Feinstein’s father, Sam Feinstein, was a respected artist and teacher on the Cape, New York City and Princeton, N. J.  who studied with the legendary abstract expressionist Hans Hofmann in Provincetown during the 1950s.  He became Hofmann’s true friend and confidant and made an important film about him in which Hofmann painted The Window.  The film premiered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the painting was acquired by them.

Sascha Feinstein realized that his father’s intimate knowledge of Hofmann would create a rounded portrait of the artist and he interviewed him extensively from 1989 -1990 to capture and edit his remembrances.  Sascha will give a powerpoint presentation about his attempt to have the work published, which was an experience he says went from “woe to wow.”   Fortunately, after a long nightmare with the first publisher that led to nothing being published, Provincetown Arts Press is now launching the book on July 16.

Sascha will also read his father’s thoughts on Hofmann’s painting Rhapsody from the book to convey the artist’s sensibility as a painter and to give the audience a greater avenue into abstract expressionism.

Sascha Feinstein is the author of 12 books, including 2 volumes of poetry (Misterioso and Ajanta’s Ledge), 2 memoirs (Black Pearls: Improvisations on a Lost Year and Wreckage: My Father’s Legacy of Art & Junk), and an interview collection (Ask Me Now: Conversations on Jazz & Literature). In 1996, he founded Brilliant Corners: A Journal of Jazz & Literature, which he still edits. He has recently given lectures and readings at conferences in Berlin, Vienna, and venues across the United States. His honors include the Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for Artist of the Year. He is the Robert and Charlene Shangraw Professor of English at Lycoming College in Williamsport, PA, and is a summer resident of Dennis. See www.SaschaFeinstein.com for more information.

About Cape Cod Museum of Art

Founded by artists in 1981, CCMoA is the home of Cape Cod art.  It preserves the work of the Cape’s finest artists and celebrates the distinctive artistic identity of the Cape, the Islands and the region.  The Museum is a major hub of cultural creativity.  It educates, inspires and excites the imagination through its outstanding art collection and diverse programming while caring for and connecting its many communities.  The Museum is situated in a beautiful setting surrounded by a Sculpture Garden at the Cape Cod Center for the Arts. CCMoA has seven galleries, a museum shop and a film screening room. It is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod.

            CCMoA is located at 60 Hope Lane, just off Route 6A, on the same campus as the Cape Cinema and the Cape Cod Playhouse in Dennis, MA. Hours are 10 am to 5 pm Tues through Sat and noon to 5 pm on Sunday.  The Galleries are open on ARTfull Thursdays from 5 – 8 with no admission fee.  General Admission is $9, $7 for seniors and students 19+ with school ID, $5 for students 13 to 18, and free for children 12 & under. For more information, see www.ccmoa.org or call (508) 385-4477. Follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram