Latest Past Events

Celebrate Our Waters Reception, Exhibition and Book signing

Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road, Orleans

Join artists and friends for a casual reception and exhibition of new paintings inspired by the shores and waters of Cape Cod. Book signing with Susan Anarino, author of 365 Cape Cod Ponds, Day by Day. "Once I discovered that Cape Cod had 365 ponds I vowed to see if this was true. I found the magic under snow draped pines, beneath squawking seagulls, beside bandstands and in rainy woods. There I encountered swans, herons, boat parades and a little … Read More

Celebrate Our Waters Painting Event

Addison Art Gallery 43 South Orleans Road, Orleans

Watch award-winning painters as they create work inspired by the shores of Orleans. Plein air, French for "open air," describes paintings created outdoors. French Impressionists, including Claude Monet and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, advocated en plein air painting. Charles Webster Hawthorne, who is attributed with starting the art colony in Provincetown, came to Cape Cod to teach painting en plein air. The public is invited to come and watch as adults and children alike are enthralled by seeing a painting move from … Read More

Found Our Park! in Truro Reception

Truro Public Library 7 Standish Way, North Truro

In partnership with the Cape Cod National Seashore, works by contemporary artists celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service. On exhibit for the month of August. A selection of plein air works from the morning painting session will be included in the exhibit. After the reception at the Library, at 7 pm, Bill Burke, Cape Cod National Seashore Historian, will present "How to Move Something Really Big: The 1996 Relocation of Highland Lighthouse" at the Highland House Museum.