Hilda Neily Different Day (Provincetown Pier) Seascape oil on board
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Patricia Zur
Graphic Designer
Michelle Mikulski
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Dennis Minsky, Salvatore, Romolo and Tatiana Del Deo, Jim Bakker, Spencer Keasey, Barbara Cardinal, Steve Kennedy, Arthur Egeli, Steve Griffin, Liz Carney, Mary Giammarino, James Zimmerman, Christine McCarthy, Peggy Collins, Kelly Hammer, Karen Stray Nolting, Donna Pomponio, Brian Cabral, and the talented, hard-working and ever so zen Michelle Mikulski without whom this guide would never become a reality.
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It's a great honor to share in this year’s guide the writings and artwork of two men who represent, for me, the true heart and soul of Provincetown. People who understand and appreciate it in all seasons. Even nicer, Salvatore Del Deo, the cover artist, and Dennis Minsky, the editorial contributor, enjoy a great friendship.
I met Salvatore some thirty years ago here in an etching class. He called me “Patrizia” and remarked upon my passion. But it was he who had the true spark that lit up that tiny dank basement in the Museum school years before its renovation.
I would later encounter his equally passionate wife, a phenomenon named Josephine, whose powers of persuasion contributed to the creation of the National Seashore and the new Provincetown Library, among so many town miracles.
Eventually I rented a tiny cottage on an unmarked dirt lane (we all liked it that way) and inherited a new neighbor, Dennis, an encyclopedia of flora and fauna and so much more. He was, among many vocations, a writer, a whale naturalist and the chairperson for open spaces on a local town committee. Now he is author of a lovely collection of stories culled from his many columns for The Provincetown Independent newspaper.
What both men possess, beyond a strong sense of humanity and intellectual curiosity through a philosophical lens, is a singular, unflappable love for this town—its people, its spirit, its history, its natural world. This year the Art Guide is pleased to present both men's skilled renderings in paint and in prose of this unique place we call home.
Salvatore Del Deo, Long Point, Wine Sea, 1999 oil painting on canvas, 40" x 60"
Dennis Minsky is a seashore biologist, a dune tour driver, a whale watch naturalist, and a conservationist. He is also a contributor to WCAI radio and a writer for The Provincetown Independent. His weekly columns have been assembled into a new book, Peculiar and Superior: A Year Rounder in Provincetown.
This year’s Provincetown Art Guide shares some of this Provincetown Renaissance writer’s reflections on life in our unique community on the edge of the sea.
1 ALDEN GALLERY
423 Commercial Street | 508.487.4230 | open year round, daily in season | aldengallery@gmail.com | aldengallery.com
An accomplished contemporary collection of work by artists with a range of approaches, from representational to abstract, in a variety of media, rooted in Provincetown traditions. Shows of new work are scheduled from June to September, with Friday openings, featuring our gallery artists: Jim Broussard, Ed Christie, Larry R. Collins, Kevin Cyr, Cathleen Daley, Alice Denison, Joerg Dressler, Chris Firger, Robert Glisson, Raúl Gonzalez III, Paul Kelly, Robert Morgan, Jane Paradise, Linda Reedy, Anne Salas, and Mike Wright.
2 ANGELA RUSSO FINE ART AT THE KARILON GALLERY
447 Commercial Street | 617.233.9234 | open most days 12-4, other times call for appt or by chance | russophoto.com
Angela Russo makes her fine art images utilizing state-of-the-art pigment printing. Any of her images can be custom-made based on your room’s spatial requirements. Timeless, nostalgic, and romantic – her images imbue an uncommon view of Provincetown and the Outer Cape. Stop by and see them in person!
3 ART LOVE GALLERY
445 Commercial Street | 631.880.1711 | ArtLoveGallery.com
@artlovegallery_
Art Love Gallery celebrates Street, Pop, Hyper Realism, Contemporary, and Midcentury Modern art. Featuring Friday evening openings every week. Artists for season 2025 include: Jackie Fuchs, Richard Stabbert, Peter Marcus Green, Jacinthe Rivard, Theodora Sacknoff, Consumr, Amy Shekhter, Vita, Kelley Ryan, Tali Lopez and others.
Angela Russo Rugosa photograph
| jim broussard ed christie | larry r. collins kevin cyr
| cathleen daley | alice denison joerg dressler chris firger
| robert glisson | raúl gonzalez III | paul kelly | robert morgan
| jane paradise linda reedy anne salas mike wright
ANNE SALAS
KEVIN CYR
LARRY R. COLLINS
CATHLEEN DALEY
JIM BROUSSARD
JOERG DRESSLER
ROBERT GLISSON
A Year-Rounder in Provincetown MINSKY’S MUSINGS
Sal Del Deo’s 75 Provincetown Years
Published in The Provincetown Independent May 11, 2022
By Dennis Minsky
According to Salvatore Del Deo, the first shellfish warden hired in Provincetown, back in the 1950s, was a retired Portuguese fisherman named Joe Ventura. Before that, Joe had worked intermittently in a boatyard, helping to dig out fishing boats as they were hauled up for painting and repairs. He took his new job very seriously and scanned the West End flats daily to check for unauthorized clamming.
One day — a non-clamming day — he spied a miscreant out there with a rake and a basket. To his horror, it turned out to be Father Duarte, the town’s Catholic priest.
“Now, Joe,” Father Duarte said with a sheepish grin as he clambered up the rocks with his basket of clams, “I know it is not a clamming day, but the bishop is coming from Fall River tomorrow and he specifically requested fresh clams. Couldn’t you just look the other way?”
Joe was a devout Catholic, brought up to revere the clergy. But a job is a job.
“Father,” he said, in a soft, quavering voice, “you have your flock to tend to, and I have mine. Put the clams back.”
Sal Del Deo tells many stories about the Portuguese community he has known so well over his 75 years of living, working, and painting in this town (he was 18 years old when he landed here in 1946). What a coincidence: this also happens to be the 75th anniversary of the annual Blessing of the Fleet, which takes place during the town’s Portuguese Festival, this year on June 23 to 26. One of Sal’s many paintings of fishermen and fishing boats has been chosen for this year’s Blessing of the Fleet T-shirt. The title of the painting is Talkin’ Fish, but it is the fishermen in the painting who are talking to each other, each on his respective boat.
Sal has been called “a living legend,” and deservedly so. Many know him primarily as a founder
Salvatore Del Deo, Self Portrait (after Velasquez), 1989, oil painting on canvas, 12" x 10"
and partner in Ciro and Sal’s restaurant from 1953 to 1962 and then the proprietor of Sal’s Place from 1962 to 1982.
Fewer people know that he also worked as a carpenter (he fixed Mary Heaton Vorse’s screen door) and for two winters as a fisherman to feed his growing family. Sal knows the world of fishing. In fact, he fished with one of the most famous — or infamous — of the Portuguese fishermen, Manny Zora, the “Sea Fox.”
Sal says that Manny was a “superb fisherman who got the best fish,” along with another captain called
Salvatore Del Deo, Ghost Wharf, 2023, oil painting on canvas,
“Dr. Foo” — another great Portuguese nickname. Sal had no telephone in those days, so he rose very early, lit his kerosene lamp, made coffee, and waited for the captain to pick him up — if it was not a “blow day.” That’s how he read War and Peace that winter.
Sal has a prodigious memory. He can tell you the names of all the boats and all the captains and most of the crewmen and their families — the intricate “cousinhood” of the Portuguese. From the majestic clutter of his studio, he recalls the old days of Lands End Hardware, when there was a back room where the retired fishermen hung out all day.
