ART ::: PAINTER ::: As both an artist and as a teacher, Charles Hawthorne was single-handedly responsible for putting Provincetown on the map as not only one of the original American art colonies but also as a destination for world-class learning institutions. Unless a man has something to say, what is the good of his painting? […]
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ART ::: PAINTER ::: Cassandra Complex is a self-taught artist, who has served in the Army, been an EMT (ambulance driver) and a carny. After Her Father’s Death in 2005, she quit her job as an EMT and became a graveyard shift security guard. While working she used whatever was available to paint, including different mediums,
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Artist Joey Mars was raised in the suburbs of Western Massachusetts but now calls Cape Cod his home with his wife, Judy, and daughter, Hanna. His work began appearing first in the late nineteen eighties Boston underground as an alternative poster artist which became the stepping stone to a whirlwind career that has had international
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As you read this interview, please keep in mind that there was much laughter due to Karen’s self-deprecating humor and ironic wit. We tell you this only because we thought putting (LAUGHS) after every quote would be overkill. Artist Karen Cappotto was born and bred in the central New York hub called Syracuse. It serves
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THE INTERVIEW: “I am a photographer. This is my life. I don’t just pull out a camera and start shooting. I was the kid with the Mohawk. I was a punk. I wasn’t running around with a camera around my neck 24 hours a day. These are from the timeline of my experience and life.
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For the longest time, I would sit through meetings and hear the others speak about the artist who created the iconic ART sign that hangs high in the Gosnold Street alley at the Julie Heller Beach Gallery. Photographs of the sign have been prominently featured in Provincetown pieces in Smithsonian Magazine, The New York Times
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The year 2020 marked the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower landing in Provincetown Harbor. For the last one-hundred-plus years, Provincetown has become the oldest continuous art colony in the United States. As a collective, this art community’s founding fathers (and sisters) ultimate goal was the establishment of “two miles of art.” It is safe to
A HISTORY OF AN AMERICAN ART COLONY: FROM HAWTHORNE TO HELLTOWN Read More »