Dear Friends, After a 3 year hiatus from showing work at the gallery I am ecstatic to announce that we will once again have Rebecca Kinkead's work at Rice Polak. Rebecca had immersed herself in "A Neighborhood Project" which was a community art…

Dear Friends, Although we are truly in the throws of winter I'm excited to share the news that the Rice Polak Gallery is participating in a very special exhibition at the Mary Heaton Vorse House. We have the great honor of sharing the space with…

My Friends, So many of you have asked that I resend this video and I couldn't think of a better time to do that than on New Year's Eve. It is a love letter to Provincetown and David A. Cox the filmmaker and Hilde Oleson have managed to put into…

As I'm writing this email the weather is gorgeous outside and the forecast looks amazing for the coming weekend. It's supposed to hit 70+ degrees. "Halloween Weekend" is upon us and the town is already buzzing. One of my favorite things to do is to…

Hi Everyone, I keep telling myself that now is the time to go to the beach, now is the time to eat at all of the restaurants that I've wanted to, now is the time for morning swims and nighttime beach fires and now is the time to visit with friends…

The Rice Polak Gallery is excited to announce our fifth feature exhibition of the 2023 season. We will be exhibiting the work of Larry Calkins. This 2 week long exhibition will feature more than 40 works by Larry. The show previews on Thursday…

There is so much going on in the next few weeks I can barely catch my breathe. For starters i am happy to share this wonderful new video of our third feature show of the season at the gallery. We are exhibiting the extraordinary work of Bruce…

Dear Friends, The Rice Polak Gallery is excited to announce our third feature exhibition of the 2023 season. We will be exhibiting the work of Bruce Ackerson, Les Seifer & Blair Thornley. The show previews on Thursday August 3rd and runs…

Dear Friends, The Rice Polak Gallery is excited to announce our first feature exhibition of the 2023 season. We will be exhibiting the work of Pamela Murphy, Deb Goldstein & Christie Scheele. The show previews on - Thursday July 20th and runs…

Dear Friends, The Rice Polak Gallery is excited to announce our first feature exhibition of the 2023 season. We will be exhibiting the work of René Romero Schuler, Stanley Bielen & Donald Saaf. The show previews on - Thursday July 6th…

Hi Everyone, Have I ever mentioned how incredibly lucky I am to have such an amazing team working with me at the gallery? Warren Lenoir has been part of Rice Polak since we opened and I literally couldn't do what I do without him. He just…

Dear Friends, It must be pretty obvious to you by now that I am an art addict. Just when I say that I'm not taking on any more new artists I get introduced to the work of Bill Miller and I slip!. As my mother used to say "this should be your…

Dear Friends, There were so many extraordinary artists whose work I've had the pleasure of reviewing this winter but Pamela Murphy is one who I've been following for years. Pamela's paintings are sometimes based on real people and sometimes…

Dear Friends, Kevin and I are on the road! We left the Cape in February stopping to visit family in New Jersey and then headed to Washington DC, Asheville NC and Charleston SC. We spent an entire day at the National Museum of African American…

"Do not hurry; do not rest" --- a friend just shared this powerful quote with me. This phrase, attributed to Goethe, spoke to me and seems so perfect when thinking of the life and work of an artist --- or actually --- just life in general. There…

Dear Friends, Some call this the off season on Cape Cod -- but you wouldn't know it in Provincetown. Although the streets are a bit less crowded and you can easily get into most restaurants, the weekends are chock full of wonderful things to do…

Dear Friends, Although it's been 30 years that I've had the Provincetown gallery I am always caught off guard this time of year. In so many ways it feels like the beginning of the season instead of October. Thanks to you we had an another robust…

Dear Friends, The Rice Polak Gallery is excited to announce our third feature exhibition of the 2022 season. We will be exhibiting the work of Jennifer Goldfinger, Robert Goldstrom, Anne Lilly & Steven Skollar. The show previews tomorrow on…

Hi Everyone, The days are flying by and it's hard to believe that it's already the middle of June. The Provinctown International Film Festival opened last night and town is filling up with cinephiles and art lovers of all kinds. Warren is at it…

One of my dearest friends refers to Memorial Day Weekend as "The Friday of Summer". I absolutely love this expression as right this moment we all feel so rich in time. Provincetown is full of excitement and anticipation about the upcoming season.…

Hi Everyone, Welcome Craig Mooney! Craig is an oil painter known for his dramatic figures, cityscapes, skies and seascapes conjuring up a cinematic sense of mystery, His paintings are expansive and expressive. He incorporates a myriad of abstract…