PROVINCETOWN — Every year since 2006, town meeting voters have dispensed special funding measures called community preservation grants. The money comes from a 3-percent surcharge on property taxes and can […]
PAAM
AT THE MUSEUM
By Artists, for Artists (and Everyone Else)
The Members’ Juried Exhibition at PAAM highlights the continued excellence of working artists on the Outer Cape
I recently came across a digital copy of a bulletin for an exhibition at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum in 1935: a no-frills black-and-white publication filled with ads and […]
IN THE LOBBY
Outer Cape Banks Circulate Cultural Currency
The tradition of displaying local art continues at one bank — and is being reconsidered at another
If you don’t do much banking in person, the art on display in banks on the Outer Cape might be a good reason to venture beyond the app on your […]
PHOTOGRAPHY
Rowland Scherman Focused on Hope, Not Darkness
Talking his way into a job as the first Peace Corps photographer
Ukraine, Covid, the GOP, the radical right’s takedown of the Supreme Court — take your pick, or feel free to add your own favorite bogeyman that keeps you up nights. […]
A Very Artistic Treasure Hunt
ArtTrek is an “art-fueled treasure hunt” from the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. In response to Covid, PAAM “created this new art project in hopes of giving people an outdoor […]
Final Bidding Friday for PAAM Consignment Auction
The end is nearing for the annual consignment auction of early Provincetown art at the at 460 Commercial St. You can preview the work live at PAAM or online at paam.liveauctioneers.com […]
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 […]
EXHIBITIONS
Alvin Ross, Provincetown’s Man for All Seasons
Stopped in his prime, the painter is celebrated in a new PAAM show
“Alvin Ross was a real bon vivant, whose life, loves, interests, and connections were complex and often intertwined,” says James Bakker. Bakker, a local gallerist, auctioneer, and art historian specializing […]
HERITAGE
Mischa Richter’s Paintings: Nothing Cartoonish About ’em
A new exhibit at Bakker Gallery recalls a Provincetown artist’s fine artwork
Though Mischa Richter was widely celebrated as a cartoonist, at The New Yorker and elsewhere, he painted fine art canvases seriously and steadily throughout his life. He said of his […]
ART EDUCATION
At PAAM, Tessa Bry Taylor Makes Sure the Kids Are All Right
Youth programs continue online and outdoors
“We are seeing unprecedented challenges in youth and art education,” says Tessa Bry Taylor, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum’s new curator of youth education. She took over the position […]
our picks for the week of July 30 through August 5
Indie’s Choice
Outer Cape Calendar An Artist’s Lot The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod is hosting an online silent auction starting on Thursday, July 23, at noon through Sunday, Aug. 9, at […]
MUSEUM-GOING
PAAM Reopens, Featuring Two Shows on Historic Provincetown
Paintings by Ross Moffett make a connection
Returning to the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, after several months without setting foot in an art museum, feels like coming home: white walls sprinkled with paintings, the sound of […]
our picks for the week of July 9 through July 15
Indie’s Choice
Outer Cape Calendar Mixed Media Maleness Catch the “Modern Male II” show at Steve Bowersock Gallery at 373 Commercial St. in Provincetown, featuring artworks of all media submitted from across […]
our picks for the week of July 2 through July 8
Indie’s Choice
Outer Cape Calendar Party to Go-Go The Crown & Anchor in Provincetown, in collaboration with Live From Provincetown, will be celebrating Independence Day online with its Freedom Virtual Beach Party […]
ELEMENTS OF STYLE
Rite of Passage: Hawthorne’s ‘His First Voyage’
The painting honors the spirit of the 73rd Blessing of the Fleet
At four by five feet, His First Voyage, by Charles Webster Hawthorne, is an imposing painting. Its figures are roughly life-size. The subject is, seemingly, just a domestic scene. A […]
