#CapeCod #puppets #Bunraku BUNRAKU THEATER Is a traditional Japanese theater in which rod puppets are manipulated onstage by visible puppeteers who are completely dressed in black. This technique is now used worldwide most notably by director Julie Taylor!

#CapeCod #Watercolor #CathyHegman CATHY HEGMAN 'My art is my life both literally and physically. I particularly have a penchant for painting the unknown, the parts of life and painting that simply refuse to be defined.' Big Top won the Walser Greathouse Medal at The American Watercolor Society!

#CapeCod #Watercolor #ZaingMingZeng ZANG MING ZENG paintings depict serene and contemplative landscapes that combine Far Eastern mysticism and the romanticism of the West. I can see the romantic and mysterious in 'Pagoda in the Spring'

#CapeCod #TextileArt #Cristo CHRISTO For sixteen days in 2005 The Gates tempted millions of people to visit Central Park. This epic public artwork lined 23 winding miles through the iconic park It was a spectacular experience!

#CapeCod #Puppets #FrankOz FRANK OZ was the foremost Muppet performer and closest associate of Jim Henson. Oz was Bert to Henson's Ernie, and Miss Piggy to Henson's Kermit the Frog. On Sesame Street, Oz also performed Grover and Cookie Monster.

#CapeCod #GovernmentShutdown GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN Although many services at Cape Cod National Seashore may be limited during the shutdown.. I have good information that the sharks are still working the beaches!

#CapeCod #Watercolor #EdardHopper EDWARD HOPPER one of the most important painters of modern American life. Hopper painted the beaches and structures of Gloucester and Cape Cod in watercolor and oil. This is Hoppers house on Cape Cod alive with Autumn color!

#CapeCod #TextileArt #RHODABENNET RHODA BENNETT says of her textile art 'I want to turn up the quiet' I hear the quiet stream and breeze in this beautiful piece!

#CapeCod #Puppets #TonySarge TONY SARGE the father of American puppetry In 1927, Macy’s in New York City commissioned Sarge to create giant balloons for it's first Thanksgiving Day Parade. The immensity of them floating overhead is unforgettable!

#CapeCod #GovernmentShutdown GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN Although many services at Cape Cod National Seashore may be limited during the shutdown.. I have good information that the sharks are still working the beaches!

#CapeCod #CranberryHarvest OCTOBER Is CRANBERRY MONTH ON CAPE COD From first cultivation in 1816 on Cape Cod through centuries of innovation, cranberries have become Massachusetts number 1 food crop. Tale a cranberry bog tour!

#CapeCod #HenryDavidThoreau "A man may stand there and put all America behind him." Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau's famous walk through the great Outer Beach is recorded in his book 'Cape Cod'. The beautiful untouched beaches and marshes are now protected by the National Seashore.

#CapeCod #Watercolor #JohnMarin JOHN MARIN His loose abstract approach to watercolor painting was a novel addition to the American art world upon his return from France. Some consider him to be America's greatest artist. I love the color and Cubist influence in 'New York Abstraction '

#CapeCod #TextileArt #AlexandraKehayoglou ALEXANDRA KEHAYOGLOU textiles portray places significant to her in her native Argentina. Viewers can interact with these rugs in the gallery “Being touched, walked on, and dirtied brings the works to life. My rugs become a register of lives lived."

#CapeCod #Puppets #JimHenson JIM HENSON was an American puppeteer, animator, actor, and filmmaker who achieved worldwide fame as the creator of the Muppets and Sesame Street. Jim Henson created decades of happiness for children and his Foundation now supports emerging puppet theaters.

#CapeCod #FestivalNausetBeach The Outermost Roots and Blues Festival takes place on Nauset Beach in Orleans this weekend Oct 11 and 12! It's a Cape Cod celebration of Roots, Blues and Americana music!

#CapeCod #HenryDavidThoreau "A man may stand there and put all America behind him." Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau's famous walk through the great Outer Beach is recorded in his book 'Cape Cod'. The beautiful untouched beaches and marshes are now protected by the National Seashore.