Sal’s late wife, Josephine, was a writer and activist in many important local causes, including the establishment of the Cape Cod National Seashore in 1961. Sal supported her in her work, as she did in his. Sal is devoted to his daughter, Giovanna, and his son, Romolo, an internationally recognized sculptor and a mainstay in his father’s life.
But it was art that was always at the center of his life, and it still is today.
Sal realized early on that Provincetown’s working people would be his subjects, along with the natural beauty of the Outer Cape. Those working people, for the most part, were fishermen, and they were for the most part Portuguese.
How fitting that he should be celebrated along with the people and the life he so faithfully preserved for all time in his art.
Salvatore Del Deo, Clamdiggers at Dusk (The Society of Sunday Clamdiggers Provincetown), detail, oil painting on canvas, 20" x 36"
Salvatore Del Deo, Grounded Lobsterboat, ND, oil painting on canvas, 20" x 24"
382 Commercial Street | 626.695.0551 | 12-4 / 6-9 in season closed Sun-Tues nights | open year round | egeligallery.com
Charles Hawthorne founded the Provincetown art colony with the opening of the Cape Cod School of Art in 1899 and with it a new brand of American Impressionism was born. Arthur Egeli Gallery represents Provincetown masters past and present including John Clayton, Margaret McWethy, Jerome Greene, Ken DeWaard, Cedric & Joanette Egeli, Kirk McBride, Lisa Egeli, Arthur Egeli, Bjorn Egeli, Charles Hawthorne, John Whorf, Tod Lindenmuth, Sol Wilson and more. The gallery also shows a collection of mudheads from both discoveries.
6 BERTA WALKER GALLERY
5 BAKKER GALLERY
359 Commercial Street at Harbor Lounge | 508.413.9758 bakkerproject.com | info@bakkerproject.com
Bakker Gallery is a one of a kind, unique Provincetown experience. The gallery specializes in American art with an emphasis on works by artists associated with the Provincetown Art Colony created over the past 120 years. Artists include Bourne, Cohen, DeCarlo, Hawthorne, Hondius, Knaths, Lambert, Littlefield, Ross, Weinrich, Whorf, Wilkinson and others. Bakker Auctions conducts online auctions featuring historic & contemporary Cape and Provincetown artists. (June 7, Aug. 9, Oct. 18)
208 Bradford Street | 508.487.6411 | ample parking
Grace Hopkins, Director | bertawalker@bertawalker.com bertawalkergallery.com
Nurture your Spirit. Visit Berta Walker Gallery presenting the history of American Art as seen through the eyes of Provincetown. “Highlighting the rich cultural heritage of Provincetown’s over 125- year old art colony, the Gallery is known for showing a wide variety of important Provincetown-affiliated art and artists dating as far back as 1900 on through to the contemporary masters of today”. – André Van der Wende, Cape Cod Times
8 BOWERSOCK GALLERY
7 BOTANICA
374 Commercial Street | 508.413.9580 | botanica-pt.com
Botanica offers the original art of Derek Macara, Michael RileyHill, Stephen Lilley, Larry Decker, Lynn Bikofsky and Frank Luchino; the reproduction art of Michael Lyons, Marshal Walden and Scott Simmons, as well as the photography of Jeff Krehely and Jeff Hitchcock. In addition, Botanica offers hand-made art tiles by Motawi Tileworks, blown glass art by Luke Adams Studio as well as a wide variety of items for the home and garden. Visit us daily.
371 Commercial Street | 508.487.4994 | bowersockgallery.com
Now celebrating its 21st year, Bowersock Gallery offers an intimate and inviting space showcasing a rich and diverse collection of contemporary art—from striking paintings and sculptures to innovative mixed media works. With a discerning eye for talent, the gallery represents both emerging and established artists, cultivating a dynamic and supportive creative community. Visitors are drawn into a world where each piece tells its own story, sparking curiosity, reflection and inspiration. Bowersock Gallery continues to be a haven for art lovers and collectors alike, offering limitless possibilities.
9 CAD RED STUDIO
437 Commercial St (at Poor Richard's Landing) | 508-237-7544 open daily in season | cadredstudio@gmail.com | @andreamsawyer
Andrea M Sawyer’s Cad Red Studio shows her colorful Provincetowncentric paintings and the photographic art of Brian O’Malley. In the heart of the historic gallery district, it also features curated collections of work by a variety of artists with Provincetown connections: Timmer Naylor, Daniel Roemmelt, Maureen McCarron, Barbara E Cohen, Laura Levine, Agnes Collis, Monica Rozak, Donna Pomponio, Mary Brooking, Carl Larson, Sandie Roberts, and others.
Founded in 1981, the Cape Cod Museum of Art (CCMoA) features the work of prominent and emerging artists with a Cape Cod connection. This summer, CCMoA presents Carmen Cicero Drawings and Watercolors: Tales of Intrigue, Danger and Humor, coinciding with the release of his book by the same name, from July 3 - October 5, 2025. Cicero was a founding member of the Long Point Gallery in Provincetown and an artist with seven decades in the New York contemporary art scene.
12 CORTILE GALLERY
11 THE COMMONS
46 Bradford Street | 508.257.1748 | ptowncommons.org create@commonsptown.org | @ptowncommons
The Commons serves as a vibrant hub for creativity, community, and collaboration. We host rotating exhibitions throughout the year, showcasing works by talented local artists who are not galleryaffiliated. In addition, we present special invitational exhibitions featuring some of our favorite well-known artists. Our space supports artistic expression with shared technology, conference rooms, coworking areas, and a strong digital infrastructure, fostering a dynamic environment for creative professionals.
230 Commercial Street | 508.487.4200 | open year round: in season, daily; off season, weekends | cortilegallery.com
Located in one of Provincetown's centrally located historic buildings, Cortile Gallery offers a diverse contemporary collection of original fine artwork by emerging & established local, regional and national artists. Offerings span genres from abstract to realism and include oils, encaustics, glass, ceramic, bronze, jewelry and woodcuts. More work available in our Art Annex across the street at 193 Commercial Street.
Cortile
Gallery Interior
13 COVE GALLERY WELLFLEET
15 Commercial Street | 508.349.2530 | summer Mon - Fri 10-6pm, Sat 10-8 pm, Sun 12-5pm | call for off season hours covegallery@msn.com | covegallery.com
Celebrating 36 years in Wellfleet with a diverse collection of paintings, prints and sculpture. Kimberlee C Alemian, Leonard Baskin, Mae Bertoni, Beth Dacey, Tomie dePaola, Patricia Ganek, Joan Gitlow, Carla Golembe, John Grillo, Larry Horowitz, Carol Lesher, Jane Lincoln, Tracey Maroni, Silvina Mizrahi, Mary Moquin, Elena Obelenus, Linda Pochesci, Joyce Utting Schutter, Ben Shahn, Judith Shahn, Carol Strause Fitzsimonds & Ginny Zanger. Check website for openings and Live Jazz nights!
14 DOZEN STUDIO GALLERY
142 Commercial Street | 802.558.7399 | open year-round: in season, daily; off season, weekends | DozenStudioGallery.com
DOZEN STUDIO GALLERY (DSG) is a unique studio gallery experience located in Provincetown’s historic West End, the gateway to art, food and culture. Catering to a diverse range of customers and budgets, DSG features the iconic works of Adam Peck, Keith MacLelland and Laura Plad. Specializing in contemporary coastal art that evokes pleasant memories of respite, experience & setting. Commissions welcome.
During the summer, the Fine Arts Work Center offers 65 workshops in visual arts and creative writing, which take place over nine weeks. Nationally recognized and inspiring instructors lead these workshops. Additionally, weekly readings, artist talks, and open studios are free and open to the public from Monday to Wednesday. The Hudson D. Walker Gallery is located where the coal bins of the Days Lumberyard were in 1968. The gallery has been renovated and features a specially curated summer exhibition showcasing the work of past Fellows who have completed one of the leading residency programs in the world.
