News and Events for Nantucket Island
by Abigail Terres Originally scheduled for Sunday, June 28th, the 2nd annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes® Nantucket event organized by A Safe Place, Inc. has been postponed due to the very stormy weather. An announcement will be made when a new date is selected. For this fund- and […]
by Abigail Terres This weekend nationally- and internationally-acclaimed authors and hundreds of readers will gather on Nantucket to share their love of books, their enthusiasm for writing, and their insights on the written word during the fourth annual Nantucket Book Festival. More than 70 published writers participating in the three-day […]
For four days from Thursday, June 18 through Sunday, June 21, the Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) will host the annual Plein Air Nantucket. Plein Air Nantucket is open to all artists, at any skill level, who wish to paint in the fresh air and pristine scenery of the island, […]
Roberto Dutesco is a New York based photographer, poet and film-maker. Romanian born, he studied photography in Montreal, where he moved while still a teenager. Dutesco soon became a sought-after fashion photographer. With the spirit of a globe-trotter, he portrayed prominent personalities of our times, such as Pierre Trudeau, the […]
Artbook Project Exhibition opening will be the first chance for the community to see AAN’s new Visual Arts Center at 24 Amelia Drive. Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is pleased to announce the opening of the Nantucket Artbook Project Exhibition, on Friday, June 19 at 5-7 p.m. at the Visual […]
Philip Bloom Gallery is pleased to announce its inaugural exhibition featuring original paintings by Cassandra Levine, Javier Ramirez, and Patrick Shoemaker. From the Ashes of Conceptualism will open with a reception on Friday, June 19 from 6 to 8 pm, and will be on display to the public till June […]
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is pleased to present “Pacific Parallels: Marquesas Islands and the Essex Crew,” a special lecture by anthropologist Emily Donaldson, this Monday, June 15 at 6 pm at the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street. From the Essex crewmen’s near brush with French Polynesia’s Marquesas Islands, to […]
The Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is celebrating island life in a timely exhibition entitled In the Art of the Sea, opening with a reception on Friday June 12, from 6 to 8 pm in the Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, 19 Washington St. The exhibition will be on […]
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is offering free admission to its historic sites on Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7 in celebration of Nantucket Preservation Month in partnership with Nantucket Preservation Trust (NPT). On both days from 11 am to 4 pm, visitors can enjoy free access to the […]
