Provincetown News

Stone-Cold? Not When It’s Frankie Rice’s Work!

July 24, 2023

Stonework can be cold, indifferent… but not when it’s about curves and pathways, intricate designs that swirl and move and dance; then it’s anything but cold. And that’s the magic that artist Frankie Rice brings to his creations. “I came out of the...

The Fine Arts Work Center

July 24, 2023

For over five decades, the Fine Arts Work Center (FAWC) has provided time and space to emerging artists and writers at crucial, early stages of creative development. In addition to this effort, FAWC’s founders hoped the Work Center would perpetuate...

Dermot Meagher Retrospective at The Commons

July 24, 2023

Provincetown’s own Dermot Meagher will be showing a retrospective of his drawings, paintings, and sculpture at the Provincetown Commons, 46 Bradford St, for two weeks August 22 -Sept 2 2023. Meagher’s images are enlivened by the rough intelligence of his...

George Rogers Loves Art—And Wants You To Love It, Too – Art Issue

July 24, 2023

Since 2019, ptownie has been featuring a section in the newsletter and magazine called Art We Love. Founder Mike Miller had long wanted to promote art in town, but it wasn’t until he met George Rogers that the idea jelled. “I told him that I didn’t want...

Re-Rooters Day Ceremony

July 24, 2023

Def-ssarG msilatipaC (Grass-Fed Capitalism) By Jay Critchley Did you know that January 7th is a national holiday? Yes, the final blast off of the New Year after the “Twelve Days of Stockpiling” of the Christmas season: The International Re-Rooters Day...

Art We Love – The Art Issue

July 24, 2023

Provincetown is an embarrassment of artistic talent. The artists in our galleries work in every media and range in age from twentysomethings to centenarians. They’re locals and washashores. This gamut of characteristics applies to the artists whose work is...

Castle Hill

July 24, 2023

When she says, “there’s something for everybody this summer season” at the Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Executive Artistic Director Cherie Mittenthal does not exaggerate. With 175 workshops—covering ceramics; sculpture; plein air...

The Provincetown Arts Society

July 24, 2023

There’s a place in the town’s East End that could give Alice and her Wonderland a run for their money. From the outside, the Mary Heaton Vorse House looks like any other venerable Cape Cod abode. But step through the door and you’re immersed in a...

PAAM

July 24, 2023

Since 1914, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) has welcomed, nurtured and inspired artists from all over the world– not just to create, but also to connect with the town and its people. Only in Provincetown could this unique relationship...

Cove Lot #2 by JC Spece

July 24, 2023

JC Spece is author of two books—BAD ZOO (FATHOM, 2018) and Roads (Cherry Grove, 2013). He runs FATHOMBOOKS, a micropress interested in neo-gnostic poetry by women and queers; and he works locally at Strangers &...