At 96, Carmen Cicero is full of stories. There’s the story of his friend whose gnarled fingers spoke of a past life as an assassin in World War II before […]
Art
ART AND ACCESS
Making Art and Making Do
Dominique Pecce finds rewards and challenges as a working artist on the Outer Cape
The term “emerging artist” is often used without much thought about what it means. In a sense, artists should always be “emerging.” But there’s a moment where the process is […]
ARTISTS ON ART
Celebrating Five Decades of Castle Hill
Artists reflect on their work and the Castle Hill experience
This fall, the 50th anniversary of the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill has been marked by several group shows celebrating the vast network of artists associated with […]
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 […]
FELLOWSHIP
Welcoming the 2022-23 FAWC Visual Arts Fellows
Ten artists from around the globe step into Provincetown
The Fine Arts Work Center welcomed 10 visual arts fellows this month for seven-month-long residencies in Provincetown. Executive Director Sharon Polli says the fellowship program is central to the Work […]
PLANTCRAFT
Milisa Moses Stirs Up the Alchemy of Blues and Browns
Making art with pigments from indigo leaves and oak galls
Like many artists on the Outer Cape, Milisa Moses finds creative inspiration in the landscape. But Moses weaves the environment into her process as well as into her product. Moses […]
BREATHING ROOM
Longing for a Place to Call Home
Alejandra Cuadra Sanchez’s experience as an immigrant informs her multimedia art
Alejandra Cuadra Sanchez, who was born in Peru and immigrated to Orleans when she was eight, makes multimedia art that is as much an exploration of identity and self as […]
IN THE GALLERIES
Portrait of the Artist as a Group Show
Megan Hinton explores a different mode of self-expression in ‘Together With’
End-of-season group shows can be an undemanding way for galleries to take a breather after a busy stretch of solo exhibitions and heavy visitor traffic. But for artist and curator […]
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 […]
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 […]
NEW VISIONS
Bridging a Generational Divide
The co-founders of an art collective on collaboration and combining complementary skills
“How can we use the element of contrast in our work?” asked Alana Barrett, one of the two founders of the art collective PROMPT at the beginning of last week’s […]
ART THERAPY
Paul Rizzo Is Searching for His Dream House
A new show explores the personal geography of memory
Here is a partial list of Paul Rizzo’s obsessions, in no particular order, based on a visual inventory of the works in progress (all his works are almost always “in […]
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 […]
THE STROLL
Provincetown, Friday Night
Seen and heard on the weekly gallery walk
AMP: Art Market Provincetown 432 Commercial St. Nik Key of Norwalk, Conn. and Kate McLauchlan from Bergen County, N.J. are visiting Provincetown for the weekend. They are drawn to Rick […]
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 […]
