WELCOME!

Our annual book sale this year will be from
Friday, August 1, to Monday, August 4
from 9 am to 3 pm
(a few days later than usual).
If you would like to donate books, please bring your books to the
West Tisbury School gym on Old County Road.
Drop-off hours are Monday to Friday, 8am to 12.
For more information call 508-693-3366.
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On July 29th, the Martha's Vineyard Film Center and the West Tisbury Library Foundation present a showing of One fast move or I'm gone: Kerouac's Big Sur at the Martha's Vineyard Film Center. The movie examines Jack Kerouac's escape from post On The Road fame to a cabin on the California coast, where his existential struggles became the basis of another novel, Big Sur.

There will also be special live readings about Kerouac's Big Sur by radio personality, author and filmmaker Arnie Riesman and television and radio personality Paula Lyons.Preceding the film there will be a reception starting at 6:30 p.m. The readings will begin at 7:30 p.m. and the film will be shown at 7:45 p.m.Ticket prices will be $15--$12 for MVFC members.Proceeds go toward landscaping and protecting the environment around the new West Tisbury Library and to the MVFS.For more information go to www.wtlibraryfoundation.org.

The West Tisbury Library Foundation, Inc. is a 501(c)3 non-profit serving the West Tisbury Free Public Library.

The West Tisbury Library presents
Mother Goose on the Loose
An interactive storytime for ages 0-3
Offered every Monday at 10:30 AM

We are proud to announce that we are now back open and wish to thank everyone and especially the Town of West Tisbury for your support.
We invite every one to come visit our beautiful new Library.

Julia Mitchell Tapestry
for the new Library

Julia's studio is in a well lit second story barn, full of yarn in cubbies against the wall, organized by color. Baskets of yarn are tucked away in all corners, her finished pieces decorate the walls and are draped carefully on an unused loom. She welcomed us on a late afternoon into her studio to view the current piece she is working on, a piece for the Library's tokonoma, fashioned after the Japanese memorial alcove, to be installed when the Library's construction is finished.

The piece is reminiscent of another work that she especially loves, blue irises, green leaves and a layered affect with grasses in the background. As we look at the surface of the unfinished tapestry we see a few groups of yarn, color blended to create the effect of depth, light and color which are simultaneously woven into the piece. Within each group she uses wool and Japanese silk, linen forms the warp. The sketch of what the finished tapestry will look like hangs above the loom, as well as a "cartoon", a pencil sketch that lays underneath the weaving as a guide to help with the design. The layering of color and texture as well as a strong sense of the basic structure of the weaving jumps out at us as we look at the piece that is perhaps a quarter finished.

Julia has been working in this medium since she was in high school, refining her technique and her eye for 40 years. We are so grateful to have one of her pieces grace our new Library.

From the Vineyard Gazette:

“I literally feel like we just reached the top of Mount Everest, it is really that kind of thrilling,” said library trustee Dan Waters. “West Tisbury might be a little farm town, but once in a while we rise to some big, defining labor of love as a community. We did this a few years ago with the new ag hall and this time with building a library, and if you think about it those are both gathering places. These are our defining moments as a town.”

Selectman Cynthia Mitchell agreed. “The clear winner tonight and the reason voters came to the polls was due to the great work at the library. The library should take great pride in what they’ve done,” she said.