Death, betrayals, hard times, violent storms, seemingly dead-end situations with a spark of hope: Sally Cabot Gunning’s new book, Painting the Light, has everything her readers have come to expect. […]
LESSONS
John Clayton Dreams in Color
Finding the perfect balance between life and work
Many people dream of quitting their jobs to become painters or writers, musicians or playwrights. The prospect of no regular paychecks — and no guarantees — can be frightening. But […]
POETRY
Looking Back at a Provincetown That Was
Gabrielle Rilleau layers family, place, and memory in a new collection of poems
Fishing villages know the sea will take what it wants. Storms roll in, boats sink, and accidents happen. In her new book of poems, No Room for Slippage, Gabrielle Rilleau […]
JOURNEYS
Mary Heaton Vorse Is Coming Home
Sculptor Penelope Jencks helps the legendary Provincetown author return to the place she loved the most
More than 50 years after her death, writer and activist Mary Heaton Vorse will be returning to her home in Provincetown’s East End thanks to a sculpture project by Wellfleet […]
LINE AND COLOR
Cynthia Packard Wages War to Find the Right Lines
The artist wants her paintings to have ‘a reason to survive’
Cynthia Packard says she dances with her paintings. It must be a tango or flamenco; it’s not a waltz. Her intensely physical approach to painting is intuitive, abrupt, sure, and […]
