Join our Rocky Neck Art Colony community of supporters and become a member today. Your membership not only grants you access to exclusive benefits but also directly supports our mission. 🤝RNAC Membership Benefits As a member of the Rocky Neck Art Colony (RNAC), you’ll enjoy a variety of exclusive benefits:One-year RNAC membershipAccess to special member news, meetings, and eventsA link to your site from our websiteSubscription to the RNAC e-newsletterOpportunity to be featured in our weekly newsletterFree or discounted admission to RNAC events and workshopsEligibility to participate in member-only exhibitionsAbility to submit proposals for gallery showsMembership LevelsArtist Member: $100Open to all artists working in any medium. No jurying process or residency requirement.Student Rate: Current students or graduates within the last five years pay only $25.Community Member: $100 For those who wish to help preserve the history, culture, and infrastructure of Rocky Neck. Community members include individuals, families, local galleries, shops, restaurants, accommodations, and other businesses in the Rocky Neck Cultural District and greater Gloucester area. Community members also contribute by supporting events and serving in leadership roles.Enhanced Support Levels These membership levels are for those who wish to provide additional support to RNAC. Sustainers and benefactors help ensure the sustainability of the organization and receive additional perks.Sustainer Member: $250Includes all the benefits of Artist and Community membership, plus:An exclusive guided walking tour on Rocky Neck's Historic Art Trail for you and up to 10 friends.Rock Star Member: $500Includes all the above benefits, plus:Private use of the Cultural Center for a reception or event.Thank you for choosing to be part of our cause. Together, we can make a positive impact on our community. 🚀

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“WHAT’S IN A VOICE”Artist workshop with Talya Baharal, 2025 Goetemann Distinguished Artist/TeacherMontserrat College of ArtAugust 11 – 14, 10am to 2pm(Students will have access to the studio from 9am to 5pm)Join abstract painter and sculptor Talya Baharal, the 2025 Goetemann Distinguished Artist/Teacher, for an inspiring four-day workshop at Montserrat. Baharal will share her irreverent approach and process to making art and will speak to the role of discovery and growth in non-traditional ways using collage as a dialogue with paint. The workshop will focus on exploring the making of a painter’s voice through experimentation and use of prompts to expand participants’ abstract vocabulary. The workshop will provide a supportive place to review and discuss current work of the participants. Cost: $500For questions about this workshop, please contact [email protected] addition to the workshop, Baharal will present a talk at the Cape Ann Museum on Sunday, August 10. Her work will be featured in a solo exhibition at the Cove Gallery (37 Rocky Neck Ave., Gloucester) from August 7 – 18, 2025.Talya Baharal is a multi-disciplinary artist, living and maintaining her painting studio in New York’s Hudson Valley. Widely recognized, exhibited and published as a studio art jeweler and sculptor for over three decades she was also the recipient of a NYFA fellowship and other grants and awards and was a juror on NYFA sculpture/craft category in 2011. Baharal was the curator of a well-respected anthology of contemporary silver jewelry published by Lark Books in 2011. While Baharal is primarily a self-taught artist, upon moving to Maine in 2012 she began focusing exclusively on painting and took several workshops with the renowned abstract painter/teacher, Steve Aimone. Upon her return to New York in 2016 she studied with Fran O’Neill and John Lees at the NY Studio School. Her abstract painting work has since been presented in several solo exhibitions in Chelsea, NYC, Healdsburg CA, Torrington, CT, and Rockland, Maine. Baharal is represented by Lulo Gallery, Healdsburg CA and Triangle Gallery, Rockland Maine.What's In a Voice?WebsiteInstagram