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 Galleries
Nantucket art galleries offer artwork from internationally known artists and local artists.
Nantucket Artists
Nantucket artists work in every medium for Oil Painting to Textiles.
Nantucket Photography
Nantucket has many accomplished photographers specializing in weddings, events and landscapes.
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Billings Exhibition Puts Rare Artifacts on Display
During the first 80 years of the United States of America, the China trade helped our new nation’s growth, economically and commercially. Merchants up and down the East Coast, including from Nantucket, sailed East to trade ginseng, furs, sandalwood, and silver for colorful silks, aromatic teas, exquisitely crafted porcelain, and The post Billings Exhibition Puts Rare Artifacts on Display appeared first on Yesterdays Island, Todays Nantucket.
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New AAN Art Shows
The Artists Association of Nantucket is happy to once again be hosting a Summer Small Works Exhibition beginning on Friday, May 27 in the Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, located at 19 Washington Street. “Each artist may bring in up to six works that must measure 12 by 16 The post New AAN Art Shows appeared first on Yesterdays Island, Todays Nantucket.
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AAN Opens Four New Art Exhibits
The colors of spring on Nantucket are the focus of Earth & Sky, the Artists Association in-person exhibit now open in their Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery at 19 Washington Street. Running concurrently on the second floor of the gallery is Works on Paper, an exhibition open to all The post AAN Opens Four New Art Exhibits appeared first on Yesterdays Island, Todays Nantucket.
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The Winners Are…
We should have guessed that we’d receive hundreds of entries to our 2021 Nantucket Photo Contest: after all, 2021 was a banner year for number of visitors! There was a record number of sunset and sunrise photos entered. It’s interesting (or maybe it isn’t) that we received a surprising number The post The Winners Are… appeared first on Yesterdays Island, Todays Nantucket.
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Wet Paint Auction Opens October 10
Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) and Bartlett’s Farm are again partnering: this time to keep the island’s popular Wet Paint Art Show open for a free in-person viewing. “In past years, during the week leading up to Columbus Day weekend, you could find our AAN artists en plein air painting The post Wet Paint Auction Opens October 10 appeared first on Yesterdays Island, Todays Nantucket.