Lorena Kloosterboer
Kathryn Engberg
16 FOUR ELEVEN GALLERY
411 Commercial Street | 617.905.7432 | fourelevengallery.com
For over 50 years, the rambling white house at 411 Commercial St. has been a studio and home to many artists and writers. The storefront gallery space, opened in 2011 by Liz Carney, is a true painter's gallery. It's been said by many locals that it evokes a feeling of old Provincetown. Paintings by Matthew Bielen, Cid Bolduc, Naya Bricher, Liz Carney, Madelyn Carney, Janine Evers, David Foley, Mary Giammarino, Helen Grimm, Jenny Humphreys, RC Patterson, Paul Rizzo, Tia Scalcione, Elspeth Slayter and Julie Smith.
18 GALLERY 444 PTOWN
17 FREDERICK STUDIO PROVINCETOWN
237 Commercial Street | Whaler’s Wharf | 508.247.7900 frederickstudioprovincetown.com
This gallery is the working art studio of venerable Provincetown artist James Frederick and is located on the ground floor of Whalers’ Wharf, just steps from Commercial St. Frederick paints in representational and expressionism styles and illustrates local scenes on wood panels in mixed media. He has published multiple coloring and comic books. See website for open hours and schedule of events.
444 Commercial Street | 617.710.2026 | 413.364.0604
open daily in season | gallery openings with artist rec Fri 6-9pm gallery444ptown.com | gallery444ptown@comcast.net
Gallery 444 Ptown showcases works by select contemporary artists including painters, printmakers and photographers. Displaying national, regional & emerging artists. Artists in all media can contact us to rent the gallery for their own 'POP UP' shows. 2025 artists include: Ashley Bilodeau, Heather Buechler, Caroline Carney, Clark Gallery, Lisa Farnsworth, Rich Fedorchak, Amna Greaves, Paul Hastings, Darren Jones, Matthias Lupri, Alexandra Thompson, John M. Williams, & more.
A Year-Rounder in Provincetown
MINSKY’S MUSINGS
The Provincetown Identity
Published in The Provincetown Independent January 30, 2020
By Dennis Minsky
I have always loved Provincetown. From my very first day here, well over 50 years ago, I knew I belonged. I remember a long-ago conversation with the (late) cartoonist Howie Schneider. We were sitting at Ciro and Sal’s bar. He asked me what I wanted to do with my life (I was 22, maybe 23), and I responded: “I want to live in Provincetown.”
He pointed out, correctly, that that was not enough of a goal, and it turned out that my ambitions did force me to leave for a time — to Boston, Florida, California, and New Jersey — but even as I pursued educational and career opportunities, I always felt like I was sacrificing something. It always felt like a diaspora, and I always knew I would return. (Luckily, my wife, who was born on the Cape, felt the same way.)
The day I left to begin an exciting five-year adventure in California, flying out of Provincetown Airport, I pressed my head hard against the little airplane window to keep every bit of the dunes and Race Point Beach in sight for as long as I could, and when it was no longer possible, I almost let out a sob. Years later, back on the East Coast, but here for summers only, there was palpable pain in leaving town at the end of each August. Our children cried, and so did I, inside. All those other places I have lived, although having merits of their own, were not quite right; they did not fit me exactly.
I identify with Provincetown. It is my affiliation. I feel fortunate to be an American, but I reject populism and nationalism, and, given our terrible history, I do not believe in American exceptionalism. I am a straight white male, but I do not consciously choose my friends based on those criteria. (The unconscious is too weighty a subject for this column or this columnist.) I am vaguely Jewish, but long periods of time go by when this never even occurs to me (less so with the current spike in anti-Semitism). I vote Democratic but the party inspires me only in its contradistinction to Republicanism. It is not my identity. Provincetown is.
I love the town for what it represents, for its differentness, its quirkiness, its openness, its history. I love its beauty but also its humbler places. There is a triangle of space between Land’s End Hardware and the building next door that reveals the harbor: a shard of beauty in a parking lot! I love Bradford Street as much as Commercial. I love the steep hill on Bradford by the Grace Hall parking lot that almost kills me every time I bike up it and may someday kill me on the way down, and the one up
Winslow to the monument and the COA. I love town government and being involved in decisions that affect the town, even when they are difficult and frustrating.
But it is mainly the people. There are people here who actually spend their days fishing, making art, or studying whales and coastal geology. We are certainly above the national average in all those categories. I feel bonded to the people who share this little space with me, whether I know them well or not. I feel especially bonded on these stark winter days, when only the hardy and optionless remain.
Yes, the people: the Portuguese, what’s left of them; the Jamaicans and the young Eastern and Central European workers; the drag queens. I love going to Stop & Shop. Hanging out in the produce aisle is a big part of my winter social life.
These thoughts come to mind on a cold and blustery January day, walking the empty streets, past all the vacant houses and closed shops and restaurants. I marvel at just how many tones of gray there are, how many tinctures of blue. The silence is wonderful.
We who stay the winter are a hardy lot. We don’t blame those who get away; we try not to feel superior. We are like the herring gull — survivors.
Steve Kennedy, Last Light, Wren Steeple, oil on canvas, 18" x 24" Courtesy of Kiley Court Gallery
Clare Leighton wood engraving
19 GARY MAROTTA FINE ART G-1
162 Commercial Street | 617.834.5262 | daily 11-4, 7-10 weekends off season | garymarottafineart.com
Contemporary painting, photography & works on paper. Luis Cruz Azaceta, Katy Bisby, Ria Brodell, Cara DeAngelis, Manuel Pardo (19522012): painting/drawing, Boris Bally: metalsmith, Carola Doll: crayon drawings, Michael Eade, Segundo Planes: painting/watercolor, Milton H. Greene: photographs of Marilyn Monroe, Laura Klimenchenko, Frank Malafronte, Alexis Trice: painting, Peter Mangone: 8mm film stills of Marilyn Monroe, Joe McCaffery: wood fired pottery, Ruben Natal - San Miguel, Kimberly Witham: photography, Maggie Simonelli: encaustic.
20 HILDA NEILY GALLERY
364 Commercial Street | 508.487.6300 | 727.743.6393
open year round and by appointment | hildaneilygallery.com
Featuring oil paintings by Hilda Neily. An accomplished student of Henry Hensche & master teacher at the Cape School of Art. Neily continues to contribute to Provincetown’s historic legacy of plein air Impressionism through painting the vibrant color & light in her local landscapes, seascapes & North light still lifes. Neily started showing professionally in 1969. Since then her collector base has grown extensively to include works in prestigious collections nationally & in Europe.
617.548.8656 | open 12-4 daily and 6-9 Mon-Sat & by appt. info@juliehellergallery.com | juliehellergallery.com
Committed to the artists who have shaped Provincetown's cultural past and to their contemporary counterparts, the Julie Heller Gallery is a monument to Provincetown's rich heritage as an art colony. Housing the most extensive Provincetown art available for purchase anywhere, much of the gallery is hung salon style with the walls filled end to end with striking treasures. Its list of artists reads like a Who's Who of Provincetown's art history. Antique and estate jewelry.
Alexis Trice Seawolf:
Hawthorne
Mud
Head
Girl with red hat and braids
22 JULIE TREMBLAY
277 Commercial Street | 508.439.2025 | open daily in season, weekends and by appt. off season | JulieTremblay.com
Now in its fourteenth season, Julie Tremblay Gallery, located in the center of town, features the diverse and compelling work of local accomplished photographer Julie Tremblay. Her fine art photography pulls the audience into her work which includes compelling portraits, sweeping landscapes, still lifes and animals from the Cape and various other areas she has traveled. Now introducing Float Frames – an alternative to traditional framing that offers a more immersive experience giving the photograph a more minimalist aesthetic.
