Sep 9, 2021 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, Uncategorized
Art We Love & Why – It Only Takes a Moment Art can do many things – it can inspire, it can provoke, and sometimes it can just make you smile. In these tumultuous times that’s a pretty neat trick. The pieces here don’t really have anything in common other than that...
Aug 26, 2021 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News
Art We Love & Why – Less Is More Art can be like real estate – you get used to paying by the square foot and to thinking that bigger is better. Walking around the galleries this week, I was struck by how many works of small scale were grabbing my attention. Some...
Aug 13, 2021 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display
Art We Love – We the People The human figure, people, has been a favorite subject for artists ever since they first started scrawling on cave walls thousands of years ago. Every age has had its artistic take on the human body, from idealized Greek gods in marble to...
Jul 27, 2021 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display
Art We Love & Why – The Bold and the Beautiful As is true for most of us, there are some works of art that draw me in instantly. But It’s only when I get closer and understand more about a piece that the initial infatuation may turn to love. I admit I’m a sucker...
Jul 26, 2021 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News
Art We Love – The Locals Provincetown is an art lover’s paradise, with galleries on nearly every block and art for every taste. It’s also a place that many artists call home. They’re the talented folks you see around town at the corner store or out sketching in all...
Jul 19, 2021 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display
Art We Love – It’s Right There in Black and White For many people art is all about color. Each of us has emotional responses to specific colors (don’t get Barbra Streisand going on orange) and lots of us even dream in color. But how do you tell a story, provoke a...
Jul 1, 2021 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display
Art We Love & Why is a celebration of Provincetown and the art that hangs in the Galleries here. Click here to see more Art We Love & Why It’s a given that each of us sees the world a little bit differently than the person next to us. Some of us...
Jun 20, 2021 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display
There’s a new gallery in town whose DNA is pure Provincetown. Its owner, Todd Perry, has been collecting the work of Provincetown artists for 35 years, following in the footsteps of his father and mother, both artists and collectors. Three years ago, he bought the...
Jun 10, 2021 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display
Provincetown Art We & Love – Variety Show With so many art galleries in Provincetown, there’s always something on view for every taste and every wallet. So this week I’m celebrating variety and highlighting pieces in a different media and styles. And of course...
May 26, 2021 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display
Nice to See You Again It’s reunion time. We’re gathering with friends and loved ones after the bleak Covid winter, and many of us are looking forward to visiting places we love – like Provincetown. This week as I wandered around town and into the galleries I could...
May 14, 2021 | Art in Provincetown
Art We Love & Why Artist Paint Buoys to Benefit ASGC Before coming to Provincetown I worked for an amazing and creative non profit organization. It was a constant challenge to come up with new ideas to stand out and try and raise money for a cause we felt...
May 12, 2021 | Art in Provincetown, Events, Homepage Display, News
Provincetown is America’s oldest continuously operating art colony. And there’s a lot of it to see! You’ll find art in the places you expect—museums and art galleries—but also in the places you might not expect, like Town Hall, Provincetown Public Library, guest...
Apr 24, 2021 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News
Ptownie promised to give you more information on how businesses and sectors in Provincetown “pivoted” during the tough Covid year. Everyone has learned a great deal. The result has been a very silver lining for Provincetown Galleries. The pandemic has...
Mar 6, 2021 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News
Nevertheless She Persisted at Womencrafts Come Look Her in the Eyes, Come Say that to Her Face, Come Say Thank You, and Come Celebrate Women’s History Month with these Women. Provincetown artist, Jo Hay, has found a spot in the Womencrafts’ family. She...
Jan 12, 2021 | Art in Provincetown, Homepage Display, News
This week our local Author and ptownie Staff Writer Jeannette returns with a Winter edition of Art We Love & Why. Art We Love & Why: Edward Walsh Creates Light at the Cortile Gallery Everyone here talks about the light. Painter after painter has been drawn to...
