Circuit Arts is the umbrella organization for the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival, the Vineyard’s Drive-In at the YMCA, the Martha’s Vineyard Children’s Theater Camp, Circuit Films, Circuit Stage, and our year-round arts programming at the Grange Hall theater.

We believe the arts strengthen the fabric of our community and should be accessible to everyone! That’s why we offer pay-what-you-can events, provide scholarships for our education programs to families in need, and ensure the films we create are widely available through free screenings and online.

Circuit Arts is a 501©(3) charitable organization and all donations are fully tax-deductible.

If you’d like to contribute via check, our mailing address is:

Circuit Arts

PO Box 3000, PMB 3175

West Tisbury, MA 02575

Our federal Tax ID number is 03-0550258.

The Martha’s Vineyard Cultural Council (MVCC) provides funding to support local artists, performers, and community organizers to enhance the cultural vitality of Martha’s Vineyard. The MVCC is one of over 300 local councils that receives annual funds from the Massachusetts Cultural Council with the mission to protect public access to the arts and humanities within our communities.

If you prefer to donate by check, please make payable to Circuit Arts, and enter MVCC in the memo field. Please include a note with your email address so that we may follow up with a receipt.

Our mailing address is:

Circuit Arts

PO Box 3000, PMB 3175

West Tisbury, MA 02575

This short-form documentary will explore and celebrate how the Martha’s Vineyard community expresses itself through music. Featuring conversations with and performances by Vineyard musicians, the film will offer a grounded, intimate look at the Island, its people, its cultures, and its creative energy told in their own words and songs.

If you prefer to donate by check, please make payable to Circuit Arts, and enter FINDING MV IN SONG in the memo field. Please include a note with your email address so that we may follow up with a receipt.

Our mailing address is:

Circuit Arts

PO Box 3000, PMB 3175

West Tisbury, MA 02575

The Vineyard Voices Tell Their Stories – Oral History Project encompasses ongoing collection and sharing of new interviews from the Vineyard community by oral historian Linsey Lee, and the publication of a fourth volume of her Vineyard Voices (VV4).

The project captures the essence of the diverse and vibrant place that we call Martha’s Vineyard through first-hand stories of its people–African Americans, Wampanoags, Portuguese, Cape Verdeans, Brazilians, New England Yankees, and others. The accounts are in the speaker’s own words, with the cadence and rhythms of speech intact. The themes are timeless–hardship, joy, natural beauty, the indomitable human spirit. These lyrical tales bring the past, and the present, alive, and teach us vital lessons for today.

If you prefer to donate by check, please make payable to Circuit Arts, and enter VINEYARD VOICES in the memo field. Please include a note with your email address so that we may follow up with a receipt.

Our mailing address is:

Circuit Arts

PO Box 3000, PMB 3175

West Tisbury, MA 02575

Built on Stilts is a dynamic dance festival on Martha’s Vineyard, blending professional and amateur performances to create a unique cultural event. Co-founded by Abby Bender in 1997, the festival celebrates community-driven art and emphasizes the symbiotic relationship between live performance and its audiences. 

Bender’s own work, often presented under the moniker Schmantze Theatre, is an unusual hybrid of movement, theater, and comedy. It is site-specific and intimate, even when performed by a large cast. Her productions are inextricably linked with text and song, employing monologue and object play alongside physical scores and dance. Both projects highlight Bender’s commitment to fostering artistic collaboration and accessibility within the island’s cultural landscape.



If you prefer to donate by check, please make payable to Circuit Arts, and enter BUILT ON STILTS/SCHMANTZE THEATRE in the memo field. Please include a note with your email address so that we may follow up with a receipt.

Our mailing address is:

Circuit Arts

PO Box 3000, PMB 3175

West Tisbury, MA 02575

In a world stripped of authentic human connection, a bereaved mother battles to save her grief-stricken husband from NeuraLife, a virtual platform indistinguishable from reality. Spanning virtual reality, reality and memory, Heartworm is about how we rebuild ourselves in the face of insurmountable grief, and the astonishing power we all carry within. The Arens’ storytelling captures both the fragility and strength of the human spirit in a visually striking and emotionally rich way.

If you prefer to donate by check, please make payable to Circuit Arts, and enter HEARTWORM in the memo field. Please include a note with your email address so that we may follow up with a receipt.

Our mailing address is:

Circuit Arts

PO Box 3000, PMB 3175

West Tisbury, MA 02575

Martha’s Vineyard’s great ponds have been a source of sustenance and beauty for countless generations of Islanders. Recently, many of these ponds appear to be at a tipping point, with algae blooms choking out shellfish, and cyanobacteria making the water unsafe for pets and humans.

Produced by Circuit Films in partnership with the Vineyard Conservation Society, Great Ponds is a three-part series documenting the health of these spectacular coastal ponds, and what our community is doing to help.

Episodes 1 and 2 have been completed, and you can watch both here. We are currently fundraising for the third episode.