News and Events for Nantucket Island
by Cara Godlesky Near the end of the crushed seashell walkway down Old South Wharf on the left, you’ll find the two-in-one shop Ireland Gallery and Nantucket Chic. The shops sit in a cottage-like building alongside the harbor. From the windows of the shop, you can feel the fresh ocean […]
~ by Mary Miles, Looking bACK ~ Editor’s Note: This is an article written in 2003 for Yesterday’s Island/Today’s Nantucket by the inimitable Mary Miles, whose interviews with so many island residents entertained and enlightened us for years. An excerpt was republished in our print edition because Devaney’s art will […]
This Friday, August 21, a show of recent mixed media works by contemporary artist Peter Tunney, who will be in attendance and signing books, will open with a festive reception from 6 to 9 pm in the Samuel Owen Gallery at 46 Centre Street. It is difficult to separate the […]
Theatre Workshop of Nantucket’s superb production of Into the Woods runs for just a few more days, through August 29. The musical, written by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, borrows from favorite fairy tales, including Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, and Jack and the Bean Stalk to create a heartfelt […]
The Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) is pleased to invite the public to its second Sidewalk Art Show of the season, Saturday, August 15, 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. in the garden of the Nantucket Atheneum, India Street. Over twenty of AAN’s artist members will be available to discuss art […]
Artist Anne Rose seeks to convey the essence of the person within her paintings. Color has a great deal to do with the process. With color and her excellent draftsmen skills she recreates, imagines and captures the secret quality that lives within us all. She develops each painting as a […]
Mid-century sculptures meet 21st century paintings and sculptures in this new exhibit at Hostetler Gallery, 42 Centre Street. Artist and sculptor David Hostetler celebrates his 89th birthday this December; he considers it his 90th year. Featured in this new exploration is a selection of wood and bronze sculptures created from […]
~ by Rebecca Nimerfroh ~ Stepping into the theatre to see Into the Woods is like dusting off a mysterious, leather bound book from the attic which, upon opening, immediately transports you to a faraway land full of magic, witches, giants, and fairy tales. Into the Woods, presented by The […]
The Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) will be hosting Location Location Exhibition, beginning with an opening reception on Friday, August 7, 6-8 P.M. The exhibition will be on display through Monday, August 17 in the Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery, 19 Washington Street. “Location” is described by Wikipedia as […]
