November 29, 2014
In observance of World AIDS Day, Monday, Dec. 1, the AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod is premiering the documentary “It Is the Worst of Times, It Is the Best of Times,” at 5:15 p.m. at Waters Edge Cinema (second floor, Whaler’s Wharf), 237 Commercial St., Provincetown. The film was created by Bruce De Ste. Croix, Natale Pasquale and Dorothy Palanza, all three of Provincetown. Seating is limited but tickets are still available at watersedgecinema.org and the box office.
September 14, 2014
By Laura Shabott SEA Space is a collaborative effort new to the Provincetown cultural scene. Located behind The Squealing Pig at 333R Commercial St., the space is a donation to the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies from its board of directors’ member Bill Bonn. SEA stands for science, environment and art. Next, artist, educator and local resident Susan Lyman stepped forward to enlist friends and artists to sit the gallery. “This venue on Commercial Street has great potential for the center and for the town,” she says. The art exhibits are being curated by Dorothy Palanza,...
October 1, 2013
Dorothy Palanza Participates in ’10 Days of Art’ Artists and art-lovers from the year-round community of Provincetown and Cape Cod take over Provincetown Town Hall for “10 Days of Art” (Sept. 13-22), curated by Ewa Nogiec, owner of Provincetown’s Gallery Evha. Co-produced with the Provincetown Center of Coastal Studies, the theme of the festival is “Hidden Treasures,” where the art installations, performances and other events are all devoted to uncovering and appreciating the hidden treasures of nature — sea, sky, sand and land. READ ENTIRE ARTICLE...
July 21, 2013
“…Back downtown I stopped by the Williams McCall Gallery to see a show curated by artist Dorothy Palanza who assembled works by various artists with the intention of bringing a different perspective of the ocean as an environment. In “Post-Millenial Jonah” air space becomes water space as conveyed in pieces such as Eliot Hess’s picture of Croatian fish and a video/poem collaboration by Elizabeth Bradfield and Demet Taspinar…” From an article “Art Basel Miami Beach” in Cottages & Gardens – view full article...
April 24, 2013
On a gorgeous spring day the warm rays of sun shine through the double-layered canopy of scrub pines and the taller maples and oaks at the Dunes’ Edge Campground. Work crews clean up piles of pine needles and branches after a wild and windy winter finally seems to be over as trees bud and daffodils bloom. As the woods burst back to life there is something else emerging at the campground. Strings of twine hang from several trees with wooden ornaments resembling tiny buoys dangle not far overhead. Braided colorful cardboard cuffs decorate a grove of trees. A “camp fire” made of old tire...
April 19, 2013
Some art takes us to other worlds. Some art makes us better see and care about the world we live in. This art does both. Sponsored by the Provincetown Conservation Trust, “Appearances 2013,” the third annual green arts festival in Provincetown, is a town-wide celebration and artistic exploration of nature and the ways we coexist with the world around us. For 10 days, April 19-28, outdoor and indoor art installations, talks, readings, film screenings, theatrical and musical performances and a workshop or two, including a “sustainable chocolate” demonstration, will spring up all over...