2021 Wrap-up
The Mark House in Truro
Though we are still not doing tours or public events we teamed up with Docomomo for their multi-day Mass Modernism Tour at the end of Sept. It started in Boston and ended in Rhode Island and we led the Cape leg of the journey which covered thirteen houses including some very seldom seen, like Breuer’s Scott house in Dennis. Docomomo’s Exec. Director Liz Wayktus made it come together in between surges and with a lot of testing. Tim Rohan, Architectural Historian from U Mass joined to lend his wisdom.
The tour at Weidlinger House
Left to right: Sierra Henries, Peter McMahon, Russ Peters, Annabelle Daoust, Hawk Henries, and Jeremy Dennis
Our October Artist/Scholar residency was curated this year by Paula Peters, journalist, educator, activist and gallerist who formerly served on the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribal Council. Paula chose a group of artists from Oklahoma, Long Island and Maine as well as Mashpee. The artists, who work in a variety of mediums, represent the Wampanoag, Choctaw, Nipmuc and Shinnecock peoples. The residency concluded with a big (mostly outdoor) party with drumming, singing and dancing at the Chermayeff house in the Wellfleet woods. Hawk Henries did a mesmerizing performance on his hand made traditional wooden flutes at Preservation Hall.
Check out this https://vimeo.com/641626828
Clip of final group photo at the Chermayeff House. (Eliz. Giamatti)
Photo by Jeremy Dennis at the Kugel/Gips House, one of his ongoing Rise series.
On his website Jeremy writes: Rise 'reflects upon the historical legacy of the Pequot War, King Philip’s War, and the fear of indigenous people in New England and later throughout the United States. Fear, in this instance, comes from the acknowledgment of our continued presence, not as an extinct people, but as sovereign nations who have witnessed and survived four hundred years of colonization. Playing with recognizable zombie film and TV show iconography, ‘Rise’ highlights parallels between the apocalyptic rising undead and popular misinformation of indigenous people as a vanished race.’
We are hoping that work made during the residency will be featured in a show this spring in Falmouth. Stay tuned. Many thanks to Paula and CCMHT board member Jenny Monick for helping make this possible. Also, thank you to board president Anthony Lee and CCMHT friends, Keith Vincent, Liz Giamatti, Annabelle Daoust and past board president Malachi Connolly for helping out.
In early November two of our four 2020 artists (Brittany Engel-Adams and mayfield brooks) were able to return for a stay in the houses to continue their work. A film of mayfield’s amazing performance Whale Fall was shown at the Water’s Edge Cinema in Provincetown.
mayfield visiting the Center for Coastal Studies and their Humpback Whale skeleton
In between the two residencies we experienced an epic Nor’Easter which knocked down hundreds of power lines and trees, including a large pine on the Breuer House. It took a week or two to dig out. No serious damage was done.
Early in the year we got an official CCMHT van, a big improvement on the ancient Honda that has served as our maintenance vehicle for years.
Hoping you all have good holidays and a peaceful and healthy new year.