I’m a visual artist, writer, activist, and educator working in Provincetown & Truro, MA. Examples of my artwork are available at petehocking.com. On Cape Cod I’m represented by AMZehnder Gallery.

I suspect that the meaning of life is connected with the ways in which we learn and convey knowledge. This journal is preoccupied with that suspicion.

Since 1996 I’ve been a lecturer at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), teaching courses on leadership, art theory, and how contemporary issues can fuel art making. I teach in the Ed.D program at Gratz College, with courses focused on community relations and multicultural leadership. From 2003-2021 I was a faculty member in Goddard College’s MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts program. I was director of RISD’s Office of Public Engagement (2007-11), and Associate Dean of the College & Director of the Swearer Center for Public Service at Brown University (1988-2005). I’m a founding board member of Provincetown Commons, an economic development center for the creative economy.  In addition to this site, I’m also the author of Fieldguide Provincetown.

I teach painting workshops at Provincetown Art Association and Museum and The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. I also teach online painting courses via Zoom and conduct call group tutorials with 2 to 5 people. Email me for details.

Pete Hocking