Hoecakes and Whirligigs

Hoecakes and Whirligigs Week is about to begin. And what, you may ask, is that?

The Martha’s Vineyard Museum is helping kids get in touch with their inner historian, or at least have a lot of fun, by creating arts and crafts days devoted to the work and play of children on Martha’s Vineyard in the late 1700s. Each session will have different activities to try, such as making butter, processing wool from the sheep to fabric, candle making and, beginning Tuesday, July 10, cooking hoecakes.

Tanya Augoustinos, former owner of the e’kaya gallery in Vineyard Haven, has opened a new gallery this summer called A Gallery in an empty warehouse located behind the Tisbury Farm Market in Vineyard Haven. It’s a loft-style spacious building, with two large rooms for showing art, Ms. Augoustinos said.

The gallery is having its first opening reception on July 6, from 5 to 8 p.m. Jeremy Wagner will present works on steel panel and Jennifer Delilah will present her oils and works on paper.

Arts Crawl

The Arts District on Dukes County avenue in Oak Bluffs invites everyone to crawl with them evert Thursday evenings in July. All the galleries will stay open late for lingering over art with the artists, gallery owners and friends.

First evening crawl is this Thursday, July 5.

The Gay Head Gallery, a fine art and photography gallery on State Road, located in the center of Aquinnah, is now open for the summer. This is the second season for the gallery which seeks to promote issues of conservation and sustainability. Several shows are planned for this summer that will integrate art with environmental concerns and issues. Shows also benefit featured non-profits.

The Virginia Weston Besse Gallery at Featherstone Center for the Arts is hosting an exhibit called the Martha’s Vineyard Artists of The Copley Society. The exhbit runs from July 1 through July 18, with an opening reception held on Sunday, July 1, from 4 to 6 p.m.

Participating artists are Leslie Baker, Laurene Krasny Brown, Stephanie Danforth, Mary French, Nancy Furino, Anne Grandin, Barbara Leiner, Meg Mercier, Jessica Pisano, Rosalie Shane, Jeanne Staples, Max Stern and Ovic Ward.

The Artist

This Tuesday, July 3, is your chance to see The Artist, the most-awarded French film in history, free of charge at the Vineyard Haven Library.

The film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, winning five, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor.