“Create”, the new exclusive/speciality Art store has just opened its doors on Amelia Drive. The store will be open year round and fills a large gap in the Art supplies market on ACK. Pop along and lend your support…

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New Art Store ‘Create’ opens its doors on Nantucket

Next month sees the highly anticipated lauch of Elin Hilderbrand’s new book The Island. This latest Nantucket-based (we should really say Tuckernuck-based…) novel goes on sale July 6th, and Nantucket Bookworks are opening early to celebrate! Join them for coffee, mimosas and doughnuts and toast our charming and bestselling author. THE ISLAND is a great read and an absolute must for your beach bag!

More About The Book

Birdie Cousins has thrown herself into the details of her daughter Chess’s lavish wedding, from the floating dance floor in her Connecticut back yard to the color of the cocktail napkins. Like any mother of a bride-to-be, she is weathering the storms of excitement and chaos, tears and joy. But Birdie, a woman who prides herself on preparing for every possibility, could never have predicted the late-night phone call from Chess, abruptly announcing that she’s cancelled her engagement.

It’s only the first hint of what will be a summer of upheavals and revelations. Before the dust has even begun to settle, far worse news arrives, sending Chess into a tailspin of despair. Reluctantly taking a break from the first new romance she’s embarked on since the recent end of her 30-year marriage, Birdie circles the wagons and enlists the help of her younger daughter Tate and her own sister India. Soon all four are headed for beautiful, rustic Tuckernuck Island, off the coast of Nantucket, where their family has summered for generations. No phones, no television, no grocery store – a place without distractions where they can escape their troubles.

But throw sisters, daughters, ex-lovers, and long-kept secrets onto a remote island, and what might sound like a peaceful getaway becomes much more. Before summer has ended, dramatic truths are uncovered, old loves are rekindled, and new loves make themselves known. It’s a summertime story only Elin Hilderbrand can tell, filled with the heartache, laughter, and surprises that have made her page-turning, bestselling novels as much a part of summer as a long afternoon on a sunny beach.

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Elin Hilderbrand – The Island

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

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

Nantucket Arts Festival has started in earnest. You can download the full Nantucket Arts Festival Schedule below

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Free Nantucket Arts Festival Schedule

The 16th Annual Nantucket Fall Arts Festival will take place beginning Labor Day weekend (August 29) on Nantucket and will run through September 7.The Festival will showcase the creative talents of many talented Nantucketers– from talented local photographers, painters, weavers and musicians to Nantucket High School students, who will be staging a premiere of a creative video project they have been working on for the past year. It will truly be a celebration of the diversity and extraordinary talent found on the island today.

The Arts Council expects to attract over 4,000 participants throughout the Festival starting with the busy Labor Day weekend.  We will be promoting the Festival and our sponsors through advertising and publicity in Nantucket and Cape media, as well as our Nantucket Arts Council monthly e-newsletter.  We also will be producing a printed program in a quantity of 6,000 to be distributed free all over the island.

For more information about sponsorship or advertising opportunities, contact Nantucket Arts Council Director of Development Linda Sonnonstine at development@nantucketartscouncil.org or (508) 228-7892.

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Nantucket Arts Festival – Labor Day Weekend

This weekend Nantucket plays host to the Nantucket Folk Art and Artisan Show at Bartlett’s Farm. Expect to see some great Folk Art from local favorites and visting Artisans. Our personal pick is the delightful Starfish, Whales and Sealife brought all the way from Iowa by Sundie, Tucker and Lucia at Vintage Sculpture. Make sure you go along and say hi..

Nantucket Folk Art & Artisan Show
Bartlett’s Farm
Thursday July 10-Saturday July 12

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Nantucket Art goes Folk

Carrying the baby, Ocean beach, 1993 (from Bartley’s video), 2008. 36×48 inches.

Currently exhibiting at the Hoorn-Ashby Gallery on Federal Street is “Back To Nantucket”, a series of new paintings by Maud Bryt. See Maud Bryt Art here >>

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Featured Artist – Maud Bryt

Happy Independence Day!! As usual it’s going to be a busy one on Nantucket, and for the Art minded there are one or two notable openings over the weekend. Here’s afew things to keep you entertained..

July 4th
Opening Reception
Easy Street Gallery, 27 Easy St.
7-9 PM

July 5th
Opening Reception – Scott Duce & Jim Rennert
Cavalier Gallery
34 Main Street
6-8 PM
cavaliergalleries.com

Opening Reception – Women’s Glass Invitational (June 27-July 24)
Dane Gallery
28 Centre St.
6-9 PM
danegallery.com

Opening Reception – Robert Frazier & Robert Fraker
Old Spouter Galleries
118 Orange St.
6-8 PM
 
Opening Reception – This is America
Pierce Galleries
5 South Water Street
8-10 PM
piercegalleries.com

Rafael Osona Antique Auction
Preview begins 2 days prior from 10am-5pm @ American Legion Hall 21 Washington Street
9:30 AM
nantucketauctions.com

Opening Reception
SarZ Gallery
117 Orange Street
6-8 PM

Lighthouse School Benefit – 8 Chairs
South Wharf Gallery
3 India Street
6-8:00 PM
southwharfgallery.com

July 6th
Opening Reception – Peter Layne Arguimbau, Tiffany Studios, Old Masters, Watercolors by John Wharf & Charles Hawthorne, Paris Salon Painters, & Sailor Valenties by Jane Santini
Gallery at 4 India
4 India Street
6-8:00 PM
galleryatfourindia.com/

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Independence Day Art on Nantucket

After his successful opening at LoLa 41 last week we thought you might like this Kerry Hallam interview we found on YouTube, with the great man waxing lyrical and talking of ”Painting.. the telling of beautiful untruths”.

You can also pick a copy of his book Getting To Nantucket: An Artist’s Journey on Amazon.

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Getting To Nantucket: An Artist’s Journey – The Art of Kerry Hallam