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2014 Annual • Volume 14

The portfolio of island creativity.

A New Visual Arts Center atelier d’artiste - Artist’s Studio Interviews

Nantucket Shorts Festival HD Broadcast Theater London & New York Historic Crafts with Graphic Design Flair Calender of Exhbitis & Performing Arts artsnantucket.com: multimedia calendar details

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May 29 - June 21 Hay Fever

Thursday - Saturday, 7:30pm Sunday June 1, 3:00pm Sunday June 8 & 15, 6:00pm BenneTT Hall

July 16 - august 16 Oklahoma!

Wednesday - Saturday, 6:00pm Sunday 3:00pm BenneTT Hall

September 16 - October 10 A Picasso

In Reperatory.

See website for more information CenTRe STage See website for more information about Special guests, events and Staged Readings

Order tickets in advance Box office at 2 Centre Street Tuesday - Sunday Or call 508.228.4305 Ticket sales also available at

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July 2 - august 2 Black Tie

Wednesday - Saturday, 7:30pm Sunday July 6, 3:00pm Sunday July 13, 20 & 27, 6:00pm CenTRe STage

august 13 - September 6 The Last 5 Years

Wednesday - Saturday, 7:30pm Sunday august 17, 3:00pm Sunday august 24 & 31, 6:00pm CenTRe STage

September 17 - October 11 RED

In Reperatory See website for more information CenTRe STage

november 21 - December 14 Cinderella Friday, 5:00pm Saturday, 1:00pm & 5:00pm Sunday, 3:00pm november 28, 2:00pm & 6:00pm BenneTT Hall

Nantucket’s Public Theater Since 1956

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Van der Wolk, Deborah

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2014 Annual • Volume 14

12 A New Visual Arts Center by Elizabeth Hunt.

For nearly 70 years, the Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) has been the backbone of those fostering the arts on Nantucket. AAN is currently entering a new era of “high promise and expectations.” This fall, AAN will open new doors to a bigger and better Visual Arts Center, offering expanded educational and studio opportunities to a growing demand.

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by Arlene O’Reilly.

Did you ever stop to think about the artist behind the artwork you might be admiring?

What are they like? How do they think? How did they create that? Here is a series of question and answer interviews that goes beyond the canvas (or surface), to give you insight into the Nantucket artists working in their studios. The extended video series is available online.

36 Not Nantucket Reds, but Nantucket Shorts

by Kate Splaine.

Film making, editing, screenplay writing, acting, animation, directors & producers all living on Nantucket. The Nantucket Shorts Film Festival premiered last fall with an outstanding presentation! Islanders of varying backgrounds ranging from professional filmmakers to local island students had the spotlight on-screen to tell their story and show what they could do with a camera. The best grass-roots film festival to hit the shores of Nantucket!

46 HD BroadcastTheater London/New York/Nantucket

Full calender and video online at

artsnantucket.com Social? Lets connect.

by Siobhain Klawetter.

In the world of performing arts, the Met is considered the leader in HD broadcast technology, transcending its stage to cinemas around the world since 2006. Its series, The Met: Live-in-HD, hit its 15-millionth viewer milestone this spring, and is now simulcast on screens in 66 countries. The National Theatre has broadcast live since 2009, and their NT Live performances have been seen by over 1.75 million people in approximately 500 venues around the world—half of which are in the UK. The Dreamland Theater is now a part of this virtual network bringing world-class live performances to Nantucket audiences.

54 Historic Crafts with Graphic Design Flair

by Kate Splaine.

Did you know that the Nantucket Historical Association has a school? The 1800 House offers classes in techniques that are not readily available elsewhere: sailors’ valentines, needlework, fish printing, stenciling floor cloths, decoy carving, scrimshaw, basket making, creating quarterboards and now letter press design— to name a few. Leave the computer at home and try some good old-fashioned hands-on design from experts island-based or from beyond the Sound.

66 Exhibits The what, when, and where for artists’ receptions & gallery exhibitions.

69 Performing Arts Listing of plays, shows, and concerts offered by Dreamland

Theater, Nantucket Community Music Center, Nantucket Musical Arts Society, Theatre Workshop of Nantucket, and the White Heron Theater.

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70 Lectures & Demonstrations

from writers, artists, dancers, and musicians.

The what & when of demonstrations and talks

Nantucket Musical Arts Society 2014 CONCERT SEASON Our 56th consecutive season presenting national and international artists.

All concerts are at the First Congregational Church, doors open at 7:30 p.m.

Handicap accessible.

July 8 VIVIAN CHOI. Pianist July 15 AMPHION String Quartet July 22 HYE-JIN KIM Violinist July 29 PING A Vocal Quintet August 5 WINDSYNC Woodind Quintet August 12 CAROLYN ENGER Pianist August 19 YEVGENY KUTIK Violinist ADRIAN DAUROV Cellist SPENCER MYER Pianist

CONCERTS: Tuesday evenings at 8pm in the First Congregational Church, 62 Centre Street. Doors open at 7:30pm. Tickets at door or in advance at the Antiques Depot at 14 Easy Street.

MEET THE ARTISTS: Monday 5:30pm in the Great Hall of the Atheneum.

Handicap accessible.

For tickets and further information, please contact our box office at the Antiques Depot, 14 Easy Street.

508.228.1287 or visit nantucketmusicalartssociety.org

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JAmEs hArrington “Retrospective” RECEPTION June 27, 6-8 PM Exhibit June 15 - July 15

Established 1989 Exhibiting FinE Art CollECtions 1860 to thE prEsEnt & FEAturEd Exhibits

pAmElA pindEll & pEtEr lAynE ArguimbAu “Figurative Bronze and Classic Marine” RECEPTION August 15, 6-8 PM Exhibit August 15 -september 4

lAuri robErtson, tErry pommEtt, miChElE lEmAitrE, tEd mErrimAn And CAtiE soldAn “Photography Exhibit” RECEPTION September 5, 6-8 PM Exhibit september 5 - 30

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thomAs dEiningEr, bruCE rosEnbAum And brEtt KElly

RECEPTION July 18, 6-9 PM Exhibit July 15 - August 15

thomAs dEiningEr “Upcycling” “When you take something out of context and put it together with a variety of other things, you can coax a new definition out of it and maybe a new purpose.”

—tom deininger

bruCE rosEnbAum sCulpturE And brEtt KEllEy, 2d Art

“Steampunk”

“By Steampunking and re purposing objects, we create meaningful connections to our past, present and future- all in one place, at the same moment in time.”

—bruce rosenbaum

4 India Street Open daily , 10am-6pm 508-228-8509 email gallerynantucket@gmail.com www. galleryatfourindia.com

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Note from the Publisher To our readers from all over the world, greetings!

You are holding a copy of the fourteenth annual edition of artsNantucket magazine. If you haven’t realized this already, you will know it now: Nantucket truly is an artists’ colony thirty miles out to sea and has been acknowledged as such for many, many, decades. Our arts community constantly evolves. It has held steadfast in meeting new challenges, with members often working together in synergy to bring visitors and residents alike a rich experience of ALL of the arts on Nantucket. Imagine what this island would be without artists—all kinds of artists—very “grey” indeed.

Arlene O’Reilly, Publisher

Our articles in this issue are a true testament of how vast and varied the talent is that dwells here. We start with one about the Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN). It will have a new home this fall that will allow the organization to expand both educational opportunities and workspace for artists and students.

The Visual Arts Center will be another exciting addition to the roster of arts activities available on island, and I anticipate wonderful things to come from this new home for AAN. For some time now the Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) has had a wonderful program in place under the roof of the 1800 House.

“History and Crafts” is simply an understatement as to what they have to offer for anyone interested in experimenting with historically-based, hard-to-find, hands-on creative projects. Last, but certainly not least, the Dreamland Film and Performing Arts Center recently began bringing you live broadcast performances from New York City’s Metropolitan Opera and London’s famed National Theatre. The Dreamland also showcased the Nantucket Film Shorts produced

by Nantucket film-makers, pros to beginners, that premiered last fall during the Nantucket Arts Festival © Nantucket Arts Council.

