ONGOING ACTIVITIES IN FALMOUTH . . . FALMOUTH is a very busy place year round with various cultural activities and will be even more so when the new home of the Falmouth Artists Guild is completed next spring. Click here to learn more about the Artists Guild and their ongoing classes and activities. MEMBERS SHOW - To see and enjoy some nice and varied work, the Falmouth Artists Guild has a new art exhibition each month which includes summer and fall juried shows, a juried photo show and 8 members shows. Gallery and Guild hours are Tues - Fri from 9:30 to 4:00 PM, plus weekends from noon - 4:00 PM during summer hours. The Guild is located at 311 rear Main Street, Falmouth. Call 508 540-3304 for info. Their website is artsfalmouth.org. Click for more info. ART AUCTION - Cape Art & Soul Auction featuring the Falmouth Artists Guilds 42st Annual Art Auction. Show Preview reception is July 8 - 16 at the Falmouth Artists Guild, 311 rear Main Street, Falmouth. The evening auction party is July 17, 2008 from 5:30 - 10:30 PM at the Coonamessett Inn, Falmouth. Other exciting Guild events during the year include the "Wearable Art" fashion show and auction in March, and "Chair-ity Bash" masquerade party and auction at Highfield Hall in October. Click for more info. ARTS ALIVE - This is an all day event managed by Connect and scheduled for June 20 - 22, 2008. It is an annual event held on the library lawn and features a wide variety of activities over the weekend. This link will provide more info about Arts Alive, plus updated information of ongoing art exhibiitions and cultural events in Falmouth. Click Here for info.   A Cultural Paradise Here are some "Arts" websites in Falmouth to help your search: Arts-Cape.com introduces local artists and organizations, FCTV Ch.13 is our community television station that offers opportunities to learn TV programming, directing and technical skills and also provides the Masur Gallery for artists to exhibit their work, Connect provides a comprehensive artist directory, an updated cultural calendar and other cultural information, the Falmouth Artists Guild the community art center, offers classes, exhibitions, and lectures all year long, which will be expanded when their new building is completed in the spring, Nicki Garner Studio Gallery a visit to her "Angel Room" located in South Cape Village in Mashpee is a creative and inspirational experience you will enjoy over and over, the Jan Collins Selman Gallery is open year round and offers the work many award wining artists, the Falmouth Theatre Guild, produces several shows each year in Highfield Theatre, the Falmouth Historical Society and the Woods Hole Historical Collection are open year round, the Cape Cod Conservatory is located in Barnstable and Falmouth, the Cape Cod Theatre Project returns to Falmouth for it's 2008 summer season, Cape Cod Potters is a cape-wide cooperative, Highfield Hall is a community cultural center offering a wide variety of activities year round, Day Hill Studio Fine Art is an elegant gallery in North Falmouth featuring Cape Cod prints and a variety of fine arts originals by several talented artists, the Printmakers of Cape Cod was organized in 1976 to encourage, assist and promote printmaking on the Cape as well as provide educational opportunities for new printmakers, the Falmouth Chamber of Commerce is a very active organization with member socials and other opportunities to outreach each month, and Welcome to Falmouth provides an interesting mix of good information about Falmouth with maps and photos, and helpful real estate information and guidance for homesellers and buyers. Links outside Falmouth include: the Arts foundation of Cape Cod supports, promotes and celebrates the arts and culture of Barnstable County, Cape Cod Arts is the guide to art, artists and organizations on Cape Cod, the Cataumet Arts Center is a year round gallery and art center on Scraggy Neck in Bourne, the Cahoon Museum of American Art is in Cotuit, Cape Cod Ballet is located in Barnstable, the Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis, the Children's Museum in Mashpee, and Cape Cod Life in Bourne, produces the beautiful annual "Cape Cod Arts" which features artist's and galleries all over the Cape and Islands. These nearby art centers offer great classes and top notch exhibitions all year long. The Cape Cod Art Association is in Barnstable on Cape Cod, the Cotuit Center for the Arts in nearby Cotuit on Route 28, provides top notch exhibitions, theatre and art classes for adults, teens and kids, the Duxbury Art Association is on the south shore of Boston north of Plymouth, and the South Shore Art Center is in Cohasset between Hingham and Scituate. Give them a try. I have and became a member and supporter. dfk Listings/MLS | Buyers | Sellers | Falmouth | About Us | Home www.capecodspecials.com 'Hello World, Welcome to Falmouth' COPYRIGHT © 2002-2008 BY DAVID F. KELLEY ALL RIGHTS RESERVED