“I can tell you right now as a fact,” says Bob Staake, “that a six-year-old child has never walked into a bookstore and laid down $18.99 for a children’s picture […]
Art
ART REVIEW
Like a Love Letter, FAWC Exhibition Is Full of Feeling
Heidi Hahn curates a selection of work from former FAWC fellows
In the curatorial statement for “Everyone We Know Is Here,” an exhibition of work by past Fine Arts Work Center visual arts fellows, Heidi Hahn writes about frustration, inspiration, heartache, […]
TIME TRAVEL
Arnie Charnick Keeps on Boppin’
An epic-scale photomontage brings the Provincetown of four decades ago back to life
Over nearly two weeks in August 1982, Arnie Charnick and his then-girlfriend Cherie Nutting walked around Provincetown photographing the town and its inhabitants. “We didn’t make a list or anything,” […]
THE STROLL
Provincetown, Friday Night
Seen and heard on the weekly gallery walk
Kiley Court Gallery (398 Commercial St.) Inga Bernstein, a lawyer from Boston, is in Provincetown for GLAD’s 2023 Summer Party. This evening, she’s strolling Commercial Street. At Kiley Court Gallery, […]
INTERVIEW
Eva Respini Talks About the Value of the Periphery
A former ICA chief curator is spending more time on the Cape
Eva Respini stepped down from being chief curator at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art last month. She hasn’t announced her plans, but on the heels of curating the U.S. pavilion […]
ARTISTS
Helen Grimm Turns Her Attention to Moths
Insects become a subject for painting and for exploring profound questions
Moths recently invaded Helen Grimm’s Truro studio. They flutter across a group of small canvases lying on a table and cover her large-scale paintings lining the walls. On some canvases, […]
THE STROLL
Wellfleet, Saturday Night
Seen and heard on the weekly gallery walk
AMZehnder Gallery (25 Bank St.) “I may be a little biased,” says Peter Ormsby, visiting from New York City. “My mom’s the artist.” When challenged to pick his favorite canvas […]
MUSEUMS
Jane Kogan’s Wide-Ranging Retrospective
In her current show at PAAM, the artist shows us how to change, in style
When viewers enter the two rooms at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum that comprise Jane Kogan’s retrospective show, they step into a staring match. At one end of the […]
ARTISTS
Kelly Knight Preserves Mystery in Her Art
Encouraging viewers to take comfort in the unknown
In artist Kelly Knight’s basement studio in Providence, R.I., her “studio buddy” Claude, a snow-white domestic dove, coos insistently. He’s calling for a mate, says Knight. Domestic doves are family […]
ARTISTS
MiYoung Sohn Makes Things — Whatever the Circumstance
An adaptable artist reimagines common materials
When MiYoung Sohn moved to Provincetown, it was the flowers that struck her. She arrived from New York in September 2021 to work as the visual arts coordinator at the […]
THE STROLL
Provincetown, Friday Night
Seen and heard on the weekly gallery walk
Packard Gallery II (372 Commercial St.) Koryna Boudinot is from San Francisco but now lives in Wellfleet. She likes the Packard Gallery because of the space — there’s plenty of […]
ARTISTS
A Life Lived for Art and Love
A film and exhibition shed light on the late Truro artist Nancy Ellen Craig
Christine and Michael Jones first encountered Truro artist Nancy Ellen Craig in 2010, five years before she died. After meeting them at the Cape Cod Museum of Art, Craig invited […]
IN THE STUDIO
Donald Beal’s Search for Beauty and Dynamism
The Provincetown artist doesn’t take shortcuts in pursuit of making a painting work
In Donald Beal’s Provincetown studio, in the rear of his Alden Street home, a large painting of two women leaving the water hangs on a central wall. After working on […]
ARTISTS
Heads of Strength and Autonomy
Alicia Henry’s portraits suggest experiences both unique to her community and universal in scope
The Fine Arts Work Center hosted a lush and virtuosic exhibition last summer titled “Glitch Aesthetics.” In it were two heads by Alicia Henry, crudely cut from stained fabric, their […]
WOMEN’S WEEKEND
In Perpetual Pursuit of a Creative Life
Natalia Zukerman will lead a workshop on unlocking difficult stories for Women’s Weekend in Provincetown
Natalia Zukerman has taken a “long and winding road,” to where she is now, she says on the phone. Primarily known as a piercing singer-songwriter and stalwart touring musician, Zukerman […]