News Note: This spring Nantucket Community Music Center opened their new building downtown on Center Street, near the Jared Coffin House. Put it on your “to do list” to visit. Theatre Workshop of Nantucket has a fantastic line-up of live stage performances, as does our new addition, White Heron Theater, offering “transformational theater”. Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts has a full program to offer, including some accredited courses. And don’t forget to mark your calendars for the Nantucket Atheneum’s Dance Festival, featuring stars from the New York City Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre.

As you can see, the island is bursting with creativity — actors, film producers, screen play writers, writers, musicians, and visual artists.

Ohh those visual artists! They happen to be some of the best, exhibiting all over the world! Many of them travel globally as well, for both pleasure and inspiration. Our newest article is atelier d’artiste. We want to show you the artists in their studios, talking about how they think, and sharing their process. These are interviews that expand beyond written text to include multimedia: videos are online at artsnantucket.com.

Regardless of whether you are a supporter of the arts, a member of an appreciative audience, or a creative type yourself, we hope you will enjoy reading our yearly magazine. Please visit us online. We want to hear your feedback!

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Publisher & Art Director Arlene M. O’Reilly

Senior Editor Tracy Leddy

Assistant Editor

Natalie Ciminero

Sales Representitive

Michele Egan Lindstedt

Contributing Writers: Elizabeth Hunt Siobhain Klawetter Kate Splaine

Multimedia Production Lisa Frey Tihomir Ivanov Stoil Kostandinov Bobby Picco

Design & Production

Mind’s Eye Communication, Inc.

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Visual Arts Center

BY ELIZABETH HUNT NEW:

NEW:

Two Children’s studio classrooms, with moveable walls to allow for flexibility with offerings and classes. The two new studios will allow AAN to more than double the number of children’s arts program participants.

FIRST FLOOR PLANS

Separate drop-off and pick-up area to accommodate heavy traffic for arts programs.

AAN will no longer host workshops and classes at third party locations—the Visual Arts Center will be able to meet all program needs while allowing for significant growth.

INCREASED:

Parking for students, artists, and staff

EXPANDED:

NEW:

AAN Multipurpose meeting room, computer lab, and library will host AAN leadership meetings, digital art classes and presentations, as well as house the organization’s art reference library.

Gallery space and welcome area: AAN’s Visual Arts Center will provide space to showcase student and faculty works as well as items from AAN’s permanent collection.

EXPANDED:

Administrative offices, all AAN staff will be located at the new Visual Arts Center, ensuring an organized work environment to achieve AAN’s mission.

EXPAND:

The Children’s art program will double its class offerings, and expand its student capacity from 270 to 360—serving 90 more children annually.

“For me, it was a charmed moment filled with heavy promise and expectations that ran precipitously high,” said Reggie Levine recently, recalling the early “halcyon” days of the Artists Association of Nantucket.

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ince the early 1900s Nantucket has been a retreat for artists who are drawn by the special lure of the island’s magical light and landscape. It has been acknowledged and valued as an artists’ colony since then, and has enjoyed a lively art gallery scene from the time of AAN’s founding. “Its growth as a stable, vibrant, fine-arts colony can be attributed to a multitude of factors, all of which are tangible and verifiable, and none can be isolated

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John F. Lochtefeld Studio Gallery 4 Fair Street Nantucket, Massachusetts Daily 10-12 2-4 Closed Sunday 508.228.0604

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SECOND FLOOR

Shared and individual studio spaces available for rent.

NEW:

Communal space for artist members to gather and collaborate.

NEW:

Apartment for visiting artists and artists-inresidence.

NEW:

Two Adult studio classrooms, which will allow the adult arts program to more than triple its current class offerings, expanding the reach of the program from 98 students to 254 per calendar year.

NEW:

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Programs to offer in this new space include: print making, encaustic, and jewelry.

from the others. And throughout, spanning the early ‘20s to the mid-‘60s, a core of strong women anchored it all,” writes Robert Frazier in the 2005 AAN catalogue, The Art Colony on Nantucket. In August of 1945, happily just a month after the Kenneth Taylor Gallery opened on Straight Wharf, AAN was officially formed by a tightly-knit collection of prominent Nantucket artists that championed non-objective art and modern ideals. These artists became known as “the 45 group”. (See Editor’s Note.)

With an illustrious history that, in the 1950s, included local artists such as C. Robert Perrin

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Collaborative shared artist studio space.

and the above-mentioned Reggie Levine, and boasted such events as candlelight readings

by Thornton Wilder and Tennessee Williams, an exhibition of works on paper by Diego Rivera, a piano recital by Leonard Shure, and an exhibition on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City that included paintings by Max Weber and Thomas Hart Benton, AAN was indeed the center of the island arts scene.

Throughout its nearly seventy years, during good and sometimes shaky times, AAN has always met its mission of fostering the arts on Nantucket. Having remained vital to the

Old Spouter Gallery: July 11 Reception

Nantucket Looms • Artists Assoc. of Nantucket

ROBERT FRAZIER

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Old Spouter Gallery, 508-325-9988 oldspoutergallery.com Artists Association of Nantucket

WELLFLLEET, MA Left Bank Gallery, 508-349-9451 NEW PALTZ, NY Gray Owl Gallery, 845-518-2237 KTL-artsN-14.indd 1

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EXPANDED:

BASEMENT NEW:

More equipment to accommodate more students: 3 additional throwing wheels; one additional kiln; more workspace.

Separate ceramic studios for hand building and wheel throwing.

Facilities for special needs populations on every floor, accessible by elevator.

NEW:

Climate controlled storage and curatorial workroom to house AAN’s permanent collection—the organization’s most valuable asset.

EXPANDED:

Ceramics Studio for children and adults. Two ceramic studios will allow AAN to double its class offerings for both the children and adult programs, and increase class capacity by more than 200.

NEW:

Future studio space for the industrial arts (wood, metal, and other arts)

island’s art world for so many decades, AAN currently is entering a new season of “high promise and expectations.” The fall of 2014 will see its workshop and offices move from their current Gardner Perry Lane location to a larger, and soon-to-be fully renovated, Visual Arts Center at 24 Amelia Drive. The new location is almost three times the size of Gardner Perry Lane, making it possible for AAN to achieve its much-needed expansion of classroom and new programming space. The Visual Arts Center on Amelia Drive will provide for an expanded education program, including five classroom studios — two for children and three for adults — two ceramics studios, a gallery/lobby space

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for many different exhibitions, an artist-inresidence apartment that will provide visiting artists with a well-equipped common studio space that is both accessible and affordable, rentable artist studios, an art library, a sculpture garden with an outdoor space for classes, a meeting room, a computer lab, storage for the historical permanent collection, offices for all AAN employees, a drive-through driveway for convenient drop off/pick up, and ample parking.

The island is evolving into an ever-more sophisticated population of year-round residents and visitors. Each year, more artists

M.J. Levy Dickson

Call for a private appointment

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www.mjlevydickson.com mjlevydickson@gmail.com On exhibit:

Paintings • Drawing • instaLLatiOns

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Graficas Gallery Nantucket Looms Susan Lister Locke

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MEGAN HINTON www.meganhinton.com Breaking the Surface Opening Friday,

August 15, 6 - 8 pm Old Spouter Gallery 118 Orange St. 508-325-9988

Rise oil on linen, 40 x 40”

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are attracted to the island’s beauty, and the general community seemingly cannot get enough of Nantucket art.

As more artists settle on the island, the demand for art instruction and art-related community events has risen dramatically. For the past five years, AAN’s educational program has thrived.

More than 1,000 people have registered for AAN classes, workshops, and free programs just during the past three years.

The current building on Gardner Perry Lane, which was last renovated in 2002, is bursting at the seams with the vast range of media being offered for all ages on a year-round basis. These media include painting, sketching, ceramics, printmaking, encaustic painting, marbling, jewelry making, and more. In the new building, AAN will add even more of a variety of media along with more classes. The students range in age from eighteen months to the elder population who are well into their eighties.

Class prices are kept affordable to better serve the local population, and are offered in seasonal semesters, making AAN the only year-round, full service art school on Nantucket.

