Upcoming Events
Emerging Perspectives - Works by Artists 18-30
This annual show attempts to engage a young population of artists in the history and future of RNAC. We strive to offer emerging artists an opportunity for exposure and experience working with a gallery.
The Language of Presence
This solo show brings together oil paintings that transform observed nature into imagined scenes, cave-inspired works evoking prehistoric mark-making, and text-based paintings that turn everyday sensory journaling into visual expression.
Play as Practice
Five artists whose work walks the line of abstraction and representation, and interested in sharing their process of visual investigation.
Rhythm and Rhyme - Works Inspired by Music and Lyrics
The structural pattern of music has long been a muse for the visual arts. Artists are invited to submit up to five works inspired by music or musical lyrics in any media.
Let Go
A small group show presenting a dynamic body of paintings that explore what can emerge when control is loosened and expectation falls away.
We Hold These Truths…American Stories
Timed for the nation’s 250th, a juried open call exhibit celebrating a breadth of visual American stories.
Interconnected
Works on canvas and paper installed alongside ceramic and mixed-media sculptures will invite viewers to consider their place in a larger, complex, and interconnected world.
Making an Impression - Traditional & Contemporary Printmaking
Making an Impression brings together traditional and contemporary printmakers from the greater Cape Ann region in an exhibition that aims to inspire, educate, and engage visitors through appreciation of the varied and expressive work on display.
Piece by Piece: The Art of Assemblage
Discover the magic when individual objects, no matter how similar or different, are joined into an entirely new work.
YES! Year End Show – All Members
A veritable salon of recent artworks from all our members. A large exhibition of many genres of art, in celebration of the creative spirit alive at RNAC.
Gloucester National Honors Art Society Students at Cove Gallery
This three-day exhibition features artwork by talented young junior and senior artists from Gloucester High School’s chapter of the National Art Honor Society. Presented in collaboration with Cape Ann Art Haven.
Women by Amy Sudarsky: Nude Portraits From the Last Decade
This exhibition features Amy Sudarsky's life-size paintings of women who meet the viewer’s gaze with pride, warmth, and quiet strength. View the exhibit by appointment only or during the March Music Month concert series.
RNAC Member Showcase - Juried by Shana Dumont Garr
Member Showcase is Rocky Neck Art Colony’s final exhibition of the season featuring seven distinctive bodies of work by RNAC members – John Bassett, Michelle Champion, Eser Costanza, Joanne Hurd, Patricia Scialo, Brian Murphy, R. D. Murphy – selected by juror Shana Dumont Garr.
Dumont Garr selected works that “possess remarkable vibrancy of color, composition, and method. Some of this vibrancy emerges through palette and medium; others through a sense of whimsy or the handmade.” This exhibition celebrates artistic excellence and innovation across a wide range of media and subjects. By featuring more work from fewer artists, Member Showcase invites viewers to engage more deeply with each artist’s vision and process.
Bottom Jaw, Brian Murphy; Mythical Forest, Eser Costanza; Pretty Bug Dance, Joanne Hurd; Y Rise, John Bassett; Summer Bloom, Michele Champion; Shadow Box Assemblage; Patricia Scialo; Lunch Hour at the Boatyard, R D Murphy
Opening Reception
Sunday, October 26, 4-6 pm
Artists’ Talk: Meet the Murphy Bros
Sunday, November 23, 2-3pm
Gallery Hours
Friday-Sunday, 12-5 pm
INTER / PLAY
INTER / PLAY is a group exhibition bringing together five Cape Ann-based artists to explore the dynamic relationships between solitude, nature, and the creative process.
Rephrasing
Rephrasing, encompasses the mixed-media work of Shira Karman, Tobi Klein, Helen Tory, and Patricia Wellenkamp, who utilize the concepts of adaptation and revision.
Navigation Art & Science
Curated by Cynthia Roth, Marge Rack, and Ronda Faloon
Navigating Art & Science featuring eight artists who are deeply involved in scientific inquiry and activism. While local scientists search for ways to help ocean species be more resilient to survive the rapidly changing marine environment, these artists, alert to the predicament, are creating art with urgent messages for stewardship and action.
While all the work in the exhibition has been created in response to human impact on the environment, in addition, several of the artists have been inspired by expeditions to the Arctic Circle and Greenland and residencies in marine laboratories on Cape Ann and beyond. The seven-week exhibit shows how art can transform the impact and implications of science into something concrete, visible and personal.
The exhibit coincides with a city-wide initiative STAND UP for Art & Science, coordinated by Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute volunteers.
