Upcoming Events
Play as Practice
Five artists whose work walk the line of abstraction and representation, and interested in sharing their process of visual investigation.
Rhythm and Rhyme - Works Inspired by Music and Lyrics
Rhythm and Rhyme is a juried exhibition showcasing work inspired by music or musical lyrics.
The Journey of a Song, music and musings with Dan King and Dave Mattacks
Join us for an evening of stories and songs with celebrated North Shore musicians Dan King and Dave Mattacks.
Life Drawing with Live Models
Drawing the figure is not easy, but your comfort and skills will soar with regular practice. These sessions are offered weekly and are drop-in, featuring a different professional model.
Life Drawing with Live Models
Drawing the figure is not easy, but your comfort and skills will soar with regular practice. These sessions are offered weekly and are drop-in, featuring a different professional model.
Mixed Media: Draw, Paint, Collage Workshop
In this two-day workshop, led by local artist Maria Malatesta, you will begin drawing from observation and move into the addition of paint and collage. This will be a fun workshop of experimentation and “play” to produce works that express your ideas!
Strum and Sing with the Cape Ann Guitar Society
Join the Cape Ann Guitar Society the third Thursday of the month for Strum and Sing. A no-pressure opportunity to play and sing with members of the community. All levels welcome.
Rocky Neck Historic Walking Tours
Explore Rocky Neck Art Colony’s neighborhood on a guided historic walking tour with its rich artistic and maritime past as you visit artists' studios, historic fishing shacks, galleries, and more.
Tai Chi - Qigong Foundations
Tai Chi – Qigong Foundations, a monthly class held on the last Wednesday of each month from 5:30–6:30 pm.
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.
All in the Hands Workshop
A two-day intensive workshop with Amy Sudarsky focusing on hands from studying their structure to exploring interesting narrative gestures.
Ristuben Jazz+
Catch this special performance by Karen Ristuben on guitar and vocals, John Hicks on guitar, Steve Yost on bass, and Matt Dudgeon on piano for an evening of sultry jazz, swing, and Americana.
Rocky Neck Historic Walking Tours
Explore Rocky Neck Art Colony’s neighborhood on a guided historic walking tour with its rich artistic and maritime past as you visit artists' studios, historic fishing shacks, galleries, and more.
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.
Opening Reception: Interconnected
Join Rocky Neck Art Colony at the opening reception for Interconnected on display at the Cove Gallery
Lecture: Thomas Jefferson & the Beginnings of Democracy in Anglo-Saxon England with Richard Rosenfeld
Gloucester Writers Center presents a Lecture with Richard Rosenfeld who challenges a centuries-old understanding of where Anglo-American democracy began.
Tai Chi - Qigong Foundations
Tai Chi – Qigong Foundations, a monthly class held on the last Wednesday of each month from 5:30–6:30 pm.
"Breaking the Ruts" Artist workshop with Kat Masella
Register for this 4-day artist workshop with Kat Masella, the 2026 Goetemann Distinguished Artist/Teacher.
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.
Rocky Neck Historic Walking Tours
Explore Rocky Neck Art Colony’s neighborhood on a guided historic walking tour with its rich artistic and maritime past as you visit artists' studios, historic fishing shacks, galleries, and more.
Tai Chi - Qigong Foundations
Tai Chi – Qigong Foundations, a monthly class held on the last Wednesday of each month from 5:30–6:30 pm.
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.
Beaux Arts Ball Halloween Bash
Mark your calendars for this year's Beaux Arts Ball Halloween Bash. More details to follow!
Tai Chi - Qigong Foundations
FULL CLASS TONIGHT
Tai Chi – Qigong Foundations, a monthly class beginning in May and held on the last Wednesday of each month from 5:30–6:30 PM.
Workshop: Hair, Beautiful Hair
A one-day drawing intensive workshop, led by Amy Sudarsky, focusing on how to draw hair -- on top of one's head, underneath it and all around it.
Life Drawing with Live Models
Drawing the figure is not easy, but your comfort and skills will soar with regular practice. These sessions are offered weekly and are drop-in, featuring a different professional model.
Opening Reception: Rhythm and Rhyme
Join us at the Opening Reception for this exhibit. Experience the collection, meet the artists, and enjoy an afternoon of refreshments and lively conversation.
