Art & Entertainment

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…

Artist Profile: Monica Rozak

By Julie Craven Wagner | August 8, 2022

Monica Rozak fell in love twice, at the same time. “I met my husband here and he showed me all of his favorite back roads, and special beach hideouts and…

Artist Profile: Snefrid Sneve-Schultze

By Kathleen McKenna | August 8, 2022

Snefrid Sneve-Schultze, or Sissi as she is known to close friends and family, was born and raised in Bardu, Norway where she lived into her early twenties. As a young…

Artist Profile: Cyle Thomas

By Allyson Plessner | August 8, 2022

An artist has the distinct skill—opportunity, really—to observe the world through a lens of passionate creativity, and to turn those observations into something imaginative, inspired…artistic. Cyle Thomas’ viewpoint, and subsequent…

Artist Profile: Milisa Valliere

By Chris White | August 8, 2022

Artist Milisa Valliere is a painter whose gifts and experience are cosmically aligned with the legendary psychedelic band, The Grateful Dead, which made an art of combining music with light,…

Emerging Artists: Creating Art to Suit the Soul

By Rachel Walman | August 8, 2022

Meet four local artists who are just beginning their journey of exploration and creativity.

Emerging Artist: Emily Hutchinson

By Emily Baxter | August 8, 2022

After working ten plus years as a CNA, Emily Hutchinson went from a career in healthcare to an emerging artist. Hutchinson first fell in love with art in high school,…

Emerging Artist: Erin Nelson

By Abigail Jones | August 8, 2022

“Like many artists, I am inspired by nature,” says artist Erin Nelson. Her jewelry, which Nelson creates in her home studio on Cape Cod, attempts to, “communicate the overwhelming awe…

Emerging Artists: Kristen Rheaume

By Christina Galt | August 8, 2022

For local emerging artist Kristen Rheaume, (known as Wonderfully Written Co. on Instagram) becoming an artist was something that happened by circumstance. As a new mother and a pediatric nurse…

Emerging Artist: Alyssa Ruggieri

By Christina Galt | August 8, 2022

For Centerville native Alyssa Ruggieri, her journey to becoming ALR Designs started back in 2018 when she went to pull out her acrylic set, only to find her paints had…

News & Noteworthy

By Cape Cod Life Publications | August 8, 2022

A Cape Cod Presence in the U.S. Embassy in Ireland How did it come to be that paintings of scenes of Cape Cod will soon be prominently displayed in the…

In the Brine-Spiked Air

By Chris White | August 8, 2022

Artist residencies across the region provide a place of learning & an opportunity for doing, against inspirational backdrops.

Rive Gauche

By Julie Craven Wagner | August 8, 2022

Wellfleet’s Left Bank Gallery, located on the left bank of Duck Creek, celebrates a halfcentury of presenting art to a discerning and appreciative audience.

The Artist Whisperer

By Larry Lindner | August 8, 2022

With the help of world-famous designer Ken Fulk, a storied Provincetown house for creatives opens its doors once more.

Art of the Earth

By Julie Craven Wagner | August 8, 2022

Potters and ceramicists across the region connect with their craft and those who love their art.

Artist Profile: Bao Lede

By Julie Craven Wagner | August 8, 2022

Bao Lede is an artist who has found his home a world away from Inner Mongolia, China where he was born. As gallery owner of the Tao Water Gallery in…