Members of the Martha’s Vineyard Black Lives Matter group spoke to a full house at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum Saturday, amid discussion about past and future racial justice work on Island.
Woven, a new exhibit at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum, invites people to share in the historic craft and hear the stories of early Island basket weavers, seamstresses and eel trappers.
Linsey Lee first moved full-time to Martha’s Vineyard in the early 1970s, foraging for wild foods, working odd jobs and listening to tall tales from Islanders she met.
Showing scenes of Island life, the Hot Tin Roof murals by Margot Datz now hang at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s Doherty Hall; a dedication and reception is Thursday evening.
Stan Murphy at 100, on display through August 21 on the museum’s second floor, joins the earlier Thomas Hart Benton show as one of the museum’s triumphs.