Stay Safe, Stand Strong: Martha’s Vineyard in 2020
Stay Safe, Stand Strong: Martha’s Vineyard in 2020
The year 2020 rocked Martha’s Vineyard — and the nation — with the combined forces of the Corona virus and the lockdown, the murder of George Floyd and the rise of Black Lives Matter, the Presidential impeachment hearings, the death of Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and the November election. With reports of appalling weekly death tolls from Covid and no vaccine yet in sight, we were urged to stay safe by remaining behind closed doors, and people arriving to the Island were ordered to self-quarantine for 14 days. During this year, photographer Dan Waters wandered the Island with camera in hand, capturing signs that the Vineyard community was nonetheless very much alive and strong.
This exhibition of photographs, all made with traditional black-and-white film, invites visitors to relive the year 2020 through its roller-coaster twists and turns — at times poignant, at times heartening — and the inspiring ways in which Vineyarders pulled together to strengthen and encourage each other. With most people’s faces half-hidden behind masks, the story unfolds through glimpses of gratitude, resignation and humor, with cries of passion interspersed with acts of extraordinary kindness.
DETAILS
| From | January 25, 2025 |
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| To | May 4, 2025 |
| Location | The Hollinshead, Cox, and Fleischner Galleries |