Aquinnah
Seaweed Art Gallery
Corinna Majno-Kaufman has learned to find the slippery silver lining in the seaweed most beachgoers avoid. Her art, created from fresh seaweed fished from the ocean, reveals timeless and everlasting natural beauty. The Seaweed Art Gallery is open most afternoons in Aquinnah. seaweedartist.com
Chilmark
Creekville Art & Antiques
This Menemsha Gallery on Basin Road boasts a fine Adolf Dehn collection, plus a large group of original lithographs by Thomas Hart Benton. And these are just a few of your favorite things you will find at the gallery. Open April through October. suziepachecoart.com/creekville-art-and-antiques
Kara Taylor Gallery
Taylor spends part of the year in Cape Town, South Africa, and it influences her craft. The gallery on South Road offers new work every summer season, and typically remains open into early fall. Featuring oil, gold leaf paintings, mixed-media work, and sculpture, it sometimes hosts pop-ups with other artists. karataylorart.com
Ruel Gallery
Vineyard Summer, Rule 1: Menemsha sunset, frappe from The Galley, Larson’s lobster rolls, and a visit to the Ruel Gallery. Colin Ruel and his wife Nettie Kent Ruel opened the Ruel Gallery to share their paintings, jewelry, and beach plum jelly. The spot has become a Menemsha meeting place for artists and art lovers, and is open most of the year. ruelgallery.com
Edgartown
The Cristina Gallery
Sail into the Cristina Gallery and navigate through their two floors of traditional art to find their not-so-secret “best-kept secret.” Buried between art from more than 25 artists are antique maps from the 1500s and nautical charts from the 1800s. Enchanting to look at, but not recommended to replace your GPS for the sail out. christina.com
The Edgartown Art Gallery
The Edgartown Art Gallery is checked into The Charlotte Inn, but you don’t have to book a room to visit the pastels, watercolors, and oil paintings that hang here, many from the 1800s and 1900s. edgartownartgallery.com
Eisenhauer Gallery
The Eisenhauer Gallery is sharing art through sight and sound this summer. Exhibitions include a special show in August featuring Vineyard artist Janice Frame, and two Ghanaian artists — Theophillus Tetteh and Affen Segun. And on Thursday evenings, musicians perform live music outside the gallery. eisenhauergallery.com
Mikel Hunter Gallery
This Winter Street gallery offers unique and inspired items, both art and design, and fine art and apparel, making it an excellent place to browse. Open “by chance or appointment.” mikelhunter.com/fine-art
North Water Gallery
The North Water Gallery, conveniently located on North Water Street, displays traditional and contemporary fine art, including Vineyard-themed pieces. This summer, the gallery will be holding artist receptions, which include meet-and-greets. northwatergallery.com
Old Sculpin Gallery
Catboat Week, held every July, combines wind and water, and at Old Sculpin Gallery, color. The gallery is also open throughout the rest of summer and into September. It functions as a nonprofit organization to build a community space for Island artists to show and share their work. oldsculpingallery.org
Untamable Gallery
Artist Lucy Dahl is bringing edgy, funky, and naughty art to the otherwise pristine streets of Edgartown this summer at the Untamable Gallery on Dock Street. Dahl specializes in capturing what the naked eye cannot, taming the untamable. The gallery features a variety of art forms, from photographs to clothing, silverware, and note cards. untameablegallery.com
Winter Street Gallery
Winter Street Gallery welcomed this season with their “On Genres” show in June and July by taking a modern look at 17th century genres through painting, installations, sculptures, videos, and photographs from more than 10 artists. Then they finish the season with “Widow’s Walk,” which features another dozen artists. winterstreetgallery.com
Oak Bluffs
Alison Shaw Gallery
A hundred years ago, a small firehouse was built on Dukes County Avenue to hold Oak Bluffs Engine No. 4. Since 2006, the Alison Shaw Gallery, featuring the work of photographer Alison Shaw, has inhabited the space and fired up the Oak Bluffs Arts District. alisonshaw.com
Cousen Rose Gallery
Cousen Rose Gallery aims to bring art from around the world to Oak Bluffs. Weekly shows are celebrated with receptions and live music on Saturday evenings. cousenrose.com
Crossroads Gallery
The Crossroads Gallery, located on the singular Dukes County Avenue, is a showcase of Michael Blanchard’s Island photography and the struggles he, and other Islanders, have overcome. The gallery has become a meeting place for art and emotion, a crossroad of expression. Michael also sells a Vineyard-themed calendar, and this year the sales support Vineyard Committee on Hunger. blanchardphotomv.com
Featherstone Center for The Arts
Featherstone welcomes two guest curators this summer, and the work of artists who haven’t shown the Island before. In July, Richard Michelson assembled a show of 10 Latinx children’s book illustrators. In August, Kara Taylor brings the work of 24 South African artists to the Island. Featherstone is open year-round. featherstoneart.org
Galaxy Gallery
Located on Dukes County Ave., in the heart of the Oak Bluffs Art District, Galaxy Gallery is open spring through fall with exhibits by “stellar” Island artists. The gallery is also part of the monthly summer Art Strolls. galaxygallerymv.org
Groovy Sue Gallery
As its name implies, the Groovy Sue Gallery, which houses the work of multi-media artist Suesan Stovall, is the grooviest gallery around. The gallery has a literary salon meets flea-market feel to it and will be open by appointment and luck in July and August with an artist reception on August 20.
