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LIGHT THRU COLOR BY WARREN GREEN
LIGHT THRU COLOR
An Exhibition by Warren Green
Exhibition Dates: July 22 – August 2
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, July 24
5 PM – 7 PM
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
I grew up in central Connecticut. I spent my professional career living near Boston, working for eleven years at Massachusetts General Hospital. I then worked privately as a dentist and orthodontist and taught part-time for twenty five years at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. For the past thirty-five years I have studied and evolved in the field of Fine Arts and have been supported by my family, friends and patrons. I was drawing and painting by age 9. I watched whatever painting shows that were televised without realizing this was a secular interest. While I was encouraged to pursue another profession that had an artistic element to it, I spent my free time creating my own work. On my down time I studied at the Montserrat College of Visual Art, the Decordova Museum School, The Cape Cod School of Art, The Provincetown Fine Arts Workshop, and the Museum School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. My studios are in Truro MA and in Sonoma, CA.
I was originally inspired by work in sculpture and pastel. I found a preference in oil, stayed and studied. It has been a lifelong visual and technique evolution. I do plein-aire for small works and studio painting from sketches, drawings and designs from my imagination which I connect to scenes.
My work is influenced by the subleties of color and light which have a visual effect and mark my memory and emotions. It represents a serene moment in which one is absorbed into the scene. This opens internal senses. My work is done through the joy of creating a scene that is captivating.
I am inspired by the painting of William Turner, Edward Hopper, Vincent Van Gogh, Claud Monet, Frederick Remington and many more. The passion I feel in my work is at times inspired by music. My goal is in the visual and psychological experience of creating.
I enjoy sharing that experience with others as shared connection to our unusual world.
DAYS IN THE LIGHT OF PROVINCETOWN BY LANCE COLBY HATCH
DAYS IN THE LIGHT OF PROVINCETOWN
An Exhibition by Lance Colby Hatch
Exhibition Dates: July 22 – August 2
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, July 24
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Website
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement:
As a fine art landscape photographer, Lance Colby Hatch’s work centers on Provincetown and the Cape Cod National Seashore. Hatch approaches photography as both documentation and emotional interpretation, seeking to preserve the fleeting relationship between light, weather, and place. Returning repeatedly to the same locations across seasons and years, Hatch builds long-form visual narratives rather than isolated images. With the viewer in mind, he focuses his lens on moments that evoke a sense of wonder, grace, and the ephemeral. His work emphasizes scale, atmosphere, and subtle tonal transitions, often capturing moments of quiet stillness that invite prolonged viewing.
Artist Bio:
Hatch studied photography at the Germain School of Photography at The Center for the Media Arts in Manhattan. He has expanded his Provincetown body of work into one significant publishing project: the luxury fine art photography book BELONGING : PROVINCETOWN. His current exhibition features images from his book alongside selections from his ongoing LANCEscapes series. Hatch has been a resident of Provincetown for twenty-seven years.
JOE'S FARMERS MARKET
JOE’S FARMERS MARKET
An Exhibition by Joe Trepiccione
Exhibition Dates: July 22 – August 2
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, July 24
5 PM – 7 PM
Website
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
ARTIST STATEMENT:
“Joe’s Farmers Market” Joe Trepiccione returns to his artistic roots with a series that celebrates sharp‑focus realism. Joe’s Farmer Market presents a charming collection of small trompe‑l’oeil still lifes, each one capturing the playful abundance of fruits and vegetables you might find at a local market. Trepiccione arranges his subjects within shadowbox‑like settings, creating the illusion of three‑dimensional space and a quiet moment suspended in time. The result is a whimsical, colorful exhibit that invites viewers to pause, look closely, and savor the simple beauty of everyday produce.
ARTIST BIO:
Joe Trepiccione graduated from Paier College of Art / The Whitney School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut, where he studied classical art under renowned instructors Ken Davies, Paul Lipp, and Peter Poskas. Now based in Provincetown, Massachusetts, Joe lives and works within the vibrant Outer Cape arts community. He is an active member of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum and has exhibited at the Provincetown Commons. He is also listed in the Provincetown Artist Registry. Joe’s fine artwork has been featured in numerous exhibitions throughout New England and across the United States. For ten years, he was represented by the Hutson Gallery in Provincetown. Working primarily in oil, watercolor, and pen-and-ink drawing, Joe focuses on subjects rooted in nature, architecture, and still life, bringing a classical sensibility to contemporary observation.
SEA GARDEN BY LINDA TUROCZI
SEA GARDEN
An Exhibition by Linda Turoczi
Exhibition Dates: July 22 - August 3
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception & Artist Talk
Friday, July 24
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Website
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
My work is inspired by the shifting light on the cape. Where the land meets the sea. Color is my muse and my hope is the viewer can gain some joy from my work.
Linda Turoczi fell in love with the cape as a small child. She has painted and studied with many fine teachers. Her childhood memories of summers in Yarmouthport are among her favorite. As a colorist and plein air painter, the teachers from Castle Hill, Cape School and PAAM included Rob Longley, Charles Sovek and Joan Hopkins. At home, she studied with Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts teachers; Jon Redmond, Martin Campos and Giovanni Cassedi. She has won awards in juried shows: Audubon Show, Audubon, Pa., Schuylkill River Art Show, Montgomery County College, Jenkins Arboretum Show, Delaware Valley Art League . She has been represented by galleries on the Cape as well as the Philadelphia area. She has participated in group shows with Addison Art Gallery; Hopper Show, After Thoreau, Mary Heaton Vorse House. This is her second show at The Commons. Linda lives in the Philadelphia area and is grateful to be able to return to Truro every year. She spends her winters painting the landscapes of Pennsylvania and in summer, the beauty of the cape. She has two lovely granddaughters that love color and the outdoors.
Linda Turoczi is a painter that fell in love with Cape Cod in second grade. Her childhood memories of summers in Yarmouthport are among her favorite. As a colorist and plein air painter, the teachers from Castle Hill, Cape School and PAAM included Rob Longley, Charles Sovek and Joan Hopkins. At home,she studied with Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts teachers; Jon Redmond, Martin Campos and Giovanni Cassedi. She has won awards in juried shows: Audubon Show, Audubon, Pa., Schuylkill River Art Show, Montgomery County College, Jenkins Arboretum Show, Delaware Valley Art League . She is represented by galleries on the Cape as well as the Philadelphia area. Linda participates in juried gallery and invitational shows. Artist Statement “When I paint, i want the viewer to be there, to feel the same connection that made me what to put the brush to the canvas. I look for places that elicit that feeling. For me, it is all about color. Color forming shapes and variations of light on the colors.” Linda lives in the Philadelphia area and is grateful to be able to return to Truro every year. She spends her winters painting the landscapes of Pennsylvania and in summer, the beauty of the cape. She has two lovely granddaughters that love color and the outdoors.
SURFACE TENSION BY JEAN FOGG-BROCK
SURFACE TENSION
An Exhibition by Jean Fogg-Brock
Exhibition Dates: August 5 – August 16
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, August 7
5 PM – 7 PM
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Jean Fogg-Brock works in the style of Abstract Expression, starting with the application of various collage materials, tearing at magazines , old books, maps, cardboard and found refuse. The surfaces of her work tend to be tactile, gritty and textural, exploring the use of latext and oil paint simultaneously, frequently adding plaster to the mix. A recurring exploration for Jean is the action and outcome that intuitively happens between the surfaces she creates. The underlaying surface of mark-making and gestural brush strokes often run wild, colorful and free, while the muted top layer struggles to calm, conceal and veil over the chaotic undercurrent. This approach allows for only some of the hidden shinier treasures to escape, endure, and resist suppression. As if to quieten the brain chatter from concerns of today’s fast-pace world and provide the viewer and herself a peaceful place to land.
Artist Bio
Jean Fogg-Brock has lived and worked in the west end of Provincetown with her husband Chip Brock for 30 years where they share a studio. Chip built the studio with 4 floors to provide for each of their multi-disciplinary interests such as collage and painting, printmaking, encaustic, mosaics and wood sculpture. Jean watched her Mother’s lovely portrait-making and still-life painting, as well as worked for her Father’s Silk-Screen Printing business in Boston for most of her youth, inspiring a life-long affinity for the print-making process and combining different techniques into her painting. Jean has been jury-selected for over a dozen exhibitions affiliated with PAAM, Cape Cod Museum of Art, The Printmakers of Cape Cod, and The Larken Gallery. She was a student at The Art Institute of Boston mentored by Barbara Apel, Jason Berger and Peter Hoss. She has enjoyed classes at FAWC and Castle Hill and was a featured artist in Boston Voyager Magazine, Local Stories. Jean is a member of The Sail Loft Artist Collective.
THE MOON IS A PAINTER BY AMY DUROCHER
THE MOON IS A PAINTER
An Exhibition by Amy Durocher
Exhibition Dates: August 5 – August 16
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, August 7
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Website
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement:
The moon paints with sand at the edges of the sea. She has different colors available: the blues and greens of the water itself, and within the sand: iron, algae, quartz, and more. She moves it into patterns using gravity and fluid dynamics through the water. Clearly an abstract expressionist, she is not inspired by but perhaps an inspiration for Helen Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, Elaine de Kooning, and other artists of the movement, who inspired me. It was a joy to find I could have relationship to them using photography. Many of the painters who inspired me throughout my life spent time in New York and Provincetown, as I have, and I offer these works an homage. My photographs can be disorienting, but pointing the lens straight down removes the human perspective and alters context. With this disorientation, I hope to prompt in viewers a memory or emotion, instead of the intellect. These abstractions defy scale, evoking not only paintings but also x-rays, or microscopic images showing bodies in all our intimate interior beauty, plants, or even celestial objects. The laws of fluid dynamics are truly universal. I cannot imagine I would ever stop doing this. I go as often as possible because this work causes real wonder in me, like a child, which brings me joy. Every tide, season, and weather condition is different. It is a process of constant discovery and creativity as I find the best point of view to document the moon's beautiful work.
