RAA&M In The News!
Summer in Rockport: Come Visit & Unwind!
“Art-loving visitors can also cross the street to the Rockport Art Association and Museum, where paintings, photographs, sculptures, and other works by the association’s juried members appear in rotating exhibits…For even more out-of-the-way nooks, check out the town’s extensive networks of rights-of-way, paths that cross forested land, circle quarries, and edge along the ocean with little fanfare and no crowds.”
— Sarah Shemkus, North Shore Magazine, Summer 2024
“Water-Front” Antonio Cirino, 25 x 30 oil
American Art Review: Spring 2024, raa&m’s ANNUAL Art Auction
“The RAA&M fundraiser, now in its 39th year, began with a bequest from artist Antonio Cirino (1888-1983), a founding member of the Association in the early 1920s…[s]ince then, the exhibition and auction have flourished into a national event and the Association’s primary fundraiser.”
— Judith A. Curtis, American Art Review, Spring 2024
American Art Review: Spring 2024 now available in the RAA&M’s Welcome Center!
Spring reopening 2024: creativity blooms at the raa&m
“Ever-changing exhibitions throughout five galleries offer fine art for sale, including paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings, and original prints, while a sixth gallery displays works from the Museum Collection by RAA&M founders and other historic Cape Ann artists.”
— Kristin Czarnecki, Interim Executive Director of the RAA&M, Northshore Magazine, Spring 2024
“Still Life with Zinnias in Black Vase”
Marguerite Pearson, 25 x 30 oil on board
RAA&M’s Marguerite Pearson: Exhibition at Endicott College
“Marguerite Pearson led an extraordinary life. As an accomplished painter, teacher, writer, and juror, she more than made her mark as an enduring icon of the American art world.”
— American Art Review, Winter 2024
2023 RAA&M National Show FT. Cape ann plein air artists
“An artistic storm is brewing and will hit the coast when Rockport Art Association & Museum opens its National Show featuring more than 100 master artists.”
— Gloucester Daily Times, 2023
bons best art gallery 2023: reader’s choice
“Rockport has been an artists’ utopia for more than 150 years—and since 1921, the Rockport Art Association has upheld Bearskin Neck in Rockport as a traditional gathering place of some of the region’s best artists.”
— Northshore Magazine, 2023
RAA&M’s Nathalie Nordstrand: A gift to last
“Artist Nathalie Nordstrand, who found great joy and inspiration painting on Cape Ann, left a lasting gift to the Rockport Art Association & Museum to encourage other artists following their passion to paint.”
— Gloucester Daily Times, 2023
David P. Curtis (1950 – 2021) Garden Sleep, oil on canvas, 36 x 28 in.
Generational impact: curtis family artists
Over two generations, the Curtis family has touched the lives of many thousands of artists, starting with Howard Curtis (1906-1989), who taught for 34 years at Gloucester High School.
— Gloucester Daily Times, 2022
Nancy Schön, The Crow And The Pitcher, from her series ‘Aesop’s Fables’
Aesop sculptures given to Rockport Museum
Nancy Schön made a lasting splash with her beloved public outdoor sculpture, “Make Way for Ducklings,” in Boston Public Garden. See her sculptures on rotating display now at the RAA&M!
Around Cape Ann: Rockport museum opens with 4 shows, new programs
“After a few months of creative hibernation, the Rockport Art Association & Museum has opened with a spring season featuring four exhibitions and some changes.”
— Gloucester Daily Times, 2023
Holiday events & Rockport New Year’s Eve (RNYE)
Read all about our upcoming events for RNYE hosted right here at the RAA&M!