Galleries : Art Notes
Openings
FRIDAY, JUNE 19
Howes House 12 noon-4 pm, West Tisbury. Art Show and Sale: watercolors made by Friday painting group. Free; refreshments. 508-693-2896.
SATURDAY, JUNE 20
Howes House 9 am-4 pm, West Tisbury. See Fri.
Dragonfly Gallery 11 am-6pm, Oak Bluffs. Open house weekend: Mytoi Reflections, featuring Don Sibley and Robert Baart. Refreshments. 508-693-8877.
PIKNIK Art & Apparel 4-7 pm, Oak Bluffs. Max Decker's "Early Summer" landscape series. Oil on canvas. Through July 15. 508-693-1366; piknikmv.com.
Alison Shaw Gallery 4-7 pm, Oak Bluffs. SAIL Show. 508-696-7429; alisonshaw.com.
Cousen Rose Gallery 6-8 pm, Oak Bluffs. Summer Solstice Celebration Wine Sip, featuring photography by Debra Gaines, acrylics by Louise Minks, watercolors by Bob Fitzgerald. Music by Peter MacLean.
508-693-6656.
SUNDAY, JUNE 21
Dragonfly Gallery 11 am-6pm, Oak Bluffs. See Fri. 2 pm: Don Sibley speaks.
Field Gallery 5-7 pm, West Tisbury. Jeff Hoerle, Jhenn Watts, Kenneth Pillsworth. 508-693-5595; fieldgallery.com.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
West Tisbury Library 5 pm. Plein air landscapes by Elizabeth Taft. Through June. 508-693-3366.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Artists Reception, 6 pm-8 pm, Old Sculpin Gallery, Edgartown. Featuring New Works in Egg Tempera by Marsha Winsryg. Also Ovid Ward & Fred Messersmith. June 20 through June 27. 508-627-4881.
Ongoing Shows
Carol Craven Gallery Work by many artists including Claire Chalfoun, Kitty Cloud, Palmer Davis, Nancy Furino, and Anne Grandin. Through June 20. Vineyard Haven. 508-693-3535.
Louisa Gould Gallery Sail Into Summer. John Holladay, Ellen Liman, Louisa Gould, Kate Huntington, Maya Farber, Laura Roberts, Jim Murray, Ovid Ward. Through June 26. Vineyard Haven. 508-693-7373.
Mocha Mott's Dick Iacovello: giclée prints, photographs, and art cards of Vineyard subjects. Through June. Oak Bluffs.
Vineyard Artisans Summer Festival Sundays, 10 am-2 pm, Grange Hall, West Tisbury. 12th Annual show features over 60 artisans, including demonstrations, weaving, furniture, pottery, oil paintings, pastels, mixed media, sculpture, jewelry, quilts, clothing, handmade books, and more. Free parking and admission. 508-693-8989; vineyardartisans.com.
Chilmark Library Abstract pictographs and collographs by Roberta Gross. Through July 2. 508-645-3360.
Old Sculpin Gallery Edgartown. M.V. Art Assoc.'s annual Art Scholarship Award winners. Through June 20. 508-627-4881.
Bank of Martha's Vineyard Chilmark. Mother and daughter artists Gloria and Jennifer Burkin. Landscape oil paintings of Island scenes and small abstract acrylics. Through June 19. 508-645-2608.
Phuong-Lan Ho, an MVAA award recipient, mingled with guests at Saturday's reception. Photo by Susan Safford
MVAA winners at Old Sculpin
Every year the Martha's Vineyard Art Association awards college scholarships to two high school seniors who are pursuing the fine arts. The work of the this year's recipients, Ray Ewing and Phuong-Lan Ho, along with that of scholarship alternate Janelle Fortes, is on display at the Old Sculpin Gallery in Edgartown. A reception was held on Saturday, June 13.
In his artist's statement, Mr. Ewing wrote, "I want to use my camera as an all-encompassing way of life."
Ms. Ho wrote, "I used the art department in high school as my own private office." Her work includes architectural and interior design, acrylic paintings and drawings.
"I used to teach both recipients, so to see them receive such an honor is thrilling," Melissa Breese, the gallery's director, said.
Sails at Shaw Gallery
On Saturday, June 20, the Alison Shaw Gallery in the Oak Bluffs Arts District, will hold an opening reception from 4 to 7 pm for its SAIL Show, which features photographs of boats and sails.
Photo courtesy of Alison Shaw
"I like the fact that this show has new images I have taken and older photographs as well," Ms. Shaw said. "Looking at the older photographs gives me a chance to reflect on my work and to reinvent my old pieces. For some of my newer images I have used a technique, which can be described as painting with my camera. I use a slower shutter speed and move my camera as I take the picture."
Throughout the summer, the Alison Shaw Gallery will present themed shows, including Studio Show, a Sea Show, and a Structure Show. The gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday, 2 to 6 pm, or by appointment or chance. For more information, visit alisonshaw.com, or call 508-696-7429.
Max Decker at PIKNIK
PIKNIK Art & Apparel will open its season with Max Decker's Early Summer landscape series. The gallery, located in the Oak Bluffs Arts District, will host a reception with food and beverages this Saturday, June 20, from 4 to 7 pm.
"View from Hines Point," oil on board. Photo courtesy of PIKNIK Art & Apparel
"I have chosen Max Decker to open and to close my season," said gallery owner Michael Hunter. "He is my bookends for the season. He plays with the genre of landscape paintings beautifully, exploring pigmentation and light. This is the first offering of his new works for 2009, and I think people will be very impressed."
Mr. Decker, who divides his time between Brooklyn, N.Y., and West Tisbury, works with oil on canvas and oil on board, on pieces that range in size.
The show will be up through July 15. For more information, visit piknikmv.com or call 508-693-1366.
