FALMOUTH, MASS.- Highfield Hall & Gardens, a premier destination for arts and culture in Falmouth, MA, has opened End to End: Cape and Island Artists and the Land, the summer exhibition where thirty artists present their interpretations of the region’s diverse geography. Although this hooked shaped peninsula has appealed to artists for well over two centuries, its beauty and diversity is constantly under threat due to issues ranging from the health of the environment to economic equity. We are fortunate to have these artists present this contemporary record of the land. End-to-End will feature artists from every one of the fifteen towns of Cape Cod and three from the islands.
Visual artists are inspired by the land as much as they are by the sea on the Cape. As light and color continuously change, even day to day, the natural landscape offers artists a rich visual feast twelve months a year. The artists have been selected because of their focus on their immediate landscape, making the landscape their muse. Dunes, cedar swamp forests, heather and poverty grass windswept hills populate much of the outer Cape imagery, marshes, bogs, pine barrens, rock mounds and ledges are no less popular among artists. The constancy of ocean waves and the patterned pronouncements left on the sand is a technical feat to capture, making the wave yet another muse.
The curatorial objective celebrates the rich geological history of the area, showcasing the unique habitats that extend from Provincetown to Bourne, and offshore on the islands. These artists include starting with Outer Cape: Mark Adams, Jim Boussard, Antonia DaSilva, Rebecca Gmucs, William P. Hamlin, Meagan Hinton, Peter Hocking, Matthew and Steve Kemp, Monica Rozak, Joyce Zavorskas, mid and upper Cape artists, Corine Adams, Earle Barnhart, Pamela Chmielinski, Justin Cifello, Áine Cole, Sue Colozzi, Joe Diggs, Terry Gips, Shannon Goheen, Green New Deal Studio’s Hilda Maingay and Earle Barnhart, Deborah Handy, Jane Lincoln, Amy Mason, Joseph McGurl, Mary Moquin, Elaine Tata, Susanne Taylor; finally, Island artists, Julia Mitchell, Daniel Sutherland, and Deirdre Tao. There is a variety of media, including ceramics, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Visitors will find abstract to faithfully representational, that are in all instances, informed by the region’s distinctive character.
The curatorial objective is to celebrate the rich geological history of the area, showcasing the unique habitats that extend from Provincetown to Bourne, and offshore on the islands. In addition to the art on view, concern for the natural and unnatural threats to the land such as leveling woodlands for industrial developments, erosion, and the effects of changing climate on the natural resources will be addressed.
June 20 – September 23, 2023
