Artist Jon Goldman is painting 781 portraits of his Woods Hole village to bring his community closer together. 781 is the number of people living in Woods Hole, according to the 2010 U.S. census.
Goldman hopes the project will bring his community together. He says, “If it gets people talking about the community, if it gets people talking about art, then I’ve been successful. So if one person asks a question…one person recognizes somebody that they see, it’s a success.”
Goldman paints the portraits digitally on a tablet computer, using a stylus. Each portrait is about the size of a business envelope. Right now, 100 of them hang in his Woods Hole studio. Eventually, he hopes all 781 of the portraits will hang in a public place in Woods Hole.
To view the project online, visit Goldman’s website or Facebook page.
http://www.goldmanarts.com/village-portrait-project/
https://www.facebook.com/villageportraitproject
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Anna Rose is a recent graduate from the Transom Story Workshop held here in Woods Hole through our production partners: Atlantic Public Media