An abundance of bountiful blossoms fill “The Art of Flowers.” Glorious pieces in all shapes, sizes, and media abound in Featherstone Center for the Art’s sunlit Francine Kelly Gallery. Even spring’s fragrances are hinted at in this sensual experience. Among the 110 artists are stunning submissions from Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School students, and from […]
“We are very near to greatness: one step and we are safe; can we not take the leap?” Ralph Waldo Emerson It’s February, and love is in the air. But this year, Featherstone Center for the Arts has expanded its love-related theme to “Love, Laugh, Leap, Live!” Executive director Ann Smith says, “We just felt […]
Film fest screen story of cancer researcher
Woods Hole Film Festival will continue its virtual screening series with the documentary “Jim Allison: Breakthrough,” by filmmaker Bill Haney and narrated by Woody Harrelson. The 2019 film is a story of one man’s quest to find a cure for cancer. Allison won the 2018 Nobel Prize for discovering the immune system’s role in defeating the disease after a decades-long struggle against medical skepticism and the resistance of the pharmaceutical industry.
When: anytime through Sunday, with live online Q&A with the filmmaker at 7 p.m. Saturday
Where: online
Reservations and information:www.woodsholefilmfestival.org
The Martha s Vineyard Times
Flowers flourish at Featherstone (and beyond) Flowers and an Open Window, collage. Genevieve Jacobs
Top: Tulips, oil on pastel by Elizabeth Lockhart Taft. Bottom: Red Flowers in Three Glass Jars, oil by Katy Upson. Courtesy Featherstone Alboria, acrylic on canvas. Washington Ledesma Sunflowers, pen and watercolor on gray paper. Marianne Neill Cosmos in Glass, pen and watercolor on gray paper. Marianne Neill Rhododendrons in Vase, pen and watercolor on gray paper. Marianne Neill Cosmos and Russian Sage, pen and watercolor on gray paper. Marianne Neill Caryopteris Bluebeard, pen and watercolor on gray paper. Marianne Neill