23 KILEY COURT GALLERY
398 Commercial Street | 508.487.4496 | open year-round info@kileycourtgallery.com | kileycourtgallery.com
Since 1990, the Kiley Court Gallery has been exhibiting a variety of fine, representational paintings. Artists: Matteo Caloiaro, Julian Cardinal, Robert Cardinal, Michael Davis, Katherine Ann Hartley, Francine Huot, Steve Kennedy, Joan Cobb Marsh, John Mulcahy, Brooke Olivares.
24 LARKIN GALLERY
405 Commercial Street | 508.487.6111 | open year round daily 9:30-5:00, Friday evenings in season | larkingallery.com
Larkin Gallery presents an exciting schedule of exhibits with Friday evening opening receptions through the season. Featured Artists include contemporary artists Kenneth Hawkey, Robin Wessman, Adam Bruce Wentworth, Nancy McCarthy, Catherine Meeks, Tighe Hanson and many others as well as legacy artists Neva Hansen and Thomas Antonelli.
Robin Wessman Blues Falling oil 16" x 12"
presents Baleen Baskets by 3 Iñupiat Early Master Weavers
Exquisite pieces which, by law, are created exclusively by Native Alaskans. Crafted of baleen plates of bowhead whales with starter discs and finials carved from walrus ivory. photos: The central basket was the largest of its kind when woven and is by Luke Koonook (ca. 1928-2017). This basket includes over 60 walrus ivory panels, decorative bird quill highlights and a one-of-a-kind walrus ivory finial of a weaver making a basket (detail bottom right). The smaller baskets are by Hubert Koonuk (1911-1994) and Andrew Oengna (1910-1990).
Liz Carney The Dark English Ivy in Madelyn’s Garden acrylic on panel
36” x 48”
25 MADE IT!
301 Commercial Street | 508.591.0650 | in-season, open daily; off-season, occasional weekends | madeitptown.com
Made it! offers a large selection of gifts, cards and fine art, all handmade. Owned and operated by artists Sheryl Sousa and Joan Welch, who have curated a collection from over 100 artists, mostly local to New England and all US-based. Offerings include original fine artwork in a variety of mediums including paintings, pottery, fused and blown glass, metalwork, photography, jewelry, woodworking, mixed-media, and much more.
26 MFM STUDIO
427 Commercial Street | 508.364.1272 | open daily 11-5, Fridays until 9 | owner: Margaret MacNeil | mfmint@comcast.net mdv3@comcast.net
MFM Studio is a gallery that also offers interior design products and services. Featuring paintings and collages by Michael Del Visco, whose large-scale, semi-abstract sky and seascapes reflect the bold geography of the outer Cape. His collages are a combination of paintings, images, and 3-dimensional items that tell their own story. All work is created in Michael's studio in Truro where he has been painting for many years. An artist owned gallery that can offer reasonable rates.
27 MIRIAM DRETLER GALLERY
238B Commercial Street | open daily 11am-9pm or by appt | 215-915-2184 | miriamzulla@hotmail.com
Miriam Dretler Gallery, now in its fourth season, features work by Miriam Dretler, a watercolor and oil painter. Miriam brings the timeless, eternal landscapes of the Outer Cape, as well as her unique allegorical modern styles, to her exciting abstract and flower collections. The gallery also features the work of emerging and accomplished painters, sculptors & photographers. July 4-10Eleni Zouridakis. Aug 8-14 -Robert Dwelley. Wine receptions on Friday nights.
Sheryl Sousa
o/c
18" x 24"
Miriam Dretler Poppies (detail) watercolor
28 ON CENTER GALLERY
352 Commercial Street | 508.665.1988 | open year-round, daily high season, weekends off-season, by appt. Jan-April info@oncentergallery.com | oncentergallery.com
On Center Gallery features a diverse collection of contemporary art including paintings, photography, mixed-media, and sculpture. Gallery partners Jill Rothenberg-Simmons and Scot Presley specialize in providing each client with a personalized experience, whether you are a seasoned collector or just starting to acquire. See new exhibitions on Friday evenings during the Provincetown Gallery Stroll.
29 PACKARD GALLERY
418 Commercial Street | 508.487.4690 | packardgallery.com
Anne Packard opened the doors to Packard Gallery in 1988. Both her grandmother, Zella, and grandfather, Max Bohm were artists. Max is credited for his leadership in the establishment of Provincetown as an artist’s colony. Today, the gallery represents two generations. Anne is a renowned landscape artist and is a widely exhibited and collected painter known for her simple, sparsely-rendered scenes of the Outer Cape and Europe. Her daughter Leslie paints still-lifes speaking with the simplicity of pure color and elegant form.
30 PILGRIM MONUMENT & PROVINCETOWN MUSEUM
High Pole Hill | 508.487.1310 | pilgrim-monument.org
Completed in 1910, the Pilgrim Monument was built to commemorate the site of the Mayflower’s first landing in the New World and the signing of the historic Mayflower Compact in 1620. At 252 feet, it is the tallest all-granite structure in the U.S. providing exceptional views. The Museum features the town’s rich history as a fishing and whaling port, art colony and birthplace of modern American theater. Special 2025 exhibit: Salvador Vasques: A Lifetime of Collecting Provincetown featuring memorabilia, postcards, books, artwork, and ephemera.
photo: Bill Larned, airvisionary.com
Anthony Tomaselli
Antoine de Villiers
31 PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM
460 Commercial Street | 508.487.1750 | paam.org | @PAAM1914
The Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) anchors the Provincetown Arts community and presents a diverse line-up of exhibitions and cultural programs. Welcoming visitors yearround, PAAM is open 11am - 5pm, with free admission Friday evenings after 5pm. 2025 exhibition line-up: Anthony Fisher, The 2024 Grant Recipients, Shirley Gorelick, Hartley/Hopper, Joe Diggs, The 12x12, Blanche Lazzell, Joan Cobb Marsh, Iren Handschuh.
32 PROVINCETOWN ARTS SOCIETY MARY HEATON VORSE HOUSE
466 Commercial Street | 415.810.1954 | by appointment provincetownartssociety.org | gene@provincetownartssociety.com
Located in the country’s oldest arts colony, the renovated home of author and activist Mary Heaton Vorse is now The Provincetown Arts Society, which supports local artists and longstanding arts organizations of all genres: Culinary, Film, Stage, Performance, Painting, and Literary. Programming includes collaborations with local artists and art galleries, cinematic events, performing arts, curator conversations, fundraisers, and year-round artist residencies.
33 RADIANCE ART GALLERY
376 Commercial Street | 508.212.7770 | open year round Wednesday-Sunday 12-6 | January-April by appointment myra2b@gmail.com | radianceartgallery
Radiance Art Gallery is a vibrant, inclusive environment that challenges the boundaries of artistic expression. We invite community to gather and share authentic creative experiences–sound baths, short films, art openings & poetry readings. Diverse and exciting offerings include L'Overalls, sculpture, neon, paintings, prints, illustrated poems etc. A black/queer-owned space sharing the vision of Myra Kooy and Kate Wallace Rogers.
Sarah Jessica Fine Arts features a unique collection of emerging & Museum Painters, Original printmakers, Glass, Ceramic & Sculpture artists since 1999. Representing: Mary Jan Andreozzi, Lisa Sabo Brown, Adam Cooley, Vincent Crotty, Antoine de Villiers, Lois Fisher, Lisa Joyce Hill, Carlyn Janice, Patrick Lee, Neil McAuliffe, Candace Ronesi, Eleanor Rahim, Terry Rockwood, H M Saffer II, Anthony Tomaselli, Mel Tudisco, Judy Volkman & many more.