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Resa Blatman, Daisy Braun, Georgie Friedman, Perri Lynch Howard, Michelle Lougee, Michelle Samour, Jessica Straus, and Christopher Volpe
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“Copy and Acknowledge” A New Play by Ken Riaf
A sneak preview of Ken Riaf’s new play, Copy and Acknowledge read by Lanes Coven Theater Co. actors.
Sunday, September 7, 7pmOceans of Uncertainty: Art and the Science of Global Warming
An artists’ panel discussion addressing climate change in their work. Moderated by artist and writer, Chris Volpe with artists Daisy Braun and Michelle Lougee.
Sunday, September 28, 4 pm
Wired Eye VIII, Michelle Samour; The Breaking With Spaces, Resa Blatman; Lost Legends Outbound, Perri Howard; Blood Knot, Perri Howard; Sea Urchins, Michelle Lougee; Souvenir, Footprint, Michelle Lougee; King Cod, Jessica Strauss; Untitled; Georgie Friedman Video with Jessica Strauss’ Fish; Plankton, Daisy Braun
Artists Reception
Sunday, September 14, 4-6 pm
Gallery Hours
Thursday, 12-7 pm
Friday-Sunday, 12-5 pm
What’s in a Voice, Solo Exhibition with Talya Baharal
What’s In A Voice is a captivating exhibition by artist Talya Baharal, the 2025 GAR Distinguished Artist, that explores her evolving visual language through abstract compositions inspired by the overlooked and unexpected—cracked asphalt, broken ice, tangled wires. These works, created over recent years, reflect her ongoing search for personal voice and meaning through the layered processes of painting, disrupting, and rebuilding.
Using acrylic, ink, collage, and mixed media, Baharal uncovers structure within chaos, revealing beauty in what remains. Each piece emerges from a dialogue between destruction and creation, surface and depth—inviting moments of clarity, emotion, and discovery.
This exhibition is a meditation on remnants, resilience, and the power of uncovering meaning through mark-making. Baharal paints not for perfection, but for moments of truth. In her words: “I paint to feel alive.”
Opening Reception
Thursday, August 7, 5-7 pm
Artist Talk
Sunday, August 10, 5-6 pm
Gallery Hours
Thursday & Friday, 3-7 pm; Saturday, 12-7 pm; Sunday, 12-4 pm; Monday, 11 am-2 pm
Boundless: The Art of the Book
Boundless: The Art of the Book is a dynamic exhibition exploring the rich and ever-evolving world of the book as an art form.
Six Ways of Seeing the World
Living in a fraught time, the six artists in this show all explore their connections to the wider world within the parameter of their esthetic vision. Visual, creative and ideational points of contact can be seen between the artists.
The Healing of Art
Curated by Rebecca Ann Nagle
The Healing of Art is a thoughtfully curated show explores the four realms of healing—physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual—through a wide range of media including painting, sculpture, mixed media, and encaustic.
Featuring the work of Ryan Kelley, Judith Brassard Brown, Deborah Gonet, and curator Rebecca Ann Nagle, the exhibition highlights how the creative process itself becomes a path to healing. Working in solitude, each artist draws from the ego, mind, soul, and spirit, channeling personal and collective experiences into powerful visual expressions.
Their work responds to personal surroundings, global events, climate and landscape, and the social and political challenges that shape our lives and communities. Through making, they find a meditative, reparative space—a process that helps to reflect on, process, and heal from trauma or imbalance.
As viewers engage with the artwork, they are invited into this process—connecting to their own stories and struggles. The experience becomes not only personal but also collective: a shared space for empathy, reflection, and renewal.
The Road Ahead, Judith Brassard Brown; Prominence, Ryan Kelley; Ode to Joan Mitchell, Rebecca Anne Nagle; Landscape, Deborah Gonet
Opening Reception
Saturday, June 14, 3-5 pm
Gallery Hours
Sunday, 12-4 pm
Monday, 11 am - 2 pm
Thursday & Friday, 3-7 pm
Sat 12-7 pm
The Shape of Things
The Shape of Things, juried by Adria Arch, showcases the work of 17 artists from the Greater Boston area: Mary Bablitch, Steven Cabral, Cyrille Conan, Monica DeSalvo, Carin Doben, Barbe Ennis, Bette Frank Leahy, Roberta Nigro Hall, Nancy Harrod, L. Marie Lamarche, Ellen Liner, David McCoy, Laura Menucci, Kimberly Quint, Allison Tanenhaus, Amantha Tsaros, and Leslie Zelamsky.
