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In this issue we celebrate our community!
On May 31, Provincetown's own designers, artists, and local businesses and restaurants came together in support of SKIP for the second annual First Look Fashion & Art Show. The event was a resounding success, and we are so grateful for our tiny village with a very big heart! Check out the new products at Respoke, Coffey Men’s, BXclusive, Anchor2Anchor, Mate, and Kilt+.
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Among the artists who contributed to the event are several talented SKIP volunteers. Mary, our Chairperson of Volunteers, lets you know below where you can see their work.
Have a wonderful summer!
Donna
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SLAYED IT! WILDLY SUCCESSFUL! OUTSTANDING!
For the second year in a row, the First Look Event which took place at the Mary Heaton Vorse house on May 31st was a smashing success. With Dan Hammond, owner of shop PLUSH on Commercial Street, once again at the helm, the event raised over $34,000, surpassing the projected goal with 100% of the profits going directly to SKIP!
On behalf of the SKIP Board of Directors and SKIP family, we thank the following people who made this such a prosperous event:
*Local designers for their gorgeous works of art: Respoke (Chris Bartick) , Coffey Men’s (Scott Coffey), BXclusive (Rachel Harrington), Mike Miller (Ptownie), Anchor2Anchor (Stephen Hooper), Mate (Paul Nesbit), and Kilt+ (Carlos Jimenez).
*Joe Pheeny for his masterful gift of assembling an extraordinary auction.
*Gene Tartaglia, host of the Mary Heaton Vorse house, for his exquisite attention to detail.
*Richard Lacasse for his spectacular floral arrangements and manning the door with the guest list.
*Delta Miles for emceeing the event.
*Stephen Hooper as Co-Sponsor for his generosity in making this a successful event.
*Ron Plant for his unwavering support and helping hands.
*Dan Hammond as Co-Sponsor, for overseeing his creative vision, tireless time and efforts, and moving generosity.
*All donors and buyers of auction items.
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL!
Martha
Fundraising Chair
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Record turn out for year two of First Look | |
Left to right: Gene Tartaglia, Dan Hammond, Martha Fagan, Joe Pheeny and Delta Miles | |
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Festive and successful event
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Left to right: Ron Plant, Martha Fagan, Dan Hammond and Delta Miles
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Left to right: Patia Tuzinska, Rachel Harrington, Josh Wilmoth, and Izzy Berdan | |
SKIP board members Peter Maye and Martha Fagan | |
Donald Murray with artist Martha Fagan | |
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Our SKIP volunteers do many other things besides chop onions and serve soup! Several are artists and have works on display in Ptown this summer.
Friday nights are Gallery Stroll in Ptown, from 7 -9 PM. Many galleries stay open late and have different featured artists each week. Sponsored by the Provincetown Art Gallery Association (PAGA) you can get more information on their website: https://www.provincetownartgalleryassociation.org/
Also, the Provincetown Art Association and Museum is free on Friday nights during gallery stoll, so this is another great place to check out art. https://paam.org/
Following is a list of some of our artists and where their works can be seen.
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Rick Bankhead is showing his piece “House on Cold Harbor” at the PAAM Members Open Exhibit. Also, he has donated his piece “On the High Seas” to the SKIP auction at First Look. It was displayed at Plush in Ptown before the auction at the Mary Heaton Vorse house on Friday, May 31.
rickbankhead.com
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Liz Daglio’s work can be seen at Gallery Antonia in Chatham and visits are welcome at her Truro studio with an appointment. She has shown at Larkin Gallery in Ptown. She will be a featured artist in the JULY or AUGUST issue of CAPE COD ART (Cape Cod Life magazine.) Liz exhibits at PAAM as a member artist. Owners of her work are from across the United States, Canada, UK and Mexico. All sale commissions are donated to Beth Israel Deaconess or the American Cancer Society.
www.eliazbethlazeren.com
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Lorraine DeProspo was Featured Artist at On Center Gallery -352 Commercial Street in Ptown- in June. You may have seen her work in prior years at Outermost Gallery. Her works can always be seen on her website:
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Martha Fagan is showing in the PAAM 12 x 12 Member Exhibition this summer https://paam.org/ She donated a painting to the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod Silent Auction that took place on June 6 https://auctions.artsfoundation.org/
Martha also included a piece at the First Look auction which benefitted SKIP.