#CapeCod #Watercolor #JohnSingerSargent JOHN SINGER SARGENT "To live with Sargent’s water-colours is to live with sunshine captured and held,” according to the painter’s first biographer. Light and color has certainly been captured 'In a Levantine Port'!

#CapeCod #TextileArt #HannahStiles HANNAH STILES a Maine based artist says of her needle felted sculptures "I get so much enjoyment from felting animals because it brings back the feeling I had as a child, when the world was simple and animals could talk.”

#CapeCod #TextileArt #SarafinaFiber Have you ever wanted to learn how to needlefelt with wool roving? SARAFINA FiBER is a great place to learn and had supplies as well as free tutorials! www.sarafinafiberart.com/pages/free-t...

#CapeCod #puppets #ChineseTheaterWorks CHINESE THEATER WORKS Kuang-Yu Fong founded Chinese Theatre Workshop in Queens NYC to support her work of bringing together Chinese and Western performance styles and techniques. I have seen a production of their wonderful shadow puppets in NYC!

#CapeCod #LeatherbackTurtles #endangered Leatherback turtles suffer a high amount of vessel strikes, entanglement and subsequent strandings in Barnstable County on Cape Cod. Leatherbacks face endangerment globally

#CapeCod #FallWhaleWatching Fall is the best time for whale watching on Cape Cod!

#CapeCod #TextileArt #AlisonHolt ALISON HOLT 'Painting with stitches has always been my primary intention and the addition of silk painting gives the work another dimension by using the painted silk backgrounds as a base for stitched detail' I love the vibrant Autumn colors.

#CapeCod #Watercolor #WilliamTurner WILLIAM TURNER became known as 'the painter of light' in England years before painting light became famous in French Impressionism. The luminous light in this 'The Fighting Temaraire' makes me gasp!

#CapeCod #TextileArt #AlisonHolt ALISON HOLT 'Painting with stitches has always been my primary intention and the addition of silk painting gives the work another dimension by using the painted silk backgrounds as a base for stitched detail' I love the vibrant Autumn colors.

#CapeCod #Puppets #FredRogers MR ROGERS NEIGHBORHOOD The "Neighborhood of Make-Believe" was a fictional land visited by Mr. Rogers on his television show. The puppets there explored real-life feelings and helped children understand difficult topics. Television was kinder in those days.

#CapeCod #Puppets #KuklaFranandOllie KUKLA, FRAN AND OLLIE was an American television puppet show airing between 1947 and 1957. It was created for children, but was soon more popular with adults. It did not have a script and was entirely ad-libbed. Television was kinder in those days it seems.

#CapeCod #TextileArt #KatieWalwyn KATIE WALWYN 'These two creatures are so clumsy and awkward on land, yet graceful and elegant in the water. Their existence is loved, admired, and worthy of celebration.' Katie's technique is appliqué, hand embroidered, hand beaded, machine quilted.

#CapeCod #TextileArt #FaithRinggold FAITH RINGGOLD Her Story Quilts Were a Personal and Political Medium. 'Tar Beach' encapsulates the essence of emancipation and self-expression she has pursued across her works.

#CapeCod #Watercolor #ZLFeng ZL FENG 'Chinese philosophy teaches that the soul comes from the eyes. If you can't capture a soul you may be a technical success, but your painting has no depth." His phenomenal watercolors seems evoke soul throughout all his subjects.

#CapeCod #Watercolor #WinslowHomer You will see, in the future I will live by my watercolors.” WINSLOW HOMER I love how his luminous paintings evoke the grandeur and peril of the sea.

#CapeCod #TextileArt #KatieWalwyn KATIE WALWYN 'These two creatures are so clumsy and awkward on land, yet graceful and elegant in the water. Their existence is loved, admired, and worthy of celebration.' Katie's technique is appliqué, hand embroidered, hand beaded, machine quilted.

