The Hershey Frame Shop has been in business since 1998, and was named after artist Samuel Hershey, Deborah Rulli's father. Hershey studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and moved to Rockport in the 1930s, where he studied under Lester Stevens, Aldo T. Hibbard and ran the Sandy Bay Art School with another prominent Rockport artist, Stanley Woodward. Hershey made good use of the WPA era, painting murals in public buildings in Rockport and beyond. In 1947 Hershey took over the position of president for the Rockport Art Association, which he occupied for four years. After World War II, he taught painting and design at the Rhode Island School of Design until his retirement.
 
 

Ross Rulli and Debby Rulli run the shop with their son, Caleb, who acts as the shop manager. Ross attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City and Caleb has taken professional courses in framing, gilding, advanced mat design, architectural techniques, woodworking and carving. Debby does all of the bookkeeping and is an amateur photographer.

The Hershey Frame Shop is located in Rockport , Massachusetts , 40 miles north of Boston , on the Atlantic coast. The town is known for its artists and its annual chamber music festival. Artists travel from all over the world to study and paint in this picturesque village

To learn more about the town log on to www.rockportusa.com

The Hershey Frame Shop builds frames for the John Nesta Gallery on Rocky Neck in Gloucester , MA . To learn more about artist John Nesta , log on to www.johnnesta.com
 

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