The National Gallery of Art has announced the first full retrospective of American artist George Bellows in more than three decades will open in 2012.

Bellows, one of the artists of the Ashcan School of Realists, was an important transitional figure between the Victorian and modern eras. Widely known for his dramatic scenes of boxers and urban life, Bellows was interested in everything around him. His work is celebrated for its detailed renderings of dreary life in New York, with laundry hanging out apartment windows and people crowded on tenement steps. But he found a contrast in the lyrical views of snow in the parks, and in formal portraits, mostly of his family.

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George Bellows National Gallery of Art retrospective

The app is brought to you by designer/marketer Arlene O’Reilly and program developer Tihomir Ivanov, both long-time island residents, this application offers islanders and visitors alike the ability to explore all that the Nantucket art world has to offer.

Download the Arts Nantucket iPhone App here

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Download the Arts Nantucket iPhone App

“After the success of NFF 15, it was inevitable that we would need to expand the festival’s length and scope to accommodate the growing interest,” said Executive Director Colin Stanfield. “Along with the later dates allowing more families to attend after the school year wraps, the festival stands to help bring more people to the island and in turn positively affect local business economically.” Passes are currently on sale on the festival website, with individual tickets on sale May 27.

The opening night films will be Disney/Pixar’s “Cars 2″, and “Buck”, a documentary about horse trainer Buck Brannman. “Cars 2″, directed by John Lasseter, follows Lightning McQueen and his best friend Mater as they race around the globe and unwittingly find themselves caught up in international espionage. “Cars 2″ writer Ben Queen will receive the New Voices in Screenwriting award.

Closing the festival will be “Higher Ground” by first time director Vera Farmiga, who also stars in the film.

Awards this year include Showtime’s annual Tony Cox Award for Screenwriting, The Audience Award for Best Feature & Best Short, Showtime’s Tony Cox Awards for Best Screenwriting in a Feature Film and Short Film, Teen View on NFF Award, Best Storytelling in a Documentary Film, and the Adrienne Shelly Excellence in Filmmaking Award, which gives a cash prize annually to a promising female writer/director at the Festival.

The line up:

* Being Elmo

* A Puppeteer’s Journey

* Benavides Born

* Beyond the Road; Bobby Fischer Against the World

* Buck

* Cars 2

* Circumstance

* Connected

* Donor Unknown

* Five Days Gone

* Granito

* Happy, Happy

* Higher Ground

* Hot Coffee

* The Last Rites of Joe May

* Life in a Day

* The Lie

* Mia and the Migoo

* Mozart’s Sister

* The Names of Love

* Nantucket by Nature

* On the Ice

* One Lucky Elephant

* The Other F Word

* Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times

* Senna; Submarine

* Terri; To be Heard

* Tyrannosaur

* Unraveled

* We Still Live Here: As Nutayunean

* When the Drum is Beating

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Nantucket Film Festival 2011

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Art Gallery Openings on Nantucket

All AAN faculty, students, interns, mentors, and mentorees are invited to submit and exhibit their artwork in the exhibition. Families are encouraged to participate at the opening to toast the success of the students.

“Anyone who has taken or taught a class or workshop in the past year is eligible to participate,” said Liz Hunt O’Bien, AAN public programs coordinator. “It is a great way to see our student’s work — in all stages of experience.”

For further information about AAN 2011 programs and events, please call 508-228-0722.

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The Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) Student/Faculty Art Show

The shores of Vancouver Island’s wild west coast are overflowing with Whale based Art & celebrations during this week’s Pacific Rim Whale Festival, as they celebrate the arrival of upwards of 20,000 grey whales on their northbound migration from the Baja Peninsula to Alaska’s Bering Strait and beyond.

Visit the link to find out more about the Pacific Rim Whale Festival and support this great cause

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Whale Art Festival

Another great day was had by all at the annual Nantucket beach art competition. Some of the designs included a mermaid, an octopus, sharks, feet in beach flip flop sandals, alligators, a bedraggled female surfer and a huge grinning face.

You can check out the pictures here

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Nantucket Beach Art

“Createâ€�, 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