artwork and participate in more arts activities.
See below for 2025 map and schedules from the festival. Check out the slideshow of photos from Marty Del Vecchio, Cade Cooper, and GEF staff, and the video from our friends at 1623 Studios!
2025 Food Vendors: Meat and Sweets, Rhea Pizzeria Napoletano, Holy Cow Ice Cream Cafe, and Castaways Vintage Cafe. Parent volunteers also hosted a lemonade stand, with all proceeds supporting the PTOs at Plum Cove, East Vets, and Beeman! Thank you to Pigeon Cove Ferments for their generous donation to this effort.
The Gloucester Student Arts Festival is an annual collaboration between GEF, GPS, and the Cape Ann Museum made possible through the generous financial support of Lead Sponsor Institution for Savings, Applied Materials Foundation, BankGloucester, Gloucester Education Foundation, Gloucester Female Charitable Association, Carroll Steele Insurance, and Revive Wellness.