36 THE SCHOOLHOUSE GALLERY
494 Commercial Street l 508.487.4800 l open daily in season galleryschoolhouse.com
Provincetown's premier gallery for contemporary fine art and collaboration with a focus on painting, sculpture, photography, and printmaking. The gallery represents a roster of over 50 artists while maintaining a large inventory of related works. We produce a rigorous annual exhibition schedule, participate in a number of outside projects and fairs, and work closely with clients on placement and collections management.
A Year-Rounder in Provincetown
MINSKY’S MUSINGS Blessing the Fleet
Published in The Provincetown Independent June 24, 2021
By Dennis Minsky
The things we celebrate reveal a great deal about us: who we are or who we would like to be. This weekend is the Portuguese Festival and the Blessing of the Fleet. I have written before about the historical importance of the Portuguese in Provincetown, and there is an aspect of their character that still defines this town. Alas, like so many things, the Portuguese presence today is not what it used to be. There has been a diaspora, caused by the housing situation and the lack of employment. Even the Portuguese who remain are less Portuguese than they used to be, not as definable a group as when Mary Heaton Vorse, in Time and the Town, described them: “They are so much a part of the town that today one could not imagine Provincetown without them. Good looks, gaiety and daring are their inheritance….”
This is what naturally happens in the melting pot that is this country. But against all this, a valiant and hard-working group of women and men labor each year to focus on the Portuguese days of old.
The Blessing, too, is an artifact of a centuries-old tradition. It has been going on for decades here in town, but, where once dozens of draggers lined up to pass the wharf and be blessed, now there is a much smaller number, along with lobster boats, charter fishing and whale-watch boats, and pleasure craft of all kinds, including kayaks. There is, of course, a connection between these two things being celebrated, the Portuguese influence and the fleet being blessed: fishing quickly became a predominantly Portuguese activity.
But they were blessed against danger, these mostly Portuguese seamen, because danger has always existed when men dare to go out on the open sea. In Cape Cod, Thoreau quotes the inscription from a Truro graveyard: “Sacred to the memory of 57 citizens of Truro, who were lost in seven vessels, which foundered at sea in the memorable gale of Oct. 3d, 1841.”
Since then, hundreds of lives have been lost, as mortal men pursued their livelihoods. In my own time here there was the Patricia Marie, 1976, with seven lost (including Dickie Oldenquist, whom I knew); the
Cap’n Bill, 1978, four lost; in 1984, the Victory II, three lost; and Twin Lights, 2012, with the loss of Jean Frottier.
We who live on land but delight in our proximity to the angry sea and to the men who go out into it, we who think we have some understanding of this ancient and honorable way to wrest a living — we have no clue. We absolutely cannot relate to the dangers they face daily.
I can’t talk with the dead, but in conversations with four different fishermen today, I could not get any to admit the reality of the terrors they face. One told me that in one situation “I thought I was done,” but quickly followed with “it is what it is.” Another told me that “every boat has close calls,” but shrugged it off: “It’s the nature of the beast.” Another related his time in a life raft after an engine fire — his third such experience in 16 years of commercial fishing. But he “wasn’t scared.”
Mary Heaton Vorse wrote, “Men who fish for a living must have an easy courage… Men grow well in Provincetown.”
Perhaps we are all Irish on Saint Patrick’s Day and all Mexican on Cinco de Mayo. But in a much more fundamental way, let us acknowledge the special gift of the Portuguese to our shared culture and the meaningful heritage of fishing to the very essence of our town.
Salvatore Del Deo, The Shuckers - Homage to the Patricia Marie, 1976-2001, oil painting on canvas, 48" x 72"
432 Commercial St. G-3 | open weekends in high season with variable weekdays | scottdouglas.works scottdouglas.works | scott@scottdouglas.works
A showcase of sculptural works by Douglas, with accompanying artists throughout the season. Catch a glimpse into Scott’s process as he works on clay sculpts in-house. “Process takes the leading role in what I will eventually create. As a child, my favorite toys were the ones you had to put together. So when I can sculpt in a similar way, it evokes those memories of fun, playful times when creating was done for no other reason than the act itself."
38 SIMIE MARYLES GALLERY
379 Commercial Street | 508.487.7878 | open daily in season 11 - 9, weekends all winter | simiemaryles.com
An artist owned gallery celebrating our 28th season in our new permanent home! Celebrated representational painters from across the US and abroad. Patt Baldino, Anne Blair Brown, Patrick Byrnes, Ken Cadwallader, Todd M. Casey, Stephen Cerceillo, Marina Dieul, Kathryn Engberg, William D. Hobbs, Lorena Kloosterboer, Barry Levin, Simie Maryles, Patti Mollica, David Mueller, Roxie Munro, Lorenzo Narciso, Larry Preston, Jane Rosenberg, Richard Rosenblatt, John Brandon Sills, Kurt Walters, Yin Yong Chun.
39 STEWART CLIFFORD GALLERY
338 Commercial Street | 508.487.0451
open year round, seven days a week in season stewart.clifford@icloud.com | stewartcliffordgallery.com
Exploring the natural world through the visual arts and photography Stewart Clifford Galley represents a variety of artists, including: Jennifer Clifford Danner, Jan Donley, Nicholas Peterson-Davis, Mark Schianca, Christopher Roddick, Thomas Reale, Carlos Porras, Deborah Kerr, Lennie Alickman, Bill Chisholm, Barney Levitt, Memy Ish Shalom, Greg Ayres, Ross Ozer, and Max Mattei. Shows of new work are scheduled from May to October.
Richard Stabbert
Jackie Fuchs
Jacinthe Rivard
Richard Stabbert
Amy Shekhter
Jackie Fuchs
Tali Lopez
Tali Lopez
40 STUDIO LACOMBE FINE ART GALLERY
237 Commercial Street | Whalers Wharf | 202.460.6826 open Wed-Mon 11am-5pm | Tues by appointment studiolacombe.com | info@studiolacombe.com
Instagram: @gastonlacombe
Studio Lacombe celebrates 8 years in Provincetown! This fine art gallery features one-of-a-kind art in various media as well as limited-edition prints by artist Gaston Lacombe, who is known for his original, intricate compositions as well as his explosive use of color. Studio Lacombe presents new exhibits and openings year round, and is often open late on summer evenings.
41 THANASSI GALLERY
234 Commercial Street | 508.487.0233
facebook.com/thanassi gallery
Art in the center of town. Works by Thanassi, Robert Douglas Hunter, Mary Holton, Charles Tersolo, João de Brito, Richard MacCormack, Stephen Silver, Stephen Knight, Niko Skaperdas, Vasso Trellis, Silvia Newman, Debra Hope Colligan, Sue Kwasnick, Elizabeth Livingstone, Chuck Anzalone, Paul Crimi, Kathleen Miller. Early works by Hensche, Moffett, Whorf, Hawthorne, Heinz, Wilson, Sawyer & Barber.
42 WILLIAM SCOTT GALLERY
439 Commercial Street | 508.487.4040
Director: Brian Galloway | williamscottgallery.com bgalloway@williamscottgallery.com
Representing local and national contemporary artists, including: John Dowd, Chet Jones, Christopher Sousa, Frederick Brosen, Sandra Jones Campbell, Daphne Confar, Michael Costello, Ryan Landry, Jefferson Hayman, Walter Horak, Jane O'Hara, Rachael O'Shaugnessy, Armando Pedroso, Tim Saternow, Richard Whitten, and Paul Wirhun.
VINCENT AMICOSANTE
Bowersock Gallery
371 Commercial Street
508.487.4994
amicosante.com
In my new series, I use symbols of new beginnings and life’s finite nature, like tulips blooming in spring and clocks marking the passage of time.