Harry Seymour Studio
An artist’s studio in Oak Bluffs where you’ll find pastel, scratchboard, and egg tempera paintings. Seymour’s work reflects his African American cultural experiences and his time on Martha’s Vineyard. Call for an appointment. 413-531-1084.
Knowhere Art Gallery
Knowhere Art Gallery and Center of Knowhere are easy to find if you know where you want to go. The gallery uses art as a vehicle, with a focus on humanity and a goal to change the world. This summer there will be group exhibitions, artist showcases, creative workshops, art strolls, and a film screening. knowhereart.com
Moore Studio
The Moore Family Gallery is more than just a family gallery. Andrew Moore and his children, Hannah and Gordon, are proof that artistic talent runs in blood. The gallery features paintings by Andrew and Hannah, ceramics by Gordon, and limited edition Giclee prints. moorefamilygallery.com
Periwinkle Studio
Judith Drew Schebert’s artistic home showcases her block-printed clothing, oil paintings, and pastels. The artist’s work is inspired by the natural world, including aspects that are often overlooked. judithdrewschubert.com
Washington Ledesma Studio
Tucked on a side street in Oak Bluffs is the studio of ceramist and painter Washington Ledesma. His works are inspired by ancient cultures that lived during a time when there was more harmony among humans and nature. washingtonledesmamv.com
Vineyard Haven
51ART Gallery
What’s black and white and red all over? 51ART Gallery, where, behind the shoppe’s red door, Teresa Kruszewski displays her black-and-white photographs. theshoppewiththereddoor.com
Althea Designs
Althea Designs is stamping color onto the Vineyard Haven harborside with their folk-art block prints. Althea herself is available for one-on-one creative wellness workshops, and the studio is open by chance or appointment for shopping. altheadesigns.com
Blue Fathom Gallery
Blue Fathom Gallery has recently replaced Night Heron Gallery on Main Street in Vineyard Haven, and features art by several Island artists.
Louisa Gould Gallery
This summer, Lousia Gouild celebrates the 20th anniversary of her eponymously named Louisa Gould Gallery. Over the years, the gallery has shown over 300 artists, and this summer, 20 artists for 20 years will be shown in the “20/20” show. The gallery will also host a “Summertide” show and a special guest exhibit of African American painters. louisagould.com
Michael Johnson Photo Studio
Both vibrant color and black-and-white photography can be found at Johnson’s photo gallery on Main Street behind Claudia’s. His iconic photo “Joy” depicts the Polar Bear swimming group, with hands in the air in celebration at Inkwell Beach. michaeljimage.com
West Tisbury
Ashley Medowski Gallery
On Lambert’s Cove Road, this sweet spot offers everything from paintings to driftwood sculpture to sea glass jewelry. ashleymedowskigallery.com
The Davis House Gallery
A Vineyard summer actually begins when Allen Whiting opens his home and transforms his living room into The Davis House Gallery to show his newest work. The Davis House Gallery is open weekend afternoons throughout July and August. allenwhiting.com
Field Gallery
The Field Gallery is dancing through five separate shows and with new work by more than ten artists. Gallery receptions are now on Saturdays, from 4 to 6 pm, on August 12 and 26. fieldgallery.com
The Granary Gallery
Fridays will be fun this summer at the Granary Gallery, with five receptions and artist talks for 15 artists. The Granary Gallery, locally known as the Red Barn, is the largest and oldest art gallery on Martha’s Vineyard, with indoor and outdoor spaces featuring art from local and national names. granarygallery.com
Turpentine Gallery
Turpentine Gallery is opening with Mitch Gordon’s “Boundless” show this summer. The gallery itself was renovated with inspiration from Japanese architecture to create an art piece in itself. The show will explore the boundaries, and lack there-of, between ourselves, our Island, our sea, and our universe. turpentinegallery.art