Martha can be found on Instagram: Marthanfaganart
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Jane Kogan is not showing in a Ptown gallery this summer, however the Eric Firestone Gallery in NYC has all her big paintings that were in last summer's PAAM retrospective of her work. https://www.ericfirestonegallery.com/artists/jane-kogan
She will be showing in PAAM's Members show this summer.
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Thom Markee has several pieces up for the summer at Wardrobe, 213 Commercial Street in Ptown. Open every day 11-6pm. They are part of Thom’s Pop Art series & collage.
https://www.thommarkee.com/
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Andi Sawyer is delighted her 36x24 oil on canvas, “Morning Coffee”, was included in First Look - the SKIP fundraiser. She will be exhibiting at Seashore Point for the month of August. For three weeks in October, Andi will have a pop-up at Land’s End Gallery at 437 Commercial Street in Ptown, showing vintage and recent work, and the photographs of Brian O’Malley, her husband and fellow SKIP volunteer.
https://www.andreamsawyer.com/
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Laurence Young's “Naked Truths”, a new series of work was featured at Seashore Point from May 30th until June 28th.
He is a career artist of 35 years and has been painting in Provincetown for almost as long. While his work has been represented in Provincetown for decades, he will be hosting pop-ups in his studio and on his website. He also has a presence on social media platforms.
https://www.laurenceyoung.com/
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GUEST NEWS - NEW FOOD RESOURCES GUIDE | |
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Even though SKIP is closed for the season, there are many resources available to you. The Outer Cape Community Solutions (OCCS) Food Access Work Group with the help of Maddie Kahle has released a food access guide. This comprehensive list details food resources available to you from Provincetown to Eastham as well as other Cape-wide services.
Check out our new Resources page on our website for a link to this guide.
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FRIAR JOE DeMARTINO
You may recognize Joe DeMartino from around town as a realtor at Gibson Sotheby's. It all started when Joe and his partner bought a house here back in 2001. They began fixing their house and eventually got into condo conversions, so Joe got his real estate license to sell the properties they were working on. He’s been in the real estate business for over 2 decades. Prior to that, Joe earned a masters in Social Work from Catholic University, and worked as a family therapist specializing in couples counseling, addiction, crisis, and sexual identity. And before that, he was Friar Joe!
Joe, the oldest of 7 kids, grew up in Arlington, MA and went to Boston College. In order to pay for his education, he got a job as a cook and housekeeper at Saint Ann University parish. He lived for free, shopped, cleaned and cooked 5 nights a week. After meeting the Franciscan priests there, he decided to join the order of Franciscans of Holy Name Province in New York. Joe stated that he decided to become a Franciscan to hide being gay, but in the end, studying theology helped with self-acceptance and empowered him to live his truth. He credits the “Story of the Fall”, where Eve ate fruit to be like God, as his AHA moment, so he left. Theology helped him come out, Jesus never rejected anyone.
Joe met his husband Jason during the pandemic in what he describes as a “Covid love story”. They married in 2022 and he became an instant dad to his son Rocco. He loves being a dad and said it is a blessing to have “skipped the diaper thing” as Rocco was 5 years old when he came into his life. It’s not easy, but it brings him so much joy as he exclaimed that he’s the “luckiest guy in the world”.
Joe got into cooking by helping his mom in the kitchen. She cooked dessert daily, and was famous for her pies as well as cakes, puddings, and strawberry shortbread. In high school Joe attended a food service program and worked at the Wurst Haus in Harvard Square. After the pastry chef left, Joe was offered the position. He learned a lot, loved it, but it was hard work so he knew he didn’t want to make it his career. He still loves to bake pies.
