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WHAT TO EXPECT: Cotuit Center for the Arts is pleased to announce the opening of our galleries while adhering to regulations surrounding the Coronavirus. Visitors will be required to register in advance via our website (ArtsOnTheCape.org) for a specific time slot to ensure proper social distancing. WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED: BLUES: An Open Juried Exhibit Currently on Display through July 31, 2020 The Gallery is awash with BLUES, artworks inspired by blues music, blue color or blue mood…the spectrum is as wide as the creativity of the submitters. More than Enough: Jane Lincoln August 8 – September 19, 2020 Artist Jane Lincoln’s lifelong exploration of color converges with her outrage over the epidemic of gun violence in “More than Enough.” The exhibition features paintings and prints based on color interaction and the forty-one works in her series “Enough” depicting mass shootings in the US, a series of work where holes are hammered through paper. One ragged hole for each gunshot death as if shot by a bullet. Together they reveal Jane’s special sensibility for color even when she substitutes a hammer and spike for her paintbrush. Conversations with Weepy: Jaime Elkins September 26-November 7, 2020 Dark, bold, and sometimes satirical is how Cape Cod artist Jaime Elkins describes her work that reflects the response she has toward the world as she sees it. This exhibit features a series where the artist spent more than a year visiting and painting the same tree in YarmouthPort. A tree she has named Weepy. PLUS Dysfunctional: a ceramics exhibition “It works if it doesn’t work…” Dysfunctional is not your typical ceramics exhibit. Dysfunctional is an art show about thought-provoking ceramic work that doesn’t serve an immediate practical purpose. It’s about that corner of the ceramics world where form doesn’t follow function, where aesthetic is boss and where practicality is a distant thought. Curated by ceramic artist Lois Hirshberg and sculptor Neil Grant Dysfunctional is a selection of sculptures, vessels and other creations where engaging the mind is much more important than fitting the hand. A carefully selected group of Cape Cod artists will challenge you to look at the medium of ceramics differently, focusing on the subject of the piece rather than its utility. HOPE: An Open Juried Exhibit November 14-December 26, 2020 In these difficult, soul-searching times, many of us are looking for ways to stay positive and look towards a better future. This exhibition, titled HOPE, is designed for artists to express their visions of a hopeful tomorrow. As COVID-19 resulted in our galleries being closed for much of the year, we decided to open our final 2020 exhibit to the general public. To honor our Members, Students and Faculty, whose work usually fill the galleries during this period, their entry fee will be waved. ALL WORK WILL BE SHOWN. Work submitted but not chosen to be hung on the walls of the gallery will be included in a special digital display in the gallery, and online. We look forward to seeing you “in person” at the gallery at Cotuit Center for the Arts. ArtsOntheCape.org