July 1 & 2nd

OPEN TO KIDS & ADULTS: with Cherie Cseley. Ends with performance at Methodist Church on Monday, July 5th @ 12:15pm.   Fee $90 508-228-3352

 July 1-August 26

Suzuki Violin THURSDAYS  Ages 3+ Group or Private Lessons Available. Shawn Verfaillie teaches this proven method for beginning violinists. To register: 508-228-3352

NHA Exhibit “Sometimes think of me”: Notable Nantucket Women through the centuries
Whaling Museum, Peter Foulger Gallery, 13 Broad St. 

July 1 – August 1

Paintings and Pastels by American Master, Daniel E. Greene. Featuring recent works from his lauded Subway Series and Auction Series as well as still lifes and figure paintings.

July 1 – September 6

An exhibition of works on the 2nd floor of Cavalier Gallery featuring works by modern masters Hans Hofmann, Wolf Kahn, Robert De Niro Sr., and Cleve Gray as well as contemporary works by Scott Duce, Steve McCurry, Daniel Greene, Max Ginsburg, Steve Hawley, Reuben Nakian, Jim Rennert, and Hans Van de Ginsburg,

ARTISTS OF THE NATIONAL SCULPTURE SOCIETY
From inspirational outdoor monuments to tabletop figures that capture the human spirit, this exhibition features our most accomplished sculptors. Spotlighting several of today’s greatest living artists, the exhibition includes works by: Glenna Goodacre, Bruno Lucchesi, Jim Rennert, Roger Reutimann, Leonda Finke, Jane DeDecker, Gwen Marcus, Kent Ullberg, Marc Mellon, Gary Price, and Louise Peterson.

NHA Exhibit “Sometimes think of me”: Notable Nantucket Women through the centuries
Whaling Museum, Peter Foulger Gallery, 13 Broad St. 

July  2 – 30

Nantucket Island School of Design and Art  Crafting Art & Life Studio and Workshop Suites
NISDA’s Painting, Drawing, Jewelry, Ceramics, Photography and Textile offerings.
3-6 weekly studios and 2-3 day workshops

Hours expand; open every day from 10am until 10pm (Sundays from 11am-7pm)

Artist’s Reception Kent B. Lemon and Terry Pommett.

Artist’s Reception Frederick Collard, oil paintings.

American Impressionism and Post-Impressionism ~ paintings by Hassam, Whistler, Tarbell, Dewing, Prendergast, Beal, Hale and more.

Artist’s Reception for returning artist Lynn Patron.  Wine & cheese.

Opening Reception: Robert McKee, Julija Mostykanova, and Christine Sanford

Summer Small Works Exhibition

TRADITIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY COMMEMORATION SET
FOR SAT., JULY 3 AT UNITARIAN MEETING HOUSE
 
The traditional celebration of Independence Day at the Nantucket Unitarian Meeting House will take place at 9 a.m. on Saturday, July 3 at the Meeting House at 11 Orange Street. Highlighting the annual event will be the reading of the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights.  The program will also include patriotic music and singing and the opportunity for children to sign a replica of the Declaration of Independence.
 
Following the ceremony will be a raffle drawing with prizes including Red Sox tickets, a two night stay at the Carriage House Inn, and a framed Nantucket photograph from noted photographer Lauri Robertson. The grand prize is an opportunity to go up into the newly restored Unitarian Meeting house tower on Independence Day, July 4, to toll the historic 1812 Portuguese bell.  Raffle tickets are $5 and 5 for $20 and will be available in advance or at the time of the reading.  Winners do not have to be present at the time of the drawing.
 
For further information, contact Leslie Ottinger at (508) 228-8710 or the Unitarian Church at (508) 228-5466.

Come chat with the artists:  Robert McKee, Julija Mostykanova, Christine Sanford

Preview begins 2 days prior from 10am-5pm @ American Legion Hall 21 Washington Street

Enjoy FREE Concerts featuring performances by NCMC:Students & Instructors.  Methodist Church, Centre St.  Donations Appreciated!     508-228-3352

Meet the Artist -  Lorene Ireland will be present to exhibit and talk about her Art. Music, art and wine.

