Galleries & Museums
There are upwards of 40 art galleries on Martha’s Vineyard, as well as a few trendy restaurants and cafes that stay decorated with the work of local artists all year long. During the spring,...
Made on MVY: Jeffrey P. Canha’s Island Fish Prints
Teach me to fish and I can eat forever. Print me a fish and I’m delighted. Know someone who’s an avid fisherman? Have a rustic cabin in the woods that aches for something over...
Made on MVY: The Local Art of Going Global
Photos by Keya Guimaraes
Making a list? Checking it twice? Looking for something local and nice? It may be ideal to hunt down all the best locally made treasures on a leisurely Saturday walk through...
Restored whaling logbooks return to the Martha’s Vineyard Museum, explained
Photo courtesy of MV Museum Collections
Whaling logbooks from the 19th century are some of the most prized items in the Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s collection. However, the past 150 years have left many of these...
Leslie Baker paints with the power of raw color
The name of Leslie Baker’s most recent show is “Raw Color” and that is what you will see: a collection of paintings and monotypes of stunning beauty and color. Flat. Layered. Transparent. Dense. “Non-objective...
‘The Circle of Mothers Project’ kicks off the season at Gallery Josephine
In 2012, Trayvon Martin, an innocent black teenager, was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer. The acquittal of the boy's shooter precipitated the official launch of the Black Lives Matter movement.
Shortly after her...
Behnke-Doherty Gallery joins the Vineyard Haven art scene
Behnke-Doherty, the Vineyard's newest art gallery, brings a bit of a cosmopolitan touch to the Island's art scene. “There are a lot of very good galleries on the Island that already represent local artists,”...
Old Sculpin unveils work by new members
Last year the Martha’s Vineyard Art Association (MVAA) juried in four new members. This weekend, the MVAA’s exhibit space, the Old Sculpin Gallery in Edgartown, will host a group show exhibiting their new members’...
Traeger di Pietro, ‘On the Sidewalk’ at North Water, Thursday July 21
The inimitable Traeger di Pietro will be showing his work at North Water Gallery in Edgartown, with a show opening Thursday, July 21.
"The show is called 'On the Sidewalk,' Mr. di Pietro said in...
Cousen Rose Gallery celebrates Vineyard centrism
The Cousen Rose Gallery on upper Circuit Avenue in Oak Bluffs is currently hosting a Vineyard-centric show. Two semilocal female artists have captured the beauty of the Island in their own media and their...