In response to the devastation of Hurricane Sandy a number of Bruce Springsteen photographers have begun donating images of Springsteen to raise funds for the relief effort. Called Photographers for Sandy Relief, the movement was started by James Shive, a Vineyard resident and longtime rock and roll photographer. Mr. Shive got his start while attending Keene College in New Jersey where he began a long career that included taking many iconic images of Bruce and the E Street Band.

This month the Friends of the Vineyard Haven Public Library are presenting an exhibit of photographs by Joe Doebler as part of its Art in the Stacks program. The exhibit begins on Sunday, Dec. 2 at the library.

Mr. Doebler was an underwater acoustic engineer for the Navy and he and his wife retired to the Vineyard in 1996. But he has been taking pictures since he was a small boy.

Appraisal Day returns to the Martha’s Vineyard Museum on Saturday, Dec. 1, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Three experts from Skinner, Inc., one of the world’s leading auction houses, will be on hand to evaluate everything from furniture to jewelry to calligraphy and everything in between. So check your closets, attics, the backyard, too.

This year the museum is encouraging the public to bring any Chinese, Korean, Indian and Japanese artwork and antiques in as Asian art specialist Judith Dowling will be on hand to evaluate such items.

For Daniel Cooney, it began with Superperson. After spending his childhood doodling dinosaurs and imaginary creatures, Mr. Cooney took his first steps towards what would be his eventual career with the 120-issue comic featuring the “stick figure Superman.” He worked on the series from sixth grade right up through high school, penciling his friends and family into the action, and occasionally getting into trouble for drawing in class.

Today Mr. Cooney is still drawing in class, but as an instructor he’s no longer getting disapproving looks.

On Saturday, Nov. 24, Kara Taylor is holding an opening for her latest exhibit entitled Poetry in Paint, Reflections on Freedom and Confinement. This will be the last reception Ms. Taylor holds at her gallery located at 19 Main street in Vineyard Haven. After seven years at this space she is moving on. She is going out on a powerful note.

The show is a personal one for Ms. Taylor. Of course, all of an artist’s work is personal, but the subject matter for this show cuts especially close to the core.

The 16th Annual Thanksgiving Day artisans festival takes place on Nov. 23 and 24, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury.

The festival is the largest holiday art show by Islanders, featuring hand-made sweaters, hand-made soaps, leather crafts, wood butcher block cutting boards, jewelry, art, the list is endless. The common denominator is that everything is hand-made by Island artists.