The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE 2025
Rocky Neck Now 2025
February 21 – April 6 | Annual All Members Show
Location: The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street, Gloucester, MA
Gallery Hours: Friday–Sunday, Noon – 5pm
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Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC) is thrilled to kick off the 2025 exhibition season with Rocky Neck Now, the much-anticipated annual members show. This dynamic exhibition brings together an exciting and diverse collection of recent works from 92 RNAC artists, offering a stunning reflection of talent, vision, and artistic passion. With pieces spanning painting, sculpture, photography, mixed media, and more, visitors will experience a rich and varied exploration of contemporary creativity—from bold abstracts to evocative realism.
Intelligence of Touch
Exhibition Dates: April 11–June 1 | Annual Emerging Artist show
Curated by: Kyle Browne
Opening Reception: Sunday, April 13, 4pm-6pm
Artist Panel Discussion: Sunday, May 4, 3pm-4:30pm
Gallery Hours: Friday–Sunday, 12pm-5pm
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, Alex Troupe, Hayley Wolfe, Loretta Park, Kate Wildman, 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.
The Shape of Things
June 5 – July 13 | Open Jury | Juried by: Adria Arch
Open for Submissions (Deadline May 11)
From hard-edged geometric forms to organic, amorphous structures, Shape explores the intersection of the physical and the abstract. It presents itself as a duality—positive/negative, figure/ground, inside/outside—suggesting boundaries. Implied or literal, shape can evoke a sensation or a physical object, a specific moment in time or a sense of the infinite. From minimalist sculptures that celebrate the purity of form, to 2D works that explore optics and structure, to complex installations that distort and reshape our spatial awareness, shape creates dynamic relationships that impact our perception of space and materials.
With this exhibition, the Rocky Neck Art Colony invites artists to submit 3–5 works in any media. Regardless of materials or the creative method, the work should reflect an intentional use of shape.
Boundless: Art of the Book
July 17 – August 24 | Open Jury
The artist book, rather than disappearing in this digital age, is enjoying a period of reinvention and celebration. This exhibition showcases the myriad ways, both conventional and contemporary, that visual artists interpret the notion of the book, the written page, and/or the book illustration. Submissions may include artist’s books (all media), individual book illustrations, zines, graphic novels, and comics. All traditional book forms as well as unbound, reworked, hybrid and deconstructed examples are welcome. Subject matter can be personal, political, humorous, or poignant.
Navigating Art & Science
August 28 – October 13 | An Invitational show
Curated by: Cynthia Roth, Marge Rack, and Ronda Faloon
Gloucester is well known for both art and science. While local scientists search for ways to help ocean species be more resilient to survive the rapidly changing marine environment, artists, alert to the predicament, are creating art with urgent messages for stewardship and action. This exhibit will reflect on the shared history and processes of the two disciplines and show how art can transform the impact and implications of science into something concrete, visible, and engaging.
RNAC Member Showcase
October 24 – November 23 | Juried Members Show
Click HERE to view past Rocky Neck Art Colony Cultural Center Exhibitions
