Beyond Bohemia Wellfleet Exhibition

Wellfleet Public Library 55 W. Main Street, Wellfleet, MA

Cape Cod’s naturally spectacular environment and cultural community continuously draw people from across the globe. As John Taylor Williams wrote, this was true over 100 years ago as well. “Beginning around 1910, those dedicated to radical political reform, a new exploration of personal relationships free from Victorian strictures, and a search for the new ‘American’ voice in writing, painting, architecture, and theater congregated . . .” —The Shores of Bohemia, A Cape Cod Story, 1910-1960 Honoring this history and celebrating … Read More

Figure Painters and Model at Work

Paul Schulenburg has organized a group of artists to paint a live model from 1:30 to 4:00. The public is invited to watch the Figure Painters at Work, welcome to ask them questions as they progress, and to stay until 4:30 for extra time to explore the works and chat with the creators. Schulenburg’s group reflects the long tradition of artists painting the figure together; perhaps Charles Hawthorne’s Cape Cod School of Art classes are the most recognized. The list … Read More

Beyond Bohemia Talk and Slide Presentation

Wellfleet Public Library 55 W. Main Street, Wellfleet, MA

Mary Jane Treacy, professor emerita of modern languages and literatures at Simmons University, will tie the Cape’s Bohemians back to their days in Greenwich Village and to contemporary painters and their works. Since 2005 she has been involved with Reacting to the Past, a national group of scholars writing interactive role-playing simulations for university history and political science courses. Her work with Reacting took her to New York, literally as well as intellectually, leading her to write Greenwich Village 1913: … Read More

Beyond Bohemia at the Wellfleet Public Library

Wellfleet Public Library 55 W. Main Street, Wellfleet, MA

Plein air painting starting at 8:00 am; reception 5:00 to 6:30. Please email helen@addisonart.com to participate and/or to to attend. Thank you. Cape Cod’s naturally spectacular environment and cultural community continuously draw people from across the globe. As John Taylor Williams wrote, this was true over 100 years ago as well. “Beginning around 1910, those dedicated to radical political reform, a new exploration of personal relationships free from Victorian strictures, and a search for the new ‘American’ voice in writing, … Read More

Beyond Bohemia at Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater

Join artists and friends celebrating the Beyond Bohemia exhibition. Cape Cod’s naturally spectacular environment and cultural community continuously draw people from across the globe. As John Taylor Williams wrote, this was true over 100 years ago as well. “Beginning around 1910, those dedicated to radical political reform, a new exploration of personal relationships free from Victorian strictures, and a search for the new ‘American’ voice in writing, painting, architecture, and theater congregated . . .” —The Shores of Bohemia, A … Read More