Galleries : Ongoing Shows & Openings

Published: August 7, 2008

Openings

THURSDAY, AUGUST 7

Cousen Rose Gallery 5-7 pm, Wine Sip sponsored by The Divas Uncorked, featuring The Hess Wine Collection and book signing with Jessica Harris, "Martha's Vineyard Table." Music by Nick the pianist. Oak Bluffs. 508-693-6656.

Edgartown Gallery Stroll

6-8 pm. Cocktails and live music. 508-627-7003.

Carlin Fine Art Russian artist Alexei Butirskiy's embellished limited editions on canvas.

The Christina Gallery Antique maps from around the world, nautical charts of Martha's Vineyard, New England and beyond, and contemporary marine paintings.

The Edgartown Art Gallery Land and seascapes by local painter, Marjorie Mason.

Debra M. Gaines Fine Art Gallery Large format Vineyard seascape and landscape photographic images by Debra M. Gaines and pastel paintings by Warren Gaines.

Eisenhauer Gallery Featuring painter Liz Gribin and contemporary seascape artist Tjasa Owen. Music by Mike Benjamin. Edgartown. 508-627-7003.

Hammond Harkins Galleries New paintings by Paul Hamilton and Michael McGinn; abstractions by Babette Herschberger; sculptures by Tim Brown; oils of French countryside by Laurent Vialet; paintings by John Stobart.

North Water Gallery 5-7 pm, new work from three Vineyard painters: Ray Ellis, Jeanne Staples, Jonathan Ralston. Edgartown. 508-627-6002.

Penumbra Photographs Vintage photo-chemical paintings by German photographer Chargesheimer; images of the Navajo Nation taken in 1930 on a Museum of Natural History Expedition.

Willoughby Fine Art Gallery Figurative works by Luding Meng and Thomas McLauchlin; still life paintings by Sean Farrell, Elizabeth W. Leary, and Doug Rugh; landscapes by E.W. Leary, Harley Bartlett, Geoffrey Smith, and Sharon Bahosh.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8

Sovereign Bank 5-7 pm, paintings by Jules S. Worthington. Through Aug. 10. Chilmark.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 9

Old Sculpin Gallery and Studio School 2-4 pm, Children's Art Show. 508-627-4881.

Arts District Stroll

4-7 pm, Arts District, Oak Bluffs. Cocktails and live music.

Alison Shaw Gallery The BLUE Show. 508-696-7429.

PIKNIK Art & Apparel Urban Show Hung through Aug. 22. Oak Bluffs. 508-693-1366.

Dragonfly Gallery Stephanie Danforth, Kyle Stevenson. Through Aug. 17. 508-693-8877.

Periwinkle Studio Marshall Pratt, photography, "Vineyard Boy in Boston". Through Aug. 16.

Red Mannequin Barbara Sandson. 508-693-2858.

Lucinda's Enamels 508-696-7863.

Saltwater Gallery 4-8 pm, Farms and Gardens: new mixed-media work by Ashley Medowski. West Tisbury. 508-696-8822.

Cousen Rose Gallery 7-9 pm, mixed media by James Denmark, dolls by Janice Frame. Through Aug. 15. Oak Bluffs. 508-693-6656.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10

The Field Gallery 5-7, rock photographer Herb Greene, painter Ron Gee. Through Aug. 23. West Tisbury. 508-693-5595.

The Plaut Home 3:30-6:30 pm, Sparks of Splendor: Portraits of Jewish Women From East to West. Photographs by Rabbi Joshua Plaut. 32 Bridge Lane (off Lambert's Cove Rd.), West Tisbury. 508-696-0487.

Featherstone 4-6 pm, Pastel Show featuring Vineyard pastel artists. Through Aug. 15. Oak Bluffs. 508-693-1850.

Carol Craven Gallery 5-7 pm, Barbara Kassel, "Paintings". Through Aug. 21. Vineyard Haven. 508-693-3535.

