Spanning the entire summer is a signature “Jaws” exhibition at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. Its large-scale show “‘Jaws’ at 50: A Deeper Dive” illuminates the special role the Island and its people had in creating a film that took the world by storm — and still does.
“We really want this exhibit to be seen through the lens of the Island,” says Curator of Exhibitions Anna Barber. “We started from the place of not wanting it just to be about the movie, but about how Martha’s Vineyard became Amity and the people who helped to make that happen.”
Barber and Associate Curator of Exhibitions Kate Logue bring the behind-the-scenes story to life through oral histories, fan art, film clips, and still images, including those taken by Vineyard journalist Edie Blake and Island artist Jackie Baer, who was an extra in the film. Barber shares, “Edie also took a number of behind-the-scenes photographs. She said, ‘Walking down the beach . . . was like watching a town pageant. It was fascinating to see so many everyday people from the community made up before the camera and lights.’”…