The Hawthorne Barn
On May 16, writer Joshua Prager is expected to realize his dream of saving a historic Provincetown barn from development and reviving it as an artistic hub. Twenty Summers, the nonprofit organization he has helped found, will launch a month of concerts, residencies, and other programs.
Julia Cumes
| May 9, 2014
Prager, an author and accomplished former staff writer at The Wall Street Journal, has been making regular trips from his home in New York City to get ready for opening night.
Julia Cumes
| May 9, 2014
The barn was built on a sand dune a century ago by painter Charles Hawthorne. Pictured: The barn in about 1920.
John Dowd\Provincetown History Preservation Project
| May 9, 2014
Charles Hawthorne led a painting class on a Provincetown wharf around 1910. Hawthorne started teaching open-air painting in 1899, and the art colony was born. He continued teaching until his death in 1930.
Handout
| May 9, 2014
This spot on Miller Hill Road, a short walk to Commercial Street, is where many say this storied peninsula got its start as an art colony.
Mischa Richter
| May 9, 2014
From left: Hawthorne School owner Olga Opsahl-Gee, artist-in-residence Tommy Clemons, musician Kyle Brodie, and estate administrator and artist Odin Opsahl-Gee hung out in the barn while singer Eileen Kennedy and musician Gabriel Morton (on guitar) played music in the old Hawthorne School barn in 2007.
| May 9, 2014
Artist-in-residence Sophia Reznick painted Harry Opsahl-Gee outside of the main house at the Hawthorne School in 2007.
| May 9, 2014
