2019

Large format is the size of the summer on the walls of three Martha’s Vineyard art galleries, with expansive landscapes, abstracts and abstract landscapes by several distinctly different painters.

Abe Pieciak and Brandon Newton opened the Chilmark Gallery last weekend with a reception on Friday night. The artists said they hope to inspire not just artists to tap into their creativity.

Featherstone Center for the Arts hosted a reception on Sunday for its new show My One and Only, which opened the season with a group show of 90 artists.

A small, but striking collection of Island landscapes by Warren Gaines offers a rare off-season chance to enjoy the Edgartown painter’s work.

2018

The Carnegie, Edgartown’s former public library on North Water street, has opened a short-term gallery show with new works by well-known Island artists including Allen Whiting, Jeanne Staples and Margot Datz.

In a cloud of smoke and shower of blue sparks, Island sculptor Jay Lagemann blasts the stainless steel braids of his newest humanoid creation with a blowtorch registering over 3,000 degrees.

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