Farm Pop-Up With Hinton and Lapointe
Farm Projects presents “Menagerie,” a pop-up show by artists and friends Megan Hinton and Lyne Lapointe, at The Barn, 96 Castle Road in Truro, on Sunday, Sept. 26, from 3 to 6 p.m.
Lapointe is a French-Canadian artist creating large prints of animal-human hybrids in a raw graphic style. Hinton continues to dive head-first into painting and assemblage work, addressing themes of animal perception from both sides of the fence. The event, housed in a 19th-century barn, plays off its rustic setting with a wry sense of humor.
FAWC Announces 24PearlStreet Workshops
The Fine Arts Work Center has announced its fall workshops as part of 24PearlStreet, the center’s online writing program. There are a total of 25 offerings covering poetry, fiction, memoir, plays, and graphic novels. They range from one to eight weeks and are synchronous or asynchronous.
Dorianne Laux teaches “Making a Poem Memorable” from Oct. 4 to 8; a generative poetry workshop with Patricia Spears Jones titled “9 Woman Poets, 4 New Poems” runs from Oct. 11 to 15; “Intimacy, Permission, and the Heart of the Story,” with acclaimed memoir writer Elissa Altman, is offered Oct. 25 to Nov.19; Nick Flynn teaches “Memoir as Bewilderment” from Nov. 1 to 5; and Elisa Albert tackles the problematic protagonist in “The Un/Likeable Narrator” from Nov.15 to 19. Registration ranges from $225 to $750 at fawc.org.
Invitational at Cross Rip
“Coming Out 2021” is an invitational exhibit at Cross Rip Gallery, 486 Route 28 in Harwich Port, featuring mixed media prints by Mary Doering, abstract paintings by Diane Novetsky, and landscape paintings by Wellfleet artist Heather Pilchard, running through Oct. 17.
Pilchard paints the expansive Cape Cod salt marsh as banners of land, sea, and sky. She uses an earthy palette of deep brown, lush green, yellow ochre, and rusty red. Her theme is the passage of time and communion with the landscape over the seasons. “I like to think of my work as a place where careful observations of the natural world and inner vision meet,” she says.
Heather Stivison Is ‘Surrounded by Water’
“I’ve been fascinated by water my entire artistic career,” says painter Heather Stivison, whose show at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod, “Surrounded by Water,” runs through Oct. 16, at 307 Old Main St. in South Yarmouth.
Stivison takes the long as well as the microscopic view, reminding us that water is visible above, below, and within. “My goal is not to recreate literal images of the ocean,” she says in a statement. “Instead, I want to create the sensation and the experience of wonder found in the exploration of light on the ocean and the unseen chemistry within it.” There will be a reception on Friday, Sept. 24, from 5 to 7 p.m.
‘Textured Stories’ at Preservation Hall
Wellfleet artist Janet Hymowitz is exhibiting 20 drawings and collages, created in virtual classes during the pandemic, at Wellfleet Preservation Hall, 335 Main St. The show, titled “Textured Stories,” opens Friday, Sept. 24 and runs through Oct. 20.
Hymowitz channels feelings of anxiety and isolation into this body of work that celebrates creative resilience. With shades of Matisse, Hymowitz’s charcoal figure drawings add collage elements, eschewing anatomical accuracy for poetic imagination. She combines painted passages with printed ephemera to create a textural experience that feels like an excavation of the physical landscape.
A Lifetime of Learning
Lifetime Learning at Snow Library begins this week. The courses, which range from one to four sessions, are held in person at 67 Main St. in Orleans or via Zoom. Registration is $10 suggested donation per course at friendsofsnowlibrary.org.
Offerings this week include “American Impressionism: The Art of William Merritt Chase and The Ten,” taught by art historian Beth Stein, on Monday, Sept. 27, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. On Tuesday, Sept. 28, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, entomologist Larry Dapsis will discuss the declining bee population in “Pollination Ecology: How Can We Help Bees?” Over four sessions beginning Tuesday, Sept. 28, from 1:30 to 3 p.m., Richard Finnegan, professor emeritus of political science at Stonehill College, will unpack the political complexities and tensions of the region encompassing Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia in “The South Caucasus Region: Vital Global Conflict Zone.” Finally, on Wednesday, Sept. 29, from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Jane Scarborough, a retired professor of constitutional law, will present a “Supreme Court Preview” for the upcoming year.
