Art & Entertainment

Day Trip: 6A from Brewster to Orleans

By Julie Craven Wagner | September 1, 2022

Following our previous path along Olde Kings Highway, we come upon the extraordinary, quaint towns of Brewster & Orleans, nestled in the crook of Cape Cod Bay.

Calm Seas Ahead

By Allyson Plessner | August 22, 2022

Photographer Sarah Dasco has found both calmness and passion in capturing her coastal surroundings

Artist Profile: Roberta Anslow

By Christina Galt | August 8, 2022

According to Harvard Health Publishing, the myth of left vs. right sides of the brain is simply that: a myth. For local photographer Roberta Anslow, discrediting that myth is something…

Artist Profile: Debra Birtwell

By Susanna Graham-Pye | August 8, 2022

“I don’t ever use black. I use the white of the paper,” Debra offers. “If you study painting with me, you will learn about color. That’s my gift: I see…

Artist Profile: Craig Caldwell

By Rachel Walman | August 8, 2022

“My brain is 90 percent visual,” explains Craig Caldwell. The Brewster local and instructor at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod and The Cape Cod Museum of Art has spent…

Artist Profile: Joseph Conrad-Ferm

By Larry Lindner | August 8, 2022

It was an art elective that kept Yarmouth Port painter Joseph Conrad-Ferm from receiving his high school diploma. “I didn’t attend class,” he says. “From a very early age I…

Artist Profile: Betsy Payne Cook

By Kathleen McKenna | August 8, 2022

Betsy Payne Cook, an artist who paints exclusively in pastels, and a teacher who’s taught students of all ages, says, “To those who enjoyed painting once, then gave it up…

Artist Profile: Hans de Castellane

By Rachel Walman | August 8, 2022

“I never thought I was ‘good’ at art,” laughs Hans de Castellane. “I used to wonder why everyone else wasn’t ‘good’ at it. I suppose it’s like learning cursive.” The…

Artist Profile: Lauren DiFerdinando

By Brenna Collins | August 8, 2022

In the midst of downtown Harwich Port, The Nines Art Gallery’s light and airy atmosphere beckons visitors inside. On the walls, entrancing oil paintings of glass bottles and dancing ocean…

Artist Profile: Chris O’Dell Ferguson

By Rachel Walman | August 8, 2022

“I don’t ever remember not creating art,” shares Chris O’Dell Ferguson. “I was kind of born into it. I have a very artistic family. We didn’t even have a television…

Artist Profile: Corrinn Jusell

By Rachel Walman | August 8, 2022

“The first piece of pottery I ever made was a tiny coil pot,” ceramicist Corrinn Jusell recalls. “By the time I reached my junior year at Nauset High School, my…

Artist Profile: Jen Kelly

By Brenna Collins | August 8, 2022

For Hingham-based artist Jen Kelly, painting has always been part of her soul. “When I was thirteen, there was an oil painting class down the street from me in this…

Artist Profile: Sharon Mansfield

By Allyson Plessner | August 8, 2022

Sharon Mansfield still remembers the very moment she fell in love with art as a young girl. “My mother taught me how to paint with oils when I was 13,”…

Artist Profile: Debbie Mueller

By Julie Craven Wagner | August 8, 2022

What could be better than starting a whole new life after you have already lived much of a completely happy and fulfilling one? Debbie Mueller can speak to how wonderful…

Artist Profile: Rosalie Nadeau

By Julie Craven Wagner | August 8, 2022

The moment when most artists acknowledge that is in fact, what they are, who they are: an artist, must be a memorable confirmation. Not so for painter Rosalie Nadeau. “I…

Artist Profile: Vail Pagliarani

By Julie Craven Wagner | August 8, 2022

Cape Cod native Vail Pagliarani is known for expressive painterly landscapes and coastal marines. He had the good fortune to study with two noteworthy instructors. First, with the accomplished illustrator…

Artist Profile: Michael Rich

By Susanna Graham-Pye | August 8, 2022

Artist Michael Rich’s landscapes are expansive and expressive. Inspired by the vast variety of New England settings and seasons, Rich’s work has been called “irascible,” but that is a word…

Artist Profile: Candice Ronesi

By Allyson Plessner | August 8, 2022

Cape Cod has long been home to artists from all walks of life. From those just starting out, to seasoned creators, the Cape is a haven for both artists and those…