Art
Island art galleries are readying for a busy season, after many saw robust sales in 2020 as locked-down households grew tired of the same old walls.
The Garden Club of Martha’s Vineyard will again hold its Blooming Art event at the Old Mill
rises to orchids, daisies to hollyhocks and poppies to hydrangeas, a thousand flowers are blooming in the spring group show at Featherstone Center for the Arts in Oak Bluffs.
The Field Gallery in West Tisbury opened for the season Sunday with an absorbing show of new work by artists in Alison Shaw and Sue Dawson’s advanced photography mentorship program.
Merry Farm Pottery in West Tisbury will be open three days a week beginning May 6, and introduces new work online May 2.
Elizabeth Whelan, working from her home studio on Chappaquiddick, feels portraiture is like a message to future generations about who we were.