Artist Bio:
Amy Durocher is an award-winning fine art photographer living in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, (Wampanoag Territory). She has practiced photography for over 40 years and currently works primarily on aerial abstract photographs of intertidal zones as well as lake ice. Durocher has exhibited her work in numerous juried gallery and museum exhibits throughout the US. Amy Durocher has given talks on her photography in the Artist's Talk on Art series and at the Atlanta International School. Her work has been published in the Provincetown Independent Inaugural Photography Annual, and the 2026 the Communication Arts 2026 Photography Annual in July. Durocher attended the New York State Summer School of the Arts, Parsons School of Design, NYU’s School of Professional Studies, and Maine Media Workshops and College. Learn more at AmyDurocher.com or @amydurocher on Instagram
SURFACE TENSIONS BY CHIP BROCK
SURFACE TENSIONS
An Exhibition by Chip Brock
Exhibition Dates: August 5 – August 16
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, August 7
5 PM – 7 PM
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Shaped by his surrounding environment, Chip Brock's work utilizes natural elements as a vehicle for artistic expression. His practice is defined by a constant process of evolution, viewing art as a journey that is never finished.
Chip Brock ( also Harry ) Education The Art Institute of Boston 1972-75 Massachusetts College of Art 1978 Goddard College 1980 Awards 2009 Cape Cod National Seashore Dune Shack Artist in Residence 2006 Printmakers of Cape Cod 1st place, Cape Cod Museum of Art 1984 MacDowell Colony Residence, Peterborough, NH 1983 National Endowment for the Arts Grant ( painting ) Massachusetts Artists Foundation, Artist in Residence !982 Massachusetts Artists Foundation Fellowship ( painting ) National Endowment for the Arts Emerging Artist Grant ( painting) !980 MacDowell Colony Residence, Peterborough NH Feature Artist 1985 Art New England.
WHISPERS OF THE WHARF BY DEB PERRY
WHISPERS OF THE WHARF
An Exhibition by Deb Perry
Exhibition Dates: August 5 – August 16
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, August 7
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Website
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Whispers of the Wharf At the edge of land and sea, Provincetown exists in a constant state of becoming—shaped by shifting tides, changing light, and the quiet rhythm of daily life. Whispers of the Wharf is a photographic exploration of the transient beauty found in these in-between spaces. Through an emphasis on light and shadow, this body of work focuses on moments that are easily overlooked: a gesture between strangers, the brief glow of sunlight on weathered wood, reflections created & erased by the tides. The wharf serves as both subject and metaphor—a place of arrival and departure, of work and wandering, of history layered with contemporary life. The photographs reflect Provincetown as it is today: alive with people that are drawn to the beauty and the magic that define its spirit and allure. This series invites viewers to slow down, see what I see and observe what might otherwise go unnoticed... the fleeting moments that linger just long enough to be captured before they’re gone.
Artist Bio
Deb Perry, is an Art Director and photographer based in North Truro who finds inspiration along the Outer Cape, especially in Provincetown. She’s drawn to the textures, light, shadow and everyday moments that give a place its personality. Her work often highlights small details—worn surfaces, close-ups, and quiet scenes—that reflect both history, and document a place in time. Her work has been featured in several group exhibits including locally at The Commons, FAWC and PAAM. Deb recently received 2nd and 3rd place awards for her photographs featured in the 2026 Provincetown Independent Photo Annual.
EMBELLISH IT WERK' SHOP WITH DONNA MAHAN & MARGOT STAGE
EMBELLISH IT! WERK’ SHOP
with Donna Mahan & Margot Stage
Join us at The Commons for a playful, hands-on embellishment workshop where More is More.
Participants will receive a screen-printed Jimmy Lee’s Fashion Show T-shirt, plus a fabulous mix of accoutrements to embellish, adorn, bedazzle, and transform however they see fit.
Come make in community, get inspired, and create something uniquely over-the-top.
Date: Thursday, August 6
Time: 2 PM – 4 PM
Location: The Provincetown Commons
Cost: $50
Registration required: Limited spots available
CLAMS CASINO A NEW PLAY BY CODY SULLIVAN
CLAMS CASINO
A NEW PLAY BY CODY SULLIVAN
PERFORMED BY:
KARL GREGORY, KATIE PENTEDEMOS AND IGOR MYAKOTIN
DATES:
Thursday, August 13 at 8 PM
Thursday, August 27 at 8 PM
Thursday, September 3 at 8 PM
COST:
$35 - CASH/VENMO AT THE DOOR
CLAMS CASINO A NEW PLAY BY CODY SULLIVAN
CLAMS CASINO
A NEW PLAY BY CODY SULLIVAN
PERFORMED BY:
KARL GREGORY, KATIE PENTEDEMOS AND IGOR MYAKOTIN
DATES:
Thursday, August 13 at 8 PM
Thursday, August 27 at 8 PM
Thursday, September 3 at 8 PM
COST:
$35 - CASH/VENMO AT THE DOOR
DROP IN AND WRITE - AFTERNOONS OF COMMUNAL CREATION HOSTED BY ELIZABETH BRADFIELD
DROP IN AND WRITE - AFTERNOONS OF COMMUNAL CREATION
Hosted by Elizabeth Bradfield
Dates: August 15
September 12
Location: Provincetown Commons Lounge
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Time:
Saturday, May 9
1 PM – 3 PM
Have you been wanting to shift your writing process and community? To find connection as you work on your own, personal projects? Come to The Commons and spend a couple of hours in collaborative creation. We will have a bowl of prompts in case anyone needs one, and we will be together, writing. We will say hello, set our intentions, set a timer for 30 min for writing, then talk and stretch for 5 minutes or so. And repeat. The last 15 minutes, we can share either new work or ideas. Working in the presence and community of others can radically shift what we do, even if we don't share "output" or "product." Let's just be writers together in a room for a couple of hours.
THE QUEENS AND THE FLAMBOYANT KINGS | OPEN CALL ART SHOW
OPEN CALL FOR outer cape ARTISTS
THE QUEENS AND THE FLAMBOYANT KINGS
In celebration of this year's Jimmy Lee's Fashion Show: London Calling, The Provincetown Commons invites Outer Cape artists to participate in The Queens and The Flamboyant Kings, a community exhibition honoring the bold, the glamorous, and the delightfully extravagant.
We're seeking artwork that celebrates the spirit of royalty, camp, opulence, spectacle, wit, fearless self-expression, and unapologetic extravagance. Think glamour, fantasy, theatricality, excess, and a joyful disregard for life's restraints. Whether playful or provocative, elegant or outrageous, we encourage artists to interpret the theme in their own unique way. As this is a curated themed exhibition, submitted work should clearly reflect the show's spirit and aesthetic; artwork that does not align with the theme or overall vision may not be accepted.
Come reign with us as we celebrate spectacle, and the wonderfully flamboyant spirit that makes Provincetown shine.
Exhibition Dates
August 19 – August 30, 2026
Opening Reception
Friday, August 21
5:00–7:00 PM
Location
The Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Artwork Drop-off: Tuesday, August 18 | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Artwork Pick-Up: Tuesday, September 1 | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Registration
All participating artists must register to be included in the exhibition.
REGISTER BELOW:
Artwork Guidelines
Size Requirements
Two-Dimensional Work
Maximum size: 36" × 36"
Three-Dimensional Work
Must fit within a 14" × 14" footprint, or be designed for wall installation.
Artwork exceeding these size limitations cannot be accepted.
Presentation
All artwork must be complete, professionally presented, and ready to hang or install.
Heavier works must include appropriate hanging hardware.
Each piece must have the artist's name and contact information securely attached.
Sales
Artwork sales will be handled directly between the artist and purchaser. The Provincetown Commons does not take a commission on sales from this exhibition.
Photography & Promotion
By participating, artists grant The Provincetown Commons permission to photograph submitted artwork and use images for exhibition promotion, marketing, social media, and related publicity.
Liability
While every effort will be made to handle artwork with care, The Provincetown Commons is not responsible for work that is lost, stolen, or damaged. Submission of artwork constitutes acceptance of these terms.
NUBIVAGANT - CLOUD WANDERING BY JEN KOPEC
NUBIVAGANT - CLOUD WANDERING
An Exhibition by Jen Kopec
Exhibition Dates: August 19 – August 30
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, August 21
5 PM – 7 PM
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement:
The work is about place and time. Pausing in the moment. Taking a breath. Offering the viewer an experience, of expansion, a vision, a storyline, the inspiration of place and time and memory, of presence. A vision of inquiry, a relationship which probably has gone unnoticed with the sky, the weather, quietly defining our life, our story. Our daily relationship. This work is to take you inside the expansion, inside the vision, inside the memory, inside the feeling and inside the emotion. Thank you for your time. I hope you enjoy the experience. All photos taken in Provincetown.
Artist Bio:
Jen is excited for this opportunity at The Commons. Jen has lived in Provincetown for 26 years and has had an interest in photography and art for most of their life. Jen is just starting to show work.
PLEASURE CENTERS BY BRITTANY ROLFS
PLEASURE CENTERS
An Exhibition by Brittany Rolfs
Exhibition Dates: August 19 – August 30
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, August 21
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement:
Pleasure Centers is a collection of memories captured on film. Seemingly mundane splinters of time that aroused me in moments of grief, guilt, fear, and isolation. They are my reminder that a moss covered cinder block, a broken down car, another woman’s shelves full of high end perfumes; can prove more potent and less poisonous than the contents of my medicine cabinet.
Artist Bio:
Brittany has spent most of her life as a multidisciplinary theatre artist and performer. Upon moving to Provincetown, she was gifted her grandmother's vintage film camera and began using it as a means to connect with the landscapes and people of her new home. This sparked a new passion for this art form. To go from the observed to the observer, has been a transformative and freeing process. Her photography work has been featured in Savoir Flare, Out Magazine, Shoot it With Film, and SuperFroot. She currently works as a performer all about Provincetown and is so grateful to The Commons for the opportunity to share this lesser-known side of her artistic practice.
CREATIVITY WORKSHOPS WITH ROSEMINNA WATSON: The Posture of Receiving
Cost: $25
Registration Link : https://www.roseminnawatson.com/album/creativity-workshop
Join violinist / singer / composer / multimedia artist Roseminna Watson for a single 75 minute Creativity Workshop, or for the complete three-part series. Each workshop will explore micro-practices designed to build trust in each and every unfolding moment as equally integral within the tapestry of creative process, while unlocking the body as an access point toward creative output. Roseminna’s own artistic practice is rooted in an unwavering reverence of the body as guide and messenger, and a belief that truth is a physical phenomenon.