To complement the paid classes and workshops, AAN offers a great number of free programs and collaborations with other island nonprofits, the number of which has greatly increased over the past decade. AAN collaborates with the Nantucket S.T.A.R. Program by providing classroom space for children with special needs; works with the Saltmarsh Senior Center to teach free art-immersion classes for senior

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citizens; arranges gallery programs for patients with Alzheimer’s disease; hosts music and art nights through a collaboration with the Atheneum; and will start painting classes in a local restaurant this spring. Additionally, collaborations with local schools have greatly enriched the art education for island children, and AAN is pleased to see its junior artists membership program grow as a result. The association also provides mentoring programs to Nantucket High School students and hosts an annual exhibition for all elementary, middle, and high school children. AAN’s full spectrum of programming and special events includes gallery openings, several auctions, two annual sidewalk art shows, various artist demonstrations, lectures, films, and more.

It was obvious that with all that AAN offers, coupled with its great need to expand, it could no longer fulfill its mission to provide quality art education in its present building. When 24 Amelia Drive became available last fall, AAN’s board jumped at the chance to buy it.

This was after months of strategic planning and information-gathering that proved AAN needed more space for just about all that it was doing, and planned to do in the future.

The new building offers 9,000 square feet of space as opposed to the Gardner Perry Lane location’s approximately 4,000 square feet.

AAN will renovate the Amelia Drive structure, and architectural plans are already in place for the new design. As the word got out that the association was moving to a new building, the

michael rich www.michael-rich.com

A Season’s Journey, Not Far from Home August 8 - 21, 2014 Old Spouter Gallery

“Vines on a Transparent Day” [detail], 2013, mixed media on paper, 42 x 30 in.

118 Orange Street, Nantucket, MA 02554 508.325.9988 www.oldspoutergallery.com

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response from the Nantucket community was overwhelming and deeply encouraging.

To bring the Visual Arts Center to light, AAN has hired architect Chris Dallmus of Design Associates, Boston and Nantucket, MA; and Nantucket builder Todd Burns of Todd Burns Building and Restoration, Inc. Work has already begun with completion expected by the fall. AAN’s offices and classes will remain at Gardner Perry Lane until then. The new Visual Arts Center will allow for a revitalization of the adult program while fulfilling the immense demand for children’s classes. The adult workshop series, which provides weekly workshops to adults starting in late spring, will use a classroom at the Nantucket New School this summer in order to expand adult programming prior to the move. An Adult Arts Program Director will be hired as well. (At press time, the new director had not yet been announced.) AAN’s Cecilia Joyce and Seward Johnson Gallery will continue at its downtown locale at 19 Washington Street.

Lynn Nicholas, AAN board president, told The Inquirer and Mirror that AAN “wants to continue to bring artists in, to expand our curriculum. There are a lot of people that come into our gallery but they don’t even know we teach. Or, they take classes but don’t know about our gallery. We want to provide better linkage.” The new gallery/lobby at 24 Amelia Drive offers a great place to forge a stronger link between AAN’s gallery and it’s programming by providing students and faculty with a myriad of exhibition possibilities.

AAN’s mission is to continue the tradition of fostering the visual arts on Nantucket with

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educational offerings for both seasonal visitors and year-round Nantucket residents, as well as by stewarding artists to the island to contribute to and enhance the local art scene.

AAN is on the threshold of moving boldly into its 70th year in 2015. The Visual Arts Center will ensure this progress and the future of the Nantucket art world for generations to come.

“It is an exciting new chapter in AAN history.

We look forward to meeting the diverse needs of the Nantucket art community and expanding our offerings and reach,” says Cecil Barron Jensen, AAN Executive Director. “We are also thrilled to be moving to Amelia Drive and plan to be a vibrant addition to the neighborhood.”

EDITOR’S NOTE: 45 GROUP While both sexes were represented in the so-called “45 Group” (men like Frank Swift Chase, Peter Kerr, and Austin Strong to name just a few), the “core of strong women” Robert Frazier referred to in his article included the following artists: Elizabeth Saltonstall, Louise Emerson, Ruth Haviland Sutton, Charlotte Kimball, Margaret Carpenko, Isabelle Hollister Tuttle, Gladys Milligan, Eleanor Graham, and Emily Hoffmeier.

The works of some of these men and women can be found in the permanent collections of the Artists Association of Nantucket and of the Nantucket Historical Association.

Other important women outside of the 45 Group who had an early influence on the Nantucket art world were: Anne Ramsdell, Maud Stumm, Florence Lang, Millicent Clapp, and Sue Cory Guenthner.

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atelier d’artiste

JUDITH A. BRUST

by Arlene O’Reilly

J

udy, how does Nantucket influence you unlike anywhere else in the world with regard to your work?

Nantucket has always influenced my work in a very special way as there is nowhere I have been that gives me such a quiet mind. I am able to create freely and openly whatever comes to my mind.

Are you working on a new body of work?

Give us a little insight into how your passion manifests in your own creativity.

I am working on a new body of work in my mind but not actively working right now. My studios are in the process of being built, and the presses are not available right now. I will spend the next few months setting up my working areas and begin to create. I am in a transition right now but am excited to see what comes to mind when I begin. I plan to revisit some of the work I did some years ago pertaining to family.

Are you aware of any new trends in the art world that you are experimenting with in your own work?

I like what is being done with encaustic. (See Editor’s Note.) I have been experimenting with it this last year but have not resolved my personal direction.

Tell me who you are and why type of artist you are known as. Then tell me what type of artist you want to evolve to be.

I am a contemporary artist but also a wife, mother, and grandmother. I have been fortunate to enjoy both ways of life. At this point of my life I am hoping to spend more time in my studio enjoying the freedom of creating and possibly working with other artists in my studio. I have no definite plan at this time, but I find that opportunities happen if one is open to them.

Watch this artist’s studio interview online at artsnantucket.com.

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Photo: Lisa Frey

What advice would you give to a young art student?

I would advise a young student to be open to whatever comes your way. Learn as much as you can about artists and movements that have come before you and find where you fit. You can never have too much knowledge. Experiment with many materials, and play. Don’t take everything too seriously.

What advice would you give to an emerging artist?

It never hurts to enter juried shows to get your work seen by the jurors, especially if they are prominent in the art world. If you succeed in being accepted, your work will become identifiable. Network with other artists and be familiar with what is currently happening in the arts. Find a good, reliable gallery.

Most important: trust your instincts. I think that was the best advice I had given me by my mentor, Ed Mayor, when I was in graduate school. I will add that if you can experience a good graduate program, go for it. It was the most valuable time I spent in my lifetime.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Encaustic painting goes back over two thousand years. It is a method of mixing hot beeswax with pigments and applying it to some surface. Historically, prepared wood was used, but canvas and other materials as well are being used today.

NANTUCKET The Gallery at Four India Opening Reception May 30, 6-8 p.m.

“Abstracted” May 30 - June 15, 2014 Chanticleer Restaurant 9 New Street, Sconset Memorial Day - Columbus Day 2014 Nantucket Cottage Hospital “Art & Healing” project: Judith Brust - Logo Design 2014 client/contact: Linda Spery date: April 5, 2014

BOSTON L’Attitude Gallery 211 Newbury Street Fertility Centers of New England 575 Boylston Street, 4th Floor “Art for A.R.T.” May 5 - October 5, 2014 Mandarin Oriental Hotel 776 Boylston Street Permanent Collection By appointment at the artist’s Nantucket studio www.judithbrust.com judybrust@gmail.com 508-228-9929

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JOAN ALBAUGH

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oan, how does Nantucket influence you unlike anywhere else in the world with regard to your work?

I moved to Nantucket 20 years ago and began painting island compositions. Entranced by the light, the sense of isolation; intrigued by the precariousness of life and houses so close to the edge, I began a series of paintings of isolated houses. And while this light is not unique to Nantucket, it is quite special, especially during the long winter months, when the days are short and the sun is low and the shadows sharp and long.

Are you working on a new body of work? Give us a little insight into how your passion manifests in your own creativity.

Over the winter I always start a series of new paintings. This winter I wanted to get back into drawing and see where that might lead me. I had hoped to get a body of drawings together, but they quickly led me back to painting, infusing in me a new desire and awareness of how I approach the canvas.

Are you aware of any new trends in the art world that you are experimenting with in your own work?

As for new trends, I can barely navigate my phone, much less the forever-changing art world! I try to keep up, although I seem to plod along on my own path.

Tell me who you are and why type of artist you are known as. Then tell me what type of artist you want to evolve to be.

