Perched on the outer edge of Edgartown, where ferry crossings dissolve into dirt roads and dune grass, Chappy inhabits a traditional Cape-style carriage house overlooking the harbor—a quiet structure that holds, for just a moment, a collection of contemporary works that shimmer with tension, ambiguity, and light. Featuring over 20 artists, the exhibition marks Slip House’s debut presentation on Martha’s Vineyard. Chappy will be on view from August 6–10, with an opening reception on Wednesday, August 6th from 4–7 PM. 

Chappy takes its title from the place, but also the idea of a name softened by habit, history, and hush. Chappaquiddick is a site of lore and contradiction—at once idyllic and infamous. It holds the pastoral and the political in a single breath, where mist and scandal, moonlight and myth, coexist. The exhibition inhabits this friction, drawing out the gap between surface and story, appearance and undertow.