August 25th, 4-5:15
Workshop #3 The Posture of Receiving : Sensing the difference between generating and receiving
No previous experience necessary
Open to artists in any medium as well as not-yet-artists of any kind
What to bring : A blank (unlined) notebook, comfortable clothing, yourself as you are in this unfolding moment
CLAMS CASINO A NEW PLAY BY CODY SULLIVAN
CLAMS CASINO
A NEW PLAY BY CODY SULLIVAN
PERFORMED BY:
KARL GREGORY, KATIE PENTEDEMOS AND IGOR MYAKOTIN
DATES:
Thursday, August 13 at 8 PM
Thursday, August 27 at 8 PM
Thursday, September 3 at 8 PM
COST:
$35 - CASH/VENMO AT THE DOOR
ONE WORLD BY SIAN ROBERTSON
ONE WORLD
An Exhibition by Sian Robertson
Exhibition Dates: September 2 – September 13
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, September 4
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Website
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement:
I am a self-taught artist originally from the UK, now living in North Truro on Cape Cod. While I work in a variety of media - collage, assemblage, altered books - my primary source material is almost always used maps and atlases. I create three-dimensional art from maps, which themselves are a two-dimensional representation of a three-dimensional world. When I select maps to use in my work I’m driven almost entirely by the aesthetics of the colors and shapes within them. I ‘excavate’ the maps - hand cutting away specific areas, which then heightens the focus on others. With spaces between the roads of a map removed, the viewer is able to peer deep into the mass of tangled layers of streets, perhaps a symbol of the messiness of interconnected lives. There is both a sense of loss, of the absence of what has been removed, and a sense of resilience and endurance, as the roads remain intact within the fragile structure of the now lace-like pages. Maps are of particular interest to me - they are beautiful to look at, they represent areas lived in and places still to visit, and I have incredibly fond memories of learning to map read when I was very young. Now, as an adult, and living on a different continent from where I grew up, maps make the world seem smaller and give me a physical and emotional connection to another time and place. One of my favorite things about using maps to create art is that they retain the inherent history of the person who owned them before me - a history I am rarely privy to yet I feel becomes part of the work I create. I often imagine maps and atlases rolling off the printing press - household names like Hammond, AAA, Rand McNally, (or Ordnance Survey from the UK, where I grew up). And somehow one of the tens of thousands of copies of that particular edition, maybe decades (once or twice even a century) after it was printed, finds its way to me. The paper is worn at the folds, yellowed at the edges, cities are circled, routes are highlighted. Coffee spills, phone numbers, and directional notes all speak to its earlier life as a functional object in someone else’s hands. Through these maps I experience histories small and large as I vicariously travel other peoples’ vacations, and witness the downfall of empires as borders move and country names change. I like to say that a beautiful map makes my heart race and my hand reach for my X-acto knife. And through the cutting and tearing, the layering and pasting, the rolling and folding of that one atlas or single map, I too become part of its history.
Artist Bio:
Sian Robertson (b. Carmarthen, Wales, 1963) grew up in South West Wales, in the UK. She received a BEd (Hons) from Rolle College in Exmouth, Devon and went on to work in the union and non-profit sectors in both Bristol and London until moving to America in 1992. After seven years in San Francisco she settled on Cape Cod, where her art career began. Robertson has never received any formal art training but has been cutting and pasting, amongst many other creative pursuits, since she was a child. Since 2015 she has had solo shows almost annually in galleries in Provincetown, MA, as well as being part of many juried and group shows in galleries and arts institutions in Provincetown, across Cape Cod, and in Boston. In 2024 she was invited by Twenty Summers to create her first ever site-specific installation at the Hawthorne Barn in Provincetown, MA. In 2023 Robertson was the recipient of the Juror’s Award at the International Society of Experimental Artists’s annual show, Innovations, held at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod. Robertson’s Postage Portraits were featured in Uppercase Magazine in 2015, and her Map Sculptures in the same publication in 2020. She was the subject of articles in Provincetown Magazine in 2016, the Provincetown Banner in 2018, and the Provincetown Independent in 2020 & 2024. Robertson teaches classes at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, and at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum.
250TH AND COUNTING BY THOMAS FAULKNER
250TH AND COUNTING
An Exhibition by Thomas Faulkner
Exhibition Dates: September 2 – September 13
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, September 4
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Website
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement:
Thomas Faulkner is a nationally recognized artist whose work has been reviewed in several publications including Art in America, Art Forum, New Art Examiner, The New York Times, The Boston Herald, Salt Lake Tribune as well as by KCRW Los Angeles. His work includes large scale site-specific installations, photography, and his sculptural work now on display at The Commons. His often-provocative work addresses the intersection of politics, faith and social justice. This past Spring, he had a solo exhibition of his photography focused on Eternity at The Turner Gallery at the Eastham Public Library (profiled in The Provincetown Independent). The Spring Show at Galley West in Orleans included two of his photographs.
Tom lives in Eastham with his wife Brenda and their two dogs, Alma and Bugsy. Their son Chris lives in Victor, New York.
DIANE MESSINGER
DIANE MESSINGER
An Exhibition by Diane Messinger
Exhibition Dates: September 2 – September 13
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, September 4
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Website
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement:
Using the figure as a locus,my paintings investigate the complexity of relationships and the range of human emotion,delving into oppression,conflict and violence. The work chronicles a struggle which embraces despair,moves through the anger and ultimately arrives at revelation,proving that despite our fragility and vulnerability,we are capable of great courage and strength.
Fueled by my own journey to overcome obstacles,the work is rich with symbolism and layered with personal history.Loose gestural strokes first define representational forms. Surfaces are energized and agitated,creating interaction and dialogue. Some areas become more rendered,providing insight,while others are obscured. The current series is very large,making my practice highly physical as I interact with the work, and affording me a great sense of freedom.
Artist Bio:
CLAMS CASINO A NEW PLAY BY CODY SULLIVAN
CLAMS CASINO
A NEW PLAY BY CODY SULLIVAN
PERFORMED BY:
KARL GREGORY, KATIE PENTEDEMOS AND IGOR MYAKOTIN
DATES:
Thursday, September 3 at 8 PM
COST:
$35 - CASH/VENMO AT THE DOOR
DROP IN AND WRITE - AFTERNOONS OF COMMUNAL CREATION HOSTED BY ELIZABETH BRADFIELD
DROP IN AND WRITE - AFTERNOONS OF COMMUNAL CREATION
Hosted by Elizabeth Bradfield
Dates: September 12
Location: Provincetown Commons Lounge
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Time:
Saturday, May 9
1 PM – 3 PM
Have you been wanting to shift your writing process and community? To find connection as you work on your own, personal projects? Come to The Commons and spend a couple of hours in collaborative creation. We will have a bowl of prompts in case anyone needs one, and we will be together, writing. We will say hello, set our intentions, set a timer for 30 min for writing, then talk and stretch for 5 minutes or so. And repeat. The last 15 minutes, we can share either new work or ideas. Working in the presence and community of others can radically shift what we do, even if we don't share "output" or "product." Let's just be writers together in a room for a couple of hours.
UPON REFLECTION: THE REMEMBRANCE OF NOW BY SUSAN BERNSTEIN
UPON REFLECTION: THE REMEMBRANCE OF NOW
An Exhibition by Susan Bernstein
Exhibition Dates: September 16 – September 27
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, September 18
5 PM – 7 PM
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement:
This exhibition is dedicated to the power of place—specifically Provincetown. Here, land, ocean, and human presence have layered over time, leaving a continuous imprint. Past and present do not recede but remain visible, shimmering within the current moment.
The works in this show hold a contemplative space. They invite the viewer to pause, to reflect, and to enter into this quiet accumulation of experience—where memory, perception, and presence unfold together.
Artist Bio:
Susan Bernstein has 26 years as a ceramic artist and teacher at Mudflat in Somerville, MA and summer workshops at Castle Hill, Truro, MA. She has her ceramics studio in Provincetown and is also a resident artist at Mudflat. Susan is a hand builder primarily interested in making sculptural and conceptual work. She showed her conceptual work at AMP Gallery in Provincetown from 2012-2022. She had a solo show “Mud Garden" in 2025 at Zone7a Gallery in Provincetown. Susan holds a passion for the power of clay to have more than just functional beauty; it can also hold stories, questions, history, intentions and mystery.
PIECES OF A SOUL, BY ROSEMARY BROTON BOYLE
PIECES OF A SOUL
An Exhibition by Rosemary Broton Boyle
Exhibition Dates: September 16 – September 27
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, September 18
5 PM – 7 PM
Instagram
artist website
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement:
Art is not psychology. Art is not illustration. Art is consequence.
I love to push paint around. I’m not really interested in any kind of morality in painting or teaching anybody anything. If someone sees any commentary in my work it is their interpretation. What I do is for myself, an arrangement of dark and light, composing lyrically with the pigments, the textures and the resulting forms. My paintings are about my state of mind. Totally lucid but non-rational. I am not comfortable with the term “abstract” in describing my work because it implies the manipulation of an existing structure or object. I rather like to consider my paintings contemporary artifacts of sorts. Souvenirs of an inward journey, having a unique vocabulary, with no conclusions, just conversations. My purpose, simply stated, is that I have none other than the process itself, standing alone as a means of contemplation and not as a mirror.
However, for the sake of the viewer and to quote Aldous Huxley “Every significant artist is a metaphysician, a propounder of beauty-truths and form theories.” But if there are beauty truths to be formed then the best that anyone can do is to hold space for that which is hard to define, utilizing open ended, responsive forms in the way that a parent holds the space for a child to play and to experience the world. This body of work illustrates that the real subject running through it is playfulness founded in the magic and mystery of the poetic experience.
Artist Bio:
Rosemary Broton Boyle is a visual artist specializing in Painting and 3D wall sculpture working at studios in the Boston and North Truro areas. The recipient of a Fullbright Fellowship she received her BFA from Syracuse University And her MFA from Goddard College in Vermont. She’s taught Art and Art History for 18 years in both the high school and college levels. Her work is included in the collections of Neiman Marcus, The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Fidelity Investments, Suffolk University, Syracuse University, Liberty Mutual, St Elizabeths Hospital among many other businesses, law firms, restaurants and resorts.