The exhibition featured 47 works, ranging from painting and mixed media to sculpture and video, all united by their innovative use of shape as a central element of design.
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Adria Arch is a Boston-based sculptor, painter, and installation artist who has been awarded residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sanskriti Foundation in Delhi, and in Auvillar, France. Her work is included in many private and public collections including the DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Danforth Art, and the Fitchburg Art Museum, as well as Fidelity Corporation, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. In 2019 her work was featured at the Fitchburg Art Museum, and in 2020 at the Cahoon Museum of American Art. Most recently, Arch was commissioned by Google to create a permanent room-sized installation. Arch has shown at the Boston Sculptors Gallery, Brattleboro Art Museum in Vermont and the Danforth Museum in Framingham, MA. This year, she will present solo exhibitions at Lake George Arts Project and at San Luis Obispo Art Museum in California. Arch taught at Montserrat College of Art, Endicott College and Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She has lectured at the Danforth Museum, the Weston Arts and Innovation Center Women in Installation series, and the Boston Sculptors Gallery.
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The Shape of Abstraction: Tracing a Visual Revolution
presented by Adria Arch
Wednesday, June 25, 2025Boston-based artist and educator Adria Arch gave an engaging image-based presentation exploring the language of abstraction in art. This talk traced the evolution of abstract art in Western art history—beginning with early pioneers such as Hilma af Klint, Wassily Kandinsky, and Georgia O’Keeffe, through the explosive energy of the Abstract Expressionists like Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner, and culminated in the work of contemporary artists who continue to redefine and expand abstraction today.
This visually rich presentation traced abstraction’s radical departure from representational traditions, examining how artists began to express emotional, spiritual, and intellectual concepts through non-objective forms, colors, and compositions. Arch highlighted pivotal moments when artists broke from convention to develop a new visual language that prioritized formal elements over literal depiction.
Special attention was given to pioneering women abstractionists whose contributions were often overlooked in traditional art historical narratives. The lecture concluded with an exploration of how contemporary artists continue to push the boundaries of abstraction, incorporating new technologies, cultural influences, and conceptual frameworks that revitalize this enduring artistic approach.
Cha Cha Heels, Amantha Tsaros; Fragile Balance, Nancy Harrod; Acceleration, Monica DeSalvo; Night Fever, Mary Bablitch, Small Study 24, Steven Cabral; Choice, Laura Menucci; High Wire, Kimberly Quint; MADIG Candy, Cyrille Conan; Resilience, Carin Doben; Web 2, Bette Frank Leahy
Opening Reception
Sunday, June 8, 2025, 5-7 pm
Gallery Hours
Thursday, 12-7 pm
Friday-Sunday, 12 -5 pm
Energy of Color
Curated by Nic Bannerman, Energy of Color explores the profound relationship between artists and their environments. The distinct palettes of land, sea, and sky influence both conscious and instinctive artistic choices. The result is a body of work that pulses with life, emotion, and a deep sense of place. Experience a dynamic range of media, including painting, ceramics, and photography, all unified by a passionate engagement with color as a storytelling force.
This immersive and vibrant show features the work of North Shore artists who draw inspiration from the striking hues and natural beauty of Cape Ann and beyond. Whether rooted in the shimmering coastal light or influenced by far-flung travels, each piece in this exhibition offers a unique interpretation of color’s emotional and expressive power.
Energy of Color explores the profound relationship between artists and their environments. The distinct palettes of land, sea, and sky influence both conscious and instinctive artistic choices. The result is a body of work that pulses with life, emotion, and a deep sense of place.
“Color is more than a visual experience—it’s memory, mood, and moment,” says painter and curator Nic Bannerman. “This show invites viewers to feel the world as we do—through the lens of color.”
Visitors will experience a dynamic range of media, including painting, ceramics, and photography, all unified by their passionate engagement with color as a storytelling force.
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Danette English (ceramic artist), Pia Juhl Nadel (painter), Martin Sorger (painter), Jonathan Wilson (photographer), and Nic Bannerman (painter, curator).
