Rockport Art Association is one of the oldest art association

Art association

An art association is an association for artists and others interested in art, typically visual art.- Examples :* * * * * *...

s in the United States. It started as an artist's cooperative and became a gathering place of New England artists of the 20th century. The artists Aldro Hibbard

Aldro Hibbard

Aldro Thompson Hibbard was a prominent American plein air painter. He was born in Falmouth, MA, but lived most of his life in Rockport, MA. His depictions of snowy landscapes, particularly in Vermont are highly regarded...

, Antonio Cirino, Paul Strisik

Paul Strisik

Paul Strisik, NA, AWS was a prominent US plein air painter. He was born in Brooklyn NY, but lived most of his life in Rockport, MA. He worked in both oil and watercolor...

, Anthony Thieme

Anthony Thieme

Anthony Thieme was a landscape and marine painter and a major figure of the Rockport School of American regional art. He was a contemporary of important Rockport artists Aldro Hibbard, Emil Gruppe, W...

, W. Lester Stevens and Harry Vincent were contemporaries closely tied to its early days.

Each year thousands of visitors from all over the world come to the RAA to view its exhibitions.