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06/23/2026

Sadly last night rained out our first Musical Monday of the season, but we have more music coming up!

Our first Friday night with Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish is this week, Friday, July 26th at 6:30PM!

Then next week we have Jon Zeeman and Joanne Cassidy for Musical Monday, on June 29th at 6:30PM!

🎶 Bring your beach chairs, blankets and picnics and enjoy music outside at Featherstone while supporting local musicians! Tickets for all musical performances are $20 per person with 50% of proceeds going to the musicians. 🎶

Visit featherstoneart.org/music to purchase tickets. 🎟

06/21/2026

One week away! Please join us on Sunday, June 28th to celebrate 30 years on our Featherstone Farm campus at 30 Featherstone Lane! Come explore Featherstone and see what we have to offer at our 30th Anniversary Open House. From 1-4PM we will welcome visitors into our six buildings and various studios. There will be demonstrations and opportunities to create! Silent DJ with PathwaysArts will take place on the lawn from 3-5PM. The open house will lead into the Opening Reception of the 15th Anniversary Photographers Salon Show from 4-6PM. This exhibition is curated by Michael Johnson, featuring the work of previous Photographers Salon participants. Free and open to all, pack a picnic and bring your friends!

featherstoneart.org/openhouse

06/20/2026

This is the final weekend to view The Vineyard Landscape in the Francine Kelly Gallery! It is a beautiful exhibition of local artists’ work with interpretations of our Vineyard landscape in many media from abstract to representational and literal.

Visit the gallery from 12-4PM Saturday and Sunday, June 20th and 21st.

06/17/2026

Tomorrow! Join friends and family from the Island and beyond for a tribute reading honoring celebrated poet and novelist F***y Howe. Curated by Jennifer Tseng, the event will feature readings of favorite Howe poems in celebration of her life and literary legacy.

Thursday, June 18th at 4PM in the Francine Kelly Gallery. Free admission and open to all.
Read more at: featherstoneart.org/literaryartsevents

06/15/2026

Our first Musical Monday of the season is just one week away! Tickets are on sale now for Delanie Pickering Band, performing Monday, June 22nd at 6:30PM! Get your beach chairs ready to come enjoy live music outdoors at Featherstone! Tickets available online at: featherstoneart.org/music

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MUSIC THIS WEEK!
**First… I’ve lived on Martha’s Vineyard for almost 10 years and all this time I’ve never done an actual gig of my own, on island.. but JUNE 22 “The Delanie Pickering Band” will be at Featherstone Center for the Arts! The first Musical Monday of the summer! I am so happy to be joined by Jeremy Berlin, Michael Mudcat Ward, and Neil Gouvin! (Both of whom you know and love from Sugar Ray and the Bluetones)
This is a “one night only” kinda gig, and I can’t wait! Hope to see you all there!**

——MONDAY(5/25): Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish are at Nomans with Ricky King Russell on guitar! 6-9!
——WEDNESDAY(5/27): Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish are at The Ritz 8-10!
——THURSDAY(5/28): I’ll be doing a short solo set at The Strand Theater with a few other musicians!
——FRIDAY(5/29): Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish are at Grumpy’s Pub 6:30-9!

…and coming up:

——SATURDAY(6/13): “The Delanie Pickering Band” will be back at Grumpy’s with Tom Ferraro on guitar, Jeremy Berlin on piano, Michael Mudcat Ward on bass, and I’ll be singing and playing the drums 6:30-9!

06/09/2026

From : Join us as we celebrate the release of Volume 2 of the Washashores Review—an anthology featuring the voices, perspectives, and creativity of 30 talented writers.

Spend the afternoon with us at Featherstone as we gather in community, hear live readings from featured contributors, meet the authors behind the work, and celebrate the power of storytelling.

Whether you’ve been with us since Volume 1 or are discovering the Washashores Writers Collective for the first time, we’d love to have you there.

📖 Washashores Review, Volume 2
📅 Saturday, June 20
🕓 4:00 PM
📍 Featherstone Center for the Arts

And if you haven’t yet picked up Volume 1, now is the perfect time to dive in before the newest collection arrives.

We can’t wait to celebrate with you. 💙

06/05/2026

We have two special one day workshops this weekend: Plein Air Painting with Liz Taft and Linocut Pet Portrait with Ann Meleney. Both on Saturday, each unique!

Plein Air Painting: Keeping it Simple with
Saturday, June 6
10:00AM - 3:30PM / $110
featherstoneart.org/painting
Liz Taft will be leading painters outdoors on Polly Hill Arboretum’s beautiful property. Students will conduct two studies - one in the morning and one in the afternoon, observing the differences in the colors and the shadows as the light changes with the movement of the sun. For Liz, painting is all about attention to what is in front of you and simplifying what you see.

Linocut Pet Portrait with Ann Meleney
Saturday, June 6 in Featherstone’s Printmaking Studio
10:00AM - 1:00PM / $70
featherstoneart.org/printmaking
Turn your favorite pet photos into bold, expressive works of art in this beginner-friendly linocut printmaking class. Using your own images as inspiration, you’ll learn how to simplify shapes, carve designs into linoleum blocks, and create striking prints full of personality and texture.
We’ll cover the essentials of transferring your pet’s likeness onto a carving surface, safe and effective carving techniques, and inking and printing methods that bring your design to life.

06/01/2026

ANNOUNCING A 30TH ANNIVERSARY $30,000 MATCHING GIFT CHALLENGE!

In celebration of our 30th year on the Featherstone Farm campus, we are thrilled to announce a matching gift fundraising challenge for the month of June! A thoughtful Featherstone family has pledged to match up to $30,000 raised through donations from our community of students, friends, and patrons, over the next 30 days.

During the month of June, your donation of:
$100 turns into $200
$500 becomes $1,000
$5,000 gift equals $10,000 for Featherstone!

This matching gift challenge allows us to raise necessary funds to support our classes and programs. Your gift to Featherstone during this fundraiser will help us continue to connect with our community through engaging and enriching experiences and education.

🎨 $30 covers supplies for one day of a children’s art class.
🎨 $300 enables a child to participate in two sessions of afterschool art classes.
🎨 $3,000 provides a new kiln and equipment in the Pottery Studio.
🎨 $30,000 allows us to renovate an older teaching studio building.

Every contribution you make to Featherstone Center for the Arts during the month of June will be matched! Please consider a donation by June 30th to double your impact!

We believe in the power of art and creativity and that it has the ability to connect us and enrich lives. All of us at Featherstone are incredibly thankful to you for your belief in our mission. Please join us in supporting connectivity and creativity here at Featherstone!

🔗 in bio to donate (featherstoneart.org/30match)

Address

30 Featherstone Lane (Off Of Barnes Road)
Oak Bluffs, MA
02568

Telephone

+15086931850

Website

http://www.featherstoneart.org/, http://featherstoneart.org/jobs

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