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Upcoming Exhibitions
ARTHUR COHEN: Provincetown Light
September 6 - October 19
Nationally renowned artist Arthur Cohen has been painting the shimmering light of Provincetown for nearly 50 years. His panoramas of the harbor are instantly identifiable as his work- capturing the essence of infinity created at the juncture of land, sea and light, built up with thin layers of blues and grays. This exhibition was curated by Michael Giaquinto, CCMA Curator.
FINE ARTS WORK CENTER: 40TH ANNIVERSARY 
Former Visual Arts Fellows: At Home on the Cape
September 6 - November 2
In 1968, the FAWC in Provincetown was founded by a group of artists, writers, and patrons --including Fritz Bultman, Alan Dugan, Stanley Kunitz, Phil Malicoat, Robert Motherwell, and Hudson D. Walker -- to offer a place for artists to work with a community of peers and spur their creative process. For 40 years, artists from across the nation have sought these valued fellowships of a living/work space and stipend in this historical art community where nothing is asked of them but to create independently.
This exhibition presents the work of 20 artists who arrived as fellows, and were inspired by the creative Cape environment to stay and become part of its artistic community.
The artists are: Bailey Bob Bailey, Richard Baker, Susan Baker, Ken Boswick, Paul Bowen, William Evaul, Jenny Humphreys, Maryalice Johnston, Irene Lipton, Susan Lyman, Peter Macara, Conrad Malicoat, Eleanor Meldahl, Joan Pereira, Jim Peters, Janice Redman, Douglas Ritter, Vicky Tomayko, Tabitha Vevers, Bert Yarborough.
Image by Maryalice Johnston, "Mahjong Rabbit"
ARNOLD GEISSBUHLER: SCULPTOR (1897 - 1993)
Shaped by the 20th Century: Drawings & Sculptures from his Lifetime
November 8 - January 25, 2009
Curated by Al Kochka, Director of the Geissbuhler Project
Sponsored in part by a grant from the Jeremiah Kaplan Foundation of the UJA Federation, NY
 Born in Switzerland in 1897, Arnold Geissbuhler apprenticed with Zurich architectural sculptor Otto Munch before moving to Paris in 1919. He studied with sculptor Antoine Bourdelle, who had been a student of Rodin’s. At the Académie de la Grande Chaumière he became friends with many artists, including Alberto Giacometti, who became a lifelong friend. He also met a young student, Elisabeth Chase of Dennis, MA, who later became recognized as a Rodin scholar. They fell in love and married. 
The Geissbuhler’s travelled extensively. He exhibited in Paris, New York and Boston. The first showing of his work was at the Whitney Studio (later the Whitney Museum of American Art) and his first one-man show was held at the Kraushaar Gallery on Fifth Avenue, where drawings by Rodin were also on display.
They resided in Provincetown from 1934 – 1937. Geissbuhler taught drawing and sculptural techniques at Wellesley College for 21 years from 1937 through 1958. He had a sculpture studio in Dennis where they set up residence in 1970.
Geissbuhler brought with him to America the academic tradition of monumental, heroic sculpture. But he went beyond the traditions of realism and became more abstract, working with new materials such as ceramic.
The selections in this show trace the artist’s evolving forms of expression influenced by the time in which he lived, the changing artistic movements around him, and how he responded to them.
This exhibition highlights examples of his work: from his early academic years, his changing styles during the 1930s while at Wellesley and Provincetown, his work during the Great Depression and WW II, his own Atomazon series, his family themes and in his final years, his heroic-sized ceramic works.
Gallery Talks with Al Kochka:
Thurs: Nov 13, 11 am
Sun, Dec 7, 2 pm
Tues, Jan 6, 11 am
CARL ASHBY (1914 - 2004): The Structure Within
September 13 - October 12
Co-curated by James Wolf, Cotuit Center for the Arts and Michael Giaquinto, CCMA Exhibitions Curator
Carl Ashby was a prolific artist who was at the center of modern art movements of the 20th century in New York and Cape Cod. He began his career at the Art Students League in New York in 1937, taught for 25 years at Parsons Division of the New School, and summered on Cape Cod.
Reflections of Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and many other important influences of his time will be seen in his oil paintings, watercolors, etchings and collages. His work is held in many major museums including the Whitney Museum of Amercian Art.
VERNON H. COLEMAN: Seascapes, Ships & Scenery
October 18 - January 11, 2009
 Vernon Coleman (1898 – 1978) was born in Norwich, CT, where he grew up enjoying puppet shows that sparked his love of theatre, designing sets, and his lifelong interest in art. He studied at the Corcoran Gallery School of Art in Washington, D.C.
Later, in the early 1920s after moving with his family to Cape Cod, he became affliated with the Cape Playhouse and became a founder of the Cape Cod Art Club, setting up a studio in Yarmouth Port. During the Depression, he created over 100 murals under the WPA program, some which still exist in public buildings throughout the town of Barnstable. In 1943, he began a 22-year career as a teacher in the Barnstable Schools, for which he is fondly remembered. He is primarily known for his marine scenes, which will be on view in this exhibition.
ARCHITECTURE OF THE CAPE COD SUMMER
Work of Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders
November 1 - January 4, 2009
"Each house is a wish—a place of tranquility by the sea, where memories are made with families and friends…a particular version of the endless summer."
- Michael J. Crosbie, PhD, AIA; introduction to book, Architecture of the Cape Cod Summer
This exhibition shows the design process and creations of the region’s top architecture and construction firm, Polhemus Savery DaSilva Architects Builders. It explores the compelling art – underpinned by the science of construction, influenced by the specific demands of the region and client, and executed by master craftsmen that make this firm so respected in their profession. The show includes a chronology of the firm’s major work – including its work on CCMA – and a close look at three houses.
See the design process of a dazzling seaside home, “House on Champlain’s Bluff,” the inner spaces and architectural details that make “Pepperwood” a unique work of art, and learn how regulatory constraints were turned into positive influences for “Home On Harper’s Island.”
The work comes alive through drawings, models, small architectural elements, and stunning color photographs taken by some of the nation’s top architectural photographers.
Meet John DaSilva at his book signing of Architecture of the Cape Cod Summer at the museum on Oct 4 at 3:30 pm.
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