Work copyright Zoe Brookes

We loved stumbling upon this blog and finding the exquisite doodles of Zoe Brookes. Of her Nantucket inspired sketches she writes “Lanterns, flags, sea shells, some harpoons mixed in there, plus some general nautical imagery for good measure. Plans? Definitely a strung up lantern pattern for maybe fabric application (I’m thinking a skirt?) and maybe play the old school metal ones against a more vibrant, playful paper lantern design. Also I want to play with the flags more! Results to come!”

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Nantucket Inspired Art

Gene Mahon has posted some great photos from the Artists Association of Nantucket’s Sidewalk Art Show this weekend.

You can see them on his blog Mahon About Town.

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AAN Sidewalk Art Show 2010

Society6 is a new website for emerging and established artists from every creative discipline to showcase their talent as it unfolds. Artists join the online community which puts artists in touch with patrons offering grants.

Society6 has created an open grants system where individuals and organizations can easily issue money or opportunity (free products and services) grants to creative people from around the world. Artists and other creative people apply to these grants. The community nominates applicants to create the list of finalists. The grant giver chooses one applicant from the finalist list to award the grant.

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Society6 awards grants to artists online

Nantucket Island School of Design & The Arts. Visual artists, performers,composers, writers. Residencies at Harbor Cottage Artist Colony in town. School is 8 miles away offering studios in-season. June through Oct. the arts community is active. Off-season is perfect for solitude and on-your-own experience. $750 to $1,000 per month (higher in summer). Limited work exchange may reduce summer fees – write requests with application. No application fee. Please visit www.nisda.org for application requirements. For further information email nisda@nantucket.net or call 508-228-4485

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Residency – Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts

As record crowds brave freezing temperatures for President Elect Barack Obama’s inauguration, it’s worth considering that few political figures in the recent past have generated such an outpouring of support amongst creatives and artists or reached icon status so quickly. Here’s a-few examples of Obama Art courtesy of ArtCulture Magazine.

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Inauguration Day Art – Obama the Icon

Discover Nantucket have launched an online blog for Nantucket residents and visitors to post about the island. Nice idea – please lend them your support…

http://blog.discovernantucket.com/

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Discover Nantucket Blog

This week’s Featured Nantucket Artist is Sarah Laurence. Sarah is a writer and painter and a regular blogger from Nantucket Island, See Sarah Laurence Art here >>

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Featured Artist – Sarah Laurence

Being a web designer and a practising artist sometimes can be hard; the disciplines of graphic design can be a world away from the raw creativity required in painting. But it’s often refreshing to remember that there are some absolutes that all creatives can learn from – such as the Basic Elements of Design posted over on Just Creative Design by Jacob Cass. Even if these rules do exist JUST to be broken, it’s worth brushing up on some of them every now and again.

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Tips for Artists

We spent a couple of hours on YouTube scoping out the Nantucket content and found some nice clips on there posted by Doerte Neudert at the Art Cabinet, including this virtual tour of the gallery.. a great idea.

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Art Cabinet Nantucket on YouTube

We’re psyched in the Nantucket Art offices today that we finally ordered our copy of the brand spanking new Beep Seals album today (visit their myspace), featuring some lovely sleeve art from Matt Sewell. Get your copy by clicking the sleeve art above..

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The Beep Seals ‘Things That Roar’ Album Art