Amidst the conflagration of World War II, William Carlos Williams — the 20th-century heir to Walt Whitman’s democratic American poetics — wrote a poem about destruction, creation, and the hope […]
Jay Critchley
THE ART OF COVID
Jay Critchley’s Banner Year
His show at AMP Gallery puts pandemics into perspective
As Covid began its roller-coaster ride of infection in early 2020, causing panic, sickness, and death, much of the art world came to a halt. “I read one article after […]
WASTE NOT
At Home in Jay Critchley’s Cesspool
Converting your old soak pit into a rental unit, experts warn, is a no-go
PROVINCETOWN — In 1997, Jay Critchley uncovered a backyard manhole, peered into a cesspool, and “discovered a new world.” He had always known about his property’s cesspit, a pre-Title 5 […]
Spring Courses at Open University
The Open University of Wellfleet has announced its virtual spring courses, now available for registration at openuniversityofwellfleet.org. They include “Stephen Sondheim, Songwriter,” with Marc Strauss; “Great Printmakers in New England,” […]
Re-Rooting for 2021
The 38th annual Re-Rooters Day ceremony, presented by Jay Critchley, CEO of the International Re-Rooters Society, will be held on Provincetown Harbor, Thursday, January 7th, at 4 p.m. Those wishing […]
Visit the Whiteness House and Shred Evidence
Jay Critchley has installed a project he created in 2017 at the Santa Fe Art Institute in reaction to Trump’s presidency, The Whiteness House — tarred and feathered, on the […]
Critchley’s Whiteness House Coming to Bubala’s
Jay Critchley’s conceptual art installation The Whiteness House — tarred and feathered will be set up under the patio awning at Bubala’s by the Bay restaurant at 183 Commercial St. […]
Paved Paradise
Performer Zoë Lewis and artist Jay Critchley, in conjunction with Swim for Life, are presenting Tarmac Tuesday, an event to clean up the eroded tarmac at Herring Cove Beach. It […]