She has exhibited her work in a multitude of venues including Audrey Pepper Gallery/Boston, Carson /Masouoka Gallery in Denver CO, Rice Pollack and the Oz Gallery/ Provincetown, Mass Art Boston, The Museum School/Boston, The Sequoia Collection in Santa Fe, NM, Attleboro Museum, PAM/Ptown, Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Art 3/NH, Jules Place/Boston , The Shillkamp Gallery At Clark University, St. Botophs Club/Boston, Kobalt Gallery, The Newton Art Center, Cambridge Art Association and the Concord Art Association. She is also represented in a myriad of residential collections.
Rosemary has also traveled extensively all over the world. Included in her travels she attended an encaustic workshop in Malaga, Spain. She studied art and language at the University of Kracow, in Poland and twice ventured to the Santa Raparata International School of Art in Florence, Italy to study printmaking.
LOCAL ICONS BY PRISCILLA JACKETT
LOCAL ICONS
An Exhibition by Priscilla Jackett
Exhibition Dates: September 16 – September 27
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, September 18
5 PM – 7 PM
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Priscilla enjoys the lushness and messiness of oil paint and the texture of rough surfaces showing through the stroke. Without an education in drawing, Priscilla is still surprised she can convey a subject that is recognizable without being photographic. She is excited by vibrant color, frustrated by the effort required to develop a piece, but calmed by the Zen focus required. She works largely from photographs of local subjects and her travels. She feels she is just scratching the surface of painting.
Artist Bio
Priscilla Jackett has lived year-round in Provincetown for over 56 years. Although taking many art history courses as a college undergraduate and enjoying the lively gallery scene in Provincetown, she only began painting in her late 40’s wanting to take advantage of the plethora of well-known painters living here. Painting very intermittently while working her day job, she began her studies with Gail Browne and Carole Westcott and participated occasionally in PAAM and Castle Hill workshops with Sal DelDeo, TJ Walton, Mark Adams, and Mary Giammarino, among others. In semi-retirement, she joined the COA workshops with Steve Kennedy. She retired in 2015 and began painting regularly with Jeanne Fogg-Brock and Mary Giammarino. She was accepted in a Members’ Juried show at PAAM and has shown in many Members Open shows, group shows at the annual Church of St Mary of the Harbor’s Art & Spirit Auction, The Commons, The Post Office Gallery in North Truro , the Larkin Gallery in Harwich as well as two solo exhibits, one at Seashore Point Residences and another at the Wellfleet Library. Her paintings are in many private collections.
BOY BEACH BOYS BY WALTER BARANOWSKI
BOY BEACH BOYS
An Exhibition by Walter Baranowski
Exhibition Dates: September 16 – September 27
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, September 18
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Website
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement:
Plato felt that beautiful objects incorporate proportion, harmony and unity among their parts. Walter's artwork strives to acknowledge Plato and envision simple, elegant and sensual works that evoke the natural places and figures their inspiration came from. When an appreciator of his art embraces the ‘sense of place’ in his work his mission is fulfilled. In his current series of oil / CWM paintings, his focus is to evoke the sensuality of men in a natural environment saturated in light and water - this new series 'Boy Beach Boys' are exercises using transparent layers of paint to convey this.
Artist Bio:
Making objects and paintings has been Walter’s life work from childhood through retirement. After graduating from MassArt his work for 10 years thereafter was as a scientific illustrator at Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoōlogy. Concurrently, he was employed as a horticulturist on the 16-acre estate of Ellen Paine, the daughter of renowned landscape architect Charles Eliot. This work fostered his further interest in the environment and led to obtaining a Master of Landscape Architecture degree. Professional work for a series of major landscape architecture firms utilized Walter’s talents in drawing to create visible representations for clients. His own painting in oil was pursued throughout his professional work, but it proliferated after retirement. Walter’s development of acrylic underpainting followed by transparent layers of oil / cold wax medium was used to develop the luminous light-filled canvases he is known for.
NEW TREASURES: CLAY AND CANVAS BY DIANNE LONGCHAMPS
NEW TREASURES: CLAY AND CANVAS
An Exhibition by Dianne Longchamps
Exhibition Dates: September 30 – October 11
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, October 2
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Website
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
My work is inspired by the landscapes of Provincetown, Wellfleet, and Truro—places that feel both timeless and alive. The dunes rise and shift, the houses stand a little crooked with history, and the people bring a warmth that connects it all. I’m drawn to these imperfections. Through my paintings, I try to capture not just the scene, but the feeling of being there.
Artist Bio
Dianne is a messy, impatient painter who loves color and crooked lines. Dianne is drawn to imperfect and timeless objects. Old boats, wharves, and pilings are great subject matters. Abstract flowers in wonky vases and bathing suit clad figures are other personal favorites.
NEW TREASURES: CLAY AND CANVAS BY WENDY ALLEN
NEW TREASURES: CLAY AND CANVAS
An Exhibition by Wendy Allen
Exhibition Dates: September 30 – October 11
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, October 2
5 PM – 7 PM
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Wendy Allen’s work explores the intersection of form, function, and daily ritual. Working in stoneware and porcelain, she creates pieces intended for use—objects that become part of everyday life, from shared meals to quiet moments at home. Influenced by her Danish roots, Allen is drawn to simplicity, balance, and the beauty of well-made, functional design. She builds surfaces through texture and layered glazes, creating depth and variation so that each piece feels both tactile and visually rich. As she works, Allen considers the eventual home of each piece: a table set for gathering, a softly lit evening with one of her luminaries, or a vase holding fresh flowers. Her practice is rooted in the belief that handmade objects gain meaning through use, and she is especially interested in the life her work takes on beyond the studio—living in other people’s homes and becoming part of their stories.
Artist Bio
Wendy Allen is a Truro-based potter who has been honing her practice for over a decade, with studio experience in New York, New Jersey, and Oxford, England. Working primarily in stoneware and porcelain, she creates pieces that explore a range of forms, brought to life through layered glazes and richly developed surface textures. Influenced by her Danish roots, Allen’s work reflects a deep appreciation for simplicity, balance, and functionality. Each piece is designed with intention—meant to be held, used, and integrated into daily rituals.
EMERGING: WORKS IN VENETIAN PLASTER BY KATHRYN PISCUSKAS
EMERGING: WORKS IN VENETIAN PLASTER
An Exhibition by Kathryn Piscuskas
Exhibition Dates: September 30 – October 11
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, October 2
5 PM – 7 PM
Instagram
Artist Website
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement
I make art pieces using venetian plaster as my medium, focusing on pushing the boundaries of its traditional use as a decorative wall treatment. I like to play with the juxtapositions of incongruous textures, colors and shapes and am fascinated by the shimmer and energy that is invoked. The resulting imagery is mostly abstract and drawn from the found art of the everyday and the visual richness of my surroundings -- the power of the natural world as well as the complex patterns that emerge from the material world.
Artist Bio
Kathryn has been working internationally as a self-employed Decorative Artist since graduating from Brown University in 1983 with a B.A. in Studio Art. Aside from creating a wide variety of custom finishes, such as woodgraining and marbling to name a few, she has enriched her skills with courses in Gilding and decorative plaster finishes, and has studied Mosaics in Italy and at the Chicago Mosaic School. Her artwork is included in private collections, and she has shown in local exhibitions and in California.
LAND, SEA, SKY BY DEN STREEFF
LAND, SEA, SKY
An Exhibition by Den Streeff
Exhibition Dates: September 30 – October 11
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, October 2
5 PM – 7 PM
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
My work explores the always changing sea and shifting sands which surround the Outer Cape. From gentle waters brushing the shoreline, to crashing waves in all their fury. When I turn away from the beaches I’m drawn to the marshes at lands’ end and the three lighthouses dotting the shore. In all my works I strive to capture a moment in time and invite the viewers to pause, reflect, and find their own narratives within the work.
Artist Bio
Den Streeff attended F.I.T in New York City as a graphic artist student and worked in the industry for several years in Manhattan and Boston. He moved to Ptown in the early nineties and began to explore the finer arts along with creative writing. Over the years he attended courses in all kinds of mediums searching for his voice. More recently he studied working in charcoal/conte/graphite with Kathy Smith. He studied white line printing under Kathy as well, which she is renowned for. He has taken painting classes with Steve Kennedy working in acrylics. In 2023 he fell in love with soft pastels after having taking Eileen Casey’s class at the Creative Arts Center in Chatham. Since then, he has further his studies in pastels taking classes at The Cultural Center of Cape Cod studying under different teachers. This past year he won a Barbara Stone Scholarship to study under a master pastelist. He is a member of the Pastel Society of Cape Cod and is a member of PAAM.
ROWENA PERKINS - NEW PAINTINGS
ROWENA PERKINS - NEW PAINTINGS
Exhibition Dates: October 14 – October 25
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, October 16
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Website
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
My recent acrylics on panels and paper represent a synthesis of the soul: a personal exploration of life on the Outer Cape. They are a visual fusion of self and environment; the body/mind connection; the comfort and beauty of home; the individuality and immortality of painted images. I paint whatever moves me at any given time, with form and feeling. Painting is color in all its myriad methods and combinations: the light and character of Provincetown at the end of a fulfilling day, depending on the mood and weather; the excitement and relaxation of always looking, both inside and outside, keeps up the momentum. I hope you will enjoy the show. Rowena Perkins – New Paintings The Commons - Provincetown October 14 – 25, 2026
Rowena Perkins has exhibited her paintings in one-person and group shows in art galleries and public spaces on Cape Cod, in New England Region, New York, Key West and California since 1988. In 1990, she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA. One-Person shows include The Commons, Provincetown, MA and The Cultural Center of Cape Cod, S. Yarmouth, MA. Two and Three Person shows include AM Zehnder Gallery, Wellfleet, MA. Group shows include Hutson Gallery, Provincetown, MA; Gallery on Greene, Key West, FL. Juried shows include: Larkin Gallery, Harwichport, MA; Provincetown Art Association and Museum; Provincetown Monument & Provincetown Museum; Cambridge Art Association; Lemonade Stand Gallery, Key West, FL; Studio Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA; bg Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. Her work is included in private and corporate collections in the USA, and private collections in the UK. Professional Associations: Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Professional Affiliations: The Painting Center Art File, NYC.
