@ Curator Joe Fiorello will be joined by Edwina Rissland to discuss her late father’s exhibition, Revisitations, for this Fredi Schiff Levin Lecture. Edwin E. Rissland first came to Provincetown at the age of twenty-three to study painting at the summer school run by George Elmer Browne. He returned nearly every summer thereafter and, over more than sixty years, explored and painted scenes throughout the town and its surrounding landscape. In those early summers, he came to know Provincetown intimately—from the harbor and tidal flats to the moors, dunes, and hills beyond Bradford Street. Certain places—the harbor, Shank Painter Pond, and the West End—became enduring subjects in his work. Some of these landscapes have since changed or disappeared, while others remain much as they were. Rissland worked in a wide range of media, including oil, watercolor, and resist techniques, and also practiced lithography, sculpture, and life figure drawing. Though he lived, worked, and studied primarily in the New Jersey–New York area, his heart was firmly anchored in Provincetown, his beloved and abiding source of inspiration. This exhibition explores a lifetime of painting a place that is always changing, yet ever the same. Included with $15 Museum admission, free for PAAM members. THE FREDI SCHIFF LEVIN LECTURE SERIES The Fredi Schiff Levin Lecture Series welcomes artists, art historians, curators, and authors to speak at PAAM during the summer, both in conjunction with exhibitions and as independent scholars. The series was established in honor of artist Fredi Schiff Levin, an active member of Provincetown’s arts community from the 1960s until her passing in 2002. We extend our deepest gratitude to The Levin Family, who graciously sponsors this series. Watch all previous lectures our YouTube channel.