Deconstructed Flower Vase, Danette English; Between Us 5, Martin Sorger; Two Boats, Gloucester, MA, Jonathan Wilson; Gloucester Motive 3, Pia Juhl Nadel; Shoreline, Nic Bannerman
Opening Reception
Friday, May 16, 5-7 pm
Closing Reception
Sunday June 8, 2-5 pm
Gallery Hours
Sunday & Monday 12-5 pm
Thursday-Saturday, 12-7 pm
Intelligence of Touch
Curated by interdisciplinary artist and Rocky Neck native Kyle Browne
Intelligence of Touch, showcases six young women artists working in Boston and Cape Ann who challenge artistic conventions in two- and three-dimensional forms. Dominique Nelson, Loretta Park, Alex Stroup, Kate Wildman, H. Wolfe, and Browne investigate concepts of mapping, imagined worlds, corporeal landscapes, and transformation, creating unexpected and emotive visual narratives that highlight the energetic exchange between body, material, and concept.
Light Being, Kyle Brown; Bliss Pearls; Kyle Brown; Kyle Brown, exhibition curator; Untitled, Tan Green Pt. 1, H Wolfe; Untitled, Purple, H Wolfe; Study #26, Dominique Nelson; Study #14, Dominique Nelson; Rainsburg, Alex Stroup; Angel Skate, Alex Stroup
Opening Reception
Sunday, April 13, 4-6 pm
Artist Panel Discussion
Sunday, May 4, 3-4:30 pm
Gallery Hours
Friday–Sunday, 12-5 pm
Rocky Neck Now 2025
Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC) kicked off its 2025 exhibition season with Rocky Neck Now, the annual members show. Featuring 92 artists, the exhibition showcased diverse works in painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media, and more, reflecting contemporary creativity from bold abstracts to evocative realism.
(Don’t) Drink Me, Paula Borsetti; Birds of a Feather, Susan Guest McPhail; Embellished Nest, Barbe Ennis; Birdland, Kai Vlahos; The Visitor, Claudia Valenti; Cripple Cove Reflections, Tom Robinson-Cox; East Main Street Walk, Vanessa Michalak; Quietude, Helen Duncan; Waiting, Roy McCauley; Just for the Halibut, Mary Salerno; Halibut Point Rockport, Joreen White; Happiness in Spite of it All, Elizabeth Bish; Shoreline, Beth Delforge; Brightest Winter, Ben Herbert; Unsaid, Anne Gilson; A Letter from Home, Ann Lafferty
Opening Reception
Sunday, February 23, 4-6 pm
Artist Talk
Saturday, March 8 & Sunday, March 9, 1-3 pm
Gallery Hours
Friday-Sunday, 12-5 pm
YES! All Members Year End Show
YES! is a year-end celebration of creativity at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck—where art, community, and inspiration come together. This smorgasbord of artistic endeavor features one recent work each of nearly 70 RNAC members, offering a snapshot of these artist’s individual practice and an overview of this creative community as a whole.
Andy Matlow, Existence and Uniqueness; Don Gorvett, Point of View Beacon Marine; Gross, LA Rising; Otto Laske, The Flame; Paige Farrell, Dance We Three; Pat Alto, Splendor; Sue Funk, Fractured Illusions; Susan Guest McPhail, I See; Tom Robinson-Cox, Orion II; Vanessa Michalak, Halibut Point
Opening Reception
Sunday November 24, 4-6 pm
Gallery Hours
Friday-Sunday, 12-5 pm
Phyllis Feld - A Retrospective
The Rocky Neck Art Colony proudly presents Phyllis Feld—A Retrospective, a three-day exhibition curated by Dina Gomery, showcasing the works of Phyllis Feld (1941–2023).
Phyllis Feld, a Gloucester resident, worked from her studio overlooking the inspiring Cripple Cove. An award-winning artist and cherished member of the Cape Ann arts community, Phyllis passed away suddenly in May 2023 at the age of 81, leaving works in progress and dreams of new creations. She loved painting en plein air, finding the experience both challenging and “liberating.”
A perfectionist with high standards, Phyllis brought the same dedication to her art as she did to her career as a space designer. Her oil paintings are known for their fine detail, tonal depth, and atmospheric quality. She was an active member of the Rocky Neck Art Colony, North Shore Arts Association, Gallery 53 (now The Salted Cod), Central Street Gallery in Manchester-by-the-Sea, and the Marblehead and Concord Art Associations.
This retrospective offers an opportunity to honor Phyllis's memory, celebrate her legacy, and reflect on her contributions to the artistic community.
