The shanties are coming to Hyannis Harbor!
 

Friday, May 18th is opening day!  Meet and watch Cape Cod artists and artisans at work.  Works vary and include painting, jewelry, sculpture, mosaics, stained glass, ceramics, mariner knot work, wood carving, figurines, fiber art, photography and so much more!
 

A variety of stolling entertainment near the shanties takes place throughout the season and this year on Tuesdays in July and Thursdays in July and Auguts participate in FREE family crafts and activities.

Check out the participating artists this year!  We have three full season, three rotating and one monthly rotating shanty.  SO many artists to meet!

5/18-6/17 11AM-5PM  (Friday-Sunday and Monday of Memorial Day Weekend)
6/22-9/3   11AM-8PM  Seven days a week
9/4-9/30   11AM-5PM  Seven days a week
 

FREE concerts and events at Aselton Park this July and August!
Click here for scheduled events to date.
 

Check out this week's Arts and Culture segment.
 

Each Friday a new segment highlighting artists, musicians and cultural organizations around town, airs on Barnstable This Morning, the town's live, local morning program (Channel 18) featuring numerous guests from many areas of Town Government and beyond.

ARTWORK ON LOAN PROGRAM
AT BARNSTABLE TOWN HALL

 

The works of Studio 35/Fellowship Health Resources are featured in the Town Hall Hearing Room through the end of June. 

Studio 35 is a creative recovery program that is offered through Fellowship Health Resources; a mental health vendor with many residences located here on Cape Cod and the Islands as well as seven states.

Studio 35 encourages the creative development of its members and fosters recovery through this unique program.  It brings the arts in many different forms to the clubhouses and residences helping it’s participants to think and be creative. Through participation members develop self-esteem, confidence in their abilities, learn creative ways to express themselves, become something so much more than their illness … they become artists!

Studio 35 is always looking for opportunities to participate in the community through the arts.  This helps the members become more connected to their community in an exceptional and fun way.

The Artwork on Loan program is an opportunity for local artists to benefit from those passing through the meeting rooms. Visitors will find an inviting, attractive environment and opportunity to see and learn about local artists. For more information on the program, artists can email melissa.hersh@town.barnstable.ma.us or call 508-862-4767 or visit hyartsdistrict.com

For more information on the program contact Melissa at melissa.hersh@town.barnstable.ma.us

Mid-Cape Regional Council:
 

The Mid-Cape Cultural Council would like to hear from you to give us guidance on funding priorities for our grant program and other community initiatives. We will announce the results of this survey at the Cultural Center of Cape Cod on May 29, 7 PM, at our upcoming event, Sharing Our Stories: A Mid-Cape Cultural Council Meeting and Grants Showcase. We would love to see you there to take part in this ongoing conversation.

In the meantime:

Please click this link,  to take our 10-question survey to help us better understand the needs of the community we serve.
 

For questions, please e-mail Chair, Becky Lawrence,
midcapecouncil2@gmail.com

 

The Old Selectmen's Building Gallery-Route 149, West Barnstable
Open May through August

2012 schedule:

May 16-28 Joline Diehl
  Oil & watercolor-New Works

June 6-17  The Weaving Network 2012–  Susan Clark, Shannon Goheen, Katie Hickey, Christina Jervant, Nancy Kirchner, Joanna MacCuspie, Beth Minear, Barbara Pelletier, Janet Petrillo-Rice, Helene Stracco and Elena Tobin
Fiber of all sorts

Click HERE for the complete schedule. 

CONTACT Carrie Bearse at seabearse@gmail.com or by phone 508-362-9230 for more details on exhibiting next season.

 

Art visits Nature out at Sandy Neck Beach!
 

Artists in all disciplines are invited to take a day or overnight excursion to the Half Way House, a cottage located in the middle of the dunes and marsh.

The next excursion is planned for June 8th and 9th, 2012 and September 21st, 2012.
John Whitmarsh participated in the program in September 2011.  Below are just a few of his many photographs taken during his visit.

For details and an application click here .  Email melissa.hersh@town.barnstable.ma.us if you are interested in participating in 2012.  This program was created in partnership with the Cape Cod Art Association and Sandy Neck Beach Park. 


We share another story:  Cotuit artist Sandra O'Connor spent time out at the Halfway House as well.  "My plan going out was to do a pencil sketch an hour but the colors were so amazing, I couldn't stand just working in graphite so I broke out my little travel box. So what I ended up doing was a small painting every couple of hours throughout the day. I would wander and photograph whatever appealed to me compositionally, texturally or color wise. Then I filled in details back in my studio the day after, while the experience was still fresh in my heart and mind."  

works by artist Sandra O'Connor

Check out the story in the Barnstable Patriot by Mary Richmond.  Mary is a teacher, artist, naturalist and writer.  More about Mary at www.capecodartandnature.com

Never a dull day over at the Cotuit Center for the Arts! 

Educate, Entertain, Illuminate, Inspire!