Celebrating Edward Hopper on Cape Cod

The Addison Art Gallery and the Truro Historical Society will be Celebrating Edward Hopper on Cape Cod at the Highland House Museum from August 7-10, 2017.

In Edward Hopper’s Town Exhibition

Artists and collectors flock to Cape Cod from all across the globe, just to see the sites that Edward Hopper painted. Half a century after his death, new generations continue to be inspired by his work and the area that this great American painter chose as his home. Creative people in all fields learn from those who have gone before: while honoring their teachers, they add their own talents and experience, their own selves, and make something new. Acknowledging and ever grateful for Edward Hopper’s influence, “After Hopper” celebrates the artists of today who continue to pursue Hopper’s path in their own unique ways.

Monday, August 7 at 3 pm

Susan Overstreet Painting Demonstration

Influenced by the Impressionists, starting with blocks of color, Susan Overstreet will demonstrate her unique orchestration of brushwork.

Tuesday, August 8 at 8 am —CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER

Catherine Skowron Painting Demonstration

Catherine will demonstrate landscape painting using light and shadow to create dramatic interest.

Wednesday, August 9 from 8 am to noon

Plein Air Painting

Plein air painters will be painting the shores, town and historic sites of Truro, the town that Edward Hopper chose to live and to paint for decades. Artists will deliver the wet paintings to the Highland House Museum to be added to the After Hopper exhibition.

Wednesday, August 9 at 6:30

Meet the Artists

Wine and nibbles meet and greet, tour the museum including the newly created Hopper Room

Wednesday, August 9 at 7 pm

After Hopper Panel and Q&A

After Hopper celebrates Edward Hopper’s legacy through contemporary artists inspired by this great American artists and the places he painted. Join highly respected artists Robert Abele, Steve Kennedy, Marc Kundmann, Susan Overstreet and Paul Schulenburg for a lively discussion. Audience participation will be encouraged.

Thursday, August 10 at 8 am

Steve Kennedy Painting Demonstration

Steve Kennedy will talk about the influence of Edward Hopper on Outer Cape artists and demonstrate plein air principles of design, color and paint application.

Thursday, August 10 at 11 am

Linda Beach Painting Demonstration

Using pastels, Linda will demonstrate her methods of capturing the natural landscape around the Highland House.

Thursday, August 10 at 4 pm

Fay Shutzer Painting Demonstration

This demonstration will focus on capturing the iconic lighthouse and surroundings in the afternoon light.

Friday, August 11 at 9 am

Maryalice Eizenberg Painting Demonstration

Maryalice Eizenberg will demonstrate how she selects and edits a scene to make a successful painting.

Friday, August 11 at 2:30 pm

Amy Sanders

Artists have long flocked to the Cape for its unique and saturated light. Join Amy Sanders as she captures the beauty of a rich Cape Cod summer sky.

The Cobb Archive houses maps, charts, books, photographs, family memorabilia, and other historical documents. This 1912 building was designed in the Arts and Craft style and originally served as the town’s first public library. Located in Truro Center, the Cobb Archive is accessible to the public for research.
Open by appointment, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 AM-12 PM
13 Truro Center Road
508-349-0200
To schedule an appointment, send an email to [email protected].

A joint project of the Truro Historical Commission and the Truro Historical Society, this guidebook was created to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower in Cape Cod Bay in 1620 and is an update of the 1984 guide that celebrated the 275th anniversary of the founding of Truro.

Click here to download the guidebook: Historic Truro Tours

This program was supported in part by a grant from the Truro Cultural Council, a local agency that is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. Funding for printing was also provided by the Truro Chamber of Commerce, Truro Part-Time Resident Taxpayers’ Association, and Truro Vineyards of Cape Cod. Chuck Steinman, Editor and Graphic Design, Truro Historical Commission.

Our Support for Racial Justice

The Truro Historical Society (THS) supports the peaceful Black Lives Matter movement for racial justice that is taking place in the United States and around the world. “Liberty and justice for all” means justice for Black and Indigenous populations, and for all people of color.

Museums and archives are not neutral spaces. Because we interpret history, we have the responsibility of presenting the past as fully and accurately as possible, including painful and uncomfortable aspects. The past feeds into the present, and when a community actively engages with its past, it can use its understanding to make a better society.

Truro was founded on land that had been inhabited by Native People for thousands of years, but these people were displaced by English settlers. There were enslaved people and indentured laborers enduring near-slavery conditions in Truro. In 1754, the town’s first minister, Reverend John Avery, bequeathed to his children three African-American enslaved men and “my Indian Girl Sarah.”

After reflecting on the “settler privilege” that most of us enjoy, the THS decided in late 2019 to mark the 400^thanniversary of the Pilgrims’ arrival with a decolonial exhibition celebrating Truro’s first inhabitants, the Wampanoag Nation, from its origins to today. During the postponement caused by the coronavirus, the THS will continue to consult with Indigenous scholars and community members. We will increase our commitment to diversity and inclusion. As a token of our commitment, the THS wishes to share the Land Acknowledgment we have prepared in consultation with members of the Wampanoag Nation. This statement will stand at the entrance to the Highland House Museum’s permanent exhibition about the Paomet and the Wampanoag peoples.

Land Acknowledgment

The Highland House Museum stands on the traditional homeland of the Paomet Tribe, members of the Wampanoag Nation, who have inhabited Cape Cod for more than 12,000 years and who knew this part of Truro as Tashmuit. The Truro Historical Society acknowledges the displacement, suffering, and forced assimilation of the Wampanoag and other Native Peoples caused by European contact and colonization. We honor the struggles of the Wampanoag, People of the First Light, and support their resilience, and we ask museum visitors to reflect on our shared responsibility to maintain social justice.

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