3 Bradford Street today, and as designed by OverUnder

ANVIL

A new arts space in a Provincetown welding studio, 80 years in the making.

3 Bradford Street, Provincetown

For nearly 80 years, four generations of the Kacergis family forged boat parts, fishing gear, and fantastic beasts at the welding studio on Bradford Street. Local artists came here to learn to work in metal, and its sunflowers and birds still turn up all over town.

The Anvil Foundation is renovating the studio into a year-round space for artists and audiences, keeping its gate, its anvil, and its spirit.

What we're building

1,000

square feet of multipurpose arts space on the main floor

600

more usable square feet on the lower level

year-round apartment, adding housing in town

1946

the year Clarence Kacergis opened the welding works here

The studio over the years

See the plans

Metal sculptures of birds, sunflowers, and a turtle along the studio fence — The sculpture yard on Bradford Street

Wrought iron front gate with scrollwork and an anvil above it — The front gate and anvil, which stay

The covered workshop with tools and welding tanks — Inside the covered workshop

The anvil mounted on the roofline — The anvil on the roofline

Historic black and white photo of Provincetown — Provincetown's working past

Help build ANVIL

Gifts go directly into renovating the studio and opening it to artists and the public. Founding donors will be part of the next chapter of 3 Bradford Street.

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Fiscally sponsored by the Provincetown Community Compact, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Follow the build

Occasional updates on construction, opening plans, and first events.