During a recent snowstorm, I made monoprint cards with my kids. It proved to be a fun, though messy, way to pass the time when the electricity went out. The […]
Art
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. […]
IN THE STUDIO
A Painter’s Workspace, Perfectly Preserved
David Maril honors his father’s legacy
David Maril lives year-round in the house on Bradford Street in Provincetown where his father, Herman Maril, painted every summer from 1958 until his death in 1986. David winterized the […]
EXHIBITIONS
Three Months In, FAWC Fellows Have Been Prolific
Painting, drawing, sculpture, and installations at PAAM
Each year, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum welcomes the Fine Arts Work Center’s visual arts fellows with an introductory exhibition that gives a glimpse into their creative world three […]
THE SEARCH
The Art of Finding a Studio in a Shrinking Market
From the ashes of old Provincetown rise ideas for more workspaces
Years ago — before the 1998 fire that swallowed the Provincetown Theatre’s original structure, known then and now as Whaler’s Wharf — glassworker Christie Andresen lived in a different Provincetown. […]
ARTISTS
What Julian Cardinal Wants to Paint
Avoiding labels, and the color green
Painter Julian Cardinal will tell you straight up that he doesn’t like green. “It’s a difficult color to work with,” he says, without a hint of self-consciousness, as if expressing […]
ARTISTS
For Stephen Wells, ‘The Sky’s the Limit’
A Truro artist modernizes the traditional Provincetown print
If you’re ever in Pilgrim Framing admiring Stephen Wells’s paintings, be warned — the artist, who operates the shop out of his Old Firehouse Road home in North Truro, might […]
ARTISTS
Laurence Young Paints His Truth
Exploring the intersection of graphics, line, and painting
For Laurence Young, each painting is a journey into the unknown. “What I put down first on the canvas has nothing to do with what I’m going to do later,” […]
IN THE STUDIO
Hiding in Plain Sight
The artists who work in the oasis over the Post Office
Built in 1930, Provincetown’s U.S. Post Office is a bustling place, but not many know that the second floor is rented out by artists. A plaque at the top of […]
METALWORK
Turning Sheets of Metal Into Schools of Fish
For Steve Swain, one man’s junk is another’s ‘inventory’
The last oyster shack in Wellfleet was boarded up for around 50 years when metalworker and builder Steve Swain finished designing the Pearl restaurant across from the marina. Captain Higgins, […]
BOOKS
Capturing ‘Our Provincetown’ in Words and Brushstrokes
A collaboration between Barbara E. Cohen and local writers
Among the distinguished contributors to Our Provincetown: Intimate Portraits, a book of painted Polaroids by Barbara E. Cohen published last month by Provincetown Arts Press and edited by Dorie Seavey, […]
ARTISTS
Heather Pilchard Looks Beyond the Horizon
Through light and color, capturing the ‘essence of the landscape’
“I have honed my visual sense,” says Heather Pilchard. “I notice patterns, changes in color. It’s all about observation. I’m always looking.” Pilchard could just as easily be describing her […]
IN THE STUDIO
Rob DuToit’s Off-Kilter, Modernist Workspace
Painting in the shadow of Fritz Bultman
Obscured by trees, Rob DuToit’s Provincetown studio is easy to miss. Approached from the side, it appears as an innocuous whitewashed structure with a single door. But the odd angle […]
