Join us for The Provincetown Print, a captivating new documentary by Amy Davies from PAAM celebrating the origins, artistry, and enduring legacy of Provincetown’s distinctive white-line woodcut tradition.
“The Provincetown Print” tells the story of the creation of an American art form, the white-line woodblock print. At the beginning of WWI, a small group of expatriate artists returned to the United States and settled in the artist community of Provincetown, Massachusetts. Together, they developed the colorful white line printmaking process that is still practiced today.
Artists and Provincetown Print historians William Evaul and Kathryn Lee Smith appear in the film with PAAM CEO Christine McCarthy, artist Lennie Alickman, art historian James Bakker, and Blanche Lazzell expert Robert Bridges.
Local musician Anne Stott composed the score with an additional track by Jon Evans.
Location: JFK Hyannis Museum
Co-Hosted with Provincetown Art Association and Museum
This event is free, please RSVP below.
ABOUT PROVINCETOWN ART ASSOCIATION AND MUSEUM
Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) was established in 1914 by a group of artists and townspeople to build a permanent collection of works by artists of outer Cape Cod, and to exhibit art that would allow for unification within the community. Through a comprehensive schedule of exhibitions of local and national significance and educational outreach, PAAM provides the public access to art, artists, and the creative process.
Integral to the community comprising the Provincetown Art Colony, PAAM embodies the qualities that make Provincetown an enduring American center for the arts, and serves as Cape Cod’s most widely attended art museum.
As interest in the region’s contribution to American art history continues to grow, PAAM presents an ever-changing lineup of exhibitions, lectures, workshops and cultural events that seek to promote and cultivate appreciation for all branches of the fine arts for which Provincetown is known.