PAAM's Annual 12x12 Exhibition and Silent Auction is an exciting event that draws artists and collectors together in support of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum.  The 12 x 12 is a perfect opportunity for collectors to view a broad range of local talent, and an exceptional venue for emerging artists seeking visibility.  join or renew your membership today! Bidding starts at $125, climbing by demand throughout the one-month exhibition until the final hour of the silent auction. Participating artists agree to a 50% commission, with an option to donate their own percentage of the final sale to PAAM*. These commissions and donations provide funding for year-round art exhibitions and educational programming. Members can pick up a free masonite panel compliments of PAAM at the front desk from March 15th ‘till supplies run out. Members are also welcome to create their own 12x12. Theme: none Size restriction: 12”x12” Drop-off: Tuesday, July 21 (noon-4pm) No wet panels, frames or hanging devices, and no drop-offs after July 21 please. Final bids: Sept 13 at 5pm. (Bids close alphabetically in 15 minute intervals beginning at 5pm) * This year, we will give special recognition to artists generously donating their own percentage of sales to PAAM. Their pieces will hang together on a separate gallery wall.

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Chester I. Solomon Life Drawing Tuesdays and Fridays 9:30am-11:30am, year-round. No pre-registration required. Walk-ins welcome. Fee: $10 per session, $45 for 5 sessions. Life Drawing at PAAM gives students and artists the opportunity to practice figure drawing from a professional live model.  Male and female models provide a variety of poses. Easels are provided, but participants must bring all other supplies. Drawing in the Galleries: Visitors are welcome to sketch from works displayed in the PAAM galleries.  Students and artists must provide their own drawing supplies.  Pencil and colored pencil are permitted.

