Rocky Neck Art Colony, Inc.

Trails and Sails Historic Walking Tour of Rocky Neck Art Colony, Gloucester

This walking tour covers the rich history of Rocky Neck Art Colony, showcasing the many artists who worked here, especially from the late nineteenth century to today. Artists such as Edward Hopper, Winslow Homer, Augustus Buhler, John Sloan, Theresa Bernstein, Stuart Davis, and Emile Gruppe found artistic inspiration and community in this peninsula. The tour will follow a path that held studios and gathering places of the artists, interspersed with the fishing shacks, sail lofts, and schooner docks of the fishing industry that grew up here over the same period. It will include recognition of the many galleries that contribute to the Rocky Neck community today.   The tour also describes the importance of transportation and the proliferation of hotels that encouraged the growth of Rocky Neck as an artist community, as well as other notable historic events.

Tours last 1 - 1.5 hours and cover approximately .75 miles. Tours begin at the Rocky Neck Parking Lot and end at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center, 6 Wonson St. Tour participants are encouraged to park in the parking lot at the entrance to Rocky Neck where a volunteer tour guide meets the group. Tours are limited to 15 people. Join RNAC at https://rockyneckartcolony.org/become-a-member/. Comfortable shoes are encouraged. Be prepared to walk on uneven terrain and up a hill. For more information email info@rockyneckartcolony.org or call 978-515-7004.

(Timezone: UTC)

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