2025 Exhibitions
January 9 - March 23, 2025
​Michael Giaquinto: Access to My Imagination
Muse Artist Award Recipient
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Michael A. Giaquinto was the Exhibitions Curator at the Cape Cod Museum of Art (CCMoA) for 17 years from 2003 - 2020. During that span he curated over 200 exhibitions.
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Giaquinto is a prolific artist and educator, working non-objectively in acrylic paint on canvas, creating his own style within the modernist tradition. He has exhibited in museums and galleries across the region and his artwork can be found in private, corporate and museum collections.
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As the recipient of the 2023 CCMoA MUSE ARTIST AWARD, Michael A. Giaquinto is recognized with this one-person exhibition.
January 16 - March 30, 2025
A CCMoA Members' Exhibition
Gallery Talk with the Artists & Reception: Thursday, February 6, 2025, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
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Since the early days of the Provincetown art colony, Cape Cod has drawn artists from near and far to come and make art. Some followed influential teachers here such as Hawthorne and Hofmann; some came for the support and freedom fostered by the Cape Cod community of artists, and some came because of the light.
Today’s Cape Cod creative culture continues to attract and exert a huge influence on the artists who live and visit here.
In this call, the Cape Cod Museum of Art is seeking examples of artworks that demonstrate, in some way, the influence of Cape Cod on visual artists. We ask our member artists: How does Cape Cod influence your art-making? Artworks will span all genres ranging from representational to abstract to non-objective. Accepted artworks will be displayed with short artist statements.
February 13 - May 4, 2025
She Said
Docent Curated Exhibition from the CCMoA Permanent Collection
Reception: Thursday, March 6, 2025, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
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In recognition of Women’s History Month in March, the CCMoA will feature artworks from our Permanent Collection created by women. Women have been historically underrepresented in museum collections throughout the world. The CCMoA will take this opportunity to provide the platform and research needed to celebrate the artistic merits of regionally significant woman artists, while also examining our Permanent Collection to identify female artists who may have been overlooked in the collection. Artworks will be displayed in conjunction with wall texts made possible by the research of the CCMoA Docents.
March 27 - May 18, 2025
Through Young Eyes
21st annual exhibition​​
Reception: Saturday, March 29, 2025, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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The Cape Cod Museum of Art (CCMoA) and the Cape Cod & Islands Art Educators Association (CCIAEA) are pleased to present the 21st annual Through Young Eyes. This annual exhibition showcases the artwork of Cape Cod student artists in grades K-12. Historically, work from more tha 120 students have been curated into this exhibition by 40 art teachers from across the region.
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Teachers will also provide an example of their artwork. Mediums used by students include sculpture, painting, printmaking, collage, drawing, ceramics, textile, fiber, mixed media art and animation/video.
The exhibition raises awareness of Youth Art Month, organized by the Massachusetts Art Education Association, celebrating the value of art education and art participation for all children in Massachusetts during the month of March each year.
April 3 - June 29, 2025
Dreamscapes and Inner Worlds
An International Juried Exhibition​​
Juror Selection Results Are In! Click Here for the list of accepted artists and artworks
Gallery Talk with the Artists and Reception: Friday, April 11, 2025, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Gallery Talk begins at 4:00 Sharp. Reception follows at 5:30 pm.
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Artists from across the country and around the world are invited to submit their original artwork on the theme . The theme can be interpreted broadly, encompassing, but is not limited to, surrealist imagery, fantasy, stream of consciousness, and otherworldly visions.
May 8 - August 10, 2025
Mark Chester Photographs: Sublime to Ridiculous​​​
Reception: Thursday, May 15, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
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This exhibition will feature the unique and humorous vantage point of Mark Chester through a selection of photographic prints selected from a lifetime of freelance photography, beginning in 1972. Mark Chester has published photographs, featured travel and human-interest stories in newspapers nationwide, including the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Christian Science Monitor, among others. Books include: Roadshow Anthropology, 2023, The Bay State: A Multicultural Landscape, Photographs of New Americans, 2023, Twosomes, 2010, No in America, 1986, and Dateline America, by Charles Kuralt, 1979.
