An all-members, unjuried show !!

The Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC) invites all artist members to submit one recent work for inclusion in YES! The Rocky Neck Year End Show, an all-members, unjuried exhibition to be held at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and online at RNACexhibitions.com. 

We are asking for one new work that exemplifies your year of art making. All media welcome. 

Artists are invited to submit work that embodies ideas and elements of “Ornament.” This may be reflected in style, subject matter, mood, materials, method of execution or in whatever way the artist chooses. In addition to works recognizable as ornaments themselves, we welcome art that explores the many ways and reasons why humans (or other species!) practice embellishment - of our bodies, personal spaces, vehicles, etc.  Craft (single objects or multiples) is welcome and artists are encouraged to consider this an opportunity for holiday sales, with work priced accordingly.

The Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC) invites artists to submit work for inclusion in What’s So Funny?  an open juried exhibition at the Cultural Center and online at RNACexhibitions.com.

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.  It appears throughout art history in various periods and styles: in the mischievous work of Duchamp and Oldenburg; the dark satires of Goya and Grosz; the clever spotlight on everyday life of Breughel and Saul Steinberg; the biting expressionism of Robert Colescott; the laugh-out-loud body parts series of John Baldessari; and in the gentle, unpretentious self-portraits of Milton Avery.

RNAC is inviting artists to submit work (in all mediums)which embodies elements of humor. It may be reflected in the style, subject matter, mood, materials, method of execution or in whatever way the artist chooses.  The work will be judged on its capacity to provoke thought, introduce commentary, and, not least, to amuse! Let’s make ‘em think, giggle, guffaw, and blush!

Juror: Coleene Fesko