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M.V. Black Lives Matter group brings “Disrupt Death Row” exhibit to the Island.
Like most first encounters during the pandemic, I init...
Monthly archives:July 2021
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An Island life filled with art and artists.
A visit to John Athearn’s studio in his family homestead on Music Street is like a magical myst...
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Writing is hard
Year-round West Tisbury resident David Rintels is a multi-awardwinning stage, television, and movie writer and producer. Wh...
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Let’s call those who flock to our shores ‘Ex-Pats.’
Now that a number of city dwellers — from New York, Boston, and elsewhere — have opted ...
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On friendship and art
Nancy Furino walked into my gallery one spring day with paintings tucked under her arms. I don’t remember the sub...
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A drawing a day kept the pandemic blues away on this sketch artist’s cross-country road trip.
Kay Frank always felt a spark of wanderlu...
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Three Black women define the two most important things in their lives: art and Martha’s Vineyard.
Ann Smith, Zita Cousens, and Val Fran...
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George Brehm’s steamer trunk held a wealth of treasures.
"George Brehm was my great-grandfather,” Matt Taylor of Chilmark said when I v...
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The musician has come a long way from his Jug Band days.
“It all started with Garvin Bushell,” writes Geoff Muldaur in the introduction...
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Because art is too important not to share.
Over the past eight months I have found refuge and relief in the arts to lighten my mood. P...