WELLFLEET — Children lined up to learn about all things firefighting at the Wellfleet Fire Dept.’s open house on Oct. 8. Lieutenant Shaw Clark worked with fellow firefighters to give […]
IN THE GALLERIES
Erika Wastrom’s Imagined Realities
Finding art as a ‘spiritual corrective’ in an unsteady world
Erika Wastrom’s paintings depict uncanny worlds that seem equal parts imagined and observed. Despite recognizable elements — a shopping cart, a child’s sippy cup — there is a playful oddity […]
D.I.Y.
Building a Sukkah for Autumn’s Meals
Sukkot traditions endure, though each year’s shelter is ephemeral — by design
With the sun shining brightly after last week’s rainy spell, Anita Young and Alan Burack of Eastham began gathering pieces of the sukkah they build every autumn. The tent-like structure […]
ARTISTS
Jack Coughlin Makes His Marks
A retrospective charts the artist’s 60-year fascination with people and animals
Jack Coughlin’s Golden Cod Gallery has been a Wellfleet mainstay since he and his wife Joan Hopkins took over the space in 1964. The low-lying shingled building stands near a […]
WATCH THIS SPACE
On the Trail of the International Space Station
A former NASA photographer comes to the Outer Cape for our dark skies
When Lauren Harnett was young, she covered all the surfaces of her bedroom with glow-in-the-dark stars. When she got a pickup truck, she painted the night sky on one side […]
TOWNSCAPES
The Van Dereck Collection: An Eye on the Past
PAAM’s fourth exhibition from Helen and Napi’s trove reveals Provincetown as a malleable subject
Provincetown’s identity is rooted in its history as a place where artists came to develop their vision in a community of creative peers. For many, it also served as their […]
ABOVE AND BELOW
Finding Beauty and Menace in the Natural World
Carrie Lederer discovers inspiration in nature’s extremes
Carrie Lederer has a table in her studio in Oakland, Calif. that she describes as “an artist statement in 3D.” It displays things she finds in nature, often from her […]
METAPHYSICS
The Song and Stillness of Taizé
An ecumenical tradition from France is celebrated quietly in Wellfleet
During a Taizé service at the United Methodist Church in Wellfleet, Tony Pastucci, a retired Catholic priest, serves as the cantor, his sonorous voice weaving through the simple, chant-like songs […]
LOST AND FOUND
Kurt Reynolds Connects the Past With the Present
A Provincetown artist combines found objects, history, and memory
Two years ago, artist Kurt Reynolds responded to a call for submissions for artwork commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ landing in Provincetown. But the piece he created became […]
MEET THE MAKER
Lightening Up the Serious World of Design
Playfulness and technical mastery come together in Bernhard Dessecker’s creations
When Bernhard Dessecker and his partner, Della Spring, were getting duct work done for air conditioning at their house in Wellfleet, the excavators dug up a trove of silver objects, […]
JOURNEYS
Paul Resika Reaches Toward the Miraculous
The artist unspools his interpretations of a single work by Fra Angelico
Paul Resika was browsing in a bookshop in New York City when he came across four volumes of engravings of paintings in the Vatican Museums. He bought the whole set […]
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
Diana Horowitz Paints Big Places on a Small Scale
The artist explores her long connection to the Outer Cape in a new show
Diana Horowitz’s landscape paintings are notable not only for her mastery of technique but also for their size. None of her works has a dimension larger than seven inches; all […]
BACK SHORE
Pete Hocking and the Embodied Experience
Through his painting, the artist takes viewers on journeys through land and sea
Pete Hocking is many things: image maker, teacher, community organizer, blogger, curator — and the possessor of one of the Outer Cape’s most notable beards. “And I’m a big walker,” […]
MARSHLAND
This Ineffable Thing
Jennifer Moller reflects deeply on one tidal pool
On a snowy day in 2011, Jennifer Moller was on a Wellfleet marsh with her medium-format camera, looking for images. She photographed a singular tidal pool, positioning it at the […]
D.I.Y.
Saying It With a Sign
How hand-painted signs bring character and color to the local landscape
Handwritten signs are part of the visual memory of most any American road trip, each one a piece of artwork conveying the maker’s touch and earnest intention. Like most handmade […]
