Silver Linings is the theme for the next community art show at Featherstone Center for the Arts, opening April 5. The Art of Flowers follows in May.
Double Visions
A two-person art exhibition, featuring the work of Wendy Weldon and James Langlois, is at the Chilmark Public Library from March 31 to April 29. An opening reception will be held at the library from 3 to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 3. Ms. Weldon’s half of the show demonstrates the progression within her process, from informal sketches and studies on paper to large-scale acrylic paintings. Her work presents an unusual energy, fueled by her thoughtful use of color.
Throughout their lives, they have been labeled with various syndromes and conditions. They experience the world in a way that is different from the bulk of society and from each other. But this Saturday, March 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Vineyard Haven Baptist Church parish house, they will all share one label: they are artists.
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.
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.
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.
Fondly known on the Vineyard as “the wire guy,” or “man of steel,” West Tisbury artist Steve Lohman has experienced national and international recognition for his gift of twisting metal into art. But when he received an e-mail in October from someone at Louis Vuitton inviting him to Asia on a commission, he thought it was a joke.
