Several Vineyard photographers have had their work published in a new 2009 calendar from the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture. A full-page photograph of Marle the alpaca from Tisbury photographer Heather Welch graces the January page and Oak Bluffs resident Julian Robinson’s photograph of the agricultural fair horse show marks the month of July. Ms. Welch and Kelley DeBettencourt of Edgartown also have had smaller photographs published in the calendar as honorable mention winners.
Deborah Silliman Wass will showcase her handiworks of calligraphy and illuminations for the month of September at the West Tisbury Library.
Mrs. Wass studied at the Yestermorrow Design/Build School and is the former art director at the Mobil Corporation’s headquarters in Washington, D.C. She founded Martha’s Vineyard Calligraphy and Illumination and currently lives in Chilmark with her husband.
Louisa Gould Gallery announces a new show, The Permanent Collection of the Martha’s Vineyard Art Association, opening Saturday, Nov. 8, with a reception from 4 to 6 p.m.
Artists wishing to participate in Treehouse Studios’ annual Nancy Luce show are invited to contact the gallery or submit works via e-mail to ruthadams1@comcast.net.
Works in all media will be considered for the show, which will open in October at the gallery located on State Road in West Tisbury, opposite Up-Island Cronig’s market.
The Seaworthy Gallery on Beach Road in Vineyard Haven will have a grand opening on Saturday, Nov. 15, from 4 to 8 p.m. This new photography gallery features the work of owner Jeffrey Serusa, and is located at 30 Beach Road, next to the Gannon and Benjamin boatyard and across from the Art Cliff Diner. For details, call 508-693-0153.
There are landmarks in an artist’s career. First there’s the initial sale of a piece of work. Then comes inclusion in a group show and, with any luck (and, of course, talent), the solo show. But the crowning glory arrives — often, alas, posthumously — when the artist’s work is presented in the hallowed halls of a museum.
Island artist, self-taught seaweed scientist and passionate personality Rose Treat turns 100 on Sunday, Dec. 7, and everyone is invited to a potluck birthday party celebration at the Agricultural Hall from 3 to 5:30 p.m.
A retrospective exhibition of watercolor works by well-traveled West Tisbury artist Ann Howes opens tomorrow at Featherstone Center for the Arts, including pieces from her past painting trips abroad, across the United States and the Island. í
Artist Anne Grandin calls herself a spiritualist, specifically a Native American spiritualist. This belief system drives the flowing, circular rhythms in her paintings — which have been exhibited here at Carol Craven Gallery, Featherstone Center for the Arts and the Old Sculpin Gallery — and it fits neatly, too, with her latest project, the Tisbury mural, which will take its place on the expansive wall on the Stop & Shop come spring.
The Carol Craven Gallery has hung its latest exhibition, featuring artwork by gallery artists J. Christian Snedeker, Nancy Furino, Rita Stern, Roger Phillips, Claire Chalfoun, Ann Grandin, John Evans, Gretchen Feldman and others.
There is a selection of American Modernist works by Benton, Gropper, Curry, Grosz and Lawrence, as well as paintings by South African artists Beezy Bailey and Usen Obot. Also featured is a major pastel by renowned artist David Hollowell, and a marvelous print by Faith Ringgold.