 Mystic Seaport’sDon Sineti uses traditional instruments to share sailors’ songs and chanteys that chronicle life on the high seas. Free for NHA
members; $10 general public.  Whaling Museum, Peter Foulger Gallery,

TUESDAYS 10-10:40am  Ages 2-5 Music with Mollie Music Circle for young children! Finger plays, movement songs, children’s songs accompanied by Mollie Glazer on ukulele. Child must be accompanied by parent or caregiver. Drop-Ins: $10/class $35 for all 4. 
To register: 508-228-3352

NISDA Summer Celebration Open House 5-8 pm with PowerPoint slides, conversation, faculty exhibition and crudités platter and bread nudes hospitality. 8 pm at 23 Wauwinet Road, 508-228-9248.  Nantucket Island School of Design & The Arts Seaview Farm Campus.

Faculty Exhibit Opening Reception 5-8pm   celebration and registration   Work by faculty and summer interns in painting, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, photography etc. continues until July 12

Paintings of Sailing and Boating Along New England’s Shores

Artist’s Reception Terry Pommett, photography.

Artists Reception with Elizabeth Congdon

Opening reception Jeanne Smith

Preview begins 2 days prior from 10am-5pm @ American Legion Hall 21 Washington Street

Painting demonstration on the Wharf by Jeanne Smith from 11-2pm

Opening Reception
Summer Small Works Exhibition

Enjoy FREE Concerts featuring performances by NCMC:Students & Instructors.  Methodist Church, Centre St.  Donations Appreciated!     508-228-3352

André De Shields solo performance. Includes a Q&A with André, champagne, and hors d'oeuvres - Tickets $150 and $100. A Kim Vasquez / Gray Lady Entertainment production inspired by Frederick Douglass, the great American abolitionist.

Nantucket Community Music Center (NCMC): TUESDAYS 10-10:40am  Ages 2-5 Music with Mollie.  Music Circle for young children! Finger plays, movement songs, children’s songs accompanied by Mollie Glazer on ukulele. Child must be accompanied by parent or caregiver. Drop-Ins: $10/class $35 for all 4.

Guitar Group TUESDAYS 5:45-6:30pm 
Ages 9+ Open to beginners who participated in the NES guitar class. Absolute beginners may join Jason Sullivan’s group class after one or two private lessons prior. Fee $40 
To register: 508-228-3352

Presents Joel Fan, internationally acclaimed piano virtuoso returns to our series.   First Congregational Church, 62 Centre St.

NCMC Jazz Ensemble Workshop TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS  4:00-5:30pm  OPEN TO ALL INSTRUMENTS Kids & adults, with Jason Sullivan. Must have basic scale knowledge and familiarity with 7th chords. “There are no shortcuts in jazz” – exercises include: ear training, blues studies, II-V-I study, jazz phrasing, improvisation, song form, melody construction & rhythmic studies, followed by a performance August 2nd 12:15pm as part of our ‘Musical Mondays’ series at the Methodist Church. Fee $100  To register: 508-228-3352

 – 6 energetic juxtaposed visual presentations by 6 artists, crafts persons, innovators with creative vision.  8 pm at 23 Wauwinet Road, 508-228-9248.  Nantucket Island School of Design & The Arts Seaview Farm Campus.  Join us for this exciting evening of vision, passion, ideas, arts, crafts, inventions, sustainable design and arts stewardship.

"Wrapped and Tied in the Summertime" Opening Reception 7pm
 Artisanal Textiles, Jewelry and Adornments.

Nantucket Community Music Center (NCMC): Harmonica Workshop  5:30-6:30pm
Ages 10 – Adult: Learn basic methods with Tom Stoddart, including classical and folk with a special emphasis on blues (note bending). Fee includes a Kay Chicago Blues harmonica. Sure to be a pocketful of fun! Two-part session: sign up for one or both. Fee $20 / $40. 508-228-3352

 

Opening Reception for Diane Dicker.

 Make, Fly, Beautiful Kites.  Fun, healthy finger foods, games for creative minds, young artists, family and friends.
10 am – 12 noon at NISDA’s Farm, 23 Wauwinet Road, 508-228-9248.  Bring a bag lunch for a meadow picnic!!!  We will fly our kites!