I am best known for painting isolated houses, often windowless, illuminated by a strong light. It is an image I am always happy to return to, though I do hope to evolve, to expand, and to explore new themes and images, despite market constraints.

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What advice would you give to a young art student & an emerging artist?

My advice to the student and to the emerging artist is: to always stay true to yourself; to be open to the unexpected—the experience along the way. Often it is in the day-to-day painting, the hard work, the struggle, the failures, there instead of at the destination, that the joy and magic lie. That elusive eureka moment, perhaps never found, was often there, in the journey, one stroke at a time.

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DEBBIE SOSEBEE

by Arlene O’Reilly

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eb, how does Nantucket influence you unlike anywhere else in the world with regard to your work?

I find I’m fascinated with the historic aspect of Nantucket. I love architecture and paint many of the buildings here, both interiors and exteriors. Being so far from the mainland gives Nantucket a unique flavor that conveys living in a different space and time—more restful and slower-moving. Living here gives me an appreciation of the simpler things in life. I hope that is what people feel when they look at my work.

Are you working on a new body of work? Give us a little insight into how your passion manifests in your own creativity.

I have been working on new pieces over the winter. I’m still doing interiors of restaurants but also some more contemporary seascapes. I have many ideas for paintings but too little time! I love browsing through my art books and current art magazines as well as exploring galleries online to see what other people are working on—it does inspire me!

Are you aware of any new trends in the art world that you are experimenting with in your own work?

I’m not particularly interested in trends. My father instilled a love of classical painting in me, and I also attended a school that specialized in realism. I have a great appreciation of skill and technique and am constantly trying to increase my capabilities while still creating something fresh and personal. The only “trend” I’ve opted into is doing more modern sizes and skipping the formal frames. Sometime in the future I would like to explore more design themes in my work, more graphic in nature.

Tell me who you are and what type of artist you are known as. Then tell me what type of artist you want to evolve to be.

I enjoy doing paintings of the island that speak of people’s lives. I’ve done homes, restaurants, streets, and beaches—mostly summer scenes and experiences that

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locals and visitors alike share in. I tend to get wrapped up in details and would like to concentrate on larger pieces that have visual impact yet convey the message I’m striving to get across. It may sound trite, but I do believe in finding the beauty in everyday life and bringing it to the canvas in a way that will capture a moment for someone, transport them to that time and place.

What advice would you give to a young art student?

The advice I’d give to a young student is to get the best fundamental skills you can. Learn drawing, perspective, color theory and technique so that you have the ability to convey what you envision. Once you have a command of these skills you can explore style and your own voice.

It’s much like learning a musical instrument or foreign language—you’re building a vocabulary, and the more you practice the more freedom of expression you will have. If you don’t have these tools you will have limits to what you can accomplish.

What advice would you give to an emerging artist?

I think that an emerging artist has to be diligent about his or her work and be willing to spend the time necessary to see his or her vision come to pass. Don’t be discouraged or give up too quickly. If this is your passion, it will take determination to see it through. Continue to study, learn, and find people who can lift you in your calling.

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BUZZ WILLIAMS

by Arlene O’Reilly

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uzz, how does Nantucket influence you unlike anywhere else in the world with regard to your work?

Practicing art on Nantucket evokes different spirits than those that are available in other locales. I think they are smaller and need to be seen at close range.

Are you working on a new body of work? Give us a little insight into how your passion manifests in your own creativity.

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About 20 years ago I poured some gesso on a piece of plywood and used a putty knife to make images. One thing led to another, and today I am still pushing color compounds around on plywood. For me, creativity is a stream of compulsions that arrive at several destinations.

Sometimes it has surfaced in words, sometimes in music, and sometime in colors. Creative Energy is fiery by nature and will warm us to life. My work thrives in warmth and light.

playing music as my primary creative expression. I wrote Emily’s Tale in the early ‘90s—about the same time I began playing with colors. The method I have developed in making pictures has been a 25-year process: I never know what is coming next. Art is a byproduct of explorations beyond our control and our attempts at understanding our role in them. My pictures help me remember where I have been, and that is good enough.

Are you aware of any new trends in the art world that you are experimenting with in your own work?

What advice would you give to a young art student? to an emerging artist?

I look at lots of books and magazines concerning art, but never having studied art, it is presented in a way that seems to me to be just out of reach. That is not the case with prehistoric art: cave art is the most fascinating style for me.

My advice for others is to become “Human”. I would hope that all of us, artists or not, stay curious in all we encounter. This is my hope for all of us who wish to be human.

Tell me who you are and what type of artist you are known as. Then tell me what type of artist you want to evolve to be.

Watch this artist’s studio interview online artsnantucket.com.

I guess I’m not a typical Nantucket artist (assuming such a person exists). I’ve been here 36 years, and I arrived

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WILLIAMS

A truly diverse contemporary artist, Buzz Williams is an accomplished painter, musician and author. Seamlessly blending these worlds of color, sound and words together, Buzz invites us into his uniquely creative world where the subtle sound of his guitar inform the swirling colors of his abstract paintings.

See Buzz’s full portfolio, sound tracks and books online.

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JOHN EVANS

by Arlene O’Reilly

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ohn, how does Nantucket influence you with regard to your work unlike anywhere else in the world?

What more can be said about Nantucket? It’s an amazing place to live and work. Although I draw inspiration from Nantucket’s natural beauty and the isolation from the rest of the noise that I like to call real life, it’s really the satisfaction I get from just being here, the community, the weather—good and bad—that generates a positive and forward movement in my work.

Are you working on a new body of work? Give us a little insight into your passion with your own creativity.

I am currently working on multiple fronts as far as new work is concerned. I have always liked to have several things going at a time so I can bounce from one to another as I either get bored or confused with the direction of one idea or another. My passion is simply the search for form: form that satisfies the aesthetic requirements that I place on it. And also the continuation on a path that has been traveled by many artists, but with the drawing of a different conclusion, hopefully.

Are you aware of any new trends in the art world that you are experimenting with in your own work?

I’m not too interested in new trends. At this point I am really on my own course. I think that many artists today have gotten very enamored of new materials, new media, and modern entertainment, and have really lost the desire for simple, beautiful things to contemplate. To me, great art requires that the onlooker also participate, somehow.

It’s not television.

Tell me who you are and what type of artist you are known as, now tell me what type of artist you want to evolve to be.

I guess I have really evolved into a traditionalist. I did inflatable and kinetic sculpture, spin paintings, (See Watch this artist’s studio interview online artsnantucket.com.

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Editor’s Note.) etc. etc. back in the day, but the thing that really moves me is that search for form that emerges from a log or boulder. Subtractive method, Old School.

As far as how I am perceived, my hope would be that whatever audience I might have will understand my earnest (and perhaps naïve) efforts are not without real dedication and intent.

I see my body of work as a slow and deliberate evolution that continues and will continue until I feel that I have either exhausted all the possibilities within my perception, or that I am simply exhausted.

What advice would you give to a young student of arts?

Love it . It’s for life.

What advice would you give to an emerging artist?

You will probably realize that you have emerged a long time before anyone else does.

Editor’s Note: Inflatable sculpture involves forms that swell up or are distended by the use of either air or gas.

Kinetic sculpture involves forms that have mechanical parts that can be made to move.

Spin painting is a modern technique that involves some kind of spinning platform, paint, some receiving material, like canvas or glass, and a steady hand.

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DIANE DICKER

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iane, how does Nantucket influence you with regard to your work unlike anywhere else in the world?

I first started plein-air painting here on Nantucket. For me, the island provides the best of both worlds: local access to pristine nature and a vibrant arts community with an appreciative and sophisticated audience. During the past 20 years there’s no doubt I have good friends here who have influenced my work, whether as fellow artists or as clients providing creative opportunities.

Are you working on a new body of work? Give us a little insight into your passion with your own creativity.

Yes, I’m working on a new body of work for my summer exhibition on Nantucket. I’m indulging my love of portraiture and plein-air landscape painting (from Brittany to Nantucket) and then merging the two.

Are you aware of any new trends in the art world that you are experimenting with in your own work?

I’m normally out of sync with new trends, but I’ve been drawn to Pre-Raphaelite art for many years and have been working on a series of paintings inspired by that 19th century movement. I happily noticed in the UK this year that there is a resurgence of appreciation for this figurative genre!