Phyllis Feld, Cabbage Reflection; The Nichols Homestead; Remembering; Sumac; The Marsh at Cutty Hunk; Rising Clouds; Stage Fort Park
Reception
Sunday, October 13, 3-6 pm
Gallery Hours
Saturday-Monday, 12-6 pm
Elemental: Abstractions for Unsettled Times
Curated by Meredith Anderson and Ginger Myhaver
Elemental, Abstractions for Unsettled Times, curated by Meredith Anderson and Ginger Myhaver, features six established artists from Gloucester and greater Essex County. Each artist engages deeply with material, form, and space—pushing the boundaries of abstraction through rigorous practice. Their works, whether exploring geometric shapes, elemental materials, or finely-honed surfaces, go beyond formalism, resonating with the human experience and the unsettled times in which we live.
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Mary Bucci McCoy, Helen Duncan, Seth Goldfine, Ann Ledy, Joe Lovasco, Constance Vallis
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We live in unsettled – and profoundly unsettling – times. The multitude of environmental, cultural, political, economic, migratory, and health crises facing humanity can be quite overwhelming. And while many excellent contemporary artists and exhibitions are producing compelling, timely works that address these crises directly, Elemental began with a desire to show art that seemed to capture the cognitive, emotional, bodily, and spiritual experience of living when nearly every aspect of our common life is in flux, is on – and potentially about to go over – the edge. Also animating the curators’ ambitions were questions about how to sustain oneself, one’s hope, one’s will amidst such uncertainty, how to and when to take action and when to withdraw, contemplate, restore and dream. Read Ginger Myhaver’s full statement here.
Ann Ledy, Beginnings; Joe Lovasco, Do you remember when the days were long?; Constance Vallis, Solar Wind; Helen Duncan, What Remains; Seth Goldfine, Dropped; Mary Bucci McCoy, Incipit
Opening Reception
Saturday, October 5, 4-6 pm
Gallery Talks
Sunday, October 27, 2 pm & Saturday, November 2, 1 pm
Gallery Hours
Friday-Sunday, 12-5 pm
Handwork: The Fine Art of Craft
HandWork, curated by Jane Keddy, is an exhibition celebrating the fine art of craft, featuring six artists from varied disciplines.
Dennis Flavin 50 Years of Color
“I make art because I love to paint,” Dennis says. “Once I start painting, I can feel it coming out of my body and mind. I’ve always felt that if I have an idea, I can paint that idea as long as I let myself be free with color and lines.” — Dennis Flavin
50 Years of Color showcases Gloucester artist Dennis Flavin’s evolution as an artist. The colorful and energetic paintings range from his true-to-life portraits of the 1970s, to his psychedelic still-lifes and seascapes of the ’80s and ’90s, to his increasingly abstract work of the past quarter-century. Although Flavin has shown pieces from time to time, this exhibition will be the public’s first opportunity to see the full range of his artistic career.
Flavin’s vast catalog includes oils, pastels, and mixed media, as well as copper plate etchings. He has lived and worked in Gloucester for the better part of five decades. Locals know him as the charismatic owner of the Halibut Point Restaurant on Main Street, which he opened in 1982 and ran until just a few years ago.
top to bottom, left to right: The Mighty Quinn; Greenery; Geometry; Five Bottles; Exploding Outward; Everything is Beautiful; Do What You Want; Balancing Act; Abstract Flower; Kaleidoscope
Opening Reception
Saturday, August 31, 5-7 pm
Gallery Hours
Thursday–Sunday, 12-5 pm
eco-harmony
eco-harmony, a captivating exhibition features artists from the North Shore who draw inspiration from the unique and dynamic aspects of their environments, both intentionally and subconsciously. The connection between their surroundings and artistic expression is a central theme in their work.
The diverse elements of the landscape, seasonal changes, and even vacation settings play a crucial role in shaping the artists' creations. This deep symbiotic relationship both challenges and nourishes them, lending a richness to their creative process. Their responses to the environment open new pathways for creativity and life, indicating a continuous and reciprocal interaction between their surroundings and artistic endeavors.
Their choice to live in this area is integral to their art and guides their artistic exploration. Each artist draws inspiration from the unique and dynamic aspects of the environment, both intentionally and subconsciously. This profound connection between their surroundings and their artistic expression is a central theme in their work, offering viewers a glimpse into the harmony between nature and their art.