LAUREN BYRNE
Art Studio, MacMillan Pier N. Truro Studio visits by appointment 978.835.4249 laurentbyrne.com
Lauren is an Impressionist Plein Air Artist who studies with Hilda Neily of Provincetown. Following a career in fine garden design she turned her focus to capturing light through paint.
NAYA BRICHER
Four Eleven Gallery 411 Commercial Street fourelevengallery.com nayabricher.com
Solo Exhibit Aug. 22 - 28
My paintings invite viewers to experience the effervescent pops of delight within deep, fulfilling joy.
2025 is the year of the P-town Mermen. Stained glass by Steven Cove. Mermen designs by Darren Showers. Art inspiring Art. A P-town Collaborative. Visit me at the UU Church Artisan fair thursdays in July and August.
There is Great Love Here for You o/c 20” x 20”
Merman stained glass
A Year-Rounder in Provincetown
MINSKY’S MUSINGS
New Year: Looking at the Calendar
Aired on The Cape Cod Notebook, WCAI Radio, January 25, 2024
By Dennis Minsky
The calendar is fake; seasons are real.
Beginning a new year in the middle of winter has always seemed ridiculous to me. But then no one asked me. I know, I know: it was Caesar’s doing, 4,000 years ago, to honor Janus, the god of new beginnings. But I look around these days and do not see too many new beginnings, although many of us do resolve to attempt new ways of doing things- usually failing miserably by February at the latest.
No, what I see is a natural world largely quiescent. The bulbs and buds, the shoots and sprouts, seeds and egg cases wait patiently, quietly burgeoning; the frogs and turtles lie sleeping in the mud; the little chipmunks slumber in their burrows: all waiting for their grand debuts in a few months, in what we call spring.
And the human world is also in a quiescent phase here on the Outer Cape, stripped down to its barest, non-tourist base, with many shops, motels, and restaurants as closed up as the buds on a Beech. Yes, as deciduous trees have lost their leaves- Shakespeare’s “bare ruined choirs”- ungainly plywood blooms on many dusty store windows. Closed for the Season is a sad familiar message.
Our population is reduced to us die-hards who tough it out. The summer visitors are long-gone and the “shoulder season” fall and early-winter visitors have joined them, along with many of our neighbors who just can’t abide the cold. (Not that it is that cold- but cold enough to make southern climes alluring.) A significant fraction of those watching the New Year’s Eve fireworks are now comfortably ensconced on a tropical beach, straw hats on their heads and funny-colored drinks with paper umbrellas in their hands. A few confused tourists wander about town.
So here we are.
I love the winter months, the God-forsaken January-February-March months, when we have our towns back, when there is just more space, fewer people, and- for many of us- more time. This is the
time of Quiet. When you can hear yourself think. The stillness in the air seeps into the soul. The quality of light this time of year is different: difficult to describe, but gentler, softer, with a clarity that you don’t find in steamy August. There are so many shades of gray now, but an occasional day will come through with a blast of clear pure blue that takes your breath away. On windless late afternoons, a twilight lavender sheen limns the water. But so much depends on the wind these days, like the weathered shingles and the sand piled up against bulkheads.
This is not exactly a ghost town, but there are so many empty houses, especially on the water. I stand in front of one tonight, on a scrap of beach under a crescent moon. Across the dark water a gull cries out. I want to call back. Hey, I would say, if I knew how to speak gull, we own this night together, we year-rounders.
Hey, I would say: Happy New Year.
Nancy Whorf (1930-2009), Ice House Beach, oil on board, 9" x 12" Courtesy of Bakker Gallery & Auctions
Alone in a Sunken Ship acrylic on canvas
48” x
48”
VIVIAN DICKSON
508.237.1114
“It is more fun to talk with someone who doesn’t use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like “What about lunch?.”
– A.A. Milne
PAUL HASTINGS
paulhastingsartist.com
Fall show October 10-13, 2025 Gallery 444 444 Commercial Street
Provincetown plein air artist Paul Hastings captures the scenes that make our town and the outer Cape special.
BETH FAHERTY
The Commons, Studio B
508.901.1392
bethfahertyartist.com
@nantucketedge
Summer Show
june 23- july 7
Radiance Art Gallery 376 Commercial Steet
A painter who explores joy and connection, color and flight.
AMY HELLER
amyheller.com
A lens-based artist working in 2D & 3D Mixed-Media/ Fine Art Photography, using cyanotypes, analog and digital photographs, LED lights, fabric and motion.
Anticipation oil on canvas 11” x14”
Rose Cottage oil on panel 8” x 16”
Fort Hill Treetops archival pigment photo
LAURA LEVINE
lauralevinefineart.com
860.304.9022
Cad Red Studio
437 Commercial Steet
July 23-29, Sept. 3-13
Dynamic color fused with expressive brushstrokes is the essence of Levine's oil paintings of the Outer Cape and permeates all of her work. Mention the Provincetown Art Guide for 10% off! Blossoms by the Sea oil on linen 20" x 16"
RICHARD M AC CORMACK
Thanassi Gallery
234 Commercial Street
508.487.0233
Color is my language, and the canvas is my playground. Please come to view my latest work at Thanassi Gallery in the center of town.
MATTHIAS LUPRI
Gallery 444
444 Commercial Street 617.767.8557 LUPRI.com
June 18 - July 8, Aug 6-26, Sept 17-23
Featuring large inner landscapes, seascapes, abstract portraits and archetypal paintings.
Simplified abstract paintings using powerful color interactions. Landscapes and seascapes presented with unique interpretation and FUN. Please call to arrange a studio visit.
JEANNIE MOTHERWELL
jeanniemotherwell.com
August 22 – September 14
Opening Reception Aug. 22 6-8:30pm
The Schoolhouse Gallery
494 Commercial St. 508.487.4800
Left: Soliloquy Right: Howl
Semblance Aria oil on canvas 48” x 48” 2025
One More Bite oil 12” x 16”
Crossing Boats oil on canvas 18” x 24”
Handmade jade and sterling silver necklace
JOANNE
MILBURY COVE
Studio By The Sea 508.487.4096
Beachsilver@Etsy.com
2025 presenting intricate jade carvings set in individually handmade sterling settings sold as pendants, earrings and beaded necklaces. Each carving is unique. Meet me thursdays at the UU Church Artisan Fair.
FRAN O’NEILL
Provincetown Studio Artist 617.416.6043 franoneillartist.com franoneillartist@gmail.com
Abstract paintings on wood embodying a Midcentury Modern aesthetic. The convergence of abstract forms against the wood grain symbolizes the vitality present within us, in our surroundings, and beyond.
CHERIE MITTENTHAL
AMZehnder Gallery, Wellfleet 25 Bank Street, #3 cheriemittenthal.com
A painter and photographer, Cherie Mittenthal works predominantly in encaustic, pigment sticks and clay. Her subject matter revolves around the landscape & place, flowers, dogs, boats & moving water.
DONNA POMPONIO
Provincetown Studio Artist 781.964.3166 donnampomponio @gmail.com donnapomponio.com
Opening Aug 29, 6-9pm Aug 27 - Sept 3
Cad Red Studio, 437 Commercial St.
Opening Oct 5, 3-5pm Oct 1 - Oct 31
Wellfleet Adult Comm. Ctr.
Stormy with Lead Boat mixed media 12” x 12”
APRIL POPKO
Popko Studio & Gallery
N. Truro, MA/ Prague, CZ april@popko.com
PopkoProductions.com
Popko paints on both sides of the Atlantic, infusing ocean art into her paintings, transferring energy onto canvas. As a means of communicating between two worlds, her work transports viewers through color, texture & light.
