“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 […]
PAAM
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 […]
VIRTUAL ARTS
Charting Courses on the Outer Cape
Brush up your skills during a time of crisis
It wouldn’t be summer on the Outer Cape without courses. And, fortunately, though indoor courses in art and writing are not in the offing at this stage of the coronavirus […]
MEMORIES
A Visit to Peter Watts
Unlocking the Outer Cape’s light in a Wellfleet studio
WELLFLEET — “A Norse god,” his wife, Gloria, said of him — sometimes with a wry smile. With a tall, straight physique and a leonine head, handsome at 88 years, […]
our picks for the week of June 18 through June 24
Indie’s Choice
Outer Cape Calendar Island Treasure The Friends of Herring River invite you to take a free virtual tour of Wellfleet’s Bound Brook Island on their website, herringriver.org/Videos. Originally created for […]
our picks for the week of May 28 through June 3
Indie’s Choice
Outer Cape Calendar Animal Magnetism As part of Payomet Performing Arts Center’s “Early Stages” series, on Friday, May 29, at 10 a.m., Wellfleet musician and poet Alex Brewer, the host […]
ARS INTERRUPTUS
FAWC Cancels Entire Summer Program
PAAM and Castle Hill wait to see how crisis evolves
PROVINCETOWN — The Fine Arts Work Center notified participants in its summer workshops by email on April 29 that the entire program had been postponed until 2021 due to the […]
our picks for the week of April 23 through April 29
Indie’s Choice
Outer Cape Bulletin Timeless Traviata The Metropolitan Opera continues to stream live performances from the past for free, with a new selection each day at 7:30 p.m., such as the […]
APPRECIATION
Wolf Kahn’s Provincetown Stories
The painter, who died at 92 in March, found a lifelong love here
My father, the painter Wolf Kahn, died at home in New York City on March 15, 2020, on the eve of my birthday, and just days before the city was […]
