Nantucket Art

The 2011 art season kicked off this weekend with numerous art openings for Daffoldil weekend. You can see photos from the new Robert Foster Gallery and South Wharf Gallery on Mahon About Town Nantucket Blog

The Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) invites the Nantucket community to the annual Student/Faculty Art Show, April 8–17, at the Joyce and Seward Johnson Gallery, 19 Washington Street. The opening reception is on Friday, April 8, 5–7 p.m. and is open to the public.

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.

Mark Carapezza is the brain child behind “Wishes from Nantucket” – the colored flags appeared around Nantucket in the last few days – with the simple aim to capture people’s wishes on small flags that hang around the island from now until April 3.

The project began as a visit to the Nantucket Public Schools to talk about installation art: Continue Reading…

We’re featuring the photos of Laura Poole, a 25 year old living in Nantucket for her 9th month. Laura works in the Arts community on islane and has been taking photos for a long time, but Nantucket’s beauty has really sparked her interests even more. you can follow here on Twitter at twitter.com/thatslinkygirl1.

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

The Friends of the Nantucket Historical Association have purchasing an oil on board painting by major Nineteenth Century American landscape artist George Inness (1825-94) titled “Back of Nichols’ Barn, ‘Sconset” at Christie’s American paintings, drawings and sculpture sale on March 3.

The 1883 painting depicts a charming rural scene of sheep wandering through a broken fence in a ramshackle farmyard in Siasconset, past a group of whale oil casks that have been converted for use as water barrels. Continue Reading…