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Nantucket Island has had a vibrant arts scene for more than a century, thanks to the efforts of arts patron and summer resident Florence Lang, painter Frank Swift Chase, and artists Maud Stumm, Elizabeth Saltonstall, and others. The Nantucket Art Colony was active from 1924 through 1943. Today, dozens of artists live and work on Nantucket: painters, sculptors, photographers, textile artists, and ceramists. Here are some of the best Nantucket galleries and artists on-island this season.
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Nantucket art galleries offer artwork from internationally known artists and local artists.
Nantucket has many accomplished photographers specializing in weddings, events and landscapes.
Through the weekend leading up to Indigenous Peoples Day, artists will be sketching and painting around the island—affording the public opportunities to watch them work—as part of AAN’s annual art-filled Wet Paint Weekend. Fun begins on Friday, October 11 at 5 pm, when the Artists Association will host an opening The post Wet Paint Weekend & the Art of Healing appeared first on Yesterdays Island, Todays Nantucket.
The Nantucket Historical Association and the Egan Maritime Institute invite the public to join them for a series of three live maritime music performances featuring American troubadour Bill Schustik and his talented Nantucket crew. Bring a blanket to sit on, pack a picnic, and set sail into an evening of The post It’s a Sailor’s Life for Me appeared first on Yesterdays Island, Todays Nantucket.
This Friday, August 23, the Gallery at Four India on Nantucket is hosting a remarkable art show that celebrates both familial ties and artistic innovation. The gallery will feature the works of mother and son, Joanna Kane and Geddes Jones, in a captivating exhibition entitled Lineage, on display through September 2. This marks the first time Kane and Jones have collaborated on an art show featuring just the two of them, and their combined talents promise a unique and vibrant experience. The post Inspiration Expressed appeared first on Yesterdays Island, Todays Nantucket.
Some are plain, beautiful in their simplicity and deeply colored by age. Others are elaborately constructed and adorned with carvings of ivory and ebony, scrimshaw, gold, and gems. They are round, oval, square, and even heart-shaped. Many are made to be totes and purses, with others designed as wine coasters, bread baskets, vases, mirror frames, ornaments, and even cradles. The post Celebration of an Iconic Island Craft appeared first on Yesterdays Island, Todays Nantucket.
His girlfriend wants to get married and move out of the city, his best friend is making big bucks on Madison Avenue, and Jon is still waiting tables and trying to write the great American musical. Tick, Tick… Boom!, the autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony The post Musical about Making a Musical appeared first on Yesterdays Island, Todays Nantucket.
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