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Nic Bannerman (painter) Jennifer K Brown (ceramicist), Maria Malatesta (painter), Martin Sorger (painter), Sallie Strand (painter, curator)
Blues 1, Nic Bannerman; Pirate’s Booty #3, Jennifer K Brown; Here From Her, Martin Sorger; Don’t Be Careful, Sallie Strand; Pond 13, Maria Malatesta
Opening Reception
August 15, 4-7 pm
Closing Reception
September 8, 4-6 pm
Gallery Hours
Sunday, 12-5 pm
Monday 10 am-3 pm
Thursday-Saturday, 12-7 pm
Press Play
Press Play promises to be a dynamic and engaging exhibition that celebrates the transformative power of play in the artistic process, and playfulness in the work itself. Showcasing the work of six talented artists incorporating various mediums, 2D, 3D, and kinetic sculpture – abstract and representational – the show aims to invite viewers to contemplate the variety of media, experiments and techniques used by the artists. Interactive installations and a mini workshop will allow visitors to play and explore their own creativity as well. Questions about the artists’ processes will be welcome and greatly encouraged!
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Paula Borsetti*, Donna Caselden, L. Marie Lamarche*, Michael Lamarche, Brian Murphy
*Co-curators
Love Song, Paula Borsetti; Big Mouth, Brian Murphy; What’s on the Other Side, L. Marie Lamarche; Communications In Color (crop), Michael Lamarche; 4 Square, Donna Caseldon; Catfish, Katherine Bagley
Opening Reception
Thursday, July 18, 5-7 pm
Press Play Interactive Workshop
Saturday, July 20, 1-3 pm
Gallery Hours
Sunday & Monday, 12-5 pm
Thursday-Saturday, 12-7 pm
What's So Funny?
JURIED BY COLLEENE FESKO
Humor in art serves many purposes – as a light moment in dark times, as a commentary to illuminate or challenge, or simply as a small treat, a bit of candy. Employing a rich variety of media and techniques, including painting, photography, sculpture, installation and stop motion animation, these artists poke fun, elicit cheap laughs, and expose truths. Popular culture icons, the animal kingdom, contemporary social issues, and the human condition are all fair game. Come, figure out what’s so funny, and laugh with us.
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Colleene Fesko is a Boston-based fine art and antiques appraiser and broker specializing in 19th through 21st century American and European paintings, prints, works on paper, and sculpture. Her experience includes serving as a consultant with Christie’s American Painting Department, and two decades at Skinner Auction of Boston.
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John Bassett, Jennifer Blesso, Katie Bull, Mike Cangemi, Betsy Carter, Katherine Coakley, Yhanna Coffin, Michael Costello, Debra Damon, Andrew Dixon, Cheryl Dyment, Liz Sibley Fletcher, Rebecca Flores-Mantilla, Seth Goldfine, Laura Green, Blyth Hazen, Kata Hull, Emily Lombardo, Brendan MacAllister, Andy Matlow, Judith-Grace Miller, Evan Morse, Judi Muscara-Orfanos, Greg Orfanos, R.Ellis Orrall, Sarah Marcella Parella, Christy Park, Jennifer Pinck, Jonathan Pinto, Howard Pohl, Dennis Poitras, Hans Pundt, Judy Robinson-Cox, Tom Robinson-Cox, Mia Rosenblatt Tinkjian, Lynn Sausele, Andrew Steinberg, Dana Telsrow, Suzanne Ulrich, Jake Ursino, Karen Watson, Christine Whalen-Waller, James Wickey
Christine Whalen Waller, Hazmat Man; Yhanna Coffin, Having Fun Again; Rebecca Flores-Mantilla, Childs Play; Judy Robinson-Cox, Guacamole Sunbathers; Judy Orfanos, Chickenzilla; James Wickey, Moonbeam; Hans Pundt, detail; Cheryl Dyment, Squiggles AdventureI; Blyth Hazen, Big Sky Ednas Salon; Betsy Carter, Paybacks a Bitch
Opening Reception
Sunday, July 14, 5-7pm
Movie Night
“Laughs from the Past”, August 3, 8pm
Grounding
GROUNDING showcases the work of Kathleen Gerdon Archer, Amanda Bittner, Paige Farrell, Jeffrey Marshall, and Vanessa Michalak
HOME
Juried by Susan Erony
HOME explored multiple ideas of home, as structure, a place inhabited, a state of mind, an idea representing the self, values, desires, and cultures with physical, psychological, environmental, political and spiritual implications.
Sixty four artists from across the country responded to the open call. Juror Susan Erony assembled a show incorporating a multitude of approaches and media, while also introducing some fresh talent to the Rocky Neck Art Colony.
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Susan Erony is an artist whose work has focused primarily on history and the human condition, and on the creation of safe visual spaces in a troubling world. She has exhibited extensively in Europe, Canada and the United States, and her work is in public and private collections in North America, Europe and Israel.
