Tom Pappas is what some call a “painter’s painter” — one immersed in paint’s possibilities, letting process determine the result. For Pappas, the results are modest-size abstractions with earthy colors […]
Art
ARTISTS
Cataloguing the Permanent and the Ephemeral
S. Emsaki considers ‘what’s art and what’s not’
The title of S. Emsaki’s show at the Fine Arts Work Center’s Hudson D. Walker Gallery, “Some Things Last a Long Time,” refers to the plastics that she collects and […]
DAY FOR UKRAINE
Making Prints for Peace
Local artists get their hands dirty to help Ukrainian refugees
A couple of Wednesdays ago, a dozen artists gathered in the Fine Arts Work Center’s printmaking studio. They had been invited to create prints and donate them to “A Day […]
ARTISTS
Battling the Elements for Art’s Sake
Elizabeth Flood paints layers of history and meaning
As an elementary-school student in Virginia, Elizabeth Flood found a Civil War bullet while digging in the sand at recess. “It was on my radar at a very early age […]
ARTISTS
Nick Fagan’s Southern Comfort
Finding the ‘sincerity in banal objects’
Fine Arts Work Center visual fellow Nick Fagan knows the power of a good, weighty blanket. The bright colors and soft textures are a balm for troubled minds in turbulent […]
INSTALLATIONS
Blurring the Line Between Sculpture and Photography
Clint Baclawski combines light with undulating form
Clint Baclawski’s installation Bound/ary at Room 68 is a welcome reprieve of light and color on a blustery winter day in Provincetown. The installation consists of a folding screen where […]
ARTISTS
Capturing the Queer Collective Consciousness
Georden West explores ‘unseen and liminal spaces’
In the stillness of the night, small creatures travel unseen through a rectangle of dust on the floor of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. These “gallery ghosts” leave faint […]
EXHIBITIONS
Portrait of an Artist on Fire
Richard Neal unleashes his experimental side in small works
Richard Neal’s show at Wellfleet Preservation Hall, running through March 29, takes its title from an English colloquialism and album by The Who. “Odds and Sods” are 20 small works […]
ARTISTS
From Black Resin Disco Balls to Cryptic Sky-Blue Paintings
Kevin Brisco Jr. considers his art a ‘container for concepts’
Kevin Brisco Jr. paints too slowly, he says, for that to be his focus as a fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center. Instead, he is working mostly on conceptual […]
COMMUNITY
Here Come Provincetown’s Little Artists
Finding beauty in the mess
“What do you see?” teacher Abraham Storer asks 15 eager young artists sitting on the floor, doodling in their sketchbooks. He points to some paintings by abstract expressionist Robert Beauchamp, […]
ARTISTS
Complicated by Contradiction
Ellen Akimoto finds inspiration in ‘moments of flux’
Sitting in her studio in Provincetown, Ellen Akimoto says she has “a weird feeling of being at home and definitely not at home.” Originally from California, Akimoto arrived as a […]
ARTISTS
Why Lavaughan Jenkins Is Not a Sculptor
His work honors the women who shaped him
Fine Arts Work Center fellow Lavaughan Jenkins insists that his work is not sculpture. Even though it inhabits space in three dimensions, even though you can walk around it, he […]
IN THE STACKS
Every Child Is an Artist (and Vice Versa)
Juliet Kepes’s Bauhaus mural adorns the Wellfleet Public Library
There’s some serious art hanging in the kids’ section of the Wellfleet Public Library. A mural by Juliet Kepes features stylized animals cavorting on washy fields of color. It’s light […]
SIDE HUSTLES
Don’t Quit Your Day Job
Outer Cape artists juggle oyster harvests and dog walks to make a living
Naya Bricher grew up around creative people. Her father is an artist and graphic designer who freelanced — he worked when he could, and he had a kind of freedom. […]
