Provincetown Public Art Foundation


A 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization













Our Mission


The Provincetown Public Art Foundation is dedicated to telling the story of Provincetown's, Past, Present and Future with Public Art.







Public Art Projects


The Breath of the Moon

“ The Breath of the Moon: A Tidal Ecology of Provincetown Harbor Project” by Mark Admas to be sited on the waterfront seawall of Provincetown. Commissioned by the Provincetown Public Art Foundation

Mary Heaton Vorse

“Mary Heaton Vorse Memorial” (model for full scale sculpture, in progress) by Penelope Jencks to be sited at 466 Commercial St. (the Vorse House) Provincetown, MA. Commissioned by the Provincetown Public Art Foundation

Tempest Prognosticator

Wind Artist Andrew Mowbray has created a wind-driven drawing sculpture that autonomously creates graphics from the wind. It will be installed at the new Cook-Bryant Saltworks temporary Art Site. The site is dedicated to George Bryant’s love of wind power.

Marine Salvage Right Whale Sculpture

Cape Artist Wendy Klemperer is working with the Center for Coastal Studies to create a life size Right Whale from welded marine salvage, dredged from off of Provincetown. The PPAF is working with the Center for Coastal Studies and NOA to develop this project for the town.

PPAF Foundation Fund

"Time and the Town” mural detail by Esteban Del Valle sited at 245 Commercial St, Provincetown, MA. Commissioned by the Provincetown Public Art Foundation. Completed July 2021.


“If I could say it in words, there would be no reason for art...”

Edward Hopper










Our Team


Samuel Tager

Executive Director

Romolo Del Deo

President

Wiebe Tinga

Treasurer

Lise King

Secretary

Blythe Frank

Board of Directors

Russell LaMontagne

Board of Directors

Bryan Eric Simmons

Advisory Counsil

Stephanie Madrid

Advisory Council

Samuel Tager

Executive Director

Romolo Del Deo

President

Wiebe Tinga

Treasurer

Lise King

Secretary

Blythe Frank

Board of Directors

Russell LaMontagne

Board of Directors

Bryan Eric Simmons

Advisory Council

Stephanie Madrid

Advisory Council

The Provincetown Public Art Foundation was founded in January, 2020, by Romolo Del Deo, Lise King, Dani Niedzielski, Karen Ojala, Stan Sikorski & Samuel Tager. Our mission is to tell the story of Provincetown's, Past, Present and Future with Public Art. We are a Federally recognized 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization incorporated in Provincetown, MA.

Founding Board of the PPAF











Our Sponsor & Partners

The Provincetown Public Art Foundation would like to acknowledge our community sponsors and partners who help make public art in Provincetown possible:



The Albert Merola Gallery, The Berta Walker Gallery, The Birkel Family, The Bryant Family, The Captain’s Daughters, The Center for Coastal Studies, The Del Deo Foundation for the Arts, Duane Morris LLP, The Kelly Foundation, Ken Fulk, The LaMontagne Gallery, Marine Specialities, McLaughlin Upholstery, A Measure of Light LLC, Nancy & Al Osborne, The Provincetown Arts Society, The Provincetown Brewing Company, The Provincetown Business Guild, The Schoolhouse Gallery, The Webber Family and the Wiebe Tinga and Johannesburg Eijmberts National Philanthropic Trust.



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