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 […]
Arts & Minds
Celebrating the creative and sometimes quirky culture of the Outer Cape.
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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 […]
FUTURE TENSE
The Artist in the Machine
The promise and pitfalls of creating art with artificial intelligence
In his 1868 prose poem Les Chants de Maldoror, the self-styled Comte de Lautrémont described a young man as being as beautiful as the “chance encounter of a sewing machine […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for October 20 through October 27, 2022
Closing One Door and Opening Another As impresario of Art Market Provincetown, gallerist Debbie Nadolney has fostered a communal space centered on creativity. A celebration marking the end of AMP’s […]
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 […]
POETRY
Students and Vets Join Forces for Peace
Young poets reflect on loss, fear, and hope
In her poem “Peace,” Ana Maldacker, a seventh-grade student in the Provincetown Schools’ International Baccalaureate program, describes an image of loss: An empty carriage in a town square, as a […]
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 […]
Arts Briefs
Arts Briefs for October 13 through October 20, 2022
Dyke Drag Brunch Redux For the first time in 22 years, Dyke Drag Brunch will return to Provincetown this Saturday, Oct. 15, produced by Kayla Manjarrez and I’m Baby, who […]
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 […]
INDIE SCREEN
It’s Not Heavy, It’s Bros
Billy Eichner’s gay romcom delivers on its promise
Comedian Billy Eichner has done a blitzkrieg of interviews on behalf of the new gay romantic comedy Bros, a movie that he co-wrote and stars in and which has now […]
WOMEN’S WEEK
Putting the Focus on Women
A preview of the diverse lineup at this year’s expanded film festival
“It’s a good time of year for movies,” says Provincetown Film Society Executive Director Anne Hubbell, who has curated a diverse lineup of film screenings and related conversations at the […]
VISIONS
Seeing the Invisible
Two photographers reveal hidden realms of light
Photography usually depicts what we see. Sometimes, it also shows us what we can’t. There are hidden realms on either end of the spectrum of light we perceive when we […]
LINE BREAK
Afloat at Land’s End
Maria Nazos’s ‘Cape Cod Pantoum’
For all the beauty of the Outer Cape, for all the luck we feel to live in this gorgeous place, it isn’t all dreamy sunsets and fabulous gatherings. Not all […]
