When Christopher Busa died suddenly at age 73 on June 20, of a congenital heart defect that had gone undetected, it was two days before the scheduled printing of the […]
Art
INTO THE WOODS
Rich Blundell Connects the Cosmos to Art on Cape Cod
The Castle Hill resident explores the natural history of surfboards
“Everything I do, I do because I love nature, because I want to be connected to nature. That guides every decision in my life,” says Rich Blundell. He has come […]
MIXED MEDIA
Eco-inspired Artist Jamie Levine Was Hit Hard by Covid
Now a resident at Castle Hill in Truro, she’s reconnecting with nature
“I came to Truro to create cremation urns,” says sculptor Jamie Lehrhoff Levine, one of five resident artists who recently arrived at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill. […]
POTPOURRI
‘Art From the Heart,’ Fund-raiser for HOW
Cigar-box challenge produces dazzling array
Provincetown’s Jim Broussard had the idea of getting artists to paint cigar boxes as a fund-raising effort, which he’s dubbed “Art From the Heart.” He hopes to make it an […]
GALLERIES
An Exhibit Makes Waves in Provincetown
Protest art gets a showcase at a time of crisis
Political protest art is not new, as anyone who has seen Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People, about an 1830 anti-royalist uprising in France, or Picasso’s Guernica, depicting the merciless bombing […]
CERAMICS
How Truro’s Isabel Souza Cultivates a Life in Art
Her pottery grows out of her personal story
“The Cape is where I want to be as an artist,” says ceramicist Isabel Souza. “The direction of my art is very influenced by my roots and my family history […]
AN APPRECIATION
Assemblage Artist Varujan Boghosian, 94, Was a Magician and Poet
He inspired peers and art lovers with ‘wisdom through humor’
PROVINCETOWN — In his poem “Chariot,” Stanley Kunitz, a founder of the Fine Arts Work Center, wrote of Varujan Boghosian, “In my friend’s studio, where curiosity runs the shop, and […]
EXHIBITIONS
Mimi Gross Reframes the Mayflower Story
Her PAAM installation depicts the Pilgrims’ arrival from the Wampanoags’ point of view
“It’s historical; it’s interactive; you walk through it,” Mimi Gross says. She is describing how museum-goers will experience The Arrival, 1620, her site-specific installation that is opening on Friday, Oct. […]
ARTISTS
A Show of Bill Evaul’s ‘Expressions of Life’
The Cape Cod Museum of Art puts on a retrospective
“That’s the life force we get from being present in the moment, experiencing what is happening around us,” says Bill Evaul in his North Truro home, leaning forward in an […]
BENEFIT AUCTIONS
Ptown Gallery Stroll Launches ‘Hope Project’
Display of hope-filled artwork starts Friday
The Ptown Gallery Stroll, a nonprofit organization of more than 30 art galleries in Provincetown, was formed in the spring in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and the threat it […]
PUBLIC ART
To Muralist Arnold Charnick, the World Is His Canvas
He just finished a new piece atop Provincetown’s Shop Therapy
Many visitors to Provincetown have admired the funky, colorful Bob Gasoi Memorial Alley beside Shop Therapy at 290 Commercial St. Few, however, are familiar with Arnold Charnick, the artist who […]
PROVINCETOWN 400
PAAM and Pilgrim Monument Host Art Exhibit
A show of 33 expressions of freedom
The Provincetown Art Association and Museum has joined forces with the Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum for “Members’ Juried: Provincetown 400,” an exhibit of artwork by PAAM members that is […]
GALLERIES
Edie Vonnegut Paints to Elevate the Everyday
Giving Renaissance grace to portraits of essential workers
The painter Edith (“Edie”) Vonnegut sits in the sand on Mayo Beach in Wellfleet, gazing at sailboats floating by in the sunshine. Her slender figure and natural beauty defy any […]
PROVINCETOWN 400
Varujan Boghosian’s Art Is the Stuff of Poetry
A mini-retrospective in Berta Walker’s ‘Unity’ show
“Unity: Exploring Freedom and Democracy in 2020,” an exhibit on view at Berta Walker Gallery at 208 Bradford St. in Provincetown through Election Day, includes about 20 works by Varujan […]
THEATER OF ART
Kahn & Selesnick’s Performance of a Lifetime
A PAAM show documents their work on the Outer Cape
The art of Kahn & Selesnick — otherwise known as Nicholas Kahn and Richard Selesnick, who met at Washington University in St. Louis in the ’80s, moved to the Cape […]
