Art
Celebrate the child inside while helping a worthy cause at the Sense of Wonder spring art show and benefit for UNICEF. Art work created by kids will be for sale with proceeds going to UNICEF.
Arts and crafts, friendly farm animals, face painting, music and food highlight this family-friendly event.
Alison Shaw Gallery is opening for the season with a reception in the Oak Bluffs Arts District on Saturday, May 25 from 4 to 7 p.m. This season brings four shows of new fine art photographs. The gallery is located at 88 Dukes County avenue in Oak Bluffs.
For more information about the gallery and upcoming events visit alisonshaw.com.
Maritime souvenirs from Vineyard mariners who sailed in the 19th and early 20th century are the subject of the exhibit A Taste for the Exotic: Mementos from Around the Globe. Whether they were chasing whales or shipping goods, the mariners collected items that documented their oceanic travels.
The exhibit opens on Friday, May 24, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum, 59 School street in Edgartown.
Memorial Day Weekend brings more than the signal of summer. It is also the weekend of the annual Friends of Family Planning Art Show Benefit which helps support the Family Planning Clinic of Martha’s Vineyard.
Island artists donate from 40 to 100 per cent of the proceeds from the sale of their work to benefit the cause. Appetizers and desserts are donated by Island restaurants, caterers and chefs.
The opening gala benefit is from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 23, at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury. Music will be provided by Jeremy Berlin.
Fitness centers usually bring to mind weights, elliptical machines, some sweat and maybe even a hot tub. Alida O’Loughlin has turned the Vineyard Tennis Center, Workout & Spa into an art gallery, too, specializing in photography. Over the past year she has organized numerous shows at the fitness center.
On Sunday Featherstone Center for the Arts celebrated Lucy Vincent Beach with its own art reception. The party marked the opening of an exhibit that runs through May 8.
The show came into being after artist Linda Ziegler surveyed the damage done to the beach by Hurricane Sandy and wanted to find a way to honor what has long been a favorite Vineyard destination.