Photography in motion at the Playhouse
Robin Gottesman clearly has an eclectic eye for color, light, motion — and subject matter. Her solo exhibit at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse is a delightful mix that reflects her impressive talent.
Gottesman began as...
Photographer Michael Johnson returns for the holidays
Take the narrow path off Main Street in Vineyard Haven between Claudia’s Jewelry and Soft as a Grape to the Michael Johnson Photo Gallery, to imbibe the holiday spirit. Happily, after 29 years, the...
Dick Iacovello’s ‘ecletric’ work at Miner Family Gallery
Dick Iacovello’s art doesn't seem to fit into a specific category. He’s a painter, sure, but also a photographer, a mixed-media artist, and a natural storyteller. As with many artists, his work changes over...
Fall colors on exhibit at Louisa Gould Gallery
You'll find lots of gold and russet tones in the latest exhibit at the Louisa Gould Gallery. The show, titled “Colors of Fall,” showcases work by a variety of artists whose palette leans toward...
The art of shopping
Among the dozens of items on offer at the Featherstone Holiday Gift Show — from ceramics and knitwear to jewelry and ornaments — you'll also find works of art by a number of different...
Creative crèches
“No Room at the Inn” is a display of crèches that will be part of Christmas in Edgartown, and will benefit Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard. For the third year, 40 crèches will...
Collages and paintings by Bruce MacNelly at Pathways
Artist and architect Bruce MacNelly has a somewhat different way of looking at process. He works in both collage and painting, with the former often informing the latter. For his collage work, MacNelly takes...
Micah Thanhauser is all fired up
Micah Thanhauser of Merry Farm Pottery recently saw a longtime dream come true when he was finally, after five years of planning, able to install a wood-fired kiln. Previously Merry Farm pieces were all...
A combined exhibit for Katy Upson and Judith Drew Schubert
You are in for a double treat with the new exhibit of work by Katy Upson and Judith Drew Schubert at the Feldman Family Artspace in Martha’s Vineyard Film Center, curated by Featherstone Center...
Taylor Stone’s imagination unveiled at Workshop Gallery
Halloween might have come and gone, but Taylor Stone’s solo exhibition at the Workshop Gallery in Vineyard Haven, "There's Nothing but Witches and Wizards Out There," is worthy of its own celebration. It’s a...
Freedom of expression
For the past decade-plus, artist Elizabeth Whelan has focused on portraiture, skillfully capturing each subject's likeness, as well as personality, in oil. More recently she has turned her attention to nature, creating vivid scenes...
Photographer Alida O’Loughlin shares ‘Treasured Moments’
Alida O’Loughlin presents us with more than 40 treasured moments in her new exhibition by the same title at the Edgartown library, through the end of November.
For such a prolific artist, it’s amazing to...
A warm, welcoming vibe
Painter and potter Chioke Morais opened the doors to Bent Wing Pottery in July 2023. This undertaking was a bit of a dream come true for Morais. “I’ve done a lot of Artisans shows...
‘Light Over the Sound’
Tachina Rudman-Young is a San Francisco–based artist and a creativity facilitator. She has been coming to Martha’s Vineyard with her husband and children since 2013, and is inspired by the Island’s incredible beauty. “I...
Adriana Eftimie’s ‘Sanctuary’ at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center
Adriana Eftimie’s oil paintings at the Feldman Family Artspace in the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center, curated by Featherstone Center for the Arts, are a scintillating delight. Her breathtaking use of color and attention to...
‘Two Sisters at Work’
The West Tisbury library is featuring the artwork of sisters Lynn Hoeft and Kris McDermet. “Two Sisters at Work” showcases a variety of pieces created in several mediums, including wool, silk, paper, and paint....
Works in progress
Driving up the steep driveway to the house where Barney Zeitz lives and makes art feels like entering a world apart. The path leading to his studio took me through a garden where his...
Mary Beth Daniels’ wonderful world of wool
Mary Beth Daniels’ color-soaked fiber art beckons us in for a closer view and leaves us with a strong urge to reach out and touch her wonderful textural creations. Her varied landscapes and floral...
Ralph Frisina’s exhibit at Louisa Gould’s Gallery is just in time for the Derby
Artist Ralph Frisina can wax poetic about something as pedestrian as a rusty old boat engine or a battle-scarred fishing lure. Of the latter he says, “It's always been my viewpoint that lures were...
Artist Althea Freeman-Miller’s community dreaming
The saying “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” is perhaps outdated and overused, but it’s the perfect descriptor for Island artist Althea Freeman-Miller. Laurie Miller, Freeman-Miller’s late father, was a logo designer...