Sandy Bernat News Today

The half-dozen women represented in the current exhibit at the Galaxy Gallery have called the Vineyard home for most of their lives. And since all six are in their 80s and 90s, those lifetimes represent a wealth of knowledge, experimentation, and exploration of the world through the 20th and 21st centuries. Holly Alaimo, director of […]

Gwyn McAllister, who has been covering the Vineyard art scene for more than 20 years, got a brainstorm, and fortunately, we are reaping the benefits. She says of the origins of her exhibition, “Artists You Should Know: An Art Critic’s Picks,” “Every once in a while, I’d come across someone who wasn’t represented by a […]

While not exactly “a song of praise or triumph,” as my Oxford English Dictionary defines it, I begin this column with a paean to rain. Specifically, a paean to the long, soaking, much-needed rain we had last Friday night. It was accompanied by thunder and lightning, giving local dogs a scare, and hitting a house […]

Creativity and camaraderie are what sustain a remarkable group of eight professional artists working and living on the Vineyard. Initiated by Nancy Shaw Cramer, the women have been meeting monthly over dinner for 26 years to discuss ideas, great exhibitions, books, business goals, and the inspirations that drive their art. Fortunately for us, we get […]

Ann Smith, Featherstone Center for the Arts executive director, is jubilant while walking through Joyful Geometrics — an exhibition that shines in the Francine Kelly Gallery. The gallery’s inherent geometric soaring architecture and abundant light complement the some 120 pieces by 75 artists from the community that covers an enormous range of media. Why geometry, […]

— Kyra Steck Well, it’s been another week of weather. Pleasant and spring-like one day, then back to winter the next. I have seen people in shorts already, then back to wearing down jackets. It’s a good thing we New Englanders like to talk about the weather. It certainly seems to be an endless topic for discussion. Forsythia is starting to bloom all over town, in wildly bursting tangles or in more sedate, neatly pruned bushes. The early star magnolia in front of the Olsen house is making ...

The Marthas Vineyard Times Online art reception at the library "Parisian Cafe Artist" — Sandy Bernat "Rooftop" — Trupti Mannina Throughout the month of April, the West Tisbury library’s Virtual Gallery will feature “Table for Two — The Café Series.” This exhibit includes the work of local artists Kanta Lipsky, Valentine Estabrook, and Sandy Bernat, as well as artist Trupti Mannina from Boulder, Colo. Join the library for a virtual reception on Sunday, April 11, from 5 t...