Contact:

Featherstone Center for the Arts
Ann Smith, Executive Director
P.O. Box 1145
Oak Bluffs, MA 02557
T: 508-693-1850
F: 508-693-8706

E: featherstone@featherstoneart.org

Website: www.featherstoneart.org

Founded: 1980

Mission: Creating community through the arts. Featherstone is a community arts center on Martha's Vineyard which provides year-round arts programs for Vineyarders of all ages.

Major Programs: 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
•       Adult  art classes
•       Children’s summer art camps
•       Year-round gallery exhibits
•        Artist-in-residence programs
•        A permanent in-ground labyrinth as a healing art
•        Lecture series
•        Poetry readings
•        Outdoor musical performances
•        Summer internship opportunities
•        An annual “Art of Chocolate” Festival
•        An annual Holiday Gift Show
•        Opportunities for partnerships and collaborations
•        Art instruction by gifted, talented and dedicated               teachers
•        Opportunities for artists to create a sense of an arts community

501(c)(3) Letter? Yes

Form 990 Filed?  Yes

Basic Financial Information:  as of 2009

Board Members:

President: Marston Clough
Vice President: Mary Sullivan
Secretary/Clerk: Nancy Morris
Treasurer: Gail Farrish
Pamela Flam

Charles Harff

Nancy Kingsley
Jean McCarthy
Judy mcConnell
Patsy McCornack
Meg Mercier
Pieter Pil, MD
Andrea Quigley
Marcia Randol
Bruce Slater
Constance Williams
Margaret Wright
Denys Wortman

Honorary Board Members:
Virginia Besse (d)
Michael Kidder