Wendy Weldon’s latest collection of acrylics on display at North Water Gallery is plucked from her beach walks with her dog Lillie Belle.

More than 500 people came to see the opening of Big, the inaugural show of pieces by nearly 70 Vineyard artists at the newly opened Art Barn.

Featherstone’s new Art Barn opens Friday with a ribbon cutting and an opening reception for Big. The exhibit features large-scale works from more than 50 Island artists.

At the Sargent Gallery in Aquinnah, art and saving the environment go hand in hand. The latest exhibit Biophilia runs through August 17.

On Saturday they jammed the Harbor View Hotel. On Sunday they donned sun hats and trooped up to the Chilmark Community Center. Book lovers were very much in evidence at the seventh Martha’s Vineyard Book Festival.