Hanna Pylväinen’s research has taken her around the world, from the suburbs of Detroit to the wildest reaches of the Arctic Circle. A second-year fiction fellow at the Fine Arts […]
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ARTISTS AT WORK
In His Art, Hiroyuki Hamada Seeks to Perfect, Not Provoke
Returning to FAWC as an artist in residence, he rediscovers himself
Hiroyuki Hamada arrived in Provincetown on March 1 to spend the month as a mid-career artist-in-residence at the Fine Arts Work Center. Now, though FAWC is closed to the public […]
ARTS LISTINGS
In a Stay-at-Home World, the Arts Live On
Adjusting to a drive-by and virtual experience as major venues close down
As the week progressed, it became clear that all venues for art and other kinds of creative engagement on the Outer Cape were closing. Here’s a round-up of the state […]
PAINTING
Show and Tell With Jake Troyli
The FAWC fellow offers an intimate tour of his art in process
It’s unusual for an accomplished artist to want to share with the public not only completed, polished work but also works-in-progress and even notes, sketches, and inspirations, offering an intimate […]
READINGS
The Real-Life Tale of a Violent Queer Relationship
Carmen Maria Machado reveals all with literary flair
In her new book, In the Dream House: A Memoir, Carmen Maria Machado flips the discussion of domestic abuse on its ear. She writes of her own traumatic experience in […]
PUBLIC ART
Compact to Turn P’town VFW Into Art Installation
Jay Critchley invites veterans and members of the community to participate
PROVINCETOWN — It’s a project Jay Critchley had been contemplating for a while: he knew that the town had bought the Veterans of Foreign Wars building at 3 Jerome Smith […]
PAINTING
The Unruly Language of Autumn Wallace’s Art
Every picture tells a story at a FAWC opening
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
our picks for the week of February 27 through March 4
Indie’s Choice
Outer Cape Calendar Friday, Feb. 28, 2-5 p.m. Join the community volunteers at Boomerang Bags Cape Cod in sewing bags for re-use and distributing them free at Wellfleet Public Library, […]
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 […]
our picks for the week of February 20 through February 26
Indie’s Choice
Outer Cape Calendar Friday, Feb. 21, 10:30 a.m. The Seashore Point Book Club, in conjunction with the Provincetown Public Library, will discuss Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About […]
MIXED MEDIA
Antonius-Tín Bui Gives Provincetown a Whirl
A FAWC fellow’s art embraces change
As an artist and as a person, the Fine Arts Work Center fellow Antonius-Tín Bui (they/them) hopes to remain in motion, in flux, ever-changing, questioning, evolving, challenging expectations, and resisting […]
