Oak Bluffs Arts District stroll returns July 8
"Poucha Pond," Alison Shaw.
Dukes County Avenue in Oak Bluffs is the site of a quintessential art stroll on any summer day, but the first Arts District Stroll of the season is set for Saturday,...
‘Looking Back’ at Allen Whiting’s 35 years of Island landscapes
Painter Allen Whiting has been capturing scenes of up-Island landscapes for more than three decades. His work is instantly recognizable. Mr. Whiting, whose West Tisbury studio and home are on farmland that has been...
Sargent Gallery celebrates 30 years with exhibit by artists inspired by Thomas Hart Benton
In 1989, the Gay Head Gallery, now renamed the Sargent Gallery, hosted an exhibit of the work of Thomas Hart Benton. The show, put together by relatives of the famed American artist, was timed...
Exhibit at 51art Gallery brings the Delta blues to the Vineyard
Delta blues musician Sam Carr, at home in Lula, Miss.
When the world stopped, Gail Mooney started her project documenting blues musicians from the Mississippi Delta region. “I started it at the worst time you...
Around Martha’s Vineyard in photographs
Alison Shaw stands before the central work in her Oak Bluffs Gallery, a new piece from her "Shoreline" Project.
Alison Shaw Gallery, owned by Alison Shaw and Sue Dawson, was a bright and inviting space...
The Cottagers’ African American Cultural Festival combines history and social justice
Dr. Jessica B. Harris at Lucullus, a culinary antique store in the French Quarter. Dr. Jessica B. Harris will give a talk on Thursday July 26, discussing her memoir, “My Soul Looks Back.”
The Cottagers...
Stan Murphy at Featherstone: Landscapes, nudes, and a bit of fancy
"May Wall," oil on board, 26 x 36 inches, 1988. Paintings: Stan Murphy.
You open the door and walk right into a large landscape, “Winter Sunset,” painted by Stan Murphy in 1960. It’s an odd...
Find a story in Barbara Kassel’s symbolic oil paintings at A Gallery
Barbara Kassel combines the classical and the contemporary in a unique way. The artist, who splits her time between a loft in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood and a home in West Tisbury, has...
Artist Max Decker finds the abstract in the familiar
"The Porch," 34 x 46 inches. By Max Decker.
Max Decker met me outside the open double doors of his barn studio in West Tisbury. Glancing past him, I couldn’t wait to get inside to...
Old Sculpin features new works by Valentine
"Tom's Meadow" —Valentine Estabrook
Island artist Valentine has an artist’s reception on Sunday, August 27, from 5 to 7 pm at Old Sculpin Gallery on Dock Street in Edgartown. Her exhibit will be up through...