SAVE YOU A SEAT BY ORFEO FABBRI
SAVE YOU A SEAT
An Exhibition by Orfeo Fabbri
Exhibition Dates: October 28 – November 8
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, October 30
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Website
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement:
My work blurs between abstraction and figurative expression; primarily, focusing on the male form. Exploring themes of identity, intimacy, loss and one’s, “ human experience “.
Artist Bio:
Visual artist living on Cape Cod. I hope as ve a certificate degree from RISDE, BFA from Mass Art and a MFA from UMASSD. Inspired by Cicily Brown and David Park . My practice blurs between abstraction figurative and abstraction.
FIGURE AND GROUND BY KARLE PACKARD
FIGURE AND GROUND
An Exhibition by Karle Packard
Exhibition Dates: November 11 – Novebmer 23
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, Novebmer 13
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Website
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
The work mediates the link between landscape and the human form
QUEER LOVE BY RON AMMATO
QUEER LOVE
An Exhibition by Ron Ammato
Exhibition Dates: November 11 – November 22
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, November 13
6 PM – 8 PM
Artist Instagram
Artist Website
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
ARTIST STATEMENT:
In political discourse, the humanity of individuals often gets overlooked. With legal challenges to the rights of the LGBTQIA+ community increasing almost daily—particularly regarding the right to marry—my goal with this portrait series is to highlight the human beings whose lives are impacted by politics, policy, and law.
ARTIST BIO:
Ron Amato is a Professor in the Photography and Related Media Department at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. In addition to his extensive career in commercial photography, Ron has published three monographs, and his work has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. His most recent book, Artists of Provincetown (2024), is a collection of eighty-four portraits of artists with strong connections to Provincetown, Massachusetts, created over an eight-year period. This work culminated in an exhibition at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum in the summer of 2024. Ron holds a BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts, NYC, and an MFA in New Media Art and Performance from Long Island University.
THE ART OF BECOMING, CURRENTS AND CATALYSTS AND UNDERCURRENTS OF STRENGTH. A GROUP SHOW CURATED BY DANA DEMBERS
THE ART OF BECOMING, CURRENTS AND CATALYSTS AND UNDERCURRENTS OF STRENGTH. A GROUP SHOW CURATED BY DANA DEMBERS
Exhibition Dates: November 25 – December 5
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, November 27
5 PM – 7 PM
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement:
"The Art of Becoming" is a curated group exhibition that explores the profound and varied expressions of inner strength and resilience following trauma and recovery. Bringing together a diverse group of artists working in painting, sculpture and mixed media the show features individuals who have each navigated personal or collective trauma and channeled their experiences into creative expression. Thought trauma leaves it's mark, it does not define us; this exhibition showcases art created during, as a product of, and in the aftermath of pain, serving as a testament to the powerful, often quiet, act of survival and transformation.
Artist Bio:
Dana Demers is a New Hampshire born Artist living and working on Cape Cod for nearly two decades.
During his undergraduate studies Demers studied painting and art nistory, Talling in love with the ola master style of translucen lowing layers. Originally trained as a water colour artist, Demer found it difficult to break into the modern wet on wet and opaque style of oil painting that still trends. Determined, Demers started exploring oil formulations of paint including hand making lake pigments and other natural dyes mixed with various oils and
loday, Demers still uses this technique to create shear transparent hand crafted oil paint, allowing his subject matter to radiate and glow. Ingredients such as crushed Lapis Lazuli ano Micronized Pearl often are used to create his now well recognized colour palette. In his early career Demers achieved notoriety with representation at well famed galleries like Mixea Greens and Prince on Prince.
Although Demers is best known for his figure work both in shotography and all paint, lanascapes like sand dunes anc sodles of water often play a role in nis repertoire
Demers has a bachelors of Science in Art History, a bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting and a Masters in Curatorial Studies and Museum Management,
MAKE YOUR OWN SCREEN PRINT T-SHIRT WERK’SHOP
MAKE YOUR OWN SCREEN PRINT T-SHIRT WERK’SHOP
LONDON CALLING Fashion Show Edition
Led by Artist Charlie Welch
Join us for a hands-on workshop where you'll learn the art of handmade silk-screen printing and create original wearable artwork inspired by this year's Fashion Show theme: LONDON CALLING. You'll learn a simple, reusable silk-screen process that can be replicated at home to print on fabric and paper. Participants should come with ideas for their screen. High contrast imagery. Maximum size of 10 x 13 inches.
Workshop Dates
Thursday, July 23 | 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Silk Screening Workshop with Charlie Welch)
Friday, July 24 | 9:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Day 2 (Optional): An additional studio day is available for anyone who needs extra time to finish their silk screening project or to allow prints to dry before pickup.
Cost
$50 per participant
(Includes workshop materials, instruction, and one take-home shirt and screen)
REGISTER FOR WERK’SHOP (select your shirt size)
Location
The Community Room at The Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Werk’Shop: Design & Screen Creation
Participants will:
Learn the basics of handmade silk-screen printing
Develop original artwork and graphic designs for printing
Prepare artwork for screen printing using stencil techniques
Understand positive and negative space in design
Create and prepare their own reusable silk screen
Gain skills and techniques they can use for future DIY printing projects
Explore layering, special effects, and achieving consistent print quality
Learn finishing techniques, heat setting, and care instructions for washable garments
Troubleshoot common printing challenges and refine final prints
Prepare completed shirts for exhibition and sale in the Fashion Show
Participate in a group review of finished work
Print two finished shirts:
One to take home
One to be sold in the LONDON CALLING Fashion Show to benefit The Commons
About Charlie Welch
Charlie Welch is a multidisciplinary artist, photographer, prop stylist, set designer, and co-founder of the NY Queer Zine Fair. With decades of experience spanning fashion, photography, installation, and commercial design, Charlie brings a playful, hands-on approach to making art. His work explores identity, storytelling, constructed environments, and personal expression through photography, sculpture, collage, and community-based creative projects.
LIVE PODCAST WITH GASTON LACOMBE & GUESTS
Live Podcast with Gaston Lacombe & Guests
Presented by PAGA, The Commons, and The Art Colony Podcast
Join us for a live recording of The Art Colony Podcast in celebration of its 1-year anniversary.
Hosted by artist, gallery owner, and historian Gaston Lacombe, this special conversation will feature local guests (listed below) discussing the future of the Provincetown art colony. Audience members are invited to listen in and bring questions of their own.
Christine McCarthy, CEO, Provincetown Art Association and Museum
Jill Rothenberg-Simmons, Owner + Director, On Center Gallery
Gavin Kennedy, Founder + Partner, Emergent Art Advisory
Date: Tuesday, July 21
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: $25
Location: The Provincetown Commons
Registration: Pre-registration required
The Art Colony Podcast explores Provincetown’s rich creative legacy and vibrant present-day arts scene, from its roots in the 1800s to the artists, writers, musicians, and cultural leaders shaping the community today.
Listen to The Art Colony Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms.
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Produced by Provincetown Recording Studio.
To Benefit The Provincetown Art Gallery Association
is an organization of art galleries in Provincetown, MA that work to Provincetown as an arts and culture destination and to enhance the community of artists and makers on the Outer Cape, through programmingin the galleries and our community partners. PAGA is pleased to assist Provincetown’s municipal and other organizations in making visible information and activities year round including The Friday Evening Gallery Stroll from May to October a and many other activities. PAGA is a project of The Provincetown Commons.
The Stroll occurs every Friday evening from May 15 through mid-October each year. Each Friday PAGA member galleries, friends and community partners feature events, receptions for new exhibitions, and creative projects in an immersive Provincetown-wide walkable wayfinding experience. Meet and gather in Provincetown’s storied streets and galleries!
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CREATIVITY WORKSHOPS WITH ROSEMINNA WATSON: Your Body Knows the Way
Cost: $25
Registration Link : https://www.roseminnawatson.com/album/creativity-workshop
Join violinist / singer / composer / multimedia artist Roseminna Watson for a single 75 minute Creativity Workshop, or for the complete three-part series. Each workshop will explore micro-practices designed to build trust in each and every unfolding moment as equally integral within the tapestry of creative process, while unlocking the body as an access point toward creative output. Roseminna’s own artistic practice is rooted in an unwavering reverence of the body as guide and messenger, and a belief that truth is a physical phenomenon.
July 20th, 4-5:15
Workshop #2 Your Body Knows the Way : Crowning your senses as undisputed leaders
August 25th, 4-5:15
Workshop #3 The Posture of Receiving : Sensing the difference between generating and receiving
No previous experience necessary
Open to artists in any medium as well as not-yet-artists of any kind
What to bring : A blank (unlined) notebook, comfortable clothing, yourself as you are in this unfolding moment
MAHJONG NIGHTS AT THE COMMONS
Mahjong Night at The Commons
Join us for an evening of Mahjong, community, and fun. Whether you're an experienced player or brand new to the game, all are welcome.
Monday, July 6 | 4:00–6:00 PM
Monday, July 13 | 4:00–6:00 PM
These classes are full, but we’ll add more and announce dates soon!
Additional dates will be added based on group interest.
If you have a 2026 American Mahjong Rules Card or an American Mahjong tile set, feel free to bring it, though materials will be available.
DROP IN AND WRITE - AFTERNOONS OF COMMUNAL CREATION HOSTED BY ELIZABETH BRADFIELD
DROP IN AND WRITE - AFTERNOONS OF COMMUNAL CREATION
Hosted by Elizabeth Bradfield
Dates: July 11
August 15
September 12
Location: Provincetown Commons Lounge
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Time:
Saturday, May 9
1 PM – 3 PM
Have you been wanting to shift your writing process and community? To find connection as you work on your own, personal projects? Come to The Commons and spend a couple of hours in collaborative creation. We will have a bowl of prompts in case anyone needs one, and we will be together, writing. We will say hello, set our intentions, set a timer for 30 min for writing, then talk and stretch for 5 minutes or so. And repeat. The last 15 minutes, we can share either new work or ideas. Working in the presence and community of others can radically shift what we do, even if we don't share "output" or "product." Let's just be writers together in a room for a couple of hours.
