In her Truro home, the sculptor Breon Dunigan bends to calm her lively puppy while four of her majestic horned “trophy heads” observe the scene silently from above. “Much of […]
ARTISTS
Janice Redman Explores the Secret Life of Objects
Her sculptures make amends with the past
“My work is always somehow connected to the body, to something that feels intimate,” says Janice Redman. In her Truro studio, she works surrounded by sculptures in various stages of […]
ARTISTS
At Just 24, Qualeasha Wood Brings Textiles Into 2021
But her art is not all soft and fuzzy
“I spent most of my early art practice and young adult life trying to escape from the inherited social constraints of Blackness,” says textile artist Qualeasha Wood. “My perception of […]
ARTISTS
The Charmed, Haunting Art of Laura Peturson
She is inspired by the imaginative play of children apart from adults
Once upon a time, there was an artist named Laura Peturson. She lived in a forest in northern Ontario with her husband, daughter, and son. The children spent their days […]
IN THE BUD
Is It Wrong to Be Horny?
Why some backyard farmers are reconsidering ‘disbudding’ their goats
Goats have horns. That’s something I always took for granted. I grew up seeing goats on mountaintops throughout my childhood in Austria, and every one of them had horns. But […]
ARTISTS
For Josephine Halvorson, It’s All in the Details
Her work reveals how ‘objects have memories of their own’
A torn newspaper lies among fallen leaves. Tender weeds sprout inside the imprint of a coiled garden hose. “As a painter, there is no patch of ground that is uninteresting […]
VALEDICTORY
Putting Students Back Together Again
How the pandemic affected this year’s high school seniors
“It has been a unique and very difficult year for students,” admits Alison McLeod, the adjustment counselor at Nauset Regional High School in Eastham. “However, I would describe the graduating senior […]
DOVETAIL JOINT
Step Inside Alex Brewer’s Magical ‘Dunegrass Tavern’
A timeless space for music and friends, built from generations of salvaged wood
The musician and carpenter Alex Brewer has deep family roots in Wellfleet. His great-great-grandmother was Ada Freeman, daughter of Capt. Richard Rich Freeman, the first president of Wellfleet’s Mercantile Wharf. […]
MIXED MEDIA
Gaston Lacombe Comes Full Circle
His Words of Power series moves past photography
Walking into Gaston Lacombe’s studio in Whaler’s Wharf feels like stepping into a rainbow. Brightly colored works hang on every wall, competing for attention. Many juxtapose black-and-white photography with incandescent […]
ARTISTS
Chanel Thervil Looks at How Creatives of Color Cope
The Twenty Summers resident is inspired by Black women’s wisdom
“I believe that art is an important vehicle for discussion and reflection,” says the Haitian-American artist and educator Chanel Thervil. “My goal is to encourage people to think new thoughts, […]
HOMESTEADING
Sorrow and Joy on Buttercup’s Birthing Day
Two lively kids comfort a doe and her homesteaders
Last summer our sweet Nigerian dwarf doe, Princess Buttercup, gave birth with remarkable ease, which is typical for her breed. I barely noticed that she was in labor before her […]
FARM & GARDEN UPDATE
Birthing Suite
Princess Buttercup, here in her birthing suite, is in good company, in spite of being separated by a fence from the other goats. Goldie Hen has stayed close by her […]
COMIC STRIP ART
Karl Stevens Turns His Penny Strip Into a Graphic Memoir
The book’s peerlessly inked pages are on view in Provincetown
Most anyone who spends time with a cat will ask what goes on behind the impenetrable stare of its almond-shaped eyes. The Boston-based comic artist and painter Karl Stevens posits […]
HOMESTEADING
What to Expect When Your Goat Is Expecting
It’s kidding season on the Outer Cape
At first, it can be hard to tell whether your doe — your female goat, that is — has gotten pregnant. For those new to animal husbandry: don’t expect a […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
In ‘Sticks and Stones,’ Gershon Stark Explores Harmful Words
A Provincetown exhibit searches behind symbols and surfaces
“In the Jewish tradition, the most harm one person can do to another is through lashon hara, which means ‘evil tongue or speech’ in Hebrew,” says Jonathan Gershon Stark, who […]
