Dear friends,

It’s been a very different winter!   We’re happy to have remained open and available to our current art & design and coworking members and look forward to inviting new members as the capacity guidelines evolve.   

The beauty and calmness of our winter months on the Outer Cape have filled us with inspiration to craft new projects and create new works.  We are grateful to continue our collaboration with non-profits and our gallery friends - virtually of course!   We’re looking forward to our April Open Call Art Exhibit, titled Guts & Glory and invite you check it out on our website and support local artists.    

A quick shout out of gratitude to Megan Nussle, our Associate who is leaving The Commons this month to embark on her own theater project.  Good Luck Megan!   

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Thank you all for your support and encouragement!  

All the best,

Jill Stauffer, Executive Director

With a short window of downtime from brick and mortar retail, gallerists take time to tackle a project, catch up on reading and/or to give back to the arts community.

 Debbie Nadolney, recently did the latter and delivered an Artist Development opportunity for the Art & Design members at The Commons by paying a socially distanced visit to current members: Thor Jensen, Richard Pepitone, Daniel Wagner, Donna Pomponio , Paul Rizzo , Caroline Carney and Benwa Kramer  The topic Deb presented:  how an artist should  present their artworks to a gallerist. 

 Debbie generously shared the story of how she came to own AMP, Art Marketplace Provincetown and her drive to have the freedom to work with conceptual artists.  She has a passion for collaboration and created AMP to be a “live” space, the art includes music, performance, poetry and literary readings.  AMP is a warm and inviting gallery that has represented over 45 artists, of which, half are local to Provincetown. 

 It’s important for a gallery owner to have a good relationship with the artists they show and represent.   On the artist side of the equation, it’s key to put together a great website and ensure your social media / Instagram is curated and has a number of followers that make an impression.  As an artist, Deb advised, “don’t be afraid to approach a gallery that you have feel simpatico with, and if you get rejected, don’t take it personally.  Keep trying.   Also important, is for the artist to speak their truth as they present their artwork.  Speak your truth in a concise way builds trust and allows more people in.  Stay true to your art and resist the pull to bend, just to create a fit.

OPEN CALL

The Commons invites Outer Cape artists to participate in our Spring Open Call Show, “Guts & Glory”.

This show embodies the strength and beauty, struggle and triumph, and fame and splendor of the world. Guts & Glory will be on exhibit in The Commons exhibition hallway as well as online, so artists will be asked to submit both physical and digital representations of their work.

All artwork conveys a story, whether intended or not. We ask the artist to categorize their work in terms of a symbolic intention of being in the likes of “GUTS” or “GLORY” and please stay tuned to our Guts & Glory, The Art of Storytelling series that will be happening this spring.

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glo·ry

/Glôrē/

noun

*high renown or honor won by notable achievements.

*magnificence or great beauty.

verb

take great pride or pleasure in

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
-Confucious

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Space is limited for this show and not all submissions are guaranteed to be included in the exhibition. We will try to accommodate as many pieces as possible but priority will be made on a first-come, first-serve basis :

• Drop off: Monday, March 29th and Tuesday March 30th from 10am-4pm at The Commons

• Size: Two-dimensional work should not exceed 36” square. Three-dimensional work should fit within a 14 x 14” area or be ready to hang on the wall. *Submissions exceeding these size requirements will not be accepted.

• All work must be ready to hang or install.  

• *Please note all information regarding your artwork will be submitted digitally via email

• Please email create@commonsptown.org digital image in JPG, GIF, or PNG with GUTS & GLORY in the subject line

• Title
  Length x width" medium
  Artist
  $

• Each submission should include contact information including email and phone number. Please state if the piece should hang with either “Guts” or “Glory.”

• Pick up: Thursday, April 29th and Friday, April 30th from 10am - 4pm

• Proceeds: All sales of artwork must be conducted privately by the artist or through a representing gallery. The Commons will not serve as a broker for sales and will not ask for any commission. 

• Visit https://www.provincetowncommons.org/guts-and-glory for more information
  
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guts

/ɡət/

noun

plural noun: guts

*the stomach or belly.

informal

*used in reference to a feeling or reaction based on an instinctive emotional response rather than considered thought.

To have enough courage, conviction, or resolve (to do something).

“I've got the guts to die. What I want to know is, have you got the guts to live?”
― Tennessee Williams, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

MAKE YOUR MARK IN PROVINCETOWN.

The Commons is planting seeds for this spring in our Sculpture Garden. We seek proposals for outdoor sculpture to be on exhibit at 46 Bradford Street. Selected artworks will be on view for up to eighteen months. Site-specific, temporary installations will also be considered on a seasonal basis.

The intention of this initiative is to provide a public venue for contemporary sculpture in Provincetown, MA. Preference will be given to work that’s created by residents of the Outer Cape, but we’re open to proposals by artists with a seasonal relationship to Provincetown as well. Both prefabricated works and site-specific works intended to be constructed on-site are encouraged.

https://www.provincetowncommons.org/exhi.../sculpture-garden

email: create@commonsptown.org with any questions.

APPLY TO EXHIBIT

THE OTHER, BY COLIN MOORE

Have you ever encountered a beast in your travels? If you have, did you ever stop and wonder what that beast thought of you?

Thank you Colin Moore for exhibiting "THE OTHER" in The Commons sculpture garden. Colin Moore shared an unlikely encounter with Provincetown. We at The Commons got to witness an audience react to this experience and are grateful for every single moment of it!

Colins explores emotions and relationships between people and the world they live in. His work represents the common human experience, with all its myths and frailties. He captures that sense of transience in the ephemeral quality of his sculptures, which viewers will notice when moving around or through them.

Aware that we perceive three-dimensional objects using a primitive part of the brain that creates a visceral memory, Moore uses objects and space to communicate feelings. His intention is to invite the viewer to be present and accept the moment with trust, whether fabulous or futile—it is perfect just as it is.

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