Outside Straight Lines: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Artists on the Cape

Outside Straight Lines: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Artists is a community art exhibit held at The 204 in Harwich during Pride month aimed toward giving voice to LGBTQ+ arts across Cape Cod. Jo Hay, Paul Rizzo, and Christopher Sousa, among many other skilled creatives, will showcase their work.

Outside Straight Lines arose out of concern that much of LGBTQ+ art across the Cape has been unintentionally segregated to Provincetown, often forcing those showing their work outside of this Queer Mecca into self-censorship throughout other venues of the Cape. In a time when book banning of LGBTQ+ literature is occurring across the country, this exhibit is intentionally housed in a former middle school library, acting as a moment of reclamation and agency.

This exhibit not only hosts 19 Queer artists in a single space but also celebrates the vast diversity of our Queer Cape Cod community–from the expressionist figure to the realistic Cape Cod landscape. Join artists for an opening reception on June 8, 2024 at 6:00 PM, or drop by the 204 between June 1 and 30, 2024 during visiting times to view this powerful visual collection of LGBTQ+ voices.

Mark Adams

John Besaw

John Bonanni

Larry Collins

David Cravenho

Joerg Dressler

Beth Faherty

Jo Hay

Kenneth Hawkey

Megan Hinton

Pete Hocking

Marc Kundmann

Fran O’Neill

Lio Olin

Paul Rizzo

Christopher Sousa

Alan Trugman

Laurence Young