Explore Martha’s vineyard with hbcu arts!
ARTS!
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Performances
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Heritage Tours
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MV Island Culture
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Community Events
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Beaches!
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ARTS! ✳︎ Performances ✳︎ Heritage Tours ✳︎ MV Island Culture ✳︎ Community Events ✳︎ Beaches! ✳︎
This exclusive trip to Martha’s Vineyard includes:
Admission to HBCU Arts performances, PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Special VIP reception with HBCU alumni, artists & guests
Island tours including the African American Heritage Tour
Exclusive beach days & artisan market SHOPPING trips!
Island lodging: Packages start at $3200 for one week, FOR UP TO 2 PEOPLE (THAT’S $1600 PER PERSON.)
Group Sales available!*
* LODGING IS A PRIVATE ROOM IN A HOUSE WITH SHARED BATHROOM, KITCHEN AND LIVING SPACES. THERE ARE ROOMS WITH ONE KING OR QUEEN BED, AND/OR TWO TWIN BEDS. (limited Private bathrooms available.) GROUPS CAN RENT MORE THAN ONE ROOM PER HOUSE OR THE WHOLE HOUSE (AVAILABILITY IS FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED) EMAIL US FOR DETAILS, projects.yvomendez@gmail.com. PLEASE NOTE - THERE IS LIMITED AVAILABILITY, SO REGISTER NOW!
BEACH TRIPS INCLUDING HISTORIC INKWELL beach
immerse yourself with MV POLAR BEARS AND YOGA ON THE BEACH.
local shopping at our many shops!
visit our artisan markets
About HBCU Arts
2025
WE WILL VISIT AQUINNAH’S MOSHUP BEACH AND THE SHOPS AT GAY HEAD. ALL THE SHOPS THERE ARE OWNED BY MEMBERS OF THE AQUINNAH WAMPANOAG TRIBE.
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1:00 - 2:15 pm - Panel Discussion
2:30 - 4:00 pm - Master Class
6:30 - 8:00 pm - Performance
8:00 - 12:00 - After Party (TBD) -
8:00 am - 12:00 pm - Church service presentations
12:00 - 6:00 pm - Beach Trip! -
8:00 am - MV Polar Bears and Yoga On The Beach
10:00 am -1:00 pm - Beach Trip [ Inkwell and State Beach]4:00 - 6:00 pm - HBCU Arts VIP event featuring guest artists, HBCU alumni, student ensembles and more!
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10:00 am -1:00 pm - General Island Tour
4:00 - 5:30 pm Student Showcase
5:30 - 7:00 pm. Student Showcase
7:00 - 8:30 pm Talent Showcase/Open Mic (Grange Hall)
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8 am - Polar Bears & Yoga On The Beach
9 am - 12 noon - West Tisbury Farmers Market and/or Chilmark Flea Market
10 am - 2 pm - Aquinnah Tour and Moshup Beach Trip
4:00 - 5:30 pm Student Showcase
5:30 - 7:00 pm. Student Showcase -
10 1m - 4 pm - On your own!
4:00 - 5:30 pm Student Showcase
5:30 - 7:00 pm. Student Showcase -
9:00 am - noon - HBCU Arts BonVoyage Brunch (all participants)
5 pm - 7 pm - Blues at Featherstone Arts Center -
11 am - Lodging Check out & departure
SAMPLE SCHEDULE
(TENTATIVE & subject to change)
ABOUT MARTHA’S VINEYARD
Martha’s Vineyard, particularly Oak Bluffs, is a historic summer haven for black families dating back to the late 19th century. It serves as a safe space for relaxation, culture, and high-level networking, featuring a thriving community with a deep, preserved heritage, notably highlighted by the African American Heritage Trail.
Martha's Vineyard has a total of 124.6 miles of tidal shoreline spread over six small towns, and approximately one-third of the Island’s land mass is protected – meaning you’ll never find big chain hotels on our beaches, and the miles of hiking and biking trails will invite you to explore all the beauty our Island has to offer! MAP
Who is Martha?
Originally called Noepe, or “land between the streams” by the indigenous inhabitants of the Wampanoag Native American Tribe, the Island was renamed in 1602 by a British explorer named Bartholomew Gosnold, who named it after his daughter Martha and the vineyard undergrowth found along the coast. Oddly enough, there are no operating vineyards on Martha’s Vineyard, although grapevines can be found Island-wide.
Population
The population changes dramatically from one season to the next. The year-round population is close to 23,000, and in the summer there can be as many as 200,000 people on the Island.
HBCU Arts Excursion is a program of HBCU arts, castle of our skins and visual concepts 123. for more information, please email. projects.yvomendez@gmail.com.