RSVPs ARE CLOSED. Gallery Talk and Opening Reception, Invisible Threads

INVISIBLE THREADS: Portraits and Stories of Our Global Neighbors

Exhibition Dates: August 7 - November 9, 2025

We have reached our capacity of RSVPs for the talk and reception.

Please visit the Museum during regular hours to see Invisible Threads: Portraits and Stories of Our Global Neighbors

Gallery Talk and Reception, Thursday, August 14, 2025

Gallery Talk with Photographer Julia Cumes: 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Opening Reception: 5:00 - 6:30 pm

Free and open to the public. RSVPs appreciated.

Invisible Threads is a collaborative portrait series designed to highlight the personal stories and diverse experiences of our global neighbors on Cape Cod. Through an immersive, creative process between photographer Julia Cumes, her collaborator Lipe Borges, and the subjects themselves, each portrait and accompanying narrative reveals the unique paths and challenges these essential community members face. The project aims to address the lack of visibility and acknowledgment for these global neighbors, who are integral to Cape Cod’s economic and cultural landscape.

"As storytellers who've also crossed borders and built lives far from where we began, this work is deeply personal to both of us. That sense of in-between—of leaving one home while learning to belong in another—is something I've carried for a long time. This project reflects that experience, but more importantly, it's a tribute to those who've trusted us with their stories. Through these portraits and stories, we’ve come to know strength, vulnerability, and the quiet beauty of becoming known—and we invite you to do the same."

—Julia Cumes

Support for this project provided by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod through a National Endowment for the Arts Regional Partnership Grant. Additional support provided by the Brewster, Chatham, Orleans, Harwich, and Dennis Cultural Councils.