Editing Art colony (section)

==== Massachusetts ====
[[File:Provincetown 1940 Art Class.jpg|thumb|A 1940 photograph of an outdoor art class in [[Provincetown, Massachusetts]], an art center that provided ample income for several art schools.]]
The [[Provincetown, Massachusetts|Provincetown]] art colony came into being when [[Charles Webster Hawthorne]] opened his [[Cape Cod School of Art]] there in the summer of 1899.<ref name="iamprovincetown.com">[http://www.iamprovincetown.com/history/art-colony-history.html Provincetown History: The Art Colony, A Brief History]</ref> The art school attracted other artists, and expanded the colony, which led to the foundation of the [[Provincetown Art Association and Museum|Provincetown Art Association]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=History {{!}} Provincetown Art Association and Museum|url=https://www.paam.org/about-paam/history/|date=May 10, 2020|website=Provincetown Art Association and Museum}}</ref> By 1916, a ''Boston Globe'' headline reported the "Biggest Art Colony in the World at Provincetown."<ref name="iamprovincetown.com" /> Provincetown claims to be the oldest continuously operating artist's colony in the United States.<ref>[http://www.provincetowntourismoffice.org/index.aspx?nid=75 Provincetown Tourism Office] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716065915/http://www.provincetowntourismoffice.org/index.aspx?nid=75|date=July 16, 2014}}</ref>