Vineyard Views, an art show by Edgartown painter Bill Buckley, opens at the Chilmark Public Library on Saturday, May 1, with a reception from 3 to 5 p.m. All are welcome.
The show includes paintings of familiar Island scenes, most in acrylic on canvas in vibrant colors.
A special weekend art exhibition, Wilfrid Dantis: Images of Haiti, will open on Friday at the Vineyard Haven library with a reception from 4 to 7 p.m. The show will be hanging on Friday, July 9, from 1 to 8 p.m. and on Saturday, July 10, from 10 to 4 p.m.
Wilfrid Dantis, a native of Haiti, will show and discuss his vibrant paintings of his homeland.
The Old Sculpin Gallery and Studio School of the Martha’s Vineyard Art Association is opening for the season today, May 28, with a group members show as well as an exhibition of selected works from its permanent collection of art made on the Vineyard from 1890 to the present.
For more information please call 508-627-4881 or see online oldsculpingallery.org.
Shaw Cramer opens its third Double Feature special exhibit — presenting the art work of Leslie Baker and Eric Jensen in the main gallery with Elizabeth Lockhart Taft and Eileen Braun in the upper spotlight gallery — with an artists’ reception on Friday, July 30 from 6 to 8 p.m.
The creativity of students at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School has made a big impression on the mainland, and they have the awards to prove it.
Senior Hannah Marlin’s photography portfolio has garnered national attention for the young artist, one of only 20 students nationwide to receive a merit award for photography from the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts senior portfolio program. The award came with a cash prize of $100.
Ayn Chase turns 85 on Dec. 11 and to celebrate she is thanking Island customers with a 15 per cent discount. On what you may ask? Mrs. Chase is a weaver working over the years on every type of textile good but is perhaps best known for her placemats and lampshades.
She estimates that she has woven over 27,500 placemats and made over 3,600 shades (not counting the tiny ones made for dollhouses) during her career.
Sail Martha’s Vineyard is presenting an exhibit and sale of maritime art, jewelry, crafts and note cards by several Island artists and photographers. The exhibit opens with an artists’ reception from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 10, at the office of Sail MV located at 110 Main street in Vineyard Haven and transformed for the holidays into an art gallery,
The hours of the show are from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily throughout Dec. 23. A portion of proceeds from any sales benefits Sail MV’s free sailing programs for Island kids.
