Art & Entertainment
Great teamwork—it’s a cause for celebration!
The June issue of Cape Cod LIFE was the 25th since we introduced our annual “Best of the Cape & Islands Readers’ Choice Awards” issue back in 1992. In my…
In memoriam: remembering Royston Nash, Sue Carstensen, Nancy Ellen Craig, and Sally Nerber
Royston Nash A longtime conductor of the Cape Cod Symphony, Royston Nash passed away on April 4. He was 82. Nash, who grew up in Bournemouth, England, conducted the orchestra…
A circus for the 21st century
In addition to a loaded concert lineup, Truro’s Payomet Performing Arts Center offers a circus camp for kids Under the starry summer skies of North Truro, when the lights wink…
A half-century of canvases, characters, & color
The Falmouth Artists Guild celebrates 50 years in 2016 Doing anything for 50 years will generate a good amount of stories, and The Falmouth Artists Guild certainly has its fair…
More space to smile
With its expansion complete, the Cahoon Museum of American Art unveils new ‘Martha & Ralph’ exhibit The Tom Brady versus Peyton Manning quarterback debate was decided—decisively—when cornerback Malcolm Butler’s interception secured…
Artist Profile: Barbara Stone
“The trick,” says Barbara Stone, “is to capture the light.” A pastel artist from East Sandwich and a founding member of the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, Stone discovered…
Artist Profile: Cleber Stecei
From the history and architecture of Cape Cod to the lyrics of his favorite songs, artist Cleber Stecei finds inspiration in the things that delight his eyes and ears. A…
Artist Profile: Catherine Skowron
For a large portion of Catherine Skowron’s career, her job was to inspire and cultivate the creativity of young people. Armed with a master’s degree in education from Goddard College,…
Artist Profile: Mindy & Ronni Reasonover
The studio of Mindy and Ronni Reasonover in the 1864 Captain John Tobey House on Route 28 in East Falmouth is part fine art, part fantasy, and all color. Enormous,…
Artist Profile: Jan Collins Selman
Jan Collins Selman never considered any life other than that of an artist. When she opened her first box of crayons at the age of 7, she fell in love…
Artist Profile: Karen Rinaldo
Vibrant red cranberries floating in a Cataumet bog, a majestic sailboat slicing the unruly waters of Nantucket Sound, a winding river encompassed by a snowy marsh—these are just a few…
Artist Profile: Cynthia Packard
On her easel, Cynthia Packard turns a huge wooden panel on its side, then upside down. She might just flip it again, gaining a different perspective with each turn as…
Artist Profile: Justin Wood
It’s turning out to be a year of “firsts” for New York City-based artist Justin Wood. “I am excited about my first solo show, at Collins Galleries in Orleans,” he…
Welcome to Commercial Street in Provincetown
For two days last summer, photographer Charles Sternaimolo and I explored the creative, colorful, and quirky community that is Commercial Street in Provincetown. We walked the length of the street,…
Artist Profile: John Whitmarsh
“About four years ago, I realized I was bored with photographing literal depictions of reality and came close to hanging up my cameras,” John Whitmarsh says. “I was standing in…
Artist Profile: Edward Walsh
Like waves relentlessly wearing away the sand, Edward Walsh’s journey to becoming a painter was slow and steady. He first visited Provincetown as a child in 1954, when he and…
Artist Profile: Colleen Vandeventer
As an 11-year-old, Colleen Vandeventer often posed as a model for her artist grandmother’s painting class students. “I had the most difficult time trying to sit motionless for 30 minutes!”…
Artist Profile: Steve Lyons
Steve Lyons has earned international acclaim for a style the critics call “sculptural painting,” in which the paint, slathered on thickly, becomes as significant as the subject of the painting.…