A young woman confronts the man who had seduced her fifteen years earlier. After years in prison and subsequent hardships, Ray, now 56, has made a new life for himself, but Una, now twenty-seven, has thought of nothing else than pursuing the truth of what happened to her fifteen years before. By David Harrower. Wednesday ~ Saturday Evenings, July 16 ~ July 31 at 8:30 PM.  Opening Night Friday July 16th 7:00 PM at the Levi Starbuck House, 14 Orange Street, champagne, hors d'oeuvres and performance $50.

Artist's Reception for Susan Jositias & High Street painters.

Artist’s Reception Tine Kirkland Graham, acrylics

Artists Reception with Joan Griswold

The Super-Realism of Zhen-Huan Lu

Artist’s Reception Kevin Shea and Ken Knowles.

Opening Reception: New work by up-and-coming artist, Jessica D. Sosebee

Opening Reception - Artist Reception for Katie Trinkle Legge & Michael Rich

Artists Talk with Joan Griswold

Preview begins 2 days prior from 10am-5pm @ American Legion Hall 21 Washington Street

Meet the Artist Diane Dicker

“A Surreal Evening” Annual Benefit Art Auction & Gala
At the Nantucket New School
Please call 508 228 0722 for reservations.

Judy Lake and Bee Shay who will each be doing demos and a signing.  Judy's class is July 20th and Bee is a Nantucket resident who teaches several classes at the 1800 House.

                     

Enjoy FREE Concerts featuring performances by NCMC:Students & Instructors.  Methodist Church, Centre St.  Donations Appreciated!     508-228-3352

 July  19 – August 25
College Course:  Creativity and Design:  Art-in-the-Environment & Studios Course with 2 studios of your choice (4 weeks).  5th week Final Studio and Environmental Site Critiques.  Earn 3 undergraduate or graduate credits or 60 PDP’s.

Presents A String Quartet from the world famous Curtis Institute of Music.

Art Books and Collectibles, Lecture Series: Seth Kaller Lecture and Exhibition "Abraham Lincoln & Federick Douglass"

Nantucket Community Music Center (NCMC): TUESDAYS 10-10:40am  Ages 2-5 Music with Mollie.  Music Circle for young children! Finger plays, movement songs, children’s songs accompanied by Mollie Glazer on ukulele. Child must be accompanied by parent or caregiver. Drop-Ins: $10/class $35 for all 4.

Guitar Group TUESDAYS 5:45-6:30pm 
Ages 9+ Open to beginners who participated in the NES guitar class. Absolute beginners may join Jason Sullivan’s group class after one or two private lessons prior. Fee $40 
To register: 508-228-3352

 Marsha L. Fader, “Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West,” shares her experiences in this living, educational Architectural Design Community.  M. Arch, M.S. Historic Preservation, Leed AP, Associate AIA. 8 pm at 23 Wauwinet Road, 508-228-9248.  Nantucket Island School of Design & The Arts Seaview Farm Campus.

"Wrapped and Tied in the Summertime"  7pm  Artisanal Textiles, Jewelry and Adornments
Reception just before evening lecture. exhibit continues through July 19

Western Wind Vocal Ensemble -1st Congregational Church

Artist’s Reception Sophia Reznick, pastels; Ann Warren, seaweed collage & watercolor.

Create your own amazing T-shirt Day with artists Gayle Fraas and Duncan Slade!  Family, Friends, Neighbors enjoy painting an amazing, crazy or beautiful T-shirt!  Great fun for everyone!  10 am – 12 noon at NISDA’s Farm, 23 Wauwinet Road, 508-228-9248.

Artist’s Reception Group Show: Rick Araluce, Judith Brust, Mary Emery, Benton Jones,  John Lochtefeld Lynn Patron & Buzz Williams

Gloucester and Rockport Painters from 1880 to the present

Opening Reception: New work by Victoria Harvey

Opening at the studio -  Molly Dee

New Works by John Evans.