Rocky Neck Historic Walking Tours
Explore Rocky Neck Art Colony’s neighborhood on a guided historic walking tour with its rich artistic and maritime past as you visit artists' studios, historic fishing shacks, galleries, and more.
Play As Practice Opening Reception
Experience the collection, meet the artists, and enjoy an afternoon of refreshments and lively conversation at the Opening Reception of ‘Play as Practice’.
Life Drawing with Live Models
Drawing the figure is not easy, but your comfort and skills will soar with regular practice. These sessions are offered weekly and are drop-in, featuring a different professional model.
Workshop: The EYES Have It
A one-day drawing intensive workshop, led by Amy Sudarsky. Finally, learn to master the ins and outs of eyes using a live model and photographs.
The Language of Presence: A Solo Show by Robin Colodzin
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.
Life Drawing with Live Models
Drawing the figure is not easy, but your comfort and skills will soar with regular practice. These sessions are offered weekly and are drop-in, featuring a different professional model.
Just Looking: A Collection of Drawings and Musings by Linda Kauss
Join multidisciplinary artist Linda Kauss for an evening celebrating Just Looking: A Collection of Drawings and Musings, a deeply personal work rooted in creative exploration and intuition.
Life Drawing with Live Models
Drawing the figure is not easy, but your comfort and skills will soar with regular practice. These sessions are offered weekly and are drop-in, featuring a different professional model.
Life Drawing with Live Models
Drawing the figure is not easy, but your comfort and skills will soar with regular practice. These sessions are offered weekly and are drop-in, featuring a different professional model.
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.
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.
March Music Month: Andrew Cohen on Blues Guitar Concert
Join Rocky Neck Art Colony and the Cape Ann Guitar Society for the final concert in the March Music Month series featuring Andrew Cohen on Blues Guitar.
March Music Month: Andrew Cohen on Blues Guitar Workshop
Join Rocky Neck Art Colony and the Cape Ann Guitar Society for Andrew Cohen on Blues Guitar Workshop in the March Music Month series.
March Painting: White on White Painting Class with Amy Sudarsky
Amy Sudarsky will teach this three-day painting class from March 25 through March 27. This is a portrait/figure class with a focus on the colors of white (perfect after this winter!).
Beyond Critique: Using our Senses to Experience Art
Can we look and experience the work through our senses, without critical judgment taking over? What possibilities does that open up in our own work? RNAC artist Robin Colodzin will lead this workshop.
Life Drawing with Live Models
Drawing the figure is not easy, but your comfort and skills will soar with regular practice. These sessions are offered weekly and are drop-in, featuring a different professional model.
March Music Month: Steve Lacey on Jazz Guitar Concert
Join Rocky Neck Art Colony and the Cape Ann Guitar Society for the third concert in the March Music Month series featuring Steve Lacey on Jazz Guitar Concert.
Life Drawing with Live Models
Drawing the figure is not easy, but your comfort and skills will soar with regular practice. These sessions are offered weekly and are drop-in, featuring a different professional model.
March Music Month: Jason Ji on Fingerstyle Guitar Concert
Join Rocky Neck Art Colony and the Cape Ann Guitar Society for the second concert in the March Music Month series featuring Jason Ji on Fingerstyle Guitar.
RNAC All Members Meeting
Calling all RNAC members! Join us at our next All Members meeting to learn about the latest and greatest news and happenings.
March Music Month: Daniel Villela on Classical Guitar
Rocky Neck Art Colony in partnership with the Cape Ann Guitar Society is launching its first annual March Music Month at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck. This new series features four concerts and one workshop this March showcasing a wide range of musical styles. Join us for the first concert in the series featuring Daniel Villela on classical guitar.
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.
Boxy but Good - Intro to Cornell Boxes
Interested in building a momento mori or memory garden? Belle Carver Struck artist/educator (and Director of Newburyport Art) will lead Class this workshop. She will bring examples and demonstrate options for assemblage.
Life Drawing with Live Models
Drawing the figure is not easy, but your comfort and skills will soar with regular practice. These sessions are offered weekly and are drop-in, featuring a different professional model.
Life Drawings with Live Model
Drawing the figure is not easy, but your comfort and skills will soar with regular practice. Each session is drop-in, featuring a different professional model. Weekly Session: MONDAYS, 1pm-4pm
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