Janet Knott

The Rockport Art Association

by Janet Knott

Even though winter can put a smile on our faces, nothing brings more joy than the opening of art associations across the New England region. Collectively they represent the creative forces with in us, transformed in a variety of mediums, including the artistry of the buildings themselves!

A smiley face drawn in fresh snow outside the Rockport Art Association gallery in Rockport, Massachusetts.
An upside-down Closed sign and a winter wreath on the weathered red door of the Rockport Art Association.
A gull at rest on a granite ledge by the water in Rockport, Massachusetts.
Cast-iron chairs beside a pot of pansies by a stairway at the Rockport Art Association.
The skylit main gallery of the Rockport Art Association seen through a doorway, paintings hung salon-style, in Rockport.
Yellow tulips in a glass vase on a wooden table, paintings behind, at the Rockport Art Association.
An ornately carved Victorian chairback on display at the Rockport Art Association, Rockport, Massachusetts.
A close-up of an oil painting of fishing boats at the wharf at the Rockport Art Association.
Afternoon light through a stained-glass stair window at the Rockport Art Association, Rockport.
A stained-glass window framed by the staircase banister at the Rockport Art Association.
A patinated bronze figure with arms raised, wearing a garland of flowers, at the Rockport Art Association.
A bronze fountain group beneath a granite basin with daffodils below, at the Rockport Art Association, Rockport.
A chalkboard sandwich sign reading Welcome, Wide Range of Art for Sale, at the Rockport Art Association.