Tell me who you are and what type of artist you are known as, now tell me what type of artist you want to evolve to be...

Some people know me for my portraiture; others for my landscapes. I was classically trained in 16th/17th century painting techniques, which is apparent in some of my

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portraits, but not in the landscapes. I have always loved the contemplative discipline of studio technique, but also revel in the unpredictable freedom and fun of painting plein air. They both suit aspects of my personality, and I enjoy the dichotomy. If I try to analyse, I suppose what is happening now is a merging, especially now that I’m working on large figurative pieces set in nature.

What advice would you give to a young student of arts?

Try to visit as many major art museums/exhibitions as you can. They give first-hand access to world class artists/ art movements throughout history, and, although art books are an invaluable tool, there is nothing like seeing paintings in the flesh. Sometimes just one painting can strike a chord and open a whole avenue of exploration, but mostly I believe an unconscious osmosis occurs and raises levels of sensitivity.

What advice would you give to an emerging artist?

It’s inspiring to share and connect with contemporaries, but I think it’s also important to balance periods of exposure to others’ artwork with some seclusion— so that you can focus on your own work and evolve in your own way.

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NELL VAN VORST

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ell, how does Nantucket influence you unlike anywhere else in the world with regard to your work?

I was born on Nantucket and have lived most of my life here, so it’s hard to objectively separate my experience of making from my experience of the island. Most of the skills I use I learned elsewhere, and my materials aren’t from here, but my imagery is definitely locally sourced.

Photo: Candice Tétrault Kelly

Are you working on a new body of work?

Give us a little insight into how your passion manifests in your own creativity.

What advice would you give to a young art student?

I’m trying to carve out time for more experimentation.

I have a few things happening, but they aren’t ready to share yet.

Give yourself time. Practice. Learn how to draw.

Learn how to see. Remain teachable.

Are you aware of any new trends in the art world that you are experimenting with in your own work?

What advice would you give to an emerging artist?

There is nothing very trendy going on in my studio, but I’m very interested in artists who are making meaningful work out of trash. Vik Muniz’s work is mind-blowing.

I highly recommend Waste Land, which is a movie about his process.

Keep working.

Tell me who you are and what type of artist you are known as. Then tell me what type of artist you want to evolve to be.

The work I am known for is largely craft and relies heavily on repetition of a specific skill set. I feel very fortunate to be able to do what I do for a living, but it is definitely work, and much less creative than people might think.

It’s anybody’s guess what will happen when I let go of the safety of working in the realm of functional ceramics and start to make art.

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BY KATE SPLAINE

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The first Nantucket Shorts (film) Festival premiered to a crowded house at The Dreamland Theatre during the Nantucket Arts Council’s 2013 Arts Festival that took place early last October. Here’s the story on who was behind it. And if you like telling stories, consider this medium and jump in!

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ere are some story ideas: an outsider artist who dispenses roadside advice for 5¢, an off-the-grid underground man staying one step ahead of the authorities, the fluid nature of time and space, two friends’ separate trips to meet at the beach, the aftermath of a failed suicide attempt, surfing as a means of impressing a girl, the thrill of swimming with sharks, the desolate beauty of a particularly brutal Nantucket winter, and the tribal powers of dance music.

Now, pick up a camera and tell one of these stories in under eight minutes. That’s what contributors to the first Nantucket Shorts Festival achieved.

The first Nantucket Shorts Festival premiered to a crowded house at The Dreamland Theatre during the Nantucket Arts Council’s 2013 Arts Festival that took place early last October.

The films screened ranged from narrative, to documentary, to experimental. The filmmakers ranged from seasoned pros to both high school and college students. The event was local, original, and so well- received, that plans for the 2014 Shorts Festival are underway.

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Left to right: John Shea, Scott Capizzo, Kit Noble, Jeff Tocci, Dan Driscoll, Kristen Kellogg, Eric Savetsky

The festival is the brainchild of Nantucket Film’s Kit Noble, who orchestrated the 2011 collaborative project “Nantucket 24: One Day On Island Time”. He shaped hours of footage shot in one day by seventy filmmakers into a thirty-five minute visual celebration of the island’s unique community. The experience inspired him to further cultivate local films.

“I saw a growing interest in filmmaking on Nantucket,” says Noble. “I realized the tools for filmmaking had become affordable, accessible and relatively easy to learn and use. I wanted to create an event that would not only encourage filmmakers (and first-time filmmakers) to

create films but give them a venue (and an audience) for which to show them.” Noble organized a committee of fellow filmmakers whose combined talents proved powerfully effective.

Dan Driscoll (September Productions), Lisa Frey (Nantucket Event Media), Lance Kelly (Image Design Studio) and Jeff Tocci (Nantucket Community Television/TV18) held their first planning meeting with Kit Noble in March of 2013. They had roughly six months to create the festival from scratch.

“I knew this cast of characters would get behind the idea, help flush it out, and see it

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The White Heron Theatre Company 2014 Summer Repertory Season We are proud to return for our second season of professional repertory theatre. In the tent, behind the Whaling Museum. Season runs July 3rd through September 14th. Box office: 508.825.5268

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Over There.

Is That A Tent?

Small World — Walt Disney plus Igor Stravinsky equals Fantasia. Funny and intriguing, starring Scott Bryce.

Miracle on South Division Street The hilarious consequences of believing everything you’re told as a kid.

Family Furniture — A warm and sometimes touching picture of family life and the choices we make for love.

The Vandal — The story of a woman who finds redemption and a sense of humor

through a boy who befriends her at a bus stop.

Comedy Festival Mondays — A collaboration with the Nantucket Comedy Festival. Four one-person shows that span comedy and theatre.

Long Wharf Theatre — Long Wharf Artistic Director Gordon Edelstein workshops a new play with White Heron as it makes it’s way to Long Wharf and beyond.

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through to the end,” says Noble. “We spoke with the Arts Council about partnering, and they jumped at the idea. It was the missing piece from their annual Arts Festival week.

We then met with The Dreamland —a natural fit for the festival— and again were met with open arms. Once we landed John Shea [actor, filmmaker and Artistic Director of Theatre Workshop of Nantucket ] as our host, the event was solidified. Our biggest challenge became getting people to make films. No films, no festival. Making a film can be a daunting

task. It took a lot of encouragement, and lots of badgering from me.”

“Badgering” is one way to put it: “total support” is another. In their call for submissions, the festival committee included a promise: we are here to help. Committee members made themselves available to guide entrants through the process, and NCTV’s cameras and editing equipment were offered as well. Additional submission guidelines required films to be self-funded, shot on Nantucket, non-

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commercial (meaning no advertisements for local businesses), and short. Running time was proscribed as no less than two, no more than eight, minutes in length Ten films (including two from student filmmakers) were submitted and made their premieres at the event. The screening was “a huge hit,” says Tocci. “People were in great moods. It was not your standard night out.”

The variety of submissions included “all different kinds of films,” he continues. “That was what was really great.”

“I see Nantucket as a wide open door for creativity,” says Noble. “It’s a place where with a good idea, a well thought-out plan, and strong follow-through, you can do (or try) most anything. It’s what I love about Nantucket, and why I live here.”

The filmmakers represented in the lineup range from Nantucket High School student Kally Lastle, to Dan Driscoll, a professional filmmaker for thirty years, who has been described by Tocci as “the most experienced person on island.”

Lastle’s film “You and Me” is a larky twist on a music video. Set to the Alex Day song of the same name, the film follows its two characters (established by way of their red boots and faded sneakers) whose faces are never seen, as they wend their individual paths to a happy meetup at the beach.

Lauren Richardson and Alli Caudle’s film “Go With The Flow”, another narrative film, also

features a day at the beach. This one is comically fraught with sexual tension and surfing anxiety.

Reid Gilbard, an actor and NYU Tisch School of the Arts student, takes just over two minutes to paint a heartbreaking picture in “Reincarnated”. Particularly striking is his use of a vivid, unmistakably Nantucket sunset as the backdrop of the film’s most shocking moment.

