Provincetown Art Association and Museum

CONTACT:

460 Commercial Street
Provincetown, MA 02657
508.487.1750
www.paam.org

Christine M. McCarthy, Executive Director

DESCRIPTION:

The Provincetown Art Association and Museum was founded by artists in 1914 to be the focal point of the new summer art colony. Its founders envisioned two summer exhibitions in a single gallery. Its collection initially included donations of works by the founding artists, including Charles Hawthorne, E. Ambrose Webster, William Halsall, Oscar Gieberich and Gerrit Beneker. The Museum has flourished over the years; its collection now numbers 2,000 works, and its reputation is recognized across the country and internationally. PAAM averages 35 exhibitions year-round in four galleries. It works hard to increase visitation (and earned income) in the off-season by offering gallery talks, concerts, panel discussions and art classes for both visitors and the winter population. Its membership has grown dramatically, and at 1,300, includes members from the Cape, Massachusetts, and 37 states throughout the United States. PAAM completed a $4.5 million capital campaign that enabled them to add two new galleries, four classrooms, a bookstore, three sculpture gardens and various amenities.

(2005: CULTURE: Arts: Visual, Literary and Crafts)