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Angela Ales, Hilary Bachelder, Christine Barensfeld, Paula Borsetti, Jennifer K. Brown, Matt Cegelis, Michele Champion, Katherine Coakley, Yhanna Coffin, Nancy Dudley, Gary Duehr, Barbe Ennis, Liz Sibley Fletcher, Karen Futral, Elizabeth Gauthier, Seth Goldfine, Nancy Gorman, Kimberley Harding, Linda Henneman, Andrew Houle, Jane Keddy, Tobi Klein, Linda Lamarche, Michael Lamarche, Stephen LaPierre, Jeffrey Marshall, Andy Matlow, Vanessa Michalak, Paula Morgan, Evan Morse, R.D. Murphy, Monica Pepicelli, Sarah Hollis Perry, Hans Pundt, Margaret Rack, Judy Robinson-Cox, Tom Robinson-Cox, Anna Vojtech, Cindy Wilson, Jodi Wright
Angela Ales, The Guardian; Toby Klein, Window Dwellings; Linda Lamarche, What Would Dorothy Do; Stephen LaPierre, ex Home 2; Paula Borsetti, In a Boys Pocket; Andrew Houle, Salem Harbor; Margaret Rack, After Katrina; Liz Sibley Fletcher; Evan Morse, Paul Bernardo Lucy Allison Simon; Elizabeth Gauthier, View From the Hill
Opening Reception
Sunday, June 2, 5-7 pm
Event
Reflections On Home, An Evening of Prose, Poetry, and the Spoken Word
Friday, June 21, 5:30-6:30 pm
Gallery Hours
Friday-Sunday, 12-5 pm
Sacred Space
Sacred Space showcases the work of six artists, each committed to the exploration of both ordinary and extraordinary subjects they find in the world as visual creators.
The Life Drawing Show
Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC) is opening the season with a small show made up of work done at the RNAC Monday afternoon Life Drawing sessions. Featured is work by 20 artists, in pencil, charcoal, pastels, watercolor and more.
UP and COMING
Up and Coming: Young Artists with Promise, is a juried show of works by artists aged 17-30, expressing passion and commitment to their craft. The art works reflect a collective panoply of youthful perspectives, variously addressing contemporary issues and presenting aesthetic and material innovations. The variety of media includes printmaking, digital art, collage, photography, drawing, painting, and sculpture, with abstraction, landscape and figurative work.
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Corey Brown, Caddy Cicogna, Charlotte Collins, Bridget Curry, Angelina DeDominicis, Fiona Dolan, Molly Forget, Spencer Kall, Rebecca Killion, Benjamin Laird, Dylan Maher, Abigail Monson, Allie Nicastro, Ella O’Neil, Thomas Rutigliano, Isabel Santos, Krystyn Sherman, Ashlyn Smith, Andrew Steinberg, Erin Survilas, Claudia Valenti, H. Wolfe
Andrew Steinberg, Lounging Figure 3; Thomas Rutigliano, My Lost City; Rebecca Killion, Wildflower; Isabel Santos, Canyon Valley; Bridget Curry, Glouster; Charlotte Collins, Dreamweavers; Fiona Dolan, Border Collie; Cory Brown, Flower; Benjamin Laird, Stage Fort Park; Ashlyn Smith, Time is of the Essence
Opening Reception
Sunday, April 7, 4-6 pm
Gallery Hours
Friday-Sunday, 12-5 pm
Rocky Neck Now 2024
ROCKY NECK NOW 2024, the highly anticipated annual members show, once again opened the exhibition season at the Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC). Works by 79 artist members were on display, giving a broad overview of RNAC members’ talents and passion. Rocky Neck Now is open to all members, and offers each the opportunity to show one recent work. The exhibition showcases a wide range of artistic vision, with representational, abstract and expressive styles in all media.
