Art
Juggling kids over the long weekend? Take them to The Yard, where actress, dance theatre artist and certified Kripalu yoga teacher Anita McFarlane will lead Circus Yoga, a blend of yoga, creative movement, theatre games and circus skills — designed (and tested) to engage all ages.
Benefit Art Show at Agricultural Hall This Weekend
What is art? Find out at the annual Friends of Family Planning art show benefit this weekend at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury, where featured Island artists and craftsmen will show and sell paintings, sculpture, photography, jewelry. The weekend-long event began with an opening gala and preview yesterday with food prepared by Jan Buhrman from The Kitchen Porch and music provided by Jeremy Berlin.
A Garden Where Dawn Greeley’s Artistic Legacy Can Grow
Dawn Greeley’s art flowed from her love of color, and when she died of cancer last year at age 59, her former art teacher, Skip Lawrence, wrote: “I know full well I am a better person for having known Dawn. [Her work] fills my eyes with a loving joy of the garden filled with her plants and enthusiasm. Her lessons . . . scream, ‘Go for the best, smile all the way, and never let the bastards grind you down.’ ”
While much of the world is donning masks at the thought of a certain airborne contagion, the swine will soar with pride this Saturday, when the Eisenhauer Gallery holds a special exhibit, When Pigs Fly, from 6 to 8 p.m., at 38 North Water street in Edgartown.
Owner Elizabeth Eisenhauer explains, “We are blending the strength of renowned artist Cheri Christensen, an important American painter, with the need for educational funds for Island children to learn where food comes from.”
After a season in which the world first heard the song of a Scottish villager named Susan Boyle, perhaps it goes without saying that phenomenal talent can be found in out-of-the-way places.
As spring cracks open our winter stillness, the natural world appears to speak one unified, coherent command: Dance!
This summer season on the Vineyard, dance will break off the stage, with performances in the field at the Farm Institute, at Polly Hill Arboretum, and even on Main street, Vineyard Haven. The season will feature fusions of dance with video projections, puppetry and elements of circus in an exploration of dance’s natural affiliation with other fields of visual arts.