Cape Ann has been a well-known art colony since the 1870s. When Milton Avery arrived in Gloucester in the early 1920s, and Mark Rothko and Adolph Gottlieb a few years later, they all would have known they were coming to an active artistic hub. They would have expected to encounter fellow artists, exchange ideas and techniques, and perhaps even exhibit alongside one another. Among the miles of picturesque coastline along the Atlantic seaboard, few destinations could promise encounters with other artists in the way that Cape Ann could.
Today, a century later, the same remains true. Cape Ann continues to be a magnet for artists: those who live here year-round and those who come for the summer; those who work on their own and those who attend classes or work with friends; those who uphold long-standing traditions and those who break new ground. Drawn from the permanent collection of the Cape Ann Museum, Among Friends celebrates the longevity, creativity, and camaraderie that have come to define the arts on Cape Ann.
Image credits: Jon Sarkin (1953–2024), Neon Electrician (Self-Portrait), 2011. Mixed media on canvas. Museum purchase, 2025 with support from Kermit and Glenys Birchfield, and an anonymous donor [2025.038.001]. Alice Beach Winter (1877–1968), Self-Portrait, c. early 20th century. Oil on canvas. Gift of Elsa Marshall in honor of Andrew P. Ekblaw, Jane Beach Ekblaw, Cory P. Parsons and Joshua Winter Parsons, 2025 [2025.048.004]. Vincent Castagnacci, Self-Portrait of the Artist, 1964. Oil on canvas. Gift of the artist, 2022 [2022.047.001].
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![Marsden Hartley (1877-1943). Summer Outward Bound, Gloucester, 1931, oil on board. Collection of Cape Ann Museum. Gift of the estate of Robert L. French, 2009 [Accession # 2009.51.9].](https://www.capeannmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Marsden-Hartley-Dogtown-600x400-1.jpg)
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![Alice Beach Winter (1877–1968), Self-Portrait, c. early 20th century. Oil on canvas. Gift of Elsa Marshall in honor of Andrew P. Ekblaw, Jane Beach Ekblaw, Cory P. Parsons and Joshua Winter Parsons, 2025 [2025.048.004].](https://www.capeannmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Alice-Beach-Winter-1877–1968-Self-Portrait-c.-early-20th-century.jpg)
![Jon Sarkin (1877–1968), Neon Electrician (Self-Portrait), 2011. Mixed media on canvas. Museum purchase, 2025 with support from Kermit and Glenys Birchfield, and an anonymous donor [2025.038.001].](https://www.capeannmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Jon-Sarkin-1877–1968-Neon-Electrician-Self-Portrait-2011.jpg)
![Vincent Castagnacci, Self-Portrait of the Artist, 1964. Oil on canvas. Gift of the artist, 2022 [2022.047.001].](https://www.capeannmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Vincent-Castagnacci-Self-Portrait-of-the-Artist-1964-1.jpg)