Simon Gallery 5-7 pm, Jules Fieffer. Vineyard Haven. 508-325-2242.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13

West Tisbury Library 4 pm, Carrie Mae Smith, paintings. Through Aug. 508-693-3366.

Ongoing Shows

Alison Shaw Gallery Black and White Show. Through Aug. 8. Oak Bluffs. 508-696-7429.

Artisans Festival 10 am-2 pm, Grange Hall, West Tisbury. Sundays and Thursdays throughout Aug. Annual summer-long festival of Island artists and craftspeople. Rain or shine. West Tisbury. Free admission and parking. 508-693-8989.

Bank of Martha's Vineyard Domestic Secrets, photos by Julie Jaffe. Through Aug. 7. Chilmark.

Belushi Pisano Gallery Jessica Pisano solo show. Mixed-media work presented on birch panel, tile, and wood frames. Through Aug. 17. Vineyard Haven. 508-696-9899.

Carol Craven Gallery J. Christian Snedeker, Christie Scheele, and Nancy Ellison. Through Aug. 7. Vineyard Haven. 508-693-3535.

Chilmark Library Marianne Neill: gouache paintings and pastels. Through Aug. 15. 508-645-3360.

Cousen Rose Gallery Stephen L. Carter, booking signing Paul Goodnight, oil and serigraphs. Through Aug. 8. Oak Bluffs. 508-693-6656.

The Davis House Gallery Allen Whiting. Through Labor Day. West Tisbury. 508-693-4691.

Eisenhauer Gallery French artist Michel Brosseau. Through Aug. 7. Edgartown. 508-693-7003.

Featherstone Art in Action. Six women artists show what it takes. Through Aug. 8. Oak Bluffs. 508-693-1850.

Featherstone BRILLIANCE: Skip Petersen, Oil Paintings. Through Aug. 13. The Pebble Gallery, Oak Bluffs. 508-693-1850.

The Field Gallery Landscape painter Marlee Brewster Brockmann, illustrator Patience Brewster. Through Aug. 9. West Tisbury. 508-693-5595.

Four Generations An Evening in Tuscany. World images in an Italian-flavored event. Champagne Reception on Sun., Aug. 10, 1-5 pm. Show continues through Aug. 24. Vineyard Haven. 508-693-5501.

The Granary Gallery Steve Mills, Anda Styler, Ross Coppelman, Diana Van Nes. Through Aug. 16. West Tisbury. 508-693-0455.

hastings in the alley Rick Hoffman and Ron Hall, "New Works." Through Sept. 7. Oak Bluffs. 508-693-7444.

Hermine Merel Smith Fine Art Woodcuts by Ruth Kirchmeier, oil paintings by Hermine Hull. Through Columbus Day. West Tisbury. 508-693-7719.

Louisa Gould Gallery "Inspiration." Leslie S. Smith's Seascapes, Sherill Blalock's Cabinet of Curiosities, Kate Huntington's Figures & Dogs, Ellen Liman's Sunflowers. Through Aug. 14. Vineyard Haven. 508-693-7373.

Martha's Vineyard Glassworks Robert Phillips. Through Aug. 16. West Tisbury. 508-693-6026.

NYE Gallery Enos Ray and Rez Williams. Through August. Oak Bluffs. 508-693-9700.

Oak Bluffs Public Library Photography Exhibition in honor of Della Hardman Day. Through Aug. 16. 508-693-9433.

Old Sculpin Gallery Rosalie Ripaldi Shane, Ned Reade, Fred and Harry Messersmith, Ann Howes, Ben Cabot. Through Aug. 10. Edgartown. 508-627-4881.

PIKNIK Art & Apparel Abstract works by Mecedes Nunez and contemporary oils by debuting artist Barbara Durant. Hung through Aug. 8. Oak Bluffs. 508-693-1366.

Shaw Cramer Gallery Rose Abrahamson, "Conjurings." Acrylic and collage on canvas paintings. Phil Wilson, hand-built porcelain. Jazz piano by Abbie Dreyer. Through Aug. 7. Vineyard Haven. 508-696-7323.

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