Art for the Masses

Emerging Artists Show

The Friends of the Vineyard Haven Public Library will be hosting an art show featuring the work of emerging Vineyard artists at the library June 7 to 19. Artists interested in participating may contact the library for details on submitting their work. The deadline for submissions will be May 1, 2010.

For more information, call 508-696-4210, extension 11, or visit online vhlibrary.org/artshow.shtml.

Chris Morse fell in love with West Tisbury’s Granary Gallery as a teenager, when he worked summers there through high school. Fifteen years ago, he purchased the gallery with his wife, Sheila. Five years after that, they bought the Field Gallery, also in West Tisbury. And another five or so years later, they purchased what is now the North Water Gallery in Edgartown.

Remembering Peg

A gathering of family, friends and community to celebrate the life and art of Peg Thayer will, be at Featherstone Center for the Arts on Barnes Road in Oak Bluffs next Saturday, May 15, between 1 and 4 p.m. Many of her paintings, including some never shown before, will be on display.

The opening had an air of freshness about it, much like the sea air you can smell from outside of PepArt, which is across the street from the Black Dog Tavern by the harbor in Vineyard Haven. For artists Greg Watson, Carrie Mae Smith and Elizabeth Cecil it is the first time owning and running an art gallery.

They opened a figurative art show this past Friday, primarily featuring the work of Mr. Watson. Other artists represented include Ms. Cecil, Ms. Smith, Suzanne Schiereson, E.M. Saniga and Kurt Knobelsdorf.

In a tiny cottage dotted with colorful buoys, nestled in the front yard of her Vineyard Haven home, Marnie Stanton has hung a handful of her colorful abstract sculptures, made from driftwood and colorful electrical wire and theatre gels. The pieces are only a tiny sliver of the complete body of work — some 30 sculptures in all, with many more to come.

The Louisa Gould Gallery is offering an oil painting workshop on Tuesday, August 3 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. with Christopher Pendergast.

The workshop will begin with a brief demonstration on starting a painting in oils including; set up, materials, laying out a palette, and choosing a subject matter. Blocking out space, the correct use of medium, and drawing with brushes and paint will also be covered. Attendees will then work in the materials of their choice.

Drawing and painting teacher Janice Frame had reason to be proud of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School senior Lonni Philips’ success last week at Featherstone Center for the Arts. Ms. Philips has, after all, been a student of Ms. Frame’s since kindergarten, when her work most likely consisted of finger paintings and play dough sculptures.

It’s Double Features at the Shaw Cramer Gallery for the summer season. The first double show — one on each level — opens with an artists’ reception on Friday, July 2, from 6 to 8 p.m.

The main gallery show will introduce the abstract expressionist paintings of Marie-Louise Rouff, with Kari Lønning’s baskets and Christian Brown’s furniture.

Memorial Day weekend is almost here, and along with it, the annual Friends of Family Planning Art Show Benefit. This event supports the Family Planning of Martha’s Vineyard clinic, which provides reproductive health and family planning services to our community.