CATHERINE SKOWRON
studio: 508.487.0980 cathyskowron@comcast.net
Cortile Gallery gallery: 508.487.4200
Luminous oil paintings and white line prints of Outer Cape scenes including dune landscapes. More images available at cortilegallery.com. Guest artist for special events at Addison Gallery Orleans.
PAUL RIZZO
Four Eleven Gallery 411 Commercial Street 617.905.7432
fourelevengallery.com
A painter and sketchbook filler who lives and works in Provincetown, Paul Rizzo works with and from 70s gay porn, portraiture, abstraction, houses and text. He is obsessed with the past specifically old Hollywood and the 1970s.
JOE TREPICCIONE
617.223.1830 joetrep@verizon.net
Creating fiery golden landscapes and breezy seascapes of Cape Cod in oil, that beacon the viewer.
Race
A Year-Rounder in Provincetown MINSKY’S MUSINGS Morning
Aired on Cape Cod Notebook , WCAI Radio, on August 29, 2021.
By Dennis Minsky
This is the hour nobody owns: the break of day, just about dawn. The vast majority of people are in their beds. It is the best time to be alone in a crowded, hectic summertime world.
And it is the best time to be with our wild brethren. The animal world is most active and most free now. The night-time sojourners make their last rounds before retiring for the day: deer, fox, weasel, raccoon, owl. The day birds are the quintessential early risers: their first songs precede the breaking of light. They celebrate the night’s end and the beginning of another day. They celebrate survival. They will take the rising sun’s energy, transformed into seeds and insects, and translate it into feathers- and song. What is song, but pure, unalloyed joy? In an hour or two these same birds will skulk in the bushes, but now they are more visible and active on our lawns, decks, and patios. They stroll and hop along roadsides and even in the middle of the mostly empty streets.
Light steals gently, inexorably, into the dawn sky, creating a quiet revolution. Shade by shade, it nullifies the darkness. In this mild early morning light everything looks kinder, gentler. Things begin to appear and take shape. Across the Harbor I see Long Point Lighthouse, an alabaster pillar against the sky, and a few boats resting on their moorings. Down on the beach it is especially quiet. In the absence of noise, silence takes on a power of its own. Footsteps in the sand are muffled, as if admonished. Gulls fly in the gray overhead with wings that row through the air without a sound.
The tiny fingers of the tide creep blindly, boldly, across the flats- a promise returned. There is the beginning of a faint trickling sound. Tiny grains of sand tumble over each other in a light breeze, without so much as a pardon-me. So small, but resolute- they know they built this peninsula.
Mary Giammarino, Fox And Kingfisher, oil on panel, 30" x 48" Courtesy of Four Eleven Gallery
Cid Bolduc/Hilda Neily at Hilda Neily Gallery 364 Commercial Street, Provincetown and by appointment 508-487-6300 or 727-804-2734
Reflections No.9, oil, 24x24
The Cape School of Art
In Provincetown, MA | Landscape • Portrait • Figure • Still Life Taught in Natural Light
The Principles of Light and Color as taught by Hawthorne and Hensche, beginning in 1899, continue today.
Classes March - October 2025 | email: Capeschoolprovincetown@gmail.com Registrar: 617.717.9568
JOHN CLAYTON
Drawing for Painters
May 19-23 9am-12pm
SCOTT KENYON
Painting the Effects of Light with Color
May 23-25 9am-12pm
GLENNA HARTWELL
Mudheads on the Beach
June 7 and 8 9am-12pm
MARY GIAMMARINO
No Fear Plein Air Painting
June 2-6 9am-12pm
CHRIS SMERALDI
Intro to Impressionism
June 9-13 9am-12pm
HILDA NEILY
Landscape Basics
June 16-20 9am-12pm
ARTHUR EGELI
Mudhead Tuesdays Every Tuesday from June 24 - August 12 9:30am-12pm
JUDITH FULMER
Painting the Impressionist Pastel
July 14-18 9am-12pm
JOHN CLAYTON
Landscape Painting July 21-25 9am-12pm
MARY GIAMMARINO
No Fear Plein Air Painting August 11-15 9am-12pm
HILDA NEILY
Landscape Basics August 25-29 9am-12pm
JOHN CLAYTON
Landscape Painting September 1-5 9am-12pm
SYD HALE Landscape in the Impressionist Tradition September 8-12 9am-12pm
JOHN CLAYTON
Landscape Painting September 15-19 9am-12pm
MARGARET MCWETHY Still Life in the Impressionist Tradition September 22-24 9am-4pm
MARY GIAMMARINO
No Fear Plein Air Painting September 29 - October 3 9am-12pm
DENNIS LUCAS
Traditional Cape School Color
October 6-10 9am-12pm
GLENNA HARTWELL
Portraits in North Light
October 14-15 9am-12pm
MUSEUMS
PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM
460 Commercial Street | 508.487.1750 | @PAAM1914
The Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) anchors the Provincetown Arts community, and presents a diverse lineup of programming for Summer 2025. Learn more about stunning exhibitions, browse workshops taught by local artists for adults and youth, or become a member at paam.org. Workshops in painting, drawing, printmaking, and more Exhibitions
5/2-7/20 Anthony Fisher reception 5/9 6pm
6/27-9/1 Shirley Gorelick reception 6/27 6pm
7/5-8/17 Hartley/Hopper reception 7/18 6pm
7/18-9/7 Joe Diggs reception 7/18 6pm
8/29-1/4 Blanche Lazzell reception 8/29 6pm
9/19-11/30 Joan Cobb Marsh reception 9/26 6pm
9/26-11/16 Iren Handschuh reception 9/26 6pm
Special Events
6/2-4 Art In The Barn Painting in the historic Hawthorne Barn with artist John Clayton. 9am 7/13 The Secret Garden Tour A self-guided tour through private gardens in Provincetown. 10am 10/4 The PAAM Party: A Celebration of Art and Artists Honoring the artists and supporters that keep Provincetown’s artistic legacy so vital. Dinner, award ceremony, and dancing. Saturday, 5pm The Fredi Schiff Levin Lecture Series, Thursdays at 6pm 5/29, 7/31, 8/6, 8/28, 10/16
Provincetown
Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman, Tuesdays at 6pm 7/8, 7/15, 7/29, 8/12, 8/26
PILGRIM MONUMENT & PROVINCETOWN MUSEUM High Pole Hill | 508.487.1310 | pilgrim-monument.org
The 252 ft. monument offers great views. The museum features the town's rich whaling, arts and theatre history.
CAPE COD MUSEUM OF ART
60 Hope Lane, Dennis | 508.385.4477 | ccmoa.com
Founded in 1981, CCMoA features work by prominent and emerging artists with a Cape Cod connection.
ART CLASSES/WORKSHOPS
THE CAPE SCHOOL OF ART 617.717.9568 | capeschoolofart.org
The principles of light & color taught by Charles Hawthorne & Henry Hensche, beginning in 1899, continue today at The Cape School of Art. Summer workshops taught by former Hensche master students: portrait & figure painting, landscape, color study, still life; all in natural light. Plein air painting demonstrations free to public. Drop in classes.
FINE ARTS WORK CENTER
HUDSON D. WALKER GALLERY
24 Pearl Street | 508.487.9960 | fawc.org
Nationally renowned fellowship program for emerging writers and visual artists. Year-round exhibitions. 100 open-enrollment week-long summer workshops in creative writing and visual arts with prominent faculty.
Years
A Year-Rounder in Provincetown MINSKY’S MUSINGS Broken Wing
Published in The Provincetown Independent November 12, 2020
By Dennis Minsky
Three days in a row, in late September, I went out to Race Point Beach in search of a couple of rare gulls. Three days in a row I failed to find those birds. But three days in a row I did see the same bird, a tern, an adult common tern.
