RNAC Competitions / Calls for Entry
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Up and Coming: Young Artists with Promise
The Rocky Neck Art Colony invites submission of artworks to be considered for a juried exhibition highlighting the work of up-and-coming artists from New England to be mounted at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, April 5 - May 19, 2024. We encourage all committed young artists, aged 17-30 to submit entries. The jurors seek work that expresses passion and commitment to their craft. Work that artfully addresses contemporary issues, and/or presents aesthetic or material innovation will be strongly considered. Work in all mediums welcome. The show shall reflect a collective panoply of youthful perspectives.
Juried by the RNAC Exhibitions Committee
Rocky Neck Now 2024
The Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC) invites all member artists to submit work for inclusion in a member’s exhibition at the Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and online at RNACexhibitions.com.
We are asking for one new work that excites you right now, a piece that signals a new direction for you, that is pushing you forward as an artist in some way - in medium, process, materials, theme, size, or content. All media welcome.
home [hohm] n., v., adj., adv
The Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC) invites artists to submit work for inclusion in home [hohm] n., v., adj., adv, an open juried exhibition at the Cultural Center and online at RNACexhibitions.com.
What is home? The idea of home has many different connotations and possibilities. It can reference a structure, a state of mind and even an idea of being. It is a noun, adjective, verb and adverb. We ask artists to explore the significance and role that home plays in our lives. How the spaces we inhabit represent ourselves, values, desires and cultures. Artists might consider the physical, psychological, environmental, political and spiritual implications of homes. All mediums accepted.
Juror: Susan Erony
What's So Funny?
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