This is an online art talk using the Zoom platform.

Trace the art history of Provincetown, the oldest continuous arts colony in America, through the lens of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. We will look at the beginnings and focus on tradition, controversy and growth.

 
photo by Katie Ambrose
Christine McCarthy is the Chief Executive Officer of the Provincetown Art Association and Museum (PAAM) in Provincetown, MA (since 2001). She is responsible for all artistic, administrative, fiscal and strategic directions of the largest presenter of Cape Cod art by national, regional and international artists.

Since 1985, McCarthy has worked in numerous galleries and museums in New England. They include the Hunt-Cavanagh Gallery at Providence College; the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, CT; The Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse, NY; and The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, MA. She received a B.A. from Providence College in Providence, RI in 1989 and an M.A. from Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY in 1992. She was an adjunct professor at Boston University’s Metropolitan College, and taught Managing a Visual Arts Organization for 12 years.