Leslie Baker: Landscapes and Studies is the name of the spotlight solo show that opened July 23 and will continue through August 6 at the Shaw Cramer Gallery at 56 Main street in Vineyard Haven. Ms. Baker is an Island artist, and, having taught at the college level, is accomplished working in a variety of mediums and subjects. This includes oil on canvas, watercolor, drawing and monotypes of landscapes, still lifes, portraits and book illustrations.
Mother and daughter artists, Gloria and Jennifer Burkin have a show of their new work, at The Martha’s Vineyard Bank at Bettlebung Corner in Chilmark, running from June 12 to June 19.
Both artists will be exhibiting and selling their work throughout the summer at the Chilmark Flea Market on Saturdays, and Tuesdays at the Featherstone Flea Market in Oak Bluffs.
On Saturday, August 15, the Granary Gallery in West Tisbury will welcome the renowned printmaker Lou Stovall with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m.
Born in Athens, Ga., in 1937, Mr. Stovall grew up in Springfield. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and at Howard University. Since 1962, he has lived and worked in Washington, D.C.
His drawings and silkscreen prints have brought him grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Stern Family Fund.
Photographer Michael Zide will be featured by the Moab Paper Company at an upcoming convention in Las Vegas this weekend. Select images from his Vineyard landscapes and fine art portfolios will be on display. A former photographer for the Vineyard Gazette who now teaches at the Hallmark Photography Institute in Turners Falls, Mr. Zide is one of two photographers who was recently interviewed by Moab and will be the subject of an upcoming online profile and photo gallery.
Island artist Julia Mitchell’s work is on exhibit in Tapestries: Nature and Artifact, at Waverly Street Gallery in Bethesda, Md.
A designer and weaver of 40 years’ experience, her works are in private and corporate collections worldwide.
The art of tapestry is enjoying a resurgence in this country, thanks in part to two exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, curated by its director Thomas Campbell.
The Tisbury School will host five traveling art exhibits during the upcoming school year, thanks to the Permanent Endowment for Martha’s Vineyard. This grant award has given the school the opportunity to bring quality museum reproductions to students and the public.
The size of the reproductions within the exhibit are remarkable, measuring up to 17 feet by 7 feet. Each of the exhibits will be housed in the main hallway of the school for one week and will be open to the public.
If just the thought of a trip to an art museum gives you a dull ache in the lower spine, you are not alone.
When she was deputy director for finance and operations at the Peabody Essex museum, Susan Davy, the new co-owner of the Dragonfly Gallery in Oak Bluffs, noticed that visitors often would be forced to leave the museum prematurely simply because of physical discomfort. “For some reason there’s something about walking, and then standing still, and then walking — it’s more tiring than just walking,” she said.
This Saturday, July 25, the Aquinnah Cultural Center will host their third annual All Native Artisans’ Festival atop Moshup’s masterpiece, the Gay Head Cliffs. Pottery, basketry, painted leathers, dolls, silver jewelry and, of course, plenty of wampum will be on offer, as well as a chance to learn about Martha’s Vineyard Wampanoag culture and history. The festival runs 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For details, call 508-645-7900.
White Ginger’s annual Trunk Show and Sale on the Island begins today, Friday, June 19, at Beach street extension in Vineyard Haven (next to Tropical Restaurant, across from the Black Dog Tavern).
White Ginger owners Mary Miller and Katherine Young offer items they have chosen on trips to in China alongside their own line of silk clothing, an extensive selection of embroidered tunics, and a range of pieces in cotton. Their luxurious hand-woven silks and cottons mix and match for any occasion, whether as a cover after a swim or a formal evening event.
Saturday night at PikNik and beats are spinning from a deejay’s turntables, blaring outside the bounds of the gallery’s backlot. A crowd in their taste-maker threads, eating from the retro the ArtCliff Diner truck, is gathered in small town Oak Bluffs to see cityscapes. The scene at PikNik’s Urban Show demonstrated the transience of the urban mindset, its ability to be transplanted even to a mostly rural Island.