GARDEN VARIETY BY GEORGE ROGERS
GARDEN VARIETY
An Exhibition by George Rogers
Exhibition Dates: July 8 –July 19
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, July 10
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Website
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement:
As an avid gardener I find inspiration for my work in my own garden and in the many beautiful gardens all around town. In this exhibition, all of the cyanotypes were made with plants that I grew. I first tried my hand at the white line print last summer, and for the last 10 months have been taking a deep dive – experimenting with scale and color to try to find my voice in a storied technique.
Artist Bio:
After graduating from Bowdoin College with a degree in Visual Art and Art History, my artistic practice went largely dormant for decades until moving to Provincetown in 2017. Since then I have experimented with various media and taken classes at PAAM, FAWC and Castle Hill.
STILLNESS, COLOR, WHIMSY BY WAYNE BRIGGS
STILLNESS, COLOR, WHIMSY
An Exhibition by Wayne Briggs
Exhibition Dates: July 8 – July 19
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, July 10
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Website
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement
I’m a Provincetown-based painter working primarily in acrylic, with some oil and mixed media. Living on the Outer Cape has deeply shaped my work—the light, the architecture, and the quiet rhythm of coastal life continually influence what I choose to paint. I’m drawn to everyday subjects like local streets, buildings, and still lifes, focusing on color and atmosphere to capture not just how things look, but how they feel. My Ducky series brings in a more playful side, using humor and character while still exploring composition and color. Across all of my work, I’m interested in creating something familiar but personal—paintings that reflect where I live and invite others to connect with those moments in their own way.
Artist Bio
Wayne Briggs is a Provincetown-based contemporary realist painter working in acrylic, oil, and mixed media. His work captures the quiet intensity of everyday moments—where light, color, and memory intersect—transforming familiar subjects into evocative visual experiences. Born and raised in southern Rhode Island, Briggs brings a background in computer science, graphic design, and advertising to his artistic practice, blending traditional techniques with a strong sense of composition and modern design. After more than two decades in the creative industry, he fully committed to painting in 2023. His work reflects a continued exploration of place, atmosphere, and personal narrative, honoring the timeless qualities of representational art while embracing a contemporary, expressive edge.
THE COLORS OF PROVINCETOWN BY TOMMY WILES
THE COLORS OF PROVINCETOWN
An Exhibition by Tommy Wiles
Exhibition Dates: July 8 – July 19
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, July 10
5 PM – 7 PM
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement:
"The Colors of Provincetown" is an exploration of the shifting atmosphere in the Outer Cape. By sampling specific hues from personal photography captured throughout the year, Tommy translates the ephemeral light of the landscape and coast into a permanent, tactile record. His work seeks to isolate the essence of a season—the specific slate-blue of the harbor or the vibrant ochre of a late Autumn marsh—and reassemble it into a rhythmic, abstract narrative. Working on a foundation of plywood and canvas, he applies oil paints in dense, gestural layers. He also work with layering resin on plywood. This layering process allows the colors to interact and vibrate, mimicking the kinetic energy & lighting of the ever-changing landscape.
Artist Bio:
Tommy Wiles is an abstract oil painter whose work investigates the intersection of colors, environmental data and sensory experience. Originally from Texas, Wiles spent much of his professional career in corporate life before transitioning to the creative world. This background informs his meticulous approach to "sampling" the world—translating the vast, chaotic beauty of nature into structured, rhythmic abstract compositions. His style ranges from dense, fragmented gesturalism to analytical geometric grids, all unified by a commitment to capturing the essence of a location.
SIGNAL FROM THE SOURCE BY ANDY TOWLE
SIGNAL FROM THE SOURCE
An Exhibition by Andy Towle
Exhibition Dates: July 8 – July 19
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, July 10
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Website
Artist Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
ARTIST STATEMENT
“Painting became my full-time focus in 2021 after a decades-long career in media and writing. As a painter, I hope to capture the visual magic of the places that live in my memory and imagination. These include subjects from in and around Provincetown, nature, astronomical events, and moments I’ve experienced with people I love. I’m also interested in the art historical context of Provincetown and American art in general. Stylistically, I’m drawn to post-impressionists, Romanticism, surrealism, and the contemporary notion of realism ‘disrupted’ by memory and alteration.”
ARTIST BIO
A full-time Provincetown resident since 2016, Towle graduated from Vassar College. He received a Stegner Fellowship in creative writing at Stanford and two writing fellowships from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, in poetry (1991-92) and fiction (1995-96). Towle also created the widely-read LGBTQ news and culture website Towleroad in 2003 and headed it editorially until 2021. Prior to founding Towleroad, Towle was the editor-in-chief of Genre magazine and an editor-at-large for Out Traveler. His poetry has been published in Poetry magazine,The Paris Review, The Yale Review, Ploughshares and other literary publications.
CREATING YOUR BRAND A Design Series with Ali Blake
What Is a Brand, Really?
A Two-Part Workshop with Alison Blake
Build a clearer, stronger brand for your creative practice, small business, product, or project.
Join artist, designer, and brand strategist Alison Blake for a workshop designed to demystify branding and help you apply it to your own work.
Session 2: Creating Your Brand
Date: Tuesday, June 30 | 4:00–5:30 PM
Cost: $20 per class
Location: The Community Room @ The Commons
46 Bradford Street, Provincetown, MA
Click to Register
Maximum 15 participants. Minimum 5 participants required.
Session 2: Creating Your Brand
Tuesday, June 30 | 4:00–5:30 PM
This is the hands-on session.
Using the framework from Session 1, you’ll apply the ideas directly to your own work through short, guided exercises. You’ll draft a one-sentence brand statement, identify your ideal customer, and define three brand “anchors” — the words, feelings, or visuals that can guide future decisions.
We’ll also do a quick brand audit to find where your current touchpoints may be sending inconsistent signals.
Bring a notebook and the project, product, or practice you most want to clarify. You’ll leave with a one-page brand toolkit you can keep working through after the session.
Attend both workshops for the full experience: first, understand what makes a brand work; then apply the framework to your own creative practice or business.
About Alison Blake
Alison Blake is an artist, designer, and brand strategist based on the Outer Cape, with an MFA in Design from SVA. She works with independent creatives and small businesses, and is a self-described typography nerd who believes most brand problems start with either unclear thinking or the wrong typeface.
THE SHAPE OF SISU BY NANCY RAHNASTO OSBORNE AND KAREN OJALA
THE SHAPE OF SISU
An Exhibition by Nancy Rahnasto Osborne and Karen Ojala
Exhibition Dates: June 24 – July 5
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, June 26
5 PM – 7 PM
Karen Ojala Website
Nancy Rhanasto Osborn Website
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Sisu :The collective Finnish concept of personal endurance, fortitude, grit ; a perseverance to continue onward when challenges seem insurmountable.
Grandchildren of Finnish immigrants whose families initially settled in Western MA, Karen Ojala and Nancy Rahnasto Osborne met decades later in the art community of the Outer Cape. They share a Nordic sensibility in their art and admiration in each others work .
They both had mirrored aspirations to become the best they could be having late starts on their artistic paths which came to fruition for them both after years of work and child rearing. With that in common this exhibit cultivates the vision they held to exhibit together . The concept of Sisu is buried deep in the core of both of these artists.
“The origin of art, a work song of the interior” Basho
Nancy Rahnasto Osborne (1954-2026). Art was woven into Nancy’s life from the very beginning — a childhood passion she carried with her through her successful career at the Walt Disney Company and never let go. When she retired she returned to that creative core, dedicating herself to art and studying with Joyce Johnson and Romolo Del Deo, among others. Luminous oils and bold sculptures marked her showings at The Works Gallery in Wellfleet, Provincetown Commons, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, and Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, where she served as co-president of the board. Her bronze sculpture “Lookout” will be installed on MacMillan Pier in 2026 under the auspices of the Provincetown Public Art Foundation.
Shape of Sisu
Show Statement
Sisu : (as is )
Karen Ojala
Favorite quotes :
“Art is my sustenance, I hold it close “
(Mine)
—The origin of art, a work song of the interior - Basho
Stay hungry, be humble
I paint like a God - Ellen Thesleff
KarenOjala.com
Karen Ojala I am enthralled by portrait expressionism and work primarily from life in my studio space where I carefully choose the model, the setting, and the composition to create an intentional yet natural environment. With every setting there is something to discover in the process and that's what drives the flow of my art. In the encapsulated fleeting time of a model’s sitting, I paint my ‘alla prima’ interpretation, a first expression of their being.
RELIEF MAPS BY PETER CHAO
RELIEF MAPS
An Exhibition by Peter Chao
Exhibition Dates: June 24 – July 5
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, June 26
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Website
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement:
These are landscapes built from memory and inheritance, a terrain that belongs to a new world. They are made with two techniques: the punch needle creates ground, texture and height, while the couching lays down and stitches lines, sometimes layering colors into shifting contours that never settle on a single thing. One technique builds the body; the other draws lines through it. Together they form terrain — ridgelines, troughs, and the high white of something cresting against the dark. My father crossed from China to Taiwan at eighteen, during the Great Exodus in 1949. I learned the details of his passage after he passed away, and I began these works in that same period. What I understand now is that I was building us a new land: everyone who had to leave a place that wouldn't keep them and went searching for ground that would. You raise it stitch by stitch, making somewhere to stand.
Artist Bio:
Peter Chao is an artist and art director working from Provincetown, Massachusetts, and New York, New York. He studied fine art and graphic design at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Peter works and experiments in textiles, silk screen, photography, and paper weaving.
PARTNERS IN ART (AND LIFE) BY SUSIE RHATIGAN
PARTNERS IN ART (AND LIFE)
An Exhibition by Susie Rhatigan
Exhibition Dates: June 24 – July 5
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, June 26
5 PM – 7 PM
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
I am a figurative expressionist painter. My use of expressive black-and-white paintings explore emotion, connection, and the shared human experience. Inspired by Provincetown’s vibrant community, my recent portraits capture the humor, tenderness, and vulnerability of everyday life, inviting viewers to recognize themselves within her subject. My art is inspired by people—their emotions, their stories, and their shared humanity. Much of my recent work explores black-and-white portraits of men set against the Provincetown backdrop. By stripping away color, I distill each subject to their emotional essence, inviting viewers to connect directly with their inner world.
