To celebrate the reopening of her Main street, Vineyard Haven gallery, Louisa Gould is offering free art tomorrow.
Louisa Gould Gallery has been under renovated since a pipe burst of Jan. 2, but it will reopen tomorrow, Saturday, March 7, from noon to 5 p.m. And as a thank you to customers, Ms. Gould is offering a deal that if you purchase one of her photographs at full price you may take home a second piece of original art (of the same or lower price) for free. In addition, Louisa Gould paintings will be offered at a 20 per cent reduction.
A reception to mark the opening of an exhibition of oil paintings of Vineyard landscapes by Linda Thompson will be held today, Friday, July 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. The exhibition is at the Chilmark branch of the Bank of Martha’s Vineyard (near Beetlebung Corner). It continues until July 23 and is open during business hours.
A photography exhibition called Time Stands Still, with works by Juleann VanBelle, will hang at the Chilmark branch of the Bank of Martha’s Vineyard through Oct. 9. The opening reception is Friday, Sept. 25 from 4 to 6 p.m.
A year-round Islander for over 30 years, Ms. VanBelle is known for her work as a community activist and a registered nurse; she is now employed as the Aquinnah town nurse.
William Ross Searle, a Cape Cod landscape painter and Vineyard native who grew up in Edgartown, recently bequeathed 58 works to the Cahoon Museum of American Art in Cotuit, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Mr. Searle works in both acrylics and watercolor; his paintings are held in private, corporate, museum and institutional collections throughout the United States and Europe. A announcement about the gift appears in the spring edition of Spyglass, the museum’s quarterly publication.
The Christina Gallery, located on the corner of North Water and Winter streets in Edgartown, has announced an exhibition of work by John Powell. Running August 6 to 20, the exhibition will feature original oil paintings by the artist. Additionally, there will be an artist’s reception in the gallery on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.
The Carol Craven Gallery has announced a new exhibition, featuring painters Derek Buckner, John Evans and Ben Shattuck, and sculptor Gary Mottau, running from June 24 to July 3.
The Island plein air artists in Dragonfly Gallery’s Summer Visions show raised $400 for Martha’s Vineyard Habitat for Humanity. Sixteen artists each paid an entry fee of $25 as a contribution to Habitat: Monte Becker, William Buckley, Traeger di Pietro, Mary Emerson, Valentine Estabrook, Nancy Furino, Susan Johnson, Magi Leland, Ellen Liman, Kanta Lipsky, Thaw Malin, Marjorie Mason, Don McKillop, June Schoppe, Elizabeth Taft and Linda Thompson. A portion of the sales from the show will be donated to Island Affordable Housing Trust.
A retrospective of paintings by Wendy Weldon will be on exhibit from Feb. 28 through April 4 at the Chilmark Public Library. There will be new work as well as older paintings, all of which have never been exhibited before on the Vineyard. Paintings from her Shrine series, her Bed and Lamp series and her Personal Memoirs series will be included in the show.
An artist’s reception will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 7 at the library. All are welcome.
Michael Zide grew up without seasons. He remembers being transfixed as a child by a snowfall in his hometown of Los Angeles, a magical moment that made a deep impact on his life. When he began to pursue an interest in photography at age 22, he found himself drawn to the changing seasons and their impact on the landscape of the East Coast.