#CapeCod #TextileArt #FaithRinggold FAITH RINGGOLD Her Story Quilts Were a Personal and Political Medium. 'Tar Beach' encapsulates the essence of emancipation and self-expression she has pursued across her works.

#CapeCod #Watercolor #JohnKeepax JOHN KEEPAX is a watercolor artist living in Miami. He looks for dramatic lighting and strong composition in his pieces. I love the beauty and simplicity.

#CapeCod #Puppets #FrankBallard FRANK BALLARD began The University of Connecticut's Puppet Arts Program which is part of UConn's School of Fine Arts. The graduates have raised the standards of puppetry in the US for adults and children alike.

#CapeCod #TextileArt #SallyMavor SALLY MAVOR says of her storytelling textiles "My aim is to breathe life and emotion into embroidery, an art form that is often perceived as purely decorative.” Sally is a Cape Cod textile artist who has written and illustrated dozens of children's books.

#CapeCod #FolkloreThursday MARIA HALLETT Her ghost is said to still haunt the the Eastham beach and hills overlooking the ocean waiting for her promised husband Black Sam Bellamy to return to her.

#CapeCod #Watercolor #AndrewWyeth ANDREW WYETH Moody and quietly powerful — Andrew Wyeth paintings show rural life with a clarity that feels unexpectedly real. Staring quietly out to sea...

#CapeCod #Puppets #BillBaird BILL BAIRD was an amazing American puppeteer creating puppets for director Orson Welles, Broadway and TV. The Bill Baird Marionette Theater was a huge presence in Greenwich Village but The Lonely Goatherd' from The Sound of Music was probably his most loved creation.

#CapeCod #JaneGoodall Jane Goodall has passed. I remember watching her speak and her gestures and voice intonation were very different from most people...I believe it was from years of living in the jungle and speaking only to chimpanzees.

#CapeCod #TextileArt #VanessaBarragào Vanessa Barragão says of her work 'I get most of my inspiration from nature and, more specifically, the ocean. I like to be in contact with both these elements as much as I can to get ideas and to be as creative as possible.’ I love the crocheted corals!

#CapeCod #Puppets Opera de pupi is a Sicilian marionette theater Some experts think that its origin could be traced back to the Greek marionettists of the time of Socrates and Xenophon. I have seen a performance in NYC!

#CapeCod #Orleans Orleans Cape Cod was named one of the "Most Underrated Towns in Massachusetts" by WorldAtlas' A hidden gem! Orleans also has the distinction of being the only US town attacked by the Germans during WWI!

#CapeCod #MultiMediaArt #AlisaWilliams Alisa Williams says of her multi media artwork: 'My work begins with an AI (generative art) or 3D image that is then heavily edited with collaging, compositing, overpainting.' I love the fairytale-like theme.

#CapeCod #TextileArt #RachelWright Rachel Wright says of her embroidered textles 'I take my inspiration from landscapes and cityscapes and have a particular love of the sea, harbour towns, boats and lighthouses.' The whales, the sea...what could be better or more beautiful?

#CapeCod #Puppets #ChrisSickles Chris Sickels of Red Nose Studio is a unique illustrator and puppet maker extraordinaire. I love how his puppets seem reminiscent of earlier and simpler times.

#CapeCod #NationalSeashore National Seashore saved Cape Cod beaches The park was established by Congress and initiated by president John F Kennedy to preserve the quintessential Cape Cod experience with beautiful untouched beaches that restrict any building construction.

#CapeCod #Watercolor #StephenQuiller Stephen Quiller is a water media artist living in Colorado. 'Fox & Crow' received the Rosie Mahaffey Memorial Award at the Annual American Watercolor Society. I love the fairytale feeling!

#CapeCod #MythologyMonday Maushop's departure: According to one legend, Maushop left the Cape and Martha's Vineyard after growing tired of strife among the humans. In another version, he turned into a great white whale and disappeared into the sea forever.