LINES IN TIME: WHITE LINE WOODCUT GROUP SHOW
Bill Evaul, Sherry Sherwood, Lorraine Kujawa, Darrell Smith, Kathryn Lee Smith, and Julie Gray

On Exhibit: through OCTOBER 12
Opening Reception: Friday, October 3 | 5:00–7:00 PM

Lines in Time: White Line Woodcut celebrates over a century of artistic innovation rooted in the unique white-line woodblock printing technique born in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Developed around 1915 by members of the Provincetown Printers—most notably B.J.O. Nordfeldt, Ada Gilmore, and Blanche Lazzell—this method revolutionized printmaking by using a single carved block with gouged lines separating hand-painted color areas, producing a luminous watercolor-like image bordered by the signature white lines. Influenced by Japanese ukiyo-e prints and European Modernism, the Provincetown Print distilled complex traditions into an accessible and distinctly American form, often capturing the Cape’s coastal life and spirit through bold shapes, flattened perspective, and intimate subject matter.

This group exhibition brings together contemporary artists to trace the lineage and evolution of the white-line print. From early masters like Lazzell and Maud Hunt Squire to present-day practitioners including Kathryn Lee Smith, the show highlights the enduring relevance and vitality of the technique. New works honor the tactile, meditative nature of white-line printing while pushing its boundaries through abstraction, expanded palettes, and narrative experimentation. Lines in Time invites viewers to explore how this Provincetown-born art form continues to evolve—bridging past and future, tradition and reinvention—with each carved line.

Lorraine Kujawa: Reflections The multitude of life here in Provincetown feeds my work. My goal is to keep looking and reflecting on the interesting and the beautiful.


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