Member Showcase
JOHN BASSETT | MICHELLE CHAMPION | ESER CONSTANZA | JOANNE HURD PATRICIA SCIALO | BRIAN MURPHY | R. D. MURPHY
October 24 - December 8, 2025
Juried by Shana Dumont Garr
Gallery Hours: Friday-Sunday, 12-5pm
R. D. Murphy (detail)
RNAC Member Showcase
Juried by Shana Dumont Garr
October 24 - December 8
Gallery Hours: Friday-Sunday, 12-5pm
Opening Reception: Sunday, October 26, 4-6pm
The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck
6 Wonson Street, Gloucester
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Member Showcase is Rocky Neck Art Colony’s final exhibition of the season featuring seven distinctive bodies of work by RNAC members – John Bassett, Michelle Champion, Eser Costanza, Joanne Hurd, Patricia Scialo, Brian Murphy, R. D. Murphy – selected by juror Shana Dumont Garr.
Dumont Garr selected works that “possess remarkable vibrancy of color, composition, and method. Some of this vibrancy emerges through palette and medium; others through a sense of whimsy or the handmade.” This exhibition celebrates artistic excellence and innovation across a wide range of media and subjects. By featuring more work from fewer artists, Member Showcase invites viewers to engage more deeply with each artist’s vision and process.
The public is invited to celebrate Member Showcase at the Opening Reception on October 26, 4-6pm. View the art, meet the artists, and enjoy light refreshments and lively conversation.
About the Juror
Shana Dumont Garr is a contemporary art curator, writer, and educator based in Greater Boston. She is a curator at Emerson Contemporary and a professor in the Department of Visual & Media Arts at Emerson College. Previously she served as curator of Fruitlands Museum in Harvard where she co-curated the New England Triennial at Fruitlands at the deCordova Sculpture Park + Museum. She also held curatorial positions at Kingston Gallery, Boston and Montserrat College of Art, Beverly and UNC Chapel Hill.