How did I know it was the same bird? It was definitely in poor condition. Its appearance can only be described as disheveled: it had not yet molted its black cap (and I fear it never will); it was dingy, not crisp black, white, and gray. And most particularly, its left wing was slightly askew, not folded neatly against the body as it would be in a healthy bird. It takes a diminished bird like this to make us realize and appreciate the perfect aerodynamic design of a typical bird, a design shaped over eons for the demands of flight.
Small flocks of terns and gulls loafed collegially by the water’s edge or flew out over the water to fish in the offshore rip. This bird stood alone — not a good sign in such a social species. Its comrades, its mate and offspring, were all long gone to South America, and it remained, alone. (The other terns on the beach were all Forster’s terns, a different species.) This bird almost seemed to be muttering to itself. It walked and barely fluttered away when approached.
Watching it, I felt the same kind of compassion I would for a ragged homeless person sitting on the curb somewhere. What could I do? I thought of capturing it and saving it. But I had to stop and reflect. If, clutched in my hands, it survived the long walk back to my car; if it survived the car ride down to Wild Care; if it survived whatever treatment beyond euthanasia that they would offer — then what? It would be too late for it to migrate, and migrating on its own would be a deadly proposition. And what if they kept the bird in captivity until next spring? How would it understand its captivity? No. This is a dead bird walking. There is nothing to be done about it. Actually, there is something.
Two days in a row I saw a peregrine falcon soaring over the dunes and onto this same beach. Inevitably, it will spot this bird, will see its weakness, and will dispense a harsh but merciful end to its suffering. This is the way of nature, but it is difficult to witness. It is a phenomenon as old as life on Earth, one of the “grim arrangements” that Henry Beston refers to. The story here is me: where do I fit in this drama? The answer is that I do not. How do I witness and accept the beauty of the wild world that must also incorporate such harsh cruelty? The answer is that I must try. I remind myself that this beleaguered tern is also a predator. What this tern would tell me, what the falcon would tell me, is that life and death are inextricably bound: the world depends upon it.
Stephen Griffin, Gulls in Flight, oil on canvas , 24” x 24” Courtesy of Arthur Egeli Gallery
THE LILLIAN ORLOWSKY AND WILLIAM FREED MUSEUM SCHOOL
Provincetown Art Association and Museum
460 Commercial Street | 508.487.1750 | paam.org
Offering an exciting lineup of workshops in the visual arts, continuing the tradition of excellence in education that began here decades ago. Art History, Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Plein Air Painting; workshops for kids; and more at paam.org/workshops.
Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill offers an incredible line up of workshops in visual arts and writing by some of the best teachers in the country. Come celebrate your summer with a great workshop.
6/27 5 Minute Plays with Cody Sullivan at Edgewood Farm, 5-7pm
7/8
CHAT with Karen Dukess at Edgewood Farm, 6pm
7/15 PoemJazz with Robert Pinsky at Edgewood Farm, Sam's Stage, 6pm
7/24 Bittman Dinner at the Pamet Yacht Club, 6:30pm
7/25 The Mosquito, LIVE at Edgewood Farm, 4-6pm
7/26 Summer Celebration Collaboration: Castle Hill,FAWC, PAAM, Wellfleet Preservation Hall and Twenty Summers in Connection to the Earmark for Kid Programs. Kids come for free! 2-5pm
7/29 2025 Woody English Artist and Writer's Chair: Adam Moss in conversation with Ben Shattuck and other. 6pm
8/9
8/12
8/22-23
Annual LIVE AND SILENT AUCTION at Castle Hill, 6-9pm
Oysters & Opera at the home of Terry Kahn and Lesley Silvester, 6pm
Provincetown Dance Festival at Edgewood Farm, Sam's Stage, 7pm Gallery Shows
6/10-20
Members Open, opening on Thursday, June 12
6/24-7/3 Abe Storer, Adam Graham, Doug Green, opening on Thursday, June 26
7/8-18
Jackie Reeves, Ray DiCapua, David Boyajian, opening on Thursday, July 10
7/22-8/1 Juried Show: Where do we Go From Here? Juried by Cherie Mittenthal, rec 7/24
8/4-9
8/12-29
9/2-14
AUCTION WEEK
Cynthia Packard Solo, rec 8/14
Mitchell Johnson Solo Show, rec 9/4
9/16-10/3 Drawn to the Figure, curated by Kevin Rita. Work by Robert DeNiro, Sr, Milton Avery, Sandra Fisher, Agata Storer, Graham Nickson, Nanno de Groot, Lester Johnson, Paul Cadmus. rec 9/18
10/9-10/24
OCARC / Peaked Hill Trust Show, rec 10/11
GALLERIES
ARTHUR EGELI GALLERY
7/25-31 John Clayton: Selected Works rec 7/25 7-9pm
EXHIBITIONS CALENDAR
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Receptions on Friday & Saturday 7pm-9pm
6/6-7/17 Alexis Trice Recent Works
6/27-8/7 Laura Klimenchenko Recent Works
7/18-8/28 Kimberly Witham Recent Works
8/8-9/30 Maggie Simonelli Venus Rising
8/29-10/23 Arthur Nichols The Sands of Time
ON CENTER GALLERY
Receptions 6-9pm on opening dates
6/20-26 Nathaniel Meyer and Laurie Skantzos
6/27-7/2 Kevin Box and Lorraine DeProspo
7/4-9 Kevin Box and Joey Brock
7/11-16 Ryan McMenamy
7/18-23 Photography Show
7/25-30 Daniel Angeles and Matt Neuman
8/1-6 Tucker Eason
8/8-13 Shawn Farley
8/15-20 Jarrad Tacon-Heaslip
8/22-27 Lance Myers and Jarrad Tacon-Heaslip
8/29-9/3 Kate Ryan
9/5-10 Gallery artists group show
SIMIE MARYLES GALLERY
Receptions 7-10pm on opening dates
6/13 Kathryn Engberg "The Artist's Gaze"
6/27 Lorena Kloosterboer "Mystical and Refined"
7/11
William D. Hobbs "The Subtlety of Light and Motion"
7/18 Yin Yong Chun "Old Wisdom in Vibrant Dreams"
7/27 Roxie Munro "From Reefs to Rainforests!" Book signing: 7/27 1-5pm
8/1 Simie Maryles "Reflections of the Quaint and Colorful"
8/8 Patti Mollica "Tender Moments"
8/22 John Brandon Sills "Nocturnes and Fireflies"
8/29 Patrick Byrnes and Lorenzo Narciso "Tradition Made Modern"
WILLIAM-SCOTT GALLERY
Receptions 7-9pm on opening dates
6/27-7/9 Richard Whitten
7/4-16 John Dowd and Jefferson Hayman
7/11-23 Jane O'Hara
7/18-30 Daphne Confar and Tim Saternow
7/25 -8/6 Chet Jones
8/1-13 Rick Brosen and Michael Costello
8/8-20 Paul Wirhun and Christopher Sousa
8/15-26 Ryan Landry
8/29-9/15 John Dowd
Since 1961
Cape Cod’s Most Unusual Shop open year round
Reading these graceful essays, one is inspired to discover his or her own year-round place. - Robert Finch
Peculiar and Superior: A
Year-Rounder in Provincetown
by Dennis Minsky
• 68 moving essays on nature, beauty and life in Provincetown
• A collection of columns from The Provincetown Independent
• Available at bookstores, markets and online at shop.provincetownindependent.org
This Commercial Street shop in Provincetown’s West End is celebrating its 25th season in town! This eclectic shop offers specialty collectibles such as vintage 20th century art pottery and glass, Provincetown paintings and estate jewelry. Our mantra is fun and affordable!
