Featherstone Center for the Arts - featherstonearts.org - a non-profit community art center established through the cooperative purchase of Featherstone Farm with the Martha's Vineyard Land Bank.

Featherstone Center for the Arts is a nonprofit community art center established in August,1996 through the cooperative purchase of Featherstone Farm with the Martha's Vineyard Land Bank. Located on Barnes Road in Oak Bluffs half a mile north of the Vineyard Haven/Edgartown Road blinker, the center fosters a sense of community by using the arts as a magnet to draw Vineyarders together through varied art experiences. Focus is on the visual, performing and literary arts with classes for all ages, concerts, exhibits, gallery shows, lectures and performances. The center is the intellectual, emotional, and spiritual property of the entire Vineyard community.

Featherstone is a community arts center on Martha's Vineyard which provides excellent year-round arts programs for Vineyarders of all ages.

Featherstone has become a destination providing inspiration, education and creative nourishment on six rambling acres of meadows, galleries and studios which was once Featherstone Farm.

Featherstone offers:

Free after-school programs for teens
Young children art classes
Adult art classes
Children’s summer art camps
Artist-in-residence programs
Lecture series
Outdoor musical performances
Annual Chocolate Festival
Annual Holiday Gift Show
Year-round gallery exhibits
Art instruction by gifted, talented and dedicated teachers
Opportunities for artists to create a sense of artistic community

Our vision for growth:

Develop partnerships and collaborations
Expand our donor base
Offer new and diverse programs for new audiences
Address the requests and needs of Vineyard artists.