When encountering Autumn Wallace, one is reminded of a young Frida Kahlo, with her elegant poise, fiercely intelligent eyes, gender-fluid beauty, and determination not to let herself or her art […]
Arts & Minds
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For Francisco Márquez, Poetry Is a Portal
The FAWC fellow explores an inner point of view
It’s not surprising that Fine Arts Work Center poetry fellow Francisco Márquez has a background in film. There’s something of the filmmaker’s eye in his work, especially in his experiments […]
FICTION
Writing Is a Familial Endeavor for Nora Corrigan
Her time at FAWC is one of transition
The year 2020 promises to be an exciting one for Nora Corrigan. She completed her first novel, about a female oil worker on a rig in a North Dakota boomtown, […]
Arts Briefs and Listings
Arts Briefs and Listings for March 5 through March 11
Susan Anthony Collages A show of collages by Wellfleet artist Susan Anthony will have an opening on Sunday, March 8, from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Great Pond Gallery […]
PAINTING
Hannah Morris Discovers Herself in Her Art
What the FAWC fellow finds, she hopes will touch others
Large, brightly colored canvases, some spanning an entire wall, layered with images of figures, birds in flight, a fox, or flowers, greet the viewer entering Hannah E. Morris’s studio at […]
METAFICTION
In Trust Exercise, Choi Views Abuse Through a Literary Lens
The National Book Award winner will read at FAWC
“I have a preoccupation with locations and the landscape,” says Susan Choi, “almost to a fault.” She recalls her time as a writing fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center […]
BOOK REVIEW
From Lust to Love and Cleanness, in Nine Chapters
Garth Greenwell’s new novel is 100 shades of gay
Garth Greenwell’s 2016 debut novel, What Belongs to You, which was on the long list for the National Book Award, is a story of love, lust, and loss, centered on […]
AT THE LIBRARY
Literature as a Journey of the Heart
Jenn Shapland’s My Autobiography of Carson McCullers
According to Jenn Shapland, the problem with biographies of authors is that they fix the author in time and place. Layering on the biographer’s understanding of the author’s body of […]
Arts Briefs and Listings
Arts Briefs and Listings for Feb. 27 through March 4
In and Around Town With Alex Brewer Alex Brewer is a local singer-songwriter and carpenter who recently released an album, Unquoted, featuring interpretations of Brewer’s songs by such local musicians […]
Arts Briefs and Listings
Arts Briefs and Listings for Feb. 20 through Feb. 26
Cori Redstone’s Art of Protest Artist Cori Redstone, who was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, and got her M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts, organized her first […]
MIXED MEDIA
Johannes Barfield Takes His Art on the Road
A FAWC fellow drives into his past
The world is not necessarily a kind place, says multimedia artist Johannes Barfield, suggesting that there were obstacles to overcome between his childhood artistic ambitions and the studio space he […]
AT THE LIBRARY
A Woman Walks a Life-Changing Path
'Grandma Gatewood's Walk,' by Ben Montgomery
If you’ve ever chosen a title for your book group, you know how hard it is to find one that everyone enjoys. But that did happen in our Eastham group […]
indie screen
Could Oscars-So-White Be History?
Streaming another round of nominees and winners
When Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite won Best Picture (as well as Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best International Film) at the Academy Awards on Feb. 9, upsetting the odds-on favorite, […]
THIS THING CALLED LOVE
Buddy and Marla Perkel’s Long Run
After nearly 60 years, the kindest intimacy happens
On Dec. 10, 1960, Marla Perkel arrived at a party in Manhattan with a date named Charlie. There she met Bertram “Buddy” Perkel, a labor lawyer whose blind date had […]
THIS THING CALLED LOVE
Provincetown’s Theatrical Power Pair
For Anne Stott and Ellen Rousseau, a carpentry job set the stage for romance
The sun brightens the table at the front window of Liz’s Café in Provincetown as Anne Stott, an actor and musical performer, and her girlfriend, production designer Ellen Rousseau, chow […]
