Season Twelve at the Hawthorne Barn

Twelve seasons ago, Twenty Summers opened the doors of the Hawthorne Barn with a simple but profound idea: to honor the past while creating space for the voices shaping the future. Once the studio of painter Charles Hawthorne, founder of the Cape Cod School of Art, the barn was already steeped in history. Its rough-hewn beams had seen generations of artists explore light, form, and vision under Provincetown’s open sky.

But in 2014, the barn came alive again.

Since then, Twenty Summers has transformed the space into a vibrant hub for creative exchange—an annual gathering where art, ideas, and dialogue flow freely. From intimate concerts to provocative conversations, from film screenings to visual installations, the Hawthorne Barn has witnessed it all. What began as an experiment is now a tradition, a much-anticipated season in the cultural life of Provincetown.

Now in Season Twelve, the barn remains the heart of it all. This season brings a powerful mix of artists, musicians, writers, and thinkers to the stage—each one responding to our moment while standing in the shadow of those who came before. Audiences still gather in person, their feet on the old wooden floors, while many more join from afar through digital streams, expanding the barn’s reach beyond Cape Cod.

And yet, despite growth and change, the feeling is the same: something magical happens in that space. Ideas stretch. Walls disappear. Time bends.

In Season Twelve, Twenty Summers continues not only to preserve a piece of Provincetown’s artistic legacy—but to write the next chapter, one voice, one summer, one moment at a time.

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