On display at the Steamship Authority’s Vineyard Haven terminal Thursday, Jan. 29 from 4 to 6 p.m. will be a special collection of works by young artists Islandwide. Their subject: Vineyard smiles. The show is meant to be a teaser for National Children’s Dental Health Month, coming up in February. Sponsored by Vineyard Smiles, an oral health initiative of Island Health Inc. and the Vineyard Health Care Access, the purpose of the show is to increase youth awareness of the importance of dental hygiene.
Alison Shaw Gallery Fine art photography of Alison Shaw. Open by chance or appointment, or Wednesday through Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. at 88 Dukes County avenue, Oak Bluffs, 508-696-7429 or alisonshaw.com.
Current exhibit: Sail continues through July 18.
Bank of Martha’s Vineyard Open Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday 8:30 a.m. to noon at 517 South Road, Chilmark, 508-645-2608.
Floral arranger Mary Louise Perry and assistant arranger Wiet Bacheller will represent the Martha’s Vineyard Garden Club for Art in Bloom 2009 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
They will create a flower design that interprets a work of art, one of 50 designs to be done by New England Garden Clubs in this springtime tradition.
This three-day festival showcasing flower arranging as an art form takes place from Saturday, April 25, through Monday, April 27.
Steve Lohman will unveil a new series of large scale wire sculptures this Sunday at the Old Sculpin Gallery on Dock street in Edgartown. Mr. Lohman is known locally and internationally for his playful steel and wire sculptures. Graceful and whimsical, his lyrical creations capture the subtleties of life and form with a single line. There will be an artist’s reception Sunday, July 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. The exhibit will run through August 1.
The Louisa Gould Gallery welcomes all to its renovated space, for an artists’ reception for a group show on Saturday, May 23, from 6 to 8 p.m. Live music and refreshments will welcome returning artists to the gallery’s seventh season: John Holladay, Alan Eddy, Howard Park, Maya Farber, Ovid Ward, Laura Roberts, Ellen Liman, Leslie S. Smith, Jules Worthington, Caryn King, Louisa Gould and Kate Huntington.
The gallery is located on Main street in Vineyard Haven.
This Saturday night, August 8, is the second and final Oak Bluffs Arts District stroll of the summer. Among the many fine events and showings planned by the galleries and boutiques of Dukes County avenue is PikNik’s Urban Event, now in its second year.
This has not been exactly the type of winter the sailors of the Edgartown Yacht Club think of in connection with boats and sailing, so to keep the members happy, an art show was held on Friday.
It turns out that there are lots of artists, painters and sketchers who are members, so there were 22 entries. One of the artists was professional and sells her paintings all over the country, and that was Meg Mercier now of Edgartown. Another was semi-professional — Helen Bowring. The rest were just artists who painted for the love of it.
New Discoveries at the Shaw Cramer Gallery is the second special exhibit in the Spotlights 2009 series this summer. Ten new artists in the gallery are showcased, each bringing a new point of view. Melted glass flows over copper, patina enhances steel vessels, multi-use textural clay forms and sculptural tables of mahogany with maple are a few of the new concepts presented.
New Discoveries can be seen through July 17 in the upper gallery while the Wendy Weldon show continues through July 9 in the main gallery.
Boston Globe op-ed columnist Derrick Z. Jackson is on the Island for his photography exhibit, From Iowa to the White House.
It shows at Cousen Rose Gallery from Thursday through Sept. 11. Sponsored by the African American Museum of Boston, the exhibit is free and open to the public — but the photos, signed by Mr. Jackson, are for sale to benefit the museum’s youth programs. He will appear at the Oak Bluffs gallery on Thursday, August 27 and Friday, August 28 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to meet visitors.
