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Honoring those who came before us and treasuring our environment, "Beyond Bohemia" celebrates Outer Cape history and artists creating today. We hope you can join artists and friends for this reception and intriguing exhibition. "America’s bohemian movement was both more inclusive as to one’s class, religious adherence, or ethnicity and more directed to establishing a new 'American' definition of democratic socialism and an 'American' voice and style in literature, theater, and painting. These would be unique because by 1900 America … Read More

Beyond Bohemia at Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill

Join us for a reception and new exhibition including work by a diversity of contemporary artists highlighting the dune shacks, and works by dune dwellers William S. Fitts and Joyce Johnson. Exhibition August 22 through September 1, we hope you don't miss it!

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

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

Paul Schulenburg has organized a group of artists to paint a live model from 1:00 to 3:300. The public is invited to watch the Figure Painters at Work, welcome to ask them questions as they progress, and to stay until 4:00 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

Addison Art Gallery at the Mary Heaton Vorse House

Addison Art Gallery is honored to once again be invited to show at Provincetown's Mary Heaton Vorse House which was restored by noted designer Ken Fulk to revive the spirit of an amazing age in our country’s history. MHV house curator Gene Tartaglia will choose work for the exhibition which will open on Friday, October 11. The show will encompass older works, giving the show some of the delights of a retrospective, along with new paintings acknowledging Mary Heaton Vorse … Read More

Celebrating Gratitude at the Mary Heaton Vorse House

Addison Art Gallery is honored to once again be invited to show at Provincetown's Mary Heaton Vorse House, restoration by noted designer Ken Fulk to revive the spirit of an amazing age in our country’s history. MHV house curator Gene Tartaglia has chosen work that encompasses older pieces, giving the show some of the delights of a retrospective, alongside new paintings acknowledging Mary Heaton Vorse and this gathering place for the Provincetown Players, world-renowned journalists, and twentieth-century bohemians. The exhibition … Read More

The Artful Holly Folly

Mary Heaton Vorse House 466 Commercial Street, Provincetown, Massachusetts

Join artists and friends in celebrating the season at the historic Mary Heaton Vorse House. Cozy fires, hors d'oeuvres, cocktails, works by master artists. This is a holiday event that will make great memories. For details and tickets, please email helen@addisonart.com.