Welcome to the Artists Association of Nantucket
The Artists Association of Nantucket sustains and enriches the visual arts on Nantucket. Established by a small group of island artists in 1945, the AAN continues to build on the success of its gallery, arts program, and permanent collection of Nantucket art, ensuring its essential place in the Nantucket community now and in the future.
Join us! Become a member, take an art class, and visit the Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery. Your support and commitment helps to inspire the island's artists and keep AAN a vital part of the Nantucket community.
Featured Events
Friday, April 27, 2012
Spring Is In the Air Exhibition
Our second members exhibition of 2011
with a Daffodil weekend Opening Reception on April 27, 5-7 pm.
Sunday, May 06, 2012
Junior Artists Exhibition: Middle & High School Students
Opening reception: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Our annual Lloyd Schultz Awards, 6:45 p.m.
Runs through May 13.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Megan Hinton - 30 Years, 30 Paintings
Saturday, May 12, 3-4 p.m.
One Gardner Perry Lane Workshop
A Discussion of Thirty Contemporary Paintings Over the Last Thirty Years, done in a one-hour slide presentation. Admission is free, call to register 228-0722.
Friday, May 18, 2012
Shades of Green Exhibition + Nantucket Printmakers 2012
Shades of Greenr Exhibition -- Reception 6:00-8:00 pm. Concerning eco-friendly subjects and/or using eco-friendly art materials.
Nantucket Printmakers 2012 -- Reception 6:00-8:00 pm. Invitational exhibition of career printmakers, which will include woodcuts by the late Howard Fraker.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Lenny Moskowitz Workshop, May 19 & 20
Focus on Abstraction: Drawing, Painting and Collage
Saturday & Sunday, May 19 & 20, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Tuition: $70
This workshop is open-ended, with demonstrations covering idea collecting, collage technique, simplified drawing, and mixed media painting.
Friday, June 01, 2012
Open Skies 2012 Exhibition
The exhibition is open to artwork from non-members, and it includes a special section of photography from cell phone cameras (call 228-0722 for details).
Opening reception:
Friday, June 1, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Saturday, June 02, 2012
Jeanne Smith – Pastel Workshop
Saturday, June 2, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Tuition: $120
Painting water with a dry medium is paradoxically simpler than it looks. In this workshop, you'll learn how to create the illusion of crashing waves or still waters in pastel.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Real or Imagined? - a Juried Exhibition
Opening reception 6 - 8 pm.
A juried show exploring the relationship between realism and abstract art.
Juried by Mary Beth Splaine.
Friday, June 29, 2012
The Waterfront Artists
AAN is proud to present The Waterfront Artists: Painters That Changed Nantucket, an exhibition drawn from the Permanent Collection. Curated by Robert Frazier, The Waterfront Artists features work by significant artists who worked in their waterfront studios and shaped Nantucket over the decades into a true artist colony.
Opening reception: June 29, 6 - 8 pm, 33 Washington Street.
Show runs through August.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Leigh McCarthy – Pigment Printmaking
In Search of the Miraculous
Saturday, June 30, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m., Tuition: $70, materials fee: $15
Leigh will begin the class with a visit to the Nantucket Shipwreck and Lifesaving Museum in order for you to draw upon the island's rich maritime history. The second half of the workshop will be spent working on completing drawings and watercolors inspired by Nantucket's high sea adventures.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Waterfront Plein Air Festival - 2012
2-day plein air painting festival running from June 30 - July 1, with a closing reception and awards presentation at 5-7 pm on Sunday July 1.
Participating painters will be working along the waterfront from Easy Street to Washington Street.
Event Tickets
Purchase tickets online for our Benefit Art Auction & Gala, Croquet Tournament, and popular Wet Paint Auction Dinner.