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Adam Adkison, Suzanne Agostino, Meredith Anderson, Christine Barensfeld, John Bassett, Anne Beinecke, Elizabeth Bish, Janet Blackman, Paula Borsetti, Sheila Boss-Concannon, Jennifer K Brown, Mike Cangemi, Jeanne Carey, Betsy Carter, Donna Caselden, Matt Cegelis, Michele Champion, Yhanna Coffin, Anne Marie Crotty, Dianna Daly, Alev Danis, Marci Davis, Lesley Davison, Terry Del Percio, Beth Delforge, Maria Denjongpa, Robert Diebboll, Cheryl Dyment, Cindy Efinger, Barbe Ennis, Paige Farrell, Sue Funk, Jacqueline Ganim-DeFalco, Elizabeth Gauthier, Christine Gauthier-Kelley, Seth Goldfine, Nancy Gorman, John Grant, Karen Gross, Janet Grover, Olga Hayes, Leslie Heffron, Linda Henneman, Kata Hull, Nancy Jarvis, Linda Kauss, Ken King, Tobi Klein, Ira Levine, Juliet Lockwood, Lynn MacLaughlin, Laureen Maher, Jeffrey Marshall, Carmela Martin, Dawn McDonald, Vanessa Michalak, William Mitchell, Ed Mowrey, Brian Murphy, R. D. Murphy, Monica Pepicelli, Margaret Rack, Mary Rhinelander, Kathy Roberts, Judy Robinson-Cox, Tom Robinson-Cox, Patty Rosenblatt, Caleb Rulli, Thomas Rutigliano, Patricia Scialo, James Seavey, Mary Spitzer, Rosemary Sullivan, Marilyn Swift, Helen Tory, Juni Van Dyke, Grace Vasta, Anna Vojtech, Karen Watson, Christine Whalen-Waller
Rosemary Sullivan, Dahlia Party; Christine Barensfeld, Cut Bridge; Barbe Ennis, Gisele; Patty Rosenblatt, Car Wash #1; Olga Hayes, Seeds and Twigs; Alev Danis, Waiters in a Flooded St Marks Square Venice; Juni VanDyke, Untitled; Ed Mowery, To Light and to Guard; Anna Vojtech, Ukraine; Anne Marie Crotty, Sky Drama
Opening Reception
Sunday, February 18, 4-6 pm
Gallery Hours
Friday-Sunday, 12-5 pm
Ruth Mordecai: Early Work 1970-2000
Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC) is proud to present Ruth Mordecai, Early Work: 1970-2000. The special exhibit is a fundraiser to support the Rocky Neck Art Colony and its residency program called the Goetemann Artist Residency.
Ruth Mordecai’s long and illustrious career began with an exploration of the figure. Her work in sculpture, drawing, collage and painting has gradually become more abstracted, as she discovered her own personal visual language. This exhibit offers work never seen in Gloucester, and a chance to witness the origins of one of our most distinguished artist’s journey over 30 years.
Ruth’s home studio is on Rocky Neck overlooking Smith Cove. She has been involved with the Goetemann Artist Residency since 2005, when it was founded by Gordon Goetemann. Ruth is a cherished member of the community, as a mentor and stalwart advocate to the many artists and galleries on Rocky Neck. She has offered this exhibit as a fundraiser and will include many of her small drawings, and some large figurative collages, as well as a painting by Gordon Goetemann given by his son David Goetemann.
Red Tent 04; Woman #4; Standing Woman; Framed Gestural Drawing of a Man (1967); Framed Armature Series V, front (1985)
Opening Reception
Saturday, November 4, 2-4 pm
Related Event
Ruth will be available for conversations about her work at the Cultural Center on December 2, 12-5 pm.
Gallery Hours
Friday-Sunday, 12-5 pm
Cape Ann Artisans @ 40
As part of the Cape Ann Artisans (CAA) collaboration with the Rocky Neck Art Colony and the Cape Ann Museum, this exhibition celebrates the work of current members and many of the prior Juried Members, including some In Memorium.
CAA's artisans have enriched the Cape Ann cultural community in disciplines including jewelry, pottery, textiles, painting in many mediums, glass, wood, photography, sculpture, metalwork including pewter, copper, and steel, millinery, mosaics, and more. Members’ influence also extends beyond their Cape Ann Artisan alliance. Many are teachers, from art professors in Boston universities to those offering classes in their own studios. Many have exhibited their work locally and far beyond in galleries and museums. Many have mentored and served as leaders in arts organizations.
As part of CAA's collaboration with the Cape Ann Museum, CAM will feature a panel discussion about CAA art and artisans at the museum at 27 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, MA on October 21.
For more information about the Cape Ann Artisans and upcoming CAA events, click HERE.
Rob Logan, Dogtown; Paul Swigart, Hummingbird; Sinikka Nogel, Green Dream; Kurt Ankeny, Mangoes and Lemons; Kate Nordstrom, Neighborhood Crow; Deb Schradieck, Motif in Fall; David Montgamery, The Old Boat Shed, A Study in Light and Shadow; Marilyn Swift, Friendship; Judith Cooper, Sacred Teaching, Sacred Text; Eileen Mueller, Night Music