Events

PAAM will be closed for a private event this evening at 5pm, and reopening with free admission from 7-8pm.

We are hosting three days of art-making in the Hawthorne Barn with our friends from Twenty Summers. Following a brief lecture on the legacy of Charles Hawthorne in Provincetown, teacher John Clayton will give a painting demonstration and supervise three full days of painting in the Barn. Coffee and lunch will be provided. Students can choose to enroll for either the first day as a stand-alone class, or for all three days.

In honor of Juneteenth, local artist Jackie Reeves presents her installation What She Opened, an homage to educator, activist, and “Grandmother of Juneteeth”, Dr. Opal Lee. Sometimes referred to as the nation’s second independence day, Juneteenth recognizes June 19, 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas announcing that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state were free. However, it was not until June 17, 2021, after decades long efforts led by Lee, that President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act bill that finally established June 19th as a federal holiday. This temporary art piece celebrates a once underrepresented but crucial moment in American history.