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The saying “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” is perhaps outdated and overused, but it’s the perfect descriptor for Island artist Althea Freeman-Miller.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...
Winter Street Gallery ends season with new exhibit
A quote from Virginia Woolf's landmark novel “To the Lighthouse” was chosen by the co-owners of Edgartown's Winter Street Gallery as the theme for its final show of the season.
In the modernist novel, Woolf...
Gary Demers’ Woodfish
Discovering Gary Demers’ workshop, Woodfish, was a happy accident. After buying an iced tea from Black Dog on Water Street, I began walking back to The MV Times office. Demers’ workshop door was open,...
Reflections of summer in art at Featherstone
The weather may be cooler, but it’s still summer at Featherstone, with its first community exhibition after the height of the season — “Summer Celebrations and Reflections.”
The show’s gallery sign, with Doug Allen’s huge,...
Patricia Williams’ many faces at the Feldman Family Artspace
Patricia Williams’ show, "Colleagues and Other Strangers,” in the Feldman Family Artspace at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center, curated by Featherstone Center for the Arts, tells a story. But it’s a narrative of our...
Paintings by Alejandro Carreño at Mocha Mott’s
Alejandro Carreño’s love of fish is immediately evident in his appealing paintings hanging at Mocha Mott’s in Vineyard Haven through the end of September. Carreño eschews strict photographic realism for intense colors and designs...
Inspiring art by Island teachers at Galaxy Gallery
The Galaxy Gallery is a nonprofit art gallery in the Oak Bluffs Arts District that showcases a variety of paintings, pastels, prints, jewelry, woodcuts, and more. Every year the Galaxy opens its season with...
Old Sculpin wraps up the season with a new exhibit
For their last group show of the season, the Old Sculpin Gallery is featuring the work of five local women, each representing a distinctive style. The exhibit will include paintings by June Schoppe, Susan...
Gretchen Feldman: ‘A Joyful Journey’
The new exhibition of work by Gretchen Feldman (1934–2008) is a sensory delight. “A Joyful Journey” is on view through Sept. 10 at the Feldman Family Artspace, a venue managed by Featherstone Center for...
Vineyard summers gone by
“The very act of drawing made me participate in the life around me.”
So said Adolf Dehn, draftsman, lithographer, and watercolorist. A collection of his work is on display at Creekville Art & Antiques in...
Island treasures at Galaxy Gallery
The half-dozen women represented in the current exhibit at the Galaxy Gallery have called the Vineyard home for most of their lives. And since all six are in their 80s and 90s, those lifetimes...
Exploring vintage prints at Eugene Goldfield’s Penumbra Photographs
Eugene Goldfield’s Penumbra Photographs is a glorious step back in time. The artist’s gallery of splendid vintage prints offers a kaleidoscopic view of a world gone by. Goldfield focuses solely on vintage prints, which...
Scrimshaw art revisited
Artist Darrel Morris can’t remember a time when he wasn’t creating art. As a child, he’d draw on anything — including walls. Morris studied art formally for five years, and though he played around...
Pushing boundaries, through Michael Stimola’s unique lens
Michael Stimola is all about experimentation. He pushes the boundaries of his photography using various techniques to create several unique aesthetics, which you can view at the Field Gallery from August 26 through Sept....
Photographer Michael Blanchard’s calendars raise funds for Vineyard Committee on Hunger
Photographer Michael Blanchard is known for his stunning photography and moving storytelling, but his creative journey wasn’t always smooth sailing. He hit some pretty big bumps along the way. Blanchard was once COO of...
Paul Goodnight, exhibiting at Cousen Rose Gallery, found his voice with his art
“If you don't have a voice, you don't have a choice,” said artist Paul Goodnight in a recent interview with ABC News. Goodnight lost his voice, literally, after serving two years in the Vietnam...
A mythical beast
You’re in for a delightful surprise the next time you enter the West Tisbury library. Hanging right in front of you just before you get to the stairs is an enormous, gorgeously carved, sharp-toothed...