SUMMER 2009 12th ANNUAL SECRET GARDEN TOUR Sunday, July 12th 10am-3pm Celebrate PAAM’s 12th Annual Secret Garden Tour on Sunday, July 12th with a double header garden experience. The day begins with a walking tour of gorgeous Secret Gardens in Provincetown’s west end from 10am-3pm. Visitors are then invited to the Provincetown Art Association and Museum to tour the Art of the Garden, an exhibition of floral works in air-conditioned galleries. All proceeds from the event benefit PAAM exhibitions and educational programs. For twelve years, the Secret Garden Tour has led guests through hidden stone paths and crooked wooden walkways into borders and beds of specimen plants, common and exotic flowers, and lush greenery. This year, the owners and tenders of fragrant and visually stunning Provincetown gardens plan to welcome more than 500 visitors. The gardens selected represent the “best of the west,” as all are located in Provincetown’s beautiful west end, making the tour quite walkable from PAAM and nearby parking lots. Free parking has been provided at Benson, Young and Downs Insurance Agency and Gately-McHoul’s Funeral home, found at the end of Harry Kemp Way. A fleet of shuttle-cars will make continuous stops between the parking lots and gardens throughout the day. Please call 508.487.1750 to reserve tickets. Tickets to the Secret Garden Tour are just $30, and include admission to PAAM’s galleries for the Art of the Garden exhibition. This event continues to be a success year after year due in part to the kindness of more than fifty dedicated volunteers. All proceeds from the event support PAAM exhibitions and education programs. save the date printable event postcard Suzanne Sinaiko (1918 - 1998) The Provincetown Bay watercolor on paper, 24 x 18" PAAM Collection, gift of Napi Van Dereck, 2000 The Art of Flower Arrangement, with Mary Garrett Sunday, July 5, 2009, 3PM Professional florist Mary Garrett presents a lively and entertaining demonstration and informative lecture on the fine art of garden flower arrangement.  Garrett will unveil techniques used by industry professionals in creating stunning arrangements from common garden blooms. This event also includes a small auction of floral arrangements. Garrett has lectured at the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and is the proprietor of Flowers by Mary in Truro, MA. This event is free.  Auction is open to all participants. For more information please call 508.487.1750 The 2009 Fredi Schiff Levin Lecture Series This series began in 2003 in honor of the artist Fredi Schiff Levin, who was a member of Provincetown's arts community from the 1960s until her passing in 2002. PAAM gratefully acknowledges John and Toni Levin and Mildred and Herbert Lee, who make this program possible with their generous support. Lectures are free and open to the public. Read more about these lectures here. Tabitha Vevers: Narrative Bodies, a Lecture with Curator Rachel Rosenfield Lafo Tuesday, June 9, 7pm The artist Tabitha Vevers creates personal narratives that explore the female body and sexuality while utilizing old master techniques. Her intimately-scaled compositions address socio-political issues that include war, AIDS, environmental degradation, and women's historical positions in society. The exhibition at PAAM (June 5-July 19) features 60 paintings selected from her series including Secular Icons, and Lover's Eyes. Join curator Rachel Rosenfield Lafo for a discussion of this mid-career survey exhibition. Window to the Sea: Birds, Light and Water: A Gallery Talk with Pat de Groot Tuesday, June 23, 7pm Join artist Pat de Groot for an illuminating discussion on her survey exhibition at PAAM (June 19 - August 2), which spans work created during her time living in Provincetown. The artist has said of her work and process, “I use what I see out of my window as visual stimulus to learn how to draw and to paint.” The exhibition includes calligraphic drawings of seagulls, oils on paper, and an installation of cormorants drawn from life at the breakwater. The Painter's Process: A Lecture with Thomas Bosket Saturday, July 18, 3pm Contemporary artists are continually using or inventing techniques and the results are changing the way work appears and feels. Painter and teacher Thomas Bosket will discuss innovative and traditional approaches to painting media. Come find out about new ways to use old grounds, why acrylic gesso should NEVER be used under oils, what ground Elizabeth Peyton is using to get those oils to act like magic marker, how to make your own watercolors for pennies (not dollars!), and many other mysteries. This lecture is a primer for Bosket's workshop, The Painter's Process (see page 36). Anne Peretz: Director's Choice, A Lecture with Curator Chris McCarthy Tuesday, July 28, 7pm Join us as Curator and PAAM Executive Director Chris McCarthy discusses Peretz's exhibition of land and seascape paintings (July 17 - September 13). This exhibition features work created on Cape Cod, in which Peretz captures the changeable dunes, shore, and sky, all filtered through the artist’s unique sensibility. Hans Hofmann: A Panel Discussion Tuesday, August 18, 7pm The German expatriate and abstract expressionist Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) became the most influential teacher of modern art in the United States. His color theories and his legacy as a teacher continue to influence artists today. Former Hofmann students Myrna Harrison, Robert Henry, and Selina Trieff will discuss their experience with the artist in conjunction with In Search of the Real: Hans Hofmann and his Students (August 7 - October 11). The exhibition features the work of Harrison, Trieff, and Henry, as well as drawings from private collections and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Paula Horn Kotis: Photographs Saturday, September 19, 3pm Paula Kotis's rich body of work spans the documentation of legendary artists and writers, including James Baldwin and Charlie Parker, to the street life of mid-20th Century Greenwich Village, to a series on Holocaust survivors traveling from Cyprus to Israel. The 2009 Adele and Lester Heller Lecture Series The ALH Lecture Series honors the memory of Adele Heller, who was the producing director of the Provincetown Playhouse on the Wharf, and a concert pianist, and her husband Lester, an accomplished documentary filmmaker and life-long devotee of the visual and performing arts. Adele and Lester will be remembered as cultural touchstones and spirited participants in the arts community and life of Provincetown. PAAM gratefully acknowledges Julie Heller, along with friends of the Heller family, who have made this series possible through their generous support. Lectures are free and open to the public. Read more about these lectures here. Provincetown and the Works Progress Administration, A Lecture with Whitney Smith, Tuesday, June 30, 7pm The New Deal art programs introduced numerous artists to the national scene, paved the way for the modern art movement of the 1940s and 1950s, and ultimately preserved the Provincetown art colony. The importance of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project in the history of Provincetown and its artists will be discussed in this timely lecture. Chasing the Sun: A Lecture on the Artist E. Ambrose Webster with Gail R. Scott, Tuesday, July 7, 7pm Based on her recently published monograph, E. Ambrose Webster: Chasing the Sun (Hudson Hill Press, 2009), Gail Scott's lecture will focus on the art and life of one of