Artist Bio
I am a figurative expressionist painter living and working in Provincetown, Massachusetts. My earliest artistic memories are rooted here, where my grandmother—an artist herself—brought me to her Provincetown and Wellfleet gallery exhibitions. Those early experiences instilled in me a lifelong sense of belonging to this creative community. I earned my B.A. in Illustration from the Fashion Institute of Technology, where I developed a foundation in visual storytelling that continues to inform my work today.
MAKING LIGHT
Making Light: A Conversation with Artists on Sustaining Creativity, Courage, and Connection in Difficult Times
Tuesday, June 23 | 7 - 8:30 PM
Location: THE COMMONS
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown
Presented by Jeannette de Beauvoir
Panelists: Mike Carroll, Judith Partelow, and Grant King
I don’t have to tell you how frightening this time is. I’ve had to really force myself every day to move out of that fear and back into a space in which I can create. You may be experiencing something similar.
I felt that we as creatives needed to have some conversations about it. To support each other. To find ways to carry on. And so I created a program called Making Light—because in dark times, artists make light.
We meet monthly at the Provincetown Commons (46 Bradford St., Provincetown, MA) and have a conversation together—visual artists, musicians, writers, poets, performers—to support our own practices as well as those of everyone in our community. Everyone is welcome to participate.
Dates are as follows; the time is 7:00pm:
As I fill in topics and panelists, I’ll include that information here. I’m also updating this page regularly with resources; if there’s something you’d like to share, feel free to send it to me at jeannettedebeauvoir@gmail.com.
WHAT IS A BRAND REALLY? A Design Series with Ali Blake
What Is a Brand, Really?
A Two-Part Workshop with Alison Blake
(Take a single session or attend the full two-part series. Each workshop stands on its own, but together they provide a complete introduction to understanding and building a strong brand.)
Build a clearer, stronger brand for your creative practice, small business, product, or project.
Join artist, designer, and brand strategist Alison Blake for a two-part workshop designed to demystify branding and help you apply it to your own work. Participants may register for one session or both.
Session 1: What Is a Brand, Really?
Date: Tuesday, June 23 | 4:00–5:30 PM
Cost: $20 per class
Location: The Community Room @ The Commons
46 Bradford Street, Provincetown, MA
Click to Register
Maximum 15 participants. Minimum 5 participants required.
Session 2: Creating Your Brand
Date: Tuesday, June 30 | 4:00–5:30 PM
Cost: $20 per class
Location: The Community Room @ The Commons
46 Bradford Street, Provincetown, MA
Click to Register
Maximum 15 participants. Minimum 5 participants required.
Session 1: What Is a Brand, Really?
Tuesday, June 23 | 4:00–5:30 PM
A grounding session that breaks down what a brand actually is: the gut feeling people have about you when you’re not in the room.
We’ll explore the core elements every brand has, whether they’ve named them or not: who you are, who you’re for, what you stand for, how you sound, and how you look. Along the way, we’ll look at familiar brands and pull them apart to see how each piece is doing its job.
By the end of the session, you’ll have a clear mental model for what a brand is, what it isn’t, and where yours may already be stronger than you thought.
Session 2: Creating Your Brand
Tuesday, June 30 | 4:00–5:30 PM
This is the hands-on session.
Using the framework from Session 1, you’ll apply the ideas directly to your own work through short, guided exercises. You’ll draft a one-sentence brand statement, identify your ideal customer, and define three brand “anchors” — the words, feelings, or visuals that can guide future decisions.
We’ll also do a quick brand audit to find where your current touchpoints may be sending inconsistent signals.
Bring a notebook and the project, product, or practice you most want to clarify. You’ll leave with a one-page brand toolkit you can keep working through after the session.
Attend both workshops for the full experience: first, understand what makes a brand work; then apply the framework to your own creative practice or business.
About Alison Blake
Alison Blake is an artist, designer, and brand strategist based on the Outer Cape, with an MFA in Design from SVA. She works with independent creatives and small businesses, and is a self-described typography nerd who believes most brand problems start with either unclear thinking or the wrong typeface.
CREATIVITY WORKSHOPS WITH ROSEMINNA WATSON: UNINTERRUPTED IMPULSE
Cost: $25
Registration Link : https://www.roseminnawatson.com/album/creativity-workshop
Join violinist / singer / composer / multimedia artist Roseminna Watson for a single 75 minute Creativity Workshop, or for the complete three-part series. Each workshop will explore micro-practices designed to build trust in each and every unfolding moment as equally integral within the tapestry of creative process, while unlocking the body as an access point toward creative output. Roseminna’s own artistic practice is rooted in an unwavering reverence of the body as guide and messenger, and a belief that truth is a physical phenomenon.
June 22nd 4-5:15
Workshop #1 Uninterrupted Impulse : Coaxing the analytical mind out of the arena
July 20th, 4-5:15
Workshop #2 Your Body Knows the Way : Crowning your senses as undisputed leaders
August 25th, 4-5:15
Workshop #3 The Posture of Receiving : Sensing the difference between generating and receiving
No previous experience necessary
Open to artists in any medium as well as not-yet-artists of any kind
What to bring : A blank (unlined) notebook, comfortable clothing, yourself as you are in this unfolding moment
DROP IN AND WRITE - AFTERNOONS OF COMMUNAL CREATION HOSTED BY ELIZABETH BRADFIELD
DROP IN AND WRITE - AFTERNOONS OF COMMUNAL CREATION
Hosted by Elizabeth Bradfield
Dates: June 20
July 11
August 15
September 12
Location: Provincetown Commons Lounge
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Time:
Saturday, May 9
1 PM – 3 PM
Have you been wanting to shift your writing process and community? To find connection as you work on your own, personal projects? Come to The Commons and spend a couple of hours in collaborative creation. We will have a bowl of prompts in case anyone needs one, and we will be together, writing. We will say hello, set our intentions, set a timer for 30 min for writing, then talk and stretch for 5 minutes or so. And repeat. The last 15 minutes, we can share either new work or ideas. Working in the presence and community of others can radically shift what we do, even if we don't share "output" or "product." Let's just be writers together in a room for a couple of hours.
PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY (CAMERA OBSCURA) UNRAVELLED WORKSHOP WITH MARIAN ROTH
(CAMERA OBSCURA) UNRAVELLED:
Pinhole Photography
Led by Artist Marian Roth
Date: Thursday, June 18
Time: 1 PM – 4 PM
Location: The Commons
Free and open to the public
Register:
Step into the world of pinhole photography with acclaimed Provincetown artist Marian Roth. In this workshop, participants will explore the magic of image-making using one of photography’s oldest and simplest techniques: a tiny hole instead of a lens.
Marian Roth will give a talk on the mechanics and aesthetics of pinhole photography. You will learn how, in general, to construct a pinhole camera out of almost anything. Then we will turn a space in The Commons into a pinhole camera. Participants can use a phone or SLR to make images within the space.
*if you have a camera you would like to convert into a pinhole camera, please contact Marian Roth beforehand.
What is Pinhole Photography?
Pinhole photography is a lensless photographic technique that captures images using a tiny hole rather than a traditional camera lens. Light passes through the pinhole and projects an inverted image onto photosensitive paper or film, producing atmospheric and often beautifully unexpected results.
photo by Pat Kearns
About Marian Roth
Marian Roth is an accomplished multi-disciplinary artist whose work spans photography, painting, and ceramics. Well known for her innovative camera obscura photography, Marian has long drawn inspiration from Provincetown’s landscape and light. “Provincetown has been my muse since I moved here in 1982. It is here that my life as an artist really began.” Her photographic background continues to influence her work across mediums, bringing a rich visual sensibility to everything she creates.
SUMMER MOMENTS BY RON AKIE
SUMMER MOMENTS
An Exhibition by Ron Akie
Exhibition Dates: June 10 – June 21
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, June 12
6 PM – 8 PM
Closing Reception
Sunday, June 21
4 PM –6:00 PM
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement:
I enjoy the challenges and surprises of using watercolor to develop the shapes, values, and contrasts that define landscapes, objects and people, letting the pigments and water flow and blend to create images and light. The paper itself is part of the creation as the white and lightest areas of the image. It is a process that requires both careful planning and spontaneity. In every piece I am trying to use this medium to find a particular light that can evoke an emotional response to the moment captured.
Artist Bio:
Ron began painting in watercolor after his retirement. Inspired by the unique light of Outer Cape Cod and South Florida, he seeks to capture special moments of ever-changing light and colors. His work includes landscapes, architectural scenes and human figures. A resident of Provincetown and Fort Lauderdale, he has studied at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Cape School of Art, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum and the Bonnet House Museum in Fort Lauderdale. His work has been awarded by the Gold Coast Watercolor Society.
PRELUDE BY JOHN WOOLDRIDGE
PRELUDE
An Exhibition by John Wooldridge
Exhibition Dates: June 10 – June 21
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, June 12
5 PM – 7 PM
Closing Reception
Sunday, June 21
4 PM –6:00 PM
Artist Website
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
I am inspired by what is visual. As a former Industrial designer, Shape, Form, Materials and Color create desire. Water plays a big part in my inspiration in composition. I gravitate toward vessels or objects that hold water. In my landscapes and in my life, bodies of water have always been near. Coastlines, lakes, intercoastals, moors, all inspire creativity. The sun, and the atmosphere on the Cape is unique, as you have sky, water, sand, that creates reflective light. That light throws color into the highlights, low lights, shade and reflective light on a surface. Water is also can evoke a sense of wellness, calm, serenity, and is reflective. Working with a palette knife maintains my ability to stay loose, keep my colors pure, and allows me to layer unmuddied color notes. I begin my painting with masses of color, seeing how each color must relate. As I complete my painting, my intention is that the viewer will see what inspired me about the composition and feel the atmophere in the moment, the beauty in the light.
Artist Bio
John Jay Wooldridge is a Cape Cod resident, educated at Carnegie Mellon University with BFA in Industrial design and an MBA. His Career in Boston and then NYC was in Consumer product design and in the Fitness Industry. A lifetime attachment to the Cape, he and his husband moved from NYC to take over the Inn at Cook Street for almost a decade. He recently has been working for some of the top Galleries in Provincetown.
