UPON REFLECTION: THE REMEMBRANCE OF NOW
An Exhibition by Susan Bernstein

Exhibition Dates: September 16 – September 27
Location: Provincetown Commons
46 Bradford Street
Provincetown, MA 02657

Opening Reception
Friday, September 18
5 PM – 7 PM

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Gallery Hours
Monday – Friday: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Saturday & Sunday: 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Artist Statement:

This exhibition is dedicated to the power of place—specifically Provincetown. Here, land, ocean, and human presence have layered over time, leaving a continuous imprint. Past and present do not recede but remain visible, shimmering within the current moment.  

The works in this show hold a contemplative space. They invite the viewer to pause, to reflect, and to enter into this quiet accumulation of experience—where memory, perception, and presence unfold together.

Artist Bio:

Susan Bernstein has 26 years as a ceramic artist and teacher at Mudflat in Somerville, MA and summer workshops at Castle Hill, Truro, MA. She has her ceramics studio in Provincetown and is also a resident artist at Mudflat. Susan is a hand builder primarily interested in making sculptural and conceptual work. She showed her conceptual work at AMP Gallery in Provincetown from 2012-2022. She had a solo show “Mud Garden" in 2025 at Zone7a Gallery in Provincetown. Susan holds a passion for the power of clay to have more than just functional beauty; it can also hold stories, questions, history, intentions and mystery.