Painters Deb Mell, Diane Messinger, and Sarah Riley have a group show at the Commons, 46 Bradford St. in Provincetown, opening Tuesday, July 13th and running through July 24th. Mell’s large mixed-media works depict strange animals and cavorting figures in a ceremonial hinterland; Messinger paints theatrical tableaus of mingling figures in masks and colorful gowns; and Riley fuses digital media, painting, collage, and printmaking into vibrant images that push and pull against fragments of patterned abstraction. The Commons is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sarah Riley
Provincetown Commons Decked Out With Artists’ Cards
The Provincetown Commons, at 46 Bradford St., is having a show of the original artwork that went into making its 2021 deck of 54 artist playing cards (including two jokers) that’s on sale at provincetowncommons.org for $50 each (with discounts if you buy more than one).
The 2021 deck follows a similar artists’ project last year. All proceeds go to help support the Commons, a facility for emerging businesses in town and arts-related projects.
Among the participants this year: Cherie Mittenthal, Jim Broussard, Larry Collins, Mary Giammarino, Joan Cobb Marsh, Sarah Riley, Joerg Dressler, Helen Grimm, Christopher Sousa, Kate Ryan, Shirl Roccapriore, Forrest Williams, Liz Carney, Curtis Speer, Laura Shabott, Gaston Lacombe, and James Frederick.
This event is ongoing.