Driscoll’s “Common Ground” reveals the magic of local DJs Audio Architects. Through interviews and dance floor footage, Driscoll reveals a thriving local subculture of ecstatic, sweaty communion. Participants span a wide age range, finding common bonds in shared revelry. Driscoll is particularly adept in revealing how the DJs and the dancers rely on each other to create new experiences each time they meet.

Island photographer and filmmaker Cary Hazlegrove’s submission “Nantucket Winter 2013” captures a very long winter in under five minutes. (“It seemed like we had a Nor’easter every weekend,” narrator and nature writer Peter Brace observes.) Hazlegrove combines still and moving images with composer (and husband) Andy Bullington’s score to depict a season that was equal parts beautiful and destructive.

Kristen Kellogg’s “Submerged” reveals the thrill of interacting with wild animals in their natural environment. The film features beautiful underwater footage of divers swimming with

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sharks and offers a glimpse into the silently teeming waters surrounding the island.

Noble’s contribution to the lineup, “Unwanted/ Unloved” is a portrait of artist Matthew Oates.

If you’ve driven along Hummock Pond Road in recent years, you definitely will have noticed Oates’ colorful roadside sculpture gallery. “Matty Oats had always been an enigma to me,” says Noble.

“Unwanted/Unloved” allows Oates to tell his own, surprisingly moving, story.

The experimental film “The Lucid Interval”, from committee member Jeff Tocci and ‘Sconset resident Greg Shepard, plays visual tricks and ignores linear time. Jumping between Nantucket and New York, the film both charms and challenges.

The festival audience awarded the “Shorty” award (a beautiful Matthew Oates sculpture) to Scott Capizzo’s “Underground Man”—a story of independence and the creation of “hidden art”. Tom, aka the Underground Man, is a local legend. Capizzo captures images of masterful craftsmanship and survival. The film is narrated by the elusive Underground Man himself.

Scott Capizzo - Winner of the 2013 “Shorty” Award

Plans for the 2014 Shorts Festival are underway, and Noble invites all comers. “I would encourage anyone interested in film or filmmaking to take the leap and create a film. A film can be as short as two minutes. There is endless subject matter on Nantucket. Form a team so it’s not overwhelming.

NCTV has gear to loan as well as free editing assistance,” he says. He further adds, “any questions can be directed to the Shorts Committee, info@ nantucketshorts.com. We’re here to help.”

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VIEW THE NANTUCKET FILM SHORTS ONLINE:

The entire 2013 Nantucket Shorts Festival, including audience arrivals, John Shea’s welcome, the films, a Q&A session, and the awarding of the Shorty, is viewable online at:

artsnantucket.com.

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BY SIOBHAIN KLAWETTER

Werther - Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, photo by Brigitte Lacombe

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he idea that Nantucket could be host to some of the world’s finest live opera and theater performances is finally becoming a reality for many local arts lovers this year. Through live, high-definition (HD) satellite broadcasts, the historic Nantucket Dreamland Theater is now the home of New York City’s Metropolitan Opera and London’s famed National Theatre.

The recently renovated Dreamland was built for the digital age, with its modern theater and projection equipment perfectly suited for the HD video transmissions. For the 2013-2014 season, the Nantucket Dreamland Foundation secured special contracts that allow “encore” performances of past broadcasts to be screened while awaiting the ability to transmit the live HD signal via satellite dishes, planned for a mid-spring 2014 installation.

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...those with a high exposure to the arts showed “…high levels of volunteering, voting, and engagement with local or school politics” when compared to those students with little or no exposure to the arts.

Rusalka - Renée Fleming in the title role (3), photo by Ken Howard

In the world of performing arts, the Met is considered the leader in HD broadcast technology, having used it to transport the delights of its stage to cinemas around the world since 2006. Its series, The Met: Live-inHD, hit its 15-millionth viewer milestone this spring, and is now simulcast on screens in 66 countries. The National Theatre has broadcast live since 2009, and their NT Live performances have been seen by over 1.75 million people in approximately 500 venues around the world— half of which are in the UK.

positioned throughout the theater to give the off-site audience the feeling of having “the best seat in the house.” Filming the entire production is tightly choreographed and rehearsed, and special close-up and overhead shots are captured for the broadcast audience’s enjoyment. These performances sell out months in advance, with the live audience fully aware that they will be seen around the world. As one child in the Nantucket audience for War Horse asked, “Mom, do they know we can see them crying?” (The answer is, yes!)

The performances are always filmed in front of a live audience, with at least ten HD cameras

The venues streaming the HD broadcasts also sell out far in advance, especially those in close

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Queen Elizabeth II (Helen Mirren). Photo by Johan Persson

DAME JUDI DENCH as Desirée Armfeldt in A Little Night Music by Stephen Sondheim.

Photo by Catherine Ashmore Macbeth (Kenneth Branagh). Photo by Johan Persson

proximity to the live theaters, where the shows are so highly regarded and capacity is limited.

In their HD broadcasts, both the Met and the National Theatre include behind-thescenes shots and specially-produced features such as interviews of the cast, directors, and other members of the stage team. The Met’s intermission features have been hosted by opera stars such as Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming, Thomas Hampson, and Patricia Racette. The NT Live series broadcasts a pre-show program for each production that is narrated live by a notable host. Then, just prior to the start of the play, the excitement builds as a camera travels backstage, capturing the actors rushing to their marks and preparing for the show that is about to begin. These are fascinating portraits and glimpses, generally not available in a regular theater-going experience.

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Those behind this programming initiative believe that the appeal will be strong, once people are familiar with how easily accessible world-class theater and opera are on Nantucket.

For many on the island, the cost of traveling to a performance of this caliber is too high, so even if they want to go, they are unable to do so. For others, they simply never have been to a performance of this type, and don’t know what they are missing!

According to Melissa Murphy, executive director of the not-for-profit Nantucket Dreamland Foundation, live-streamed performances have been on the list as “potential programming” since the inception of the organization, although the initial focus when the doors opened in June 2012 was making sure that the core concept of featuring films and live

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performances was being addressed successfully.

Melissa asserts,“Central to our mission is to be a ‘venue for activities that engage Nantucket in the evolving world of digital entertainment.’

The live broadcast programming is an obvious match for us, mission-wise, and also aligns with the growing cultural interest of our year-round population.”

Although the state-of-the-art projection and sound equipment at The Dreamland is readymade for HD streaming technology, there have been some hurdles for the theater to overcome in order to participate in the live-streamed performances. Most notable is the cost and difficulty of installing the satellite dishes on the roof of the three-storey waterfront building. Specially fabricated steel supports are required for the dishes to be bolted to, both within the attic and on top of the roof. The original estimate of $40,000 was covered by an anonymous donor and by the Nantucket Arts Council, a founding partner in the broadcast programming initiative.

The installation was delayed from the original target date of spring 2013 after a technical issue was found in the blueprints. The entire plan had to be re-drawn and then re-submitted to the Historic District Commission (HDC).

At that point, the window of opportunity for The Dreamland to have live-streaming satellite feeds in the summer of 2013 was lost, because the cranes required for the installation are not allowed in the downtown area during the summer per Nantucket town regulations. The process then became a wait-and-see game with the weather and the steel fabrication companies.

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During this period, the price of steel rose dramatically and, along with some additional unforeseen costs, increased the original project estimate. Funding is still being sought by the non-profit to cover the difference, and the project is still moving ahead.

The goal of utilizing high-definition livestreaming is to reach not only existing, but also new audiences. According to information provided by the Met, the productions included in their Live-in-HD season represent “a variety of styles and the full range of Met repertoire and artists. They all feature great storytelling, great singing, and extraordinary production values. Many people tell us that it is a perfect, low-risk way to introduce a reluctant opera goer to the art form.” The transmission from the Met includes subtitles in English so that everyone can follow along with the story.

The National Theatre’s live productions include contemporary plays by the likes of Alan Ayckbourn and Nick Dear as well as more classical works (often with a modern set design)

by Shakespeare and Euripides. The constant that one quickly notices after attending a few of the performances is the knock-your-socksoff quality of the acting and productions. You want to come back for more.

Reggie Levine, a long-time supporter of the arts on Nantucket and president emeritus of the Nantucket Arts Council, has been working for years to bring world-class performances to the island. The broadcast programming initiative at The Dreamland is a project very dear to him, although he recognizes that it may take

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some time before the Nantucket community participates at the level of off-island theater attendees.

