The Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation has selected Kib and Tess Bramhall as the 41st Creative Living Award recipients.

The Creative Living Award began in 1983 to honor Ruth Bogan who embodied a spirit and love for the Vineyard.

Tess Bramhall has had a lifelong interest in land conservation, becoming a board member and then president of Vineyard Conservation Society; a volunteer for the local office of The Nature Conservancy and a chapter trustee for the organization’s statewide contingent; and a longtime supporter of Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation and The Trustees of Reservations.

Mrs. Bramhall has also published two books, Ty Loves Flowers, a toddler’s environmental awareness picture book, and In Praise of Protected Lands and Special Places on Martha’s Vineyard.

Kib Bramhall is recognized as one of the most accomplished painters of the Island’s landscapes. In 1957, he sold his first painting at the Old Sculpin Gallery in Edgartown. He has since been shown at the Coe Kerr Gallery in Manhattan and the Craven Gallery in Vineyard Haven, and continues to be represented by the Granary Gallery in West Tisbury.

Mr. Bramhall is also an avid and accomplished fly fisherman. He worked for 18 years at the fishing magazine Salt Water Sportsman, where he covered New England’s fishing scene as its advertising director and writer. He is the author of Bright Waters, Shining Tides: Reflections on a Lifetime of Fishing.

A community celebration will be held at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 5 p.m.