Nantucket Arts

Nantucket Arts

Lead Gift & Naming of New AAN Gallery

Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) has announced a transformational lead gift by the Cecelia Joyce and Seward Johnson Foundation, the Atlantic Foundation, and the India Blake Johnson Foundation towards the purchase and renovation of AAN’s new gallery at 8 Federal Street. In recognition of this generous support, the gallery will […]

Nancy Colella
Nantucket Arts, Nantucket Events

A Week of Openings Talks & Exhibits

Through August 17, Nancy Colella will be Artists Association of Nantucket’s Artist in Residence at the Visual Arts Center. This Monday, August 11, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm, Colella will present an evening discussion and slide show about her process and inspiration in AAN’s Visual Arts Center located at 24 […]

Head Shot Mark Shanahan
Nantucket Arts, Nantucket Events

A New Chapter in the Island Theatre Scene

Early this spring, a board member from the Nantucket Performing Arts Center (NPAC) approached director Mark Shanahan during intermission of Theatre People, or The Angel Next Door in the Westport Country Playhouse, and the conversations and collaborations that followed brought this theater production to our island in record time. “He came to me and said ‘I think this would be great on Nantucket,’” Shanahan recalls. What typically takes a year to plan became a summer reality, part of an new chapter in Nantucket’s theater scene.

Stitching a Meditation Journal Nantucket
Nantucket Arts, Nantucket Events

Free Workshop with Printmaker Bee Shay

Stitching in the company of others is relaxing, and the process becomes a natural meditation, contributing to one’s well-being. The Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is hosting free workshops on Stitching a Meditation Journal with Bee Shay for adults. Drop-in classes are held at AAN’s Visual Arts Center at 24 […]

Million Dollar Quartet Nantucket
Nantucket Arts

TWN’s High-Octane, Entertaining Show

by Sarah Wright Photo by Kit Noble Proving once again the two most beautiful words in the English language are “musical theater,” Million Dollar Quartet opened a charged six-week run at the Theatre Workshop of Nantucket last week. Do. Not. Miss. It. Elvis fan that I am, easy for me […]