Provincetown Magazine - Steve Desroches, 2022
Jo Hay’s large canvas portraits of progressive figures have captured the imagination of Provincetown.
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Jo Hay’s large canvas portraits of progressive figures have captured the imagination of Provincetown.
Read MorePtownie Magazine - The Art Issue, Michelle Axelson, Summer 2022
Provincetown artist Jo Hay has been named Arts Foundation of Cape Cod’s (AFCC) inaugural Artist of the Year.
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Read MoreProvincetown Independent - Cam Kettles & Molly Reinman, 2024
Cheri Ruane, left, of Truro and Somerville and Jennifer Dumesco, who lives in Truro and Delray Beach, Fla., pose next to Provincetown artist Jo Hay’s portrait of Vice President Kamala Harris while waiting for the speeches to begin on July 20. (Photo courtesy Cheri Ruane)
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Read MoreCape Cod Times - Kathi Scrizzi Driscoll, January 20, 2021
PROVINCETOWN — Artist Jo Hay finally feels a sense of hope this week, buoyed by the strong women who have helped guide her way through four years of Donald Trump’s presidency. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Young firebrand climate activist Greta Thunberg.
Read MoreWorcester Magazine - Richard Duckett, March 27th 2024
Jo Hay’s painting of American Antiquarian Society former President Ellen S. Dunlap is unveiled
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Read MoreCape Cod and the Islands Magazine - Jennifer Sperry, Summer 2022
Portrait Painter Jo Hay is named Artist of the Year by the AFCC
Read MoreCape Cod Life - Valerie Gates, April 2023
Provincetown artist Jo Hay captures the essence of strong, unforgettable women in her portrait series, Persisters.
Read MoreForbes - Leslie Kelly, January 29, 2023
Jo Hay’s paintings of Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas are prominently featured in the new restaurant, Alice B., in Palm Springs, CA.
Read MoreCape Cod Times - Kathi Scrizzi Driscoll, March 11th 2022
Local artists are inspired to raise money for humanitarian aid to Ukraine
Read MoreQueer Forty - Richard Jones, December 2, 2019
Jo Hay is a painter, not just any painter, but one that has recently painted some of the most iconic people of the last few years, including Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Pete Buttigieg and Hilary Clinton.
Read MoreThe Guardian - Nadja Sayej, 2 March, 2020
One artist with her paintbrush on the pulse of pop culture is Jo Hay, who creates portraits of female leaders. Her series Persisters, some of which are on display at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum in Massachusetts in March, shows Elizabeth Warren, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Greta Thunberg and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Read MoreProvincetown Banner - Howard Karren, October 12, 2018
Over the last few years, artist Jo Hay has been painting a series of giant oil-on-canvas portraits of women, most of them 60 by 48 inches (five by four feet) and some 84 by 72 inches (seven by six feet), which she has called “The Persisters.”
Read MoreBuzzFeed - Didi Menendez, July 18, 2018
Provincetown Magazine - Rebecca Alvin, May 10, 2017
It’s undeniable. There is a sense of outrage and fear, coupled with disbelief that has spread since the election of President Donald Trump, spurring ordinary citizens to become highly political in their everyday lives.
Read MoreArbetet - Nana Eshelman Håkansson, May 20, 2019
Icon paintings by Greta Thunberg are becoming more common.
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