May 8 - August 10, 2025
Loo-Loos: Restroom Gender Signs, the Photography of Mark Chester​​​
Reception: Thursday, May 15, 2025, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm​
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Loo-Loos explores gender from the a theme that connects with all of us from the most fundamental of necessities – the bathroom!
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“A collection of restroom gender signs that say more than ‘men, women, ladies, or gentleman.’ They are, elegant, colorful, and corny….I photographed these signs over many years on travels through the United States, Canada, Mexico, Japan, France, Iceland and England.” – Mark Chester
May 22 - July 23, 2025
Recent Acquisitions: A CCMoA Permanent Collection Exhibition​​​
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The Cape Cod Museum of Art was founded to collect, steward, research and showcase the artwork of regionally significant artists. Through this exhibition, we celebrate three years of collecting efforts made possible by the intensive work of our Permanent Collections and Stewardship Committees. See for the first time 70 of the most recently accessioned artworks.
July 3 - October 5, 2025
Carmen Cicero Drawings and Watercolors: Tales of Intrigue, Danger and Humor​​​
Talk & Public Reception: Thursday, July 17, 2025, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Talk, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Reception, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm​
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An artist with seven decades in the New York contemporary art scene, Carmen Cicero will showcase artworks in his preferred mediums of drawing and watercolor in conjunction with the release of his handsome monograph Carmen Cicero Drawings and Watercolors: Tales of Intrigue, Danger and Humor.
Cicero was a founding member of the Long Point Gallery in Provincetown, MA and shown at such venues as Museum of Modern Art, New York (1953, 1955, 1957); Newark Museum (1955, 1964, 1966, 1967); Art Institute of Chicago (1957); Fine Arts Pavilion, New York World's Fair (1964); Whitney Annual (later the Whitney Biennial), New York (1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1966); as well as the Guggenheim Museum. Exhibition curated by acclaimed art critique David Ebony.
August 7 - November 9, 2025
Invisible Threads: Portraits and Stories of Our Global Neighbors​​​
by Photographer Julia Cumes
Gallery Talk and Reception: Thursday, August 14, 2025, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm​
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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, and her subjects, 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.
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As a photographer, I’ve had the opportunity to travel widely and explore many cultures and communities through my work. Having this unique and privileged access to other lives and cultures, I try to always be respectful in my approach, capturing a sense of place and moment and conveying the humanity of the people I’m photographing. I strive to present viewers with a version of the world they may not otherwise get to see and engage them in a dialog about this extraordinary, beautiful and complex world we live in. – Julia Cumes
August 14 - December 14, 2025
Recent Acquisitions: Sigmund M. and Mary B. Hyman Collection​
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Artworks from the most important figures in Western art history will be on display in this exhibition comprised of 45 paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints donated to the CCMoA by the late Sigmund M. and Mary B. Hyman.
Artworks include work by Bonnard, Bouche, Chagall, Davies, Degas, Giacometti, Glackens, Kokoschka, Luks, Maillol, Matisse, Moore, Mucha, Picasso, du Bois, Renoir, Soyer, Toulouse-Lautrec, Whorf, and Wiggins, among others.
October 9 - January 25, 2025
Laura Shabbot: You Only Get One Body
Gallery Talk and Reception: Thursday, October 16, 2025, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm​
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This exhibition features the figurative artwork of Provincetown rooted artist, historian and educator, Laura Shabott in an immersive experiential presentation. Large scale paintings and multimedia installations influenced by the teachings of Hans Hofmann and Robert Henry will capture your imagination. Exhibition curated by David Henry Perry
November 13 - January 4, 2025
Wrap it Up!
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Discover hundreds of original artworks made by local artists in our annual Members' Holiday Show & Sale,
December 18 - April 5, 2025
Docent Curated from the CCMoA Permanent Collection
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This exhibition is a celebration of the CCMoA Permanent Collection of over 2000 artworks, curated by our Museum Docents. Research and wall text will be completed for each artwork on exhibition. This important research helps bring to light the stories and history of artworks and artists in our outstanding Permanent Collection.