Raw beauty
“Always, the sea is not far from my mind,” says Jamie Fishman, whose photography exhibit is on view at the Feldman Family Artspace in the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center through Nov. 30. The show,...
Master of iconography
Cindy Kane’s paintings are powerful in their striking, intricately rendered imagery and commanding size. Her masterful use of materials and evocative iconography will be on display at the Granary Gallery from August 7 through...
‘Light & Form’: A dialogue between bronze and sea
The Louisa Gould Gallery in Vineyard Haven celebrates the vibrant energy of summer with “Light & Form,” a new dual exhibition featuring timeless pieces by internationally acclaimed bronze sculptor Gwen Marcus and luminous seascapes...
Nisa Mars exhibit at Feldman Family Artspace at the MV Film Center
You can almost feel the warm, moist air and the alluring scent of the tropics when you enter Nisa Mars’s new exhibition, “‘Okika.” The word translates from Hawaiian as “orchids,” and the show runs...
Contemporary portraiture at Floating Gallery
A new exhibition has docked at 100 Lagoon Pond. “Your Face Is a Clock: New Portraiture” is a group show of different contemporary artists featuring a wide variety of media, including watercolor, photography, oil...
Emmai Alaquiva’s exhibit at MV Salads
Emmai Alaquiva is a man with a great many talents — directing, photography, visual art, and music among them. Once homeless, Alaquiva is now a four-time Emmy award-winning creator who delivers cutting-edge art, specializing...
‘Embrace MV’ exhibit at Featherstone
Embracing our Island is at the core of Featherstone Center for the Arts’ new exhibition, “Embrace MV,” on view through June 22. Ninety-eight artists have filled the Francine Kelly Gallery with their arresting odes...
Striking mixed-media art of Janice Frame
Janice Frame, a renowned artist and longtime Island resident, conveys the radiance and strength of African people, as well as the importance of community, in her arresting new works at the Eisenhauer Gallery this...
The world in tapestry with Julia Mitchell
Julia Mitchell’s tapestries embody how she experiences the world. Like the artist herself, her works have substance. The weight of the yarns contributes to the tapestry’s heft and varied surface textures, while their visual...
‘Art of Flowers’ show at Featherstone
Just when I thought that spring would never come, the forsythia and daffodils are out, and tender green leaves are beginning to sprout from the long, bare branches. However, nothing signals the change of...
Have paint, will travel
It is only May, but we feel summer’s heat and cool breezes in Rebecca Everett’s paintings at the Feldman Family Artspace, curated by Featherstone Center for the Arts. Everett’s gemlike landscapes convey her lifelong...
‘For the Birds’ exhibit at Featherstone
The exhibition “For the Birds,” a seamless collaboration between Featherstone Center for the Arts and Mass Audubon's Felix Wildlife Sanctuary, is a balm for the soul. Art and wildlife combine to bring us joy...
Knowledge weaver Julia Marden
Creativity flows through artist Julia Marden’s veins, and has done so since childhood. Her creations are a direct tie to her Aquinnah Wampanoag heritage. Marden is perhaps best-known for her fine traditional “twined” basketry....
‘Muse’ art show at Featherstone
“Muse,” the new show at Featherstone Center for the Arts, is a feast for the eyes — a veritable buffet of creativity. The theme revolves around what inspires artists to create, and since 98...
Artist Fae Kontje-Gibbs and the power of wishes
Fae Kontje-Gibbs’ new exhibition, “Wishes for Children,” at the Chilmark library delights our eyes and imaginations. Inspired by Tibetan prayer flags, her artwork embodies these wishes. Kontje-Gibbs, who refers to herself as a Christian...
Creative shifting with artist Margot Datz
Margot Datz has a contagious zest for life and a remarkable spirit of adventure. Her range of artistic expression is as vast as her creative vision.
Datz knew by age 4 that she was destined...
Linda Wurm Bryant’s visual storytelling
Artist Linda Wurm Bryant is a woman of many talents. Primarily known as an illustrator and graphic designer, Bryant is also a talented painter and photographer, and, most recently, she has created a line...
Photographer Jeffrey Serusa at Louisa Gould Gallery
The advent of digital photography has made it possible for anyone with an inexpensive camera or a smartphone to shoot away with abandon without worrying about the cost of film. On the other end...
Artist Julien Jarreau: Joy in light and dark
Watercolor can be a finicky medium. The variables are numerous — the absorbency of the paper, the liquidity of your pigments, and the humidity or lack thereof in the air, to name just a...
Artist Sean Roach: Waves of color
Watching an artist in the act of creation is a pleasure. Listening to an artist speak about their process is a treasure. I was blessed with both one blustery Saturday when Sean Roach graciously...