Old Sculpin Opening

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.

The Vineyard has long been a haven for artists. Heading into Memorial Day weekend, art gallery doors will be thrown open for the season, with paintings, sculpture, ceramics and other objects ready to meet their public. Most of the season’s formal shows await June or July start dates, but a handful of galleries have lined up events for this coming holiday weekend.

“My dad has a barn,” chirped a wide-eyed, hyperactive Mickey Rooney. “And my mom can sew the costumes,” the pigtailed, pinafore-bedecked Judy Garland replied. And off they went, hand in hand, singing and dancing their way across the barnyard.

Well, it was something like that and they didn’t even live on the Vineyard where the performing arts culture has grown and grown. No more drafty barns here and mom can now sit in the audience and not have to sew costumes.

Eisenhauer Anniversary

The Eisenhauer Gallery invites the Vineyard to celebrate a decade of connecting artists with Islanders with a 10th annual Memorial Day exhibition. Free and open to the public, the Saturday evening opening reception runs from 6 to 8 p.m. and will feature work by gallery favorite Tjasa Owen, as well as from landscape painters Joshua Smith, Peter Roux and Petria Mitchell, all three of whom are making their Eisenhauer Gallery debut.

Trunk Show at Granary

Pep Art Grand Opening

Discover what Louisa Gould Gallery artists have been making when a group show of new works opens on Sunday, May 30 from 5 to 7 p.m. with live music and refreshments.

Hard Work, Great Stuff, Good Deals

The Vineyard Artisans Festival opens for the season, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Grange Hall in “downtown” West Tisbury will fill to bursting with handmade clothing, jewelry, botanicals, decor and more, as artists and craftsmen of all breeds put their wares up for sale after a long winter of working and waiting for this very moment. And remember, most everything available is one-of-a-kind, so don’t dawdle, lest you lose out to earlier birds than yourself.

Considered by many to be the starting shot of the Vineyard summer season, the annual Oak Bluffs Memorial Day Road Race is this Sunday morning, May 30. Consisting of a 5 kilometer road race and walk, along with a one mile family fun run, the race has seen over 600 racers and countless spectators of all ages over the years, with all proceeds going to benefit Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard, which relies on these funds to provide nursing, social, spiritual and bereavement services to the Island community.

Musical Auditions