Though often overshadowed by her famous father, Ben Shahn, Judith Shahn, who died in 2009, was the star at Wellfleet’s Cove Gallery, which has promoted her artwork since she first […]
ARTISTS
The Unfurling of a Creative Vision
Sam Feinstein’s development from a Hofmann student to a painter of sublime abstractions
The Sam Feinstein exhibition at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum charts his lifelong commitment to abstraction and color. The paintings span his early years in Provincetown as a student […]
GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK
Structure and Color for Every Season of the Year
In Eastham, a collection of maples and conifers grows little by little
Story and drawings by Abraham Storer Keri Thomas and David Smile’s garden comes as a surprise to a visitor arriving on Oak Ridge Road in Eastham, not far from Cooks […]
LESS IS MORE
Polly Burnell’s Interior Vision Unearths Complex Worlds
Her paintings are small, but they are inspired by profound experiences
One of Polly Burnell’s most recent paintings, The Whale Dream (5 years before I came here), is of a whale that seems to be ascending from the water toward a […]
MAXIMALIST
The Totality of Julia Salinger
A multidisciplinary artist who doesn’t hold back
A maximalist by nature, Julia Salinger indulges in all that she finds curious and delightful. She’s a voracious collector of paper ephemera and a compulsive creator. “I basically live inside […]
GARDENER’S NOTEBOOK
A Hillside in Bloom
Reed Boland cultivates a kind of wildness
Story and drawings by Abraham Storer If you’ve ever driven up Bradford Street in Provincetown, you’ve likely seen Reed Boland’s garden — or part of it. The tiered landscape stretches […]
ODD JOBS
The Rigger’s Life Is a Curious One
In Provincetown Harbor, a man with a head for mechanics and knots
On a calm and sunny Monday morning in May, Samuel Rouse hops into his small skiff to make an easy commute, zipping across Provincetown Harbor toward a 37-foot sailboat that […]
PAINTING
Arthur V. Diehl’s Restless Imagination
The early 20th-century artist found himself most settled working in Provincetown
Born in 1870, Arthur V. Diehl emigrated from England to the United States in his early 20s and hustled throughout his life to earn a living as a painter. In […]
ODD JOBS
The Rigger’s Life Is a Curious One
In Provincetown Harbor, a man with a head for mechanics and knots
On a calm and sunny Monday morning in May, Samuel Rouse hops into his small skiff to make an easy commute, zipping across Provincetown Harbor toward a 37-foot sailboat that […]
IN THE STUDIO
Sarah Dineen Meditates on One Shape
Showing that amplitude can be found in austerity
In 2020, Sarah Dineen unearthed a 19-square-foot painting that she had made as a graduate student at the School of Visual Arts in New York. “I call it my adolescent […]
ON STAGE
Students Take the Stage at WHAT to Sing and Dance ‘The Jungle Book’
A collaboration among grown-ups who know ‘theater skills are life skills’
WELLFLEET — Music is in the air at Wellfleet Elementary School. On the heels of their annual spring concert, performed earlier this month, students have been preparing to perform The […]
ARTISANS
From the Earth We’re Standing On
Three local ceramicists forge their Outer Cape styles
The Outer Cape has provided the bedrock of inspiration for ceramicists Michael Ceraldi, Paul Wisotzky, and Isabel Souza. Ceraldi takes creative nourishment from this place most literally, gathering clay from […]
AT HOME WITH ARTISTS
Interior Landscapes in Dialogue With Light
For a few Cape Cod painters, domestic landscapes inspire
Bob Henry paints all sorts of things but periodically he sets up his easel and paints the rooms he lives in. In these paintings, a few of which can be […]
ART AND ACCESS
Three Wellfleet Galleries Close Their Doors
A look back at what they accomplished and their reasons for closing
Three Wellfleet galleries — Off Main, Burdick, and Marrinan — won’t be opening their doors this summer. The closings mark the end of a chapter for the three spaces, each […]
IN THE STUDIO
Rehab El Sadek Sculpts a Story of Political Dislocation
Discarded books and gauze hold a place for whispered words
Rehab El Sadek has made herself at home since arriving in Provincetown this past October as a visual arts fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center. The vibe in her […]