Opening Reception
Summer Juried Exhibition
Spotlight on work by Peggy Silverstein & Victoria Harvey

Painting demonstration on the Wharf by Victoria Harvey from 11-2pm

Preview begins 2 days prior from 10am-5pm @ American Legion Hall 21 Washington Street

 The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is pleased to present well-known lecturer and author Eric Jay Dolan, who will be discussing his newest book, “Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America,” on Saturday, July 24, in the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street, 3 PM. Free for NHA members, or with museum admission.
 
An NHA Verney Fellow in 2005, Dolin studied environmental policy at Yale University, where he received his master’s, and holds a Ph.D. from MIT. He has written extensively on the marine world, and is the author of the award-winning book, Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America, which was chosen by the Los Angeles Times and the Boston Globe as one of the best books of the year.
 
In Fur, Fortune, and Empire: The Epic History of the Fur Trade in America, Dolan chronicles the rise and fall of the fur trade of old, when the rallying cry was “Get furs while they last.” The precious pelts of beaver, sea otter, and buffalo were tailored into extravagant hats, coats, and sleigh blankets. Dolan shows how fur became inextricably linked to many key events in American history, including the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.

 

 “Blackbird”  Matinee

 Enjoy FREE Concerts featuring performances by NCMC:Students & Instructors.  Methodist Church, Centre St.  Donations Appreciated!   

TUESDAYS 10-10:40am  Ages 2-5 Music with Mollie
Music Circle for young children! Finger plays, movement songs, children’s songs accompanied by Mollie Glazer on ukulele. Child must be accompanied by parent or caregiver. Drop-Ins: $10/class $35 for all 4. 
Guitar Group TUESDAYS 5:45-6:30pm 
Ages 9+ Open to beginners who participated in the NES guitar class. Absolute beginners may join Jason Sullivan’s group class after one or two private lessons prior. Fee $40  To register: 508-228-3352

Presents The Brarms Piano Quartet - the string players of the well known St. Petersburg String Quartet joined by pianist Irina Morozova.

Michael Good, Goldsmith, “Anticlastic Process.”  International renowned jeweler and sculptor, “expands the definition and ideas about how American jewelry looks and can be made, “Ettagale Blaus.  Professional workshop instructor at Haystack, School of Crafts, Pennland, Royal College of Art, England…8 pm at 23 Wauwinet Road, 508-228-9248.  Nantucket Island School of Design & The Arts Seaview Farm Campus.

"At the Water's Edge- Landscape and Memory" Opening Reception 7pm
Gayle Fraas and Duncan Slade contemporary art quilt pioneers show recent dye painted textiles

"Contemporary Marine Artistry IV"
Wine & Cheese reception: Friday, July 30, 2010, 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Classic and Contemporary “marines” including Beetle Cats, Optimists, IOD's, Cruisers
and Dingies. Artists represented include Lisa Horrigan, David Lussier, Yves Parent,
Yasemin Tomakan, Alain Picard and others.

Exhibition and Sale: July 30-September 6, 2010

Artist’s Reception John P. Osborne and Richard Kimball. 

Artists Reception with David Lazarus

Female Painters from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries

Artist’s Reception Elle Foley & Jeff Joyce.

Artist’s Reception Eric Holch, silk screen serigraphs.

 The Kinder Arts July “Little Players” present “Playthings Around the World Puppets, Games and Toys” created by Caroline Bird, Kinder Arts Teacher and her kinder artists!  For Friends, Family and Community!  11:30 at NISDA’s Seaview Farms 508-228-9248.  Come enjoy lemonade and an informal fun experience.  Be our guest… a great way to enjoy seeing NISDA’s offerings and Seaview Farm Arts Community.  Please arrive at 11:15.  Remember it’s very informal!

Opening Reception: New work by Barbara Capizzo

American Impressionism

Painting demonstration on the Wharf by by Barbara Capizzo from 11-2pm

All day outdoor art show in the garden at the Atheneum.

Artists Talk with David Lazarus

A chronicle of the experience of six adolescent outsiders vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime. July 14 - 31: Wednesday - Saturday Evenings at 5:00 PM with a Sunday matinee on July 25th at 3:00 PM. Tickets $25.  Opening Night Wednesday July 14th at 3:30 PM at the Even Keel patio $50 adults/ $35 kids food, wine, magic show, face painting and show!