Aside from some short stints of formal study, Richard Pepitone was a self-made artist. A sculptor by profession, he was energetic, prolific, and fearless in his work. Pepitone, who died […]
Art
ART AND ACCESS
New Studios — and a Community of Artists — Take Shape on Shank Painter Road
The Commons expands its reach with eight work spaces and a communal gallery
It seems like it takes a miracle to get an art studio in Provincetown. That’s how Janine Evers felt when she found a place at the Commons Community Studios, eight […]
POPPIES AND PODS
Cultivating a Brave Garden
Paintings of the natural world bloom from an ‘overactive imagination’
Antonia DaSilva returned to Cape Cod after graduating from Smith College in 2020 and took up gardening at her parents’ house in Orleans. “The natural world here was something I […]
ART AND POLITICS
With Anthems and Auctions, Artists Confront the Political Moment
There’s hope, but also a sense that ‘the work’s not going to be done in November’
This election season had Jeff Zinn “burning up” with an idea to write a futuristic drama about the stakes of this year’s vote. “In a way, I wrote it for […]
MONUMENTS
Immortal Works
Cataloging Conrad Malicoat’s cemetery sculptures
A sculpture by Conrad Malicoat adorns the grave of Dr. Clara Thompson in the Provincetown Cemetery. It’s not a likeness of the woman it honors, but it’s figure-like, tall, sensuous, […]
ADVENTURES IN PAINTING
The Magical Travels of Ann Purcell
Her ‘Caravan’ paintings find the mystical in this sea, sky, and land
While many artists of earlier generations came to Provincetown to capture its unique light, Ann Purcell arrived 40 years ago with more experiential interests. What she found, it seems, was […]
INTUITION AND INTENTION
A Collective’s Creative Impulse
Experimentation shapes members’ identities as artists
A conversation with a friend pushed Karma Kitaj to consider the narrative quality of her own artwork. “Why do you paint what you paint?” her friend had asked. It was […]
REVISION
A Fresh Angle on an Old Collection
The current exhibition at PAAM brings the scars of history into view
A broken fence post juts into the foreground in a painting of Corn Hill by George Yater. It’s a framing device that functions both formally and conceptually. The post’s prominent […]
FELLOWSHIP
Ten Poets, Writers, and Translators Welcomed at FAWC
Winter fellows are also visiting artists in the Provincetown Schools
The Fine Arts Work Center’s 2024-25 fellows have been in Provincetown since Oct. 1 — their orientation wrapped up last week with a thrift-shopping expedition, bonfire, potluck, and the board […]
ART HISTORY
An Abstract Expressionist Turns to the Figure
George McNeil found existential intrigue in the human body
A show of paintings, ink-wash drawings, and lithograph prints currently on view at Orleans Modern Art captures a transitional moment in the career of George McNeil, an early participant in […]
ARTISTS
MP Landis’s Visual Jazz
His Warehouse Drawings are meant to be simple, direct, emotional
A folded piece of watercolor paper peeks out of MP Landis’s jeans pocket. The artist stands in front of his work — two abstract oil paintings and 10 pieces from […]
FACILITIES
An Artist Under the Radar in Plain View
Tending space for the fellows at FAWC, Jerome Greene revels in the newness of it all
Jerome Greene paints what he sees. “I paint from my life,” he says. And although he grew up in Connecticut, studied in North Dakota, and toured New England as a […]
STUDIO VISIT
Megan Hinton Finds the Throughline
How a studio rich in history opened the way for an artist’s more dimensional way of working
Megan Hinton’s first career survey show at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum reveals an artist whose work is instantly recognizable for its strong use of line, a line that […]
PAINTING
The Value of Getting the Color Right
A painter follows the light back to Henry Hensche’s studio
Reggie Cabral bought the first landscape painting Hilda Neily sold in Provincetown over 50 years ago with $100 worth of bar change. Cabral, who owned the Atlantic House from 1949 […]
LAND MATTERS
An Artist Gets to the Truth of This Place
Pete Hocking turns experience into gesture
When Pete Hocking wanders in the dunes of Provincetown and Wellfleet, he stands quietly and listens to the ocean. He feels the cool air coming off the Atlantic, the heat […]