“Every [performance] that I went to, everybody who left that theater, every one of them, was absolutely transfixed. It was just wonderful to watch these people exiting. They were so ecstatically vocal about the experience,” he enthused. Reggie agrees with the Met’s belief that the theater screenings will help develop new audiences. “I think it’s a great tool for breaking down that resistance… but developing that attitude on Nantucket is definitely going to take time. But it’s doable. It can be done,” he says with conviction.

The Nantucket Dreamland Foundation recognizes a deep connection between the availability of world-class performances via live-stream, and a more vibrant arts community on the island.

In 2012, the National Endowment for the Arts issued a report that showed tremendous academic benefit to children exposed to the arts—including music and theater performances—either in or out of school. In addition, those with a high exposure to the arts showed “…high levels of volunteering, voting, and engagement with local or school politics” when compared to those students with little or no exposure to the arts.

Liz Shannon, Fire Prevention Officer for the Town of Nantucket, can often be spotted with her family at performances on the island.

When asked if the availability of broadcast performances on Nantucket was important to her, she had this to say: “Satellite programming

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has brought the experiences of the Met and National Theatre to my family without issues of affordability and travel logistics…for several hours, it’s amazing to place oneself within the magical experience of classic theater productions.”

During intermission at the screening of the Met’s Rusalka, a Nantucket singer who was in attendance with a group of friends was overheard sharing her belief that if more people attended events like this, then the live performances of both local and visiting artists would start to see higher turnouts. This does not seem to be an unlikely scenario, and is, further, one that many in the Nantucket arts scene are counting on.

There is no true substitute for sitting in the audience of a world-renowned theater with your actors there in the flesh, but there is certainly satisfaction to be had while watching Tom Hiddleston bring Coriolanus to life (and death) on stage from a seat at The Dreamland.

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Historic Crafts with Graphic Design Flair

BY KATE SPLAINE

A closer look at creative learning at the Nantucket Historical Association’s

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his sentence begins with an uppercase or capital letter. It was typed on a laptop and digitally printed, but the origin of the term “uppercase” dates back to letterpress printing— the technique that produced the Gutenberg Bible in the 1450s, and then remained the norm for printing for the next four hundred years.

Movable type requires each letter to be manually arranged, inked, and relief-printed. The word uppercase comes from the position of the drawers that typically held capital letters. In typecases, the upper drawers housed capitals: the lower cases held the smaller letters.

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Imagine the number of letterpress pieces required for a printer to have multiple fonts, or the countless copper blocks etched with logos and images required by a publisher to print advertisements and photographs. For Mary Lacoursiere, Curriculum Coordinator for the Nantucket Historical Association’s 1800 House, it’s not just a matter of imagination. She has spent this past winter painstakingly cleaning, sorting, and identifying a roomful of letterpress components. The typecases overflow, and letterpress pieces cover every available surface of a first floor room at the Mill Street property.

The NHA recently received a generous donation (courtesy of Jack Gardner) of Poets’ Corner’s old letterpress materials. It is a treasure trove of island history: matchbook covers, business cards, book illustrations, and dozens upon dozens of fonts. Decades of Nantucket in print are represented. With the assistance of volunteers, the cleaning and sorting continues.

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Sailors’ Valentine

The 1800 House is a school. So these letterpress pieces won’t be simply catalogued and archived: they will be used. This obsolete technology lives on as an art form available for hands-on study via one of the dozens of classes offered here.

After months of work, Lacoursiere is only a fraction of the way through her task, and seems to have bottomless reserves of enthusiasm for the project. “The 1800 House program provides instruction and classes in techniques that are not readily available... and are offered in a very few places these days,” says Lacoursiere.

Fish printing involves inking a whole fish.

“What’s nice is that this is a working space,” says NHA Communications Coordinator Lindsay Scouras. “You wouldn’t be able to bring a fish into one of our {other} historic sites.” The building, originally acquired by the NHA in 1951, feels simultaneously historically intact (as the thick plaster walls and supernarrow stairwells attest) and alive with current creativity.

Students can try their hand at: (to name just a few) sailors’ valentines, needlework, stenciling floor cloths, decoy carving, collage, penwork, scrimshaw, basket making, creating quarterboards, band box making, decorative painting, half-hull sailboat modeling, paper marbling, gameboard making, and fish printing.

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“We’re making things that would have been done at that time, {the early 19th century}” says Lacoursiere. The results are modern takes on classic techniques, often created by people who do not necessarily consider themselves “artists”.

Students of all levels of experience are welcome.

She shares further, “I love having students, who have had no experience in a certain discipline, be amazed and proud at their finished project.

There is nothing more satisfying than creating something from your own hand. We provide a place to learn something new every day.”

“I think what surprises folks here is the quality of their finished products. Classes are based on historic techniques, and we have created

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projects from these disciplines that are current and relevant. Many of the historic crafts are about creating something useful and beautiful.”

An example is the “Paint Your House” class.

Students create a personalized folk-art painting of their homes from photographs. “A lot of people have never painted before,” Lacoursiere says. “People are amazed they can do it.”

She explains further that classes are geared toward finishing a project. All the necessary materials are provided and “everybody has success,” she continues. “It is non-competitive” and open to all ages. One mother/daughter team has returned for four years in a row.

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Fish Painting

Class instructors are among the most notable in their respective fields. About half of them are local. Jean Wagley, 1800 House Administrator, says there are “a lot of talented people here {on Nantucket}. We tap that pool.” She cites “being surrounded by enormous talent at every level every day” as her favorite part of her work.

As Lacoursiere notes, work at the 1800 House revolves around “form, function, and beauty.” In this age of immediacy when hundreds of pages can be printed in seconds, a craft like letterpress holds an enduring allure. “The 1800 House matters because, in our plugged-in culture, where everyday life is immediate, fast-paced, and often causing isolation from one another, it provides an opportunity to take time to create, and to learn historic decorative crafts,” she says.

The dual presence, the old and the new, is summed up in a beautifully-lettered sign hanging in a second floor workroom. It reads, Please refrain from the use of thy cellular telephone inside this edifice. Thank you kindly.

In 2013, the 1800 House offered fifty-two summer/fall classes and hosted 280 students. In

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2014 there are sixty-eight summer/fall classes being offered. A new carriage house is under construction on the grounds of the property, with plans to house printing and woodworking classes. Further expanding the available courses, the out-building will also be home to a kiln.

EXHBIT: (Photo opposite page, lower right) The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is pleased to present Nantucket Cottage Style: Drawing Inspiration from the Oates-Euler Collection, the major 2014 exhibition exploring the estate of collectors Andrew Oates and William Euler and their vision for a “life well lived” based on the beauty and simplicity of cottage-style living. Curated by Robert Frazier, Curator of Exhibitions at the Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN), this exhibition is a collaboration between the NHA and AAN, featuring works and artifacts donated to both organizations. The exhibition opens to the public in the McCausland Gallery (formerly the Peter Foulger Gallery) at the Whaling Museum, 13 Broad Street.