Joe was taught to give back at a young age and volunteered most of his life. He started serving food to the needy, alongside his dad, at the Pine Street Inn. He also volunteered at the Fernald School for people with intellectual disabilities. He initially volunteered at SKIP on holidays and eventually got himself on the schedule about 6 years ago. At one point during the Covid crisis, he recalls working every day at SKIP for an entire month! When it comes to volunteering, “I get out of it more than I give” he affirmed.
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 |  | Jeffrey Walter Johnson, 67, died at his Truro home on January 19, 2024. Jeff vacationed in Truro each summer with his family. He loved the outdoors and spent his days surfing at Ballston Beach. He worked at the Red inn where he went from dishwasher to busboy to waiting tables. Jeff had learned lobstering from his father-in-law, Edgar Francis, on the Pinkie, becoming first mate. After his marriage to Jo (Francis) Johnson, he worked in a variety of Edgar’s businesses as needed: as a driver bringing the mail to and from Buzzards Bay and Hyannis, as a bus driver for Outer Cape and Brewster schools, as a dune taxi driver, and, after the children were born, as a maintenance man for the North Truro Camping Area. But it was on his father-in-law’s lobster boat, the F/V Annie L, that he found his calling. He was fearless. When Hurricane Bob hit in 1991, he and Edgar chose to ride out the storm at sea instead of tying the boat down in the harbor. Jeff took over as captain when his father-in-law fell ill in 1993, and he ran the lobster boat and business until he retired in 2019. Even in retirement, he could not stay off the water. He continued to work a couple of days a week as first mate with the Dolphin Fleet.
Jeff is survived by his daughters, Annie Johnson of Truro and Jaclyn and husband Ian Anderson of New Hampshire and their children, Adeline and Miles, and by his former wife, Jo Francis Johnson.
When Jeff was working, he would stop by the Soup Kitchen in Provincetown for a hot meal. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to the Soup Kitchen in Provincetown, P.O. Box 538, Provincetown 02657.
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SUNDAY, July 21. 4:00 - 10:00 PM
SKIP Fundraising at the Old Firehouse, 254 Commercial St.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 4. 4:00 - 10:00 PM
SKIP Fundraising at the Old Firehouse, 254 Commercial St.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 25. 4:00 - 10:00 PM
SKIP Fundraising at the Old Firehouse, 254 Commercial St.
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Homeless Prevention Council
The Homeless Prevention Council has office hours in Provincetown from 10 - 2 Monday, Wednesday, & Thursday at the Provincetown United Methodist Church. For more information, please refer to their website: www.hpccapecod.org/provincetown-community-support
Crop Swap
Crop Swap is Ptown’s source for fresh, uncut fruits and vegetables and is open year round. Sponsored by the Ptown Health Department, the Ptown Public Library and SKIP, anyone may donate fresh fruits and vegetables, and all are welcome to take what they need. All fruits and vegetables are free. Please bring your own bag.
Crop Swap is located in the Ptown Library, 356 Commercial Street, to the left as you enter the front doors. Hours are:
Mondays & Fridays: 10-4:30
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays: 10 - 7:30
Saturdays & Sundays: 1 - 4:30
There is a refrigerator for perishable items and shelves with bins for non-perishables, such as potatoes and squash. Be sure to take advantage of this valuable resource.
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PHIL FRANCHINI, Chairperson
MARK BJORSTROM, Vice Chair, Treas.
DONNA REARDON, Editor
MARY ASHLEY, Asst. Editor
LIBBY CRESSEY
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MARTHA FAGAN
PETER MAYE
ROGER SECOURS
ERIC CORDES
ROBERT SWEETMAN
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PAULO SALVADOR, Office Coordinator
DIDIER CORALLO, Dishwasher/Utility Person
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SKIP Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 10-2/Phone: 508.487.8331 | | | | |
