Art
Terminal Illness Talk
On Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m. Barbara Okun will be giving a talk entitled Helping Families Cope with Terminal Illness.
Dr. Okun is a counseling psychology professor at Northeastern University. She is also a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical School and has maintained a clinical psychotherapy/family therapy practice with diverse populations for over thirty years.
Dr. Al Hurwitz remembers his first scribble.
“I was about four years old and we moved into a new house. The first thing I saw were all these wonderful white plaster walls. I had a pencil and I began drawing, I can still see the images of what I drew My mother was quite alarmed, but my father thought it was very amusing because it was all doomed to be papered.”
Behind every bureaucrat beats the heart of an artist. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if that were so? Just imagine a world where a moment with CSPAN resulted not in a need for a nap but rather an inspiring journey into the creative (rather than destructive) souls of our elected officials.
Just a crazy dream you say? Well, here on the Vineyard that dream is a reality. Nonbelievers need only to wander the grounds of the Tashmoo Spring building today, Sept. 23, from 4:30 to 7 p.m.
Sometimes an artist is so wonderful it takes two galleries to promote her.
Beginning next week on Thursday, Sept. 29, and running through Oct. 10, the Dragonfly Fine Arts Gallery and Shephard Fine ArtSpace will be holding a joint retrospective showing for artist Nancy Furino.
At 82 years of age, Ms. Furino has been living and painting on the Vineyard since she moved here in 1980. A Copley Master, she is noted for her colorful work depicting scenes from Martha’s Vineyard and around the world.
Solar Boxes Emit Sound of Art
Small speakers powered by the sun and emitting a single guitar note are about to add to the ambient sounds of fall this week on Martha’s Vineyard. The project called sun boxes is the work of artist Craig Colorusso, a one-time punk rocker (remember China Pig) turned performance artist.
Pumpkin Picking
It’s fall, yes, even officially and not just in the urge to get out the duvet on these chilly nights. This means Halloween is not far away. And if it’s Halloween, it’s time to start thinking of creating a bunch of little orange demons to welcome the would-be witches and skeletons to your doorway.
We’re talking about jack-o-lanterns here.