ArtPrize invites the public to choose the winners and is turning Grand Rapids, Michigan into a popular art destination.   The film raises the questions: Can culture be democratized? Should artists need or want to connect with their audience? Who gets to decide what is and isn’t art?  Thanks to Cape Cod native director Jody Hassett Sanchez, CCMoA is showing the film before it is widely released in the fall.

The film will be followed by a talk with the director and arts professionals who have extensive experience creating contests for public art:

Clare O’Connor, former director of the Creative Placemaking project for the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce,

Carla Winterbottom, an artist at Opera House Studios and board member at Beverly Area Arts Alliance in the Greater Chicago Area.

Get tix at www.ccmoa.org/upcoming-events.  See the trailer at: https://vimeo.com/207383872

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 & Islands 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 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 campus with 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