{"product_id":"vineyard-folk-creative-people-and-places-of-marthas-vineyard-9781419763816","title":"Vineyard Folk: Creative People and Places of Martha's Vineyard","description":"\u003cb\u003eTamara Weiss and Amanda Benchley's \u003ci\u003eVineyard Folk\u003c\/i\u003e is an intimate journey into the lives and inspirational places of some of the many talented artists who have always helped make up the larger community of Martha's Vineyard. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The island, located just seven miles off the coast of Cape Cod, has a long history as geographic muse. Lillian Hellman and William Styron wrote overlooking the Vineyard Haven harbor, and Thomas Hart Benton--whose influence is still felt in island painters today--depicted the stone walls and winding roads of what is known as \"up-island\" more than a hundred years ago. Now, a new generation continues to build on these creative legacies, inspired by the island's diaphanous light, endless beaches, historic towns, and rolling fields and vistas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eVineyard Folk\u003c\/i\u003e features painters, potters, poets, musicians, writers, and actors and the unique ways they work, live, and play here. From Tiffany Vanderhoop's hand-beaded earrings based on original Wampanoag designs, to Julie Taymor's screenplay inspired by the animals in her backyard, to Micah Thanhauser's pottery made from the island's natural clay, and Allen Whiting's pastoral scenes of his farm, each page is filled with island treasures. The book also reveals the legacies of the island's origin as Noepe--as the Wampanoag Indians originally named the land--the whaling industry, and the historic Black community of Oak Bluffs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Above all, \u003ci\u003eVineyard Folk\u003c\/i\u003e is a love letter to a remarkable island community, an homage to those who came before, and a testament to the current challenges of living on a resort island where the weather can be fierce and the housing scarce. With personal interviews and stunning color photography, it is a collage of creativity, resilience, and hope. Come celebrate the artistic island folk of the Vineyard, captured at a golden moment of time that might not last forever. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTamara Weiss\u003c\/b\u003e lives on Martha's Vineyard. She is a film producer and interior designer and the author of the \u003ci\u003ePotluck at Midnight Farm\u003c\/i\u003e cookbook, named after the home store she owned with Carly Simon, her partner. Besides her documentary film, \u003ci\u003eBorn into the Gig\u003c\/i\u003e, she has a number of film and television projects under development. All of her projects derive from her creative life on Martha's Vineyard and the artistic community who live there. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmanda Benchley \u003c\/b\u003eis an experienced arts and design journalist whose articles have appeared in the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGalerie\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eIntrospective Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eArtists Living with Art\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOur Shoes, Our Selves\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eOpen Studio\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harry N. Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614902292754,"sku":"9781419763816","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_141ab57c-4c3b-454b-85c0-6acb67794c98.jpg?v=1732467021","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/vineyard-folk-creative-people-and-places-of-marthas-vineyard-9781419763816","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}