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May 28
	Rose Abrahamson	paintings - acrylic on canvas
	Deborah T. Colter	paintings - acrylic on paper with collage
	Eva Gallant	handmade paper assemblages
	Dawn Greeley	paintings - watercolors
	Adele Schonbrun	handmade paper with mixed media
	Artist reception Friday, May 28 6-8pm Paper and paint unite the work of five island artists. Eva Gallant constructs handmade pigmented paper forming sculptural figures and words. Rose Abrahamson affixes crumpled paper onto canvas to build textures under acrylic paint. Dawn Greeley paints vibrant watercolors on heavy rag paper. Adele Schonbrun's handmade paper is used as a textural base for suggestions of water, rock and landscapes. Deborah T. Colter collages cut out paper for graphic designs underlayers before applying acrylic paint. Five artists, five techniques, five styles.
June 25
	Thomas Clarkson and Connie Deklewa	clay vessels
	John Holladay	paintings - watercolors
	Artist reception Friday, June 25 6-8pm Introducing the watercolors of John Holladay, a new island artist. The watercolors, in a rich array of hues or in black and white, present a new point of view of Martha’s Vineyard. This collection includes Menemsha waterfront images and boatyard scenes along the shore. Thomas Clarkson and Connie Deklewa work together making sculptural yet functional vessels. They have developed a signature style of symmetrical forms enhanced through alterations with hardwood ash glazes.
July 9
	Christian Brown	contemporary furniture
	Johnston Fischer	porcelain vases & constructions
	Amy Maas	paintings - acrylic on canvas
	Artist reception Friday,July 9 6-8 pm Sophisticated and minimal yet warm and playful describes the work of Brown, Maas and Johnston Fischer. Christian Brown presents his new series of architecturally designed furniture using bold forms and new interpretations. Amy Maas’ spirited paintings are fueled by music and rhythms. Layers of texture and flowing forms are punctuated by lyrical lines. Ian Johnston and Stephanie Fischer also bring an architectural background to collaborate on porcelain and stoneware hand built vessels and sculptures with their specialty glazes. The work begins with classic forms and are then subtlely altered for an elegant sense of the unexpected.
July 23
	Ann Jenkins	jewelry - non traditional materials
	Elizabeth Lockhart Taft	paintings - oil on linen & canvas
	Caleb Siemon	hand blown glass
	Artist reception Friday, July 23 6-8 pm Elongated vistas, delicate forms of nature and gently colored flowing glass. The work of Taft, Jenkins and Siemon blend and enhance one another in a classic contemporary show. Plein air painter Elizabeth Lockhart Taft captures the essence of Martha’s Vineyard in long narrow horizontal views using oil paints on linen. Working in non-traditional materials, Ann Jenkins assembles small objects of nature under glass in sterling silver brooches and bracelets. Caleb Siemon practices the Italian style of glass blowing, creating bowl and vase forms with delicate colors in classic styles.
August 6
	Leslie Baker	paintings - watercolors & oils
	Jennifer McCurdy	carved porcelain vessels
	Artist reception Friday, August 6 6-8 pm The soft landscapes in watercolor are complimented by the deeply saturated oil on canvas paintings by Leslie Baker. With a refined sense of color, Baker uses the technique of control and release, allowing the paint to create the magic. Jennifer McCurdy’s wheel thrown porcelain bisque vessels are altered, carved and incised to achieve a sense of softness and movement. Using a similar technique, her large glazed floor jars are a counterpoint to the delicate white vessels.

Open daily May through September with seasonal hours year round.
The artist receptions with jazz piano by Abbie Dreyer are on
the first opening Friday nights 6-8.

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