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ArtsNantucket CALENDAR

Exhibits & Receptions May- November

Nantucket Cottage Style: Collaboration Exhibit Artists Association of Nantucket Back Cover Nantucket Historical Association pg57 May 30

Artists Open Exhibition

Artists Association of Nantucket

Back Cover

Old Spouter Gallery pg15

Group Artist Reception

Sosebee Studio Gallery pg27

July 12

Art Auction & Gala

June 13

Outside the Box Exhibition

Artists Association of Nantucket Back Cover June 21 Back Cover

June 27

Mass Demonstrations Exhibition

Artists Association of Nantucket Back Cover

Artist Reception James Harrington Gallery at 4 India pg8-9 July 4

Artist Reception Deborah Van der Wolk Robert Foster Gallery pg41 July 5

Sidewalk Art Show #1

Artists Association of Nantucket Back Cover

Gallery Reception

Michael Gaillard Studio pg37 July 11

The Purity of Metaphor of Abstraction Lecture by Billy Sherry Art Cabinet Nantucket pg4-5

Artist Reception Robert Frazier

Michael Gaillard Studio pg37

Gallery at 4 India pg8-9 Judith A. Brust pg23

Artists Association of Nantucket

Robert Foster Gallery pg41

Gallery Reception

Artist Reception Judith A. Brust

Plein Air Nantucket

Artist Reception Whitney Kreb

Artists Association of Nantucket Back Cover July 18

Summer Small Works Exhibition

Artists Association of Nantucket Back Cover

Artist Reception Elle Foley East End Galley pg35

Artists Reception Tomas Deininger & Bruce Rosenbaum with Brett Kelley Gallery at 4 India pg8-9

Gallery Reception

Michael Gaillard Studio pg37

Artist Reception Peggy Silverstein Robert Foster Gallery pg41

Artist Reception Deb Sosebee

Sosebee Studio Gallery pg27 July 25

Artist Reception Julija Mostykanova Robert Foster Gallery pg41

Artist Reception Anne Sutherland & Valerie Coursen East End Galley pg35

Gallery Reception

Michael Gaillard Studio pg37

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July 25 continued

Artist Reception Susan Jositis

Sosebee Studio Gallery pg27 July 30-August 4

Antiques & Design Show of Nantucket

Nantucket Historical Association pg57 August 1

Artist Reception Kathleen Kelliher Sosebee Studio Gallery pg27 August 8

Sailors Take Warning Exhibition

Artists Association of Nantucket Back Cover

Artists Reception Group Show East End Galley pg35

Artist Reception Anita Bierings

Artist Reception Daniel Sutherland

Art & the Imaginative, a Fountain of Joy Lecture by Christine D. Neudert

Grand Opening Reception

East End Galley pg35

Art Cabinet Nantucket pg4-5

Artist Reception Joan Albaugh Old Spouter Gallery pg25

Artist Reception Diane Dicker Robert Foster Gallery pg41

Gallery Reception

Michael Gaillard Studio pg37

Robert Foster Gallery pg41

Michael Gaillard Studio pg37

Artist Reception Michael Rich Old Spouter Gallery pg19

Artist Reception Jeanne Rosier Smith Sosebee Studio Gallery pg27 August 12

AAN Annual Meeting

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August 15

Artist Reception Anne Rose

Art Discussion - ‘Modern Art’ Lecture Ben Georgia

Robert Foster Gallery pg41

Art Cabinet Nantucket pg4-5

September 12

Pamela Pindell & Peter Layne Arguimbau

Artists Association of Nantucket Back Cover

Gallery at 4 India pg8-9

Collaboration 2014 Exhibition September 19

Gallery Reception

Emerging Artists Exhibition

Michael Gaillard Studio pg37

Artists Association of Nantucket Back Cover October 3

Artist Reception Megan Hinton Old Spouter Gallery pg17

Red October Exhibition

Artist Reception Elizabeth Congdon

Artists Association of Nantucket Back Cover

Robert Foster Gallery pg41

October 10-12

Artist Reception Anne Neilson

Artists Association of Nantucket Back Cover

Wet Paint Weekend

Sosebee Studio Gallery pg27

October 12

August 22

Artist / Patron - a Juried Exhibition Artists Association of Nantucket

Back Cover

Gallery Reception

Michael Gaillard Studio pg37

Artist Reception TBA

Sosebee Studio Gallery pg27 August 23

Sidewalk Art Show #2

Artists Association of Nantucket Back Cover

Wet Paint Auction & Wet Paint Benefit Dinner & Silent Auction

Artists Association of Nantucket Back Cover October 24

People’s Choice Exhibition

Artists Association of Nantucket Back Cover November 25

Festival of Wreaths Preview Party

Nantucket Historical Association pg57 November 26, 28-30

Artist Reception Christine Sanford

Festival of Wreaths

August 29

November 28

Robert Foster Gallery pg41

Artist Reception John Devaney Robert Foster Gallery pg41

Gallery Reception

Nantucket Historical Association pg57

Holiday Small Works Exhibition

Artists Association of Nantucket Back Cover December 4

Michael Gaillard Studio pg37

Festival of Trees

Artist Reception Jessica Sosebee

December 5-28

Sosebee Studio Gallery pg27 September 5

Lauri Robertson, Terry Pommett, Michele Lemaitre, Ted Merrinman and Catie Soldan Gallery at 4 India pg8-9

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Nantucket Historical Association pg57

Festival of Trees

Nantucket Historical Association pg57

Performing Arts May 29-June 21

Hay Fever

Bennett Hall Theatre Workshop Nantucket ifc May 31

Laughing Over Spilt Milk: Comedy from the Suburbs

July 6

The Met Live-in-HD: La Rondine (Encore) 1:00 pm Dreamland Theater pg47

Concert - Jazz Band at Childrens Beach

6:00 pm Nantucket Community Music Center pg53

1:00 pm Dreamland Theater pg47

July 8

June 1

8:00 pm Nantucket Musical Arts Society pg7 First Congregational Church

The Met Live-in-HD: La Cenerentoal (Encore) 1:00 pm Dreamland Theater pg47

Concert - NCMC Women’s Chorus, at St Paul’s Church

4:00 pm Nantucket Community Music Center pg53 June 2

Concert - NCMC Women’s Chorus, at Cisco Brewery

6:00 pm Nantucket Community Music Center pg53 June 8

National Theater Live: King Lear (Encore)

1:00 pm Dreamland Theater pg47 June 22

The Met Live-in-HD: Rigoletto (Encore)

1:00 pm Dreamland Theater pg47 June 24

“Safety Last” performed by the Berklee Silent Film Orchestra 7:30 pm Dreamland Theater pg47 July 2-August 2

Black Tie

Centre Stage Theatre Workshop Nantucket ifc July 3

Rosanne Cash with John Leventhal 7:30 pm Dreamland Theater pg47

A New Plays Collaborative

7:30 pm White Heron Theater pg39

Concert - Vivian Choi Pianist July 8-August 8

Miracle on South Division Street

7:30 pm White Heron Theater pg39 July 9

Concert - Courtenay Hardy, flute, Alan Murchie, piano and Mollie Glazer, cello 6:00 pm 56 Centre St.

Nantucket Community Music Center pg53 July 13

The Met Live-in-HD: Verdi’s Othello (Encore)

1:00 pm Dreamland Theater pg47 July 15

Concert - Amphion String Quartet

8:00 pm Nantucket Musical Arts Society pg7 First Congregational Church July 16-August 16

Oklahoma

Bennett Hall Theatre Workshop Nantucket ifc July 16

Concert - Greta Feeney, soprano with Barbara Podgurski, piano 6:00 pm 56 Centre St.

Nantucket Community Music Center pg53 July 17

Concert - NCMC Women’s Chorus, at Unitarian Church

5:00 pm Nantucket Community Music Center pg53

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July 18

July 29

Curtis Music Festival

Concert - Ping A Vocal Quintet

8:00 pm Dreamland Theater pg47 July 20

National Theater Live: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (Encore)

1:00 pm Dreamland Theater pg47 July 21-26

7th Annual Nantucket Atheneum Dance Festival Nantucket Atheneum pg11 July 22

Concert - Hye-Jin Kim Violinist

8:00 pm Nantucket Musical Arts Society pg7 First Congregational Church

8:00 pm Nantucket Musical Arts Society pg7 First Congregational Church July 30

Concert - Jennifer Maxwell, piano 6:00 pm 56 Centre St.

Nantucket Community Music Center pg53 August 3

The Met Live-in-HD: Romeo et Juliette (Encore) 1:00 pm Dreamland Theater pg47 August 5

Concert - Windsync Woodind Quintet

July 23

8:00 pm Nantucket Musical Arts Society pg7 First Congregational Church

Special Screening: White Squall - followed by a Q&A with local author Chuck Gieg

August 7-September 14

The Vandal

Concert - Nicholas Davies, clarinet, Deborah Emery, piano, and cellist

August 12

4:00 pm Dreamland Theater pg47

6:00 pm 56 Centre St.

Nantucket Community Music Center pg53 July 24

7:30 pm White Heron Theater pg39

Concert - Carolyn Enger Pianist

8:00 pm Nantucket Musical Arts Society pg7 First Congregational Church August 13-September 6

Concert - Jazz Band at Unitarian Church

The Last 5 Years

July 23-August 29

August 13-15

6:00 pm Nantucket Community Music Center pg53

Centre Stage Theatre Workshop Nantucket ifc

