High on Gay Head Cliffs, a Land Bank Beauty
New System of Trails May Result from Sale in Aquinnah
By CHRIS BURRELL
In a move that could resurrect a long-lost museum in Aquinnah and create a network of trails over a dramatic south shore seascape, the Martha's Vineyard Land Bank has agreed to buy the six-acre Vanderhoop homestead just south of the Gay Head Lighthouse.
Annual Native Artisan Market and Festival
Wampum by Rob DeGaetano.
Wampum by Rob DeGaetano.
Rae Monroe (right) holding up a shirt.
Rae Monroe (right) holding up a shirt.
Around 30 artists came to show their work.
Around 30 artists came to show their work.
Heath Widdis with his ceramics.
Heath Widdis with his ceramics.
Wampanoag tribal elder Kristina Hook.
Wampanoag tribal elder Kristina Hook.
Marlene Lopez working on one of her weavings.
Marlene Lopez working on one of her weavings.
Botanicals by Noepe Wellness.
Botanicals by Noepe Wellness.
Saddleback leather by Mariah Thornton.
Saddleback leather by Mariah Thornton.
T-Shirts for sale.
T-Shirts for sale.
The big top is set up in the Aquinnah circle.
The big top is set up in the Aquinnah circle.
Wampum by Taylor and Zachary Smalley.
Wampum by Taylor and Zachary Smalley.
Hosted by the Aquinnah cultural Center, the annual Native Artisan Market and Festival brings local indigenous artists and craftspeople to the Aquinnah circle to showcase their work and enjoy music, food, and dancing.