An artist since the 1950s, Jack Greene recently reached into his archives to retrieve a number of airbrush drawings and paintings he created 30 years ago, and will present a small revival of the retro-artistic style for an exhibition opening at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs this weekend.
Vineyarders and visitors have another chance for a last ride on the iconic and beloved MV Islander ferry boat, at the West Chop Club where photographer John Budris is showing some of his rare and favorite photographs of the vessel and her crew through July 29. The exhibition is open to the public. Mr. Budris will donate all proceeds from the exhibition to charities benefiting families of veterans wounded or killed in action and children with cancer.
With a quiet, unerring regularity, two groups of life drawing artists have congregated at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs each and every week for years, slowly improving their ability to conjure living, breathing images out of flat white paper.
The best work from members of both the Tom Maley and the Firehouse figure drawing groups will go on display this Sunday, May 31, in Faces and Figures, an exhibition at Featherstone’s Virginia Weston Gallery.
The opening reception is Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. All are welcome.
Dragonfly Gallery’s Treasures to Preserve show, which runs through August 23, features artists Elizabeth Lockhart Taft and Ann Christensen. Their paintings reflect contemplation, intuition and analysis of landscapes, while each artist employs a different color palate and approach.
Refreshments will be served on Saturday and Sunday, August 15 and August 16.
John Holladay offers a wealth of art for the connoisseur. His Web site (Johnholladayart.com) brims with vivid watercolors, iconic posters, inviting paintings, stately lighthouses, as well as comfortable scenes like the Flying Horses, Alley’s store and the Camp Ground. His acrylics are bright and vivid. Way Too Much Stuff explores a Menemsha fishing scene, overburdened with gear.
Featherstone Center for the Arts will open a retrospective of Mr. Holladay’s work on Sunday, Feb. 8.
Forsythe Studio Gallery, a new modern art space in Edgartown, will open its doors for the first time on Friday, July 3 with an opening reception from 5 to 8 p.m.
Forsythe is located at 15 North Summer street, half a block off of Main street. Refreshments will be served.
Owner Ashley Bostrom, the gallery’s sole artist, both works and exhibits in the studio gallery. The broad range of her subject matter and media creates a combination of work that is innovative and engaging.
A new exhibition, Con Brio, is open at Dragonfly Gallery in Oak Bluffs, with works by Jance Lentz, Don McKillop and Kyle Stevenson.
The title comes from a musical term meaning “with spirit.”
Mr. McKillop, an artist and as of this year the co-owner of the gallery, says of all the Dragonfly shows this summer, this one spans the widest spectrum of color palettes, styles, techniques and size.
“Jan, Kyle and I all paint with that same sense of spirit or vigor, even though our work is entirely different,” he said.
The Center for Creative Expression opens its fourth annual student photography exhibit with a reception at Featherstone Center for the Arts on Barnes Road in Oak Bluffs on Saturday, May 2, from 4 to 6 p.m.
Andrew Moore’s show Paintings from the Coast opens Saturday, July 25, at 10 a.m. with a reception that afternoon from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Andrew Moore Gallery in Harthaven, Oak Bluffs.
The Gallery is open Wednesdays and Sundays 10 to 5 p.m. from July 26 to Sept. 7 or by appointment anytime, year-round. A realist painter working in oil and watercolor, Mr. Moore paints the landscape of Martha’s Vineyard and coastal Maine and the many creatures that inhabit these areas.