IMAGES FROM LIFE LANDSCAPES & FIGURES IN OILS BY JACK ZANER
IMAGES FROM LIFE Landscapes & Figures in Oils
An Exhibition by Jack Zaner
Exhibition Dates: June 10 – June 21
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, June 12
5 PM – 7 PM
Closing Reception
Sunday, June 21
4 PM –6:00 PM
Artist Website
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Artist Statement
Working in oils, I paint from life, moving between landscapes & figurative work shaped by both classical studio training and plein air practice. I paint my life through works that reflect a lived relationship with my subjects.
Artist Bio
Zaner has been painting and summering in Provincetown for the past 23 years. He was classically trained at The Art Students League of New York, The National Academy of Design School of Fine Art, New York, and The Cape Cod School of Art, Provincetown, MA
MY HAPPY PLACE BY RICHARD SCHLEICHER
MY HAPPY PLACE
An Exhibition by Richard Schleicher
Exhibition Dates: June 10 – June 21
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, June 12
5 PM – 7 PM
Closing Reception
Sunday, June 21
4 PM –6:00 PM
Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Two years ago, I took a class on Cyanotype printing with Tyrus Clutter at the Appleton Museum of Art and became obsessed with the technique, images and results. Since then, I have been experimenting with different types of materials - bleach, coffee, color, encaustic and the entire process. Additional teachings of John Clayton, (Oils) Kathleen Warren, (Cyanotype & Encaustic), Sue Primeau, (Watercolor), Linda Blondheim, (Acrylic) and Charles Eady (Silkscreen) have been instrumental to my craft. Hoping my work brings happiness and an abundance of color to art enthusiasts.
Mr. Schleicher was born and raised in Cheshire CT. He continued his education in Florida at Saint Leo University and received his BA and MBA. After a career in healthcare marketing and one in real estate, Rich switched to a life of creativity and joy in the world of art. He has taken several years of painting classes of landscapes in Provincetown as well as his home town of Ocala, Florida. Painting in the impressionistic style is his goal to be mastered. Expanding his love for color, Rich has taken classes in various forms of printmaking, watercolor painting, encaustic, sculpture, and assemblage. Mr. Schleicher plans to expand his knowledge and skills in creating various types of art. This years show at the Commons will be Rich’s fifth art show including a solo show this past November.
THE COMMONS CUP
THE COMMONS CUP
Highland Links, North Truro
Friday, June 5th
7:30 AM – Registration
8:00 AM – Arrival & Stretch
8:30 AM – Shotgun Start
12:30 PM – Lunch on the back deck
Who will take home the trophy?
Grab your foursome and help “drive” The Commons’ mission forward.
REGISTER TO PLAY:
Join The Commons for a memorable day of golf at Highland Links—one of America’s true golf treasures. Set high on windswept bluffs overlooking the Atlantic and neighboring the historic Highland Light, this iconic course offers an unforgettable experience for players of all levels.
This 18-hole scramble tournament supports The Commons’ mission to provide accessible, affordable workspace for local small businesses, artists, and entrepreneurs.
Your day includes:
18 holes of scramble-format golf
Opportunities to win fun prizes
Box lunch on the clubhouse deck
Live landscape painting by local plein air artists
Post-round celebration and live art auction
S.E. “CAY” CAYLEFF
NATURAL BEAUTIES
An Exhibition by S.E “Cay” Cayleff
Exhibition Dates: May 27 – June 7
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, May 29
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Website
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
ARTIST STATEMENT:
I moved to Provincetown in 1973. This sacred area has been my home base ever since. After graduate school at Sarah Lawrence and Brown University, I taught at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, 1983-87 and in the first Women’s Studies Department in the nation at San Diego State University, 1987-2020.
Since childhood I’ve roamed woods, beaches, mountains, deserts and urban streets scavenging nature’s gifts: antlers, feathers, wood, bones, glass shards, broken castoffs from stained glass studios, rusted metal, ocean wash-ups and creatures whose lives left behind gorgeous remnants. In my years in San Diego, my family and I drove cross-country many times, each trip bringing new treasures from Indian country, the Badlands, New Mexico, the original Route 66, and more. The Anza Borrego desert, east of San Diego was a magical place for finds. Years in Provincetown allowed trips to the woods of northern New England. Dear friends in Alaska, Minnesota and Maine provided me shed antlers galore.
These natural beauties are supplemented by meticulously curated materials I’ve collected in metal junk yards, construction sites, and roadside flea markets, swap meets and shops specializing in ubiquitous bins of items from eras long ago.
My assemblages use all these materials to create mood and honor memories. Animals’ beauty is central to my designs, as are nature’s connections to the human world. My work is a tribute to the untamed magic that surrounds us, and how natural and human “remains” can transport us and create stories.
In a time of political turmoil, distrust and deception, “Untamed” seeks to offer balance by celebrating beauty and joy.
FINE, ART BY CARMEN DA SILVA AND HEAT MACFARLAND
FINE, ART
An Exhibition by Carmen da Silva and Heat MacFarland
Exhibition Dates: May 27 – June 7
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, May 29
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Instagram (da Silva)
Artist Instagram (MacFarland)
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Featuring works by local artists Heat MacFarland and Carmen da Silva, this joint exhibition centers on fearless, rule-free, and child-like creation over perfectionism. Celebrating the pure joy of the process, fine, art. champions intuitive expression and unbridled imagination. This duo exhibit individually and collectively shares the processing of falling in love with why we create--to build connection, community and spread joy. F*ck the noise and feel the love.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Carmen da Silva has always enjoys connecting to new people and places through the lens of a camera. Over the years she has expanded her curiosities to collect and combine memories and elements of these travels into print, graphic design and mixed media collage.
ARTIST STATEMENT:
Heat MacFarland creates urban, energetic, playful brain babies that spark possibility. Drawing from life, then scribbling outside the lines.
OUTER CAPE EXPLORATIONS BY ELIZABETH TEPPER
OUTER CAPE EXPLORATIONS
An Exhibition by Elizabeth Tepper
Exhibition Dates: May 27 – June 7
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, May 29
5 PM – 7 PM
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
ARTIST STATEMENT:
I am a Boston and Provincetown based artist who utilizes a variety of mediums to express appreciation of the flow of the natural world. After a career in the corporate world, I have now been able to refocus my creative energies on art and design. My work explores the beauty of the endless colors and rhythms that surround us and connect us.
SAIL LOFT ARTISTS COLLECTIVE
The Collective is a reimagining of the historic Provincetown women's art club called The Sail Loft, founded in 1916. At that time, the original Sail Loft was created specifically as a social and intellectual hub for women artists. The original club met in a space where sailmakers stitched canvas to catch the wind. In that same loft, women gathered to share their art and ideas - to support one another and build momentum.
In November 2022, the Collective was formed as an un-named group. Local painter Valerie Isaacs gathered 50 women and non-binary artists together for a festive dinner at The Provincetown Commons to form a group for professional working artists. The Collective honors the Sail Loft Club’s legacy of creating a dedicated space for women which has easily evolved into a welcoming space for non-binary artists as well. The group recognizes and celebrates the under-represented contributions of women and non-binary artistic voices, an essential thread in the Outer Cape's artistic tapestry.
Meeting Schedule
The Collective meets monthly in the off-season for informal potluck gatherings, occasionally featuring themed discussions or presentations where members can share their current projects or discuss work processes with their peers.
We encourage all women and non-binary artists residing on the Outer Cape to drop in on their monthly potluck gatherings.
The remaining meetings for 2026 will be held at The Provincetown Commons, 46 Bradford Street, Provincetown, MA.
Community members are encouraged to bring a dish or a snack to share!
5/21/26 5-7 PM
MAKING LIGHT
Making Light: A Conversation with Artists on Sustaining Creativity, Courage, and Connection in Difficult Times
Tuesday, May 19 | 7 - 8:30 PM
Location: THE COMMONS
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown
Presented by Jeannette de Beauvoir
Panelists: to be announced
I don’t have to tell you how frightening this time is. I’ve had to really force myself every day to move out of that fear and back into a space in which I can create. You may be experiencing something similar.
I felt that we as creatives needed to have some conversations about it. To support each other. To find ways to carry on. And so I created a program called Making Light—because in dark times, artists make light.
We meet monthly at the Provincetown Commons (46 Bradford St., Provincetown, MA) and have a conversation together—visual artists, musicians, writers, poets, performers—to support our own practices as well as those of everyone in our community. Everyone is welcome to participate.
Dates are as follows; the time is 7:00pm:
June 23
As I fill in topics and panelists, I’ll include that information here. I’m also updating this page regularly with resources; if there’s something you’d like to share, feel free to send it to me at jeannettedebeauvoir@gmail.com.
OOTHECA BY JASON POTTER
OOTHECA
An Exhibition by Jason Potter
Exhibition Dates: May 15 – May 24
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
Opening Reception
Friday, May 15
5 PM – 7 PM
Artist Instagram
Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
ARTIST STATEMENT:
My studio practice is expansive, embracing installation, assemblage, welding, casting, neon, photography, fiber, and performance. I create artifacts, feral species, vortexes of dialectics, and experiences that investigate the forces behind metamorphosis, voice, and resistance. I work at the intersection of queer bodies and ecology, Constitutional theory, mutagenetics, and public health to illuminate the diversity of human needs and capabilities.
I draw from a patchwork of life experiences: son of a mathematician and a musician; stage performer; attorney and academic; advocate for queer health and dignity; addiction survivor; and interdisciplinary visual artist. My experience navigating growth zones allows me to surf the vulnerability of learning new materials and techniques, and helps me maintain inward, outward, and upward curiosity as I work.
My artistic practice is the denouement and ongoing synthesis of my experiences: I createlike I have nothing to lose. Although research plays a major role in my process, I thrive at the nexus of studied investigation and improvisation. I am a ferociously curious solution seeker who transforms objects, environments, and myself by finding emergent functionalities, properties, and syllogistic potential. My materials work is restless and recursive: I gather, research, play, suture, remove, and press forward. After canvasing and scavenging, I sit with materials in the way one eats a gourmet cupcake—by slowly peeling the lining, testing precious bits, savoring one half, then skulking down at night to devour the rest, like some Lazarus species. I tend to resist the sleekness and severity of minimalism and focus on creating hybrid forms and providing a container for energy bursts and optical respites.
My work is frequently grounded in normative theories of justice, the upstream determinants of capability, and how bodies—especially queer bodies— navigate systems of power.