Provincetown's first and foremost painters. Webster, along with Charles W. Hawthorne, settled in Provincetown at the turn of the 20th Century. Scott places Webster among the great color innovators of 20th century American art. A book signing will follow the lecture. American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism: Style is Timely, Art is Timeless A Lecture with Marika Herskovic, Saturday, August 8 at 3pm Marika Herskovic will discuss her latest book American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism: Style is Timely,Art is Timeless, a survey of fifty-eight American painters and sculptors of the post-World War II era. Herskovic will illuminate the ways in which the most engaged mainstream creative work in New York and across the USA was not restricted to non-representational or representational expressionism, but rather to the creative power of the individual expressionist artist. Charles W. Hawthorne and Provincetown, A Lecture with Mary E. Abell Tuesday, August 11, 7pm Charles W. Hawthorne's early background as a painter and his artistic influences will be examined against the backdrop of the period, from his arrival in Provincetown in 1899 to his death in 1930. The establishment of Hawthorne's Cape Cod School of Art, his teaching philosophy and methods, and his involvement with the Provincetown Art Association and the Beachcombers will be addressed. Hawthorne's artistic legacy in terms of his work and teaching impact on his students will also be explored. Judith Rothschild : Response to The Real with Tracey Anderson, Tuesday, September 1, 7pm The art historian Anne d'Harnoncourt described Judith Rothschild as a creative force who viewed “being an artist as an individual necessity, a collective enterprise, and a responsibility to the public and her fellow artists." Rothschild was a student of Hans Hofmann's and a gifted young practitioner of leading European modernist theories. She was a founding member of the Long Point Gallery and when she died in 1993, she willed the creation of the Judith Rothschild Foundation. Join the artist Tracey Anderson for a discussion of her life and work. Oliver Newberry Chaffee, with Solveiga Rush,Tuesday, September 15, 7pm Referred to as "modern before modernism was popular," the artist Oliver Chaffee dedicated a lifetime to the pursuit of a personal visual vocabulary. Chaffee's influence as a teacher as well as a painter and printmaker continues to be felt today. Join art historian and Chaffee scholar Solveiga Rush for a lecture on the life and work of the artist. Rush will examine Chaffee's influences and creative evolution during 40 years of artistic production.) PAAM Proudly Presents the 4th Season of Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman. PAAM welcomes back Summer Jazz with Bart Weisman for a very exciting fourth season! Bart has lined up an array of world-class jazz artists, many will only be seen in Provincetown once this summer, only at PAAM. Jazz Percussionist Bart Weisman will play drums for all concerts which take place on Wednesdays at 6:00pm and cost $15.00. June 24: Lori Colombo (vocals). With Jim Robitaille (guitar) & Chris Rathbun (bass). Lori Colombo (vocals) is the daughter of the legendary trumpet player, Lou Colombo. Lori spent many years performing on the West Coast and her sound reflects this. She will be accompanied by Jim Robitaille (guitar & Winner of the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Composers Competition), Chris Rathbun (bass) and Bart Weisman (drums). July 15: Steve Ahern (trumpet & flute) & Bruce Abbott (sax & flute). With Fred Boyle (piano) & Ron Ormsby (bass). Steve Ahern (trumpet & flute) and Bruce Abbott (sax & flute) will present the classic jazz sound of trumpet & sax and the unique sound of two jazz flute players. Steve Ahern is coming up to the Cape from Florida where he performs with such artists as Aretha Franklin, Manhattan Transfer, Four Tops, Michael Feinstein and Diahann Carroll. Bruce Abbott resides on the Cape where he can be found performing and recording with many groups including his own. They will be accompanied by Fred Boyle (piano), Ron Ormsby (bass) and Bart Weisman (drums). July 22: Zoe Lewis (vocals & piano) and some surprise guest musicians! Zoe Lewis (vocals & piano) is no stranger to PAAM! Provincetown's own can be found performing around the world, but this will be her only jazz concert this summer in Provincetown. With Bart Weisman (drums) and some surprise guest musicians! Aug 5: Dane Vannatter (vocals). With Fred Boyle (piano) & Chris Rathbun (bass). Dane Vannatter is a very exciting and talented vocalist who has performed in New York, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, Boston and Cape Cod. Jazz Vocalist Carol Sloane says Dane is "My favorite among the new young male singers." He has been acclaimed by The New York Post and the Boston Globe remarks "Dane Vannatter's distinctive style leaves an imprint on whatever music he sings and his music is a swinging, soaring adventure!" He will be accompanied by Fred Boyle (piano), Chris Rathbun (bass) and Bart Weisman (drums). Sept 2: Carmen Cicero (sax). With Kent Hewitt (piano) & Marshall Wood (bass). Carmen Cicero (sax) has performed many times at PAAM and returns to the Summer Jazz Series with Kent Hewitt (piano), Marshall Wood (bass) and Bart Weisman (drums). Find out more about Jazz on the Cape, Including the Provincetown Jazz Festival, and about Bart Weisman's Music @ bartweisman.com Music in the Cape Air with Dick Miller and Friends Musician Dick Miller presents a popular American jazz series, bringing together some of the region's most talented singers and instrumentalists. Miller and his special guests have worked with legendary artists, performing both nationally and abroad.  Tickets $15 at the door. No reservations required. July 1, 6PM July 27, 6PM August 19, 6PM September 9, 6PM Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival  August 3, 7PM  At PAAM One Night Only!  The Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival is the premiere presenter of world-class ensembles and exceptional young talent at venues across the Cape. PAAM welcomes CCCMF on August 3, 2009 for a special performance by a talented ensemble. This event is sure to appeal to all musical tastes, young and old.  For tickets and information, please contact CCCMF at 508.945.8060 or visit them online at www.capecodchambermusic.org The Borromeo String Quartet : Nicholas Kitchen, violin; Kristopher, Tong, violin; Mai Motobuchi, viola; Yeesun Kim, cello, performing J.S. BACH Passacaglia and Fugue for Organ in C Minor; L. AUERBACH cetera desunt; and L.v. BEETHOVEN String Quartet in C-sharp Minor, Opus 131. Blue Door Concert Series Pianist Deborah Gilwood and cellist Arthur Cook are the evocative and adventurous duo, Blue Door Chamber Music.  Their performances are held in artful surroundings at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, amidst galleries of contemporary and historical American art. Tickets available at the door. Wednesday, July 29, 7PM - cello and piano selections Wednesday, August 12, 7PM - with guest artist Anthony Brackett (clarinet) Wednesday, August 26, 7PM - with guest artist Amy Kimball (violin) Eyelash Cabaret  August 25, 7PM One Night Only! The legendary chanteuse Ilona Royce-Smithkin and effervescent Zoe Lewis return to the Provincetown Art Association and Museum for the popular Eyelash Cabaret, held in PAAM's galleries amidst contemporary and historical American art. Tickets available at the door.

Calling all kids! Come enjoy the new kids’ activity tables in our galleries, a place where art can be shared with the young people in our lives. You’ll find drawing materials and booklets on portraits and landscapes, and even a scavenger hunt! Have fun looking at the art together and creating some of your own. Visit the Arts Foundation's website here. The Arts Foundation of Cape Cod has awarded the Collaborative Arts Project of the Year Award to the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, in recognition of the Youth Education Program for Student Curating. Lynn Stanley, PAAM's Curator of Education, directs this remarkable program, utilizing VTS -Visual Thinking Strategies, a methodology that uses art to teach young children critical thinking. “We want to ensure that art making and art appreciation remain vital to the children and youth of our community. VTS promotes the development of a variety of thinking and viewing skills which will serve our children throughout their lives.”- Lynn Stanley Read more about this program and VTS in the Provincetown Banner's online article here, and Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School’s 2006 exhibition “A Closer Look: The Art of Interpretation. here, also in the Banner.

Marston Hodgin, Fish Boats, n.d., gift of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Fogelman, 1999 SCHMOOZ CRUISE ! What’s more fun than a boatload of artists?? Grab your friends for the first annual ARTISTS’ SCHMOOZ CRUISE aboard the CEE-JAY. PAAM artists gather for fun and fishing—or not—under the full moon. CATCH SOME FISH OR SHOOTING STARS SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 6-9PM, DEPARTS MACMILLAN WHARF REGISTER EARLY AS SEATING IS LIMITED   Other than proper clothing, everything is provided—food, booze, soft drinks. This event is free if you join the PAAM Circle at $21 per month, or one gift of $250. Or you can just buy a ticket for $30. Please click here to register. After you enter your information, be sure to type SCHMOOZ CRUISE in the COMMENTS section. Limit: 40 artists. Sunset: 7:07pm. Moonrise: 7:15pm Underwritten in part by Mary Ann and Vaughn Cabral.

GALLERY HOURS

Memorial Day - September
11 am - 8 pm Monday - Thursday.
11 am - 10 pm Friday.
11 am - 5 pm Saturday and Sunday.

October - May
noon to 5 pm, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
also open by appointment

OFFICE HOURS

9 am to 5 pm, Tues. through Sat.
(9 am to 4 pm, Tues.-Sat., November through March)

LIFE DRAWING

Tuesdays and Fridays,
9:30 - 11:30 am

ADMISSION

$7 general admission
Free for PAAM members and children 12 and under
Free Friday evenings

PAAM is located on the corner of Commercial and Bangs Streets in Provincetown's East End.

Take Route 6 to the Provincetown Center exit. Turn left at light onto Conwell Street, then left at stop sign onto Bradford Street, 1/2 mile on right is Bangs Street, right one block to Commercial.

Parking is available in many private and municipal lots in Provincetown, and depending on the season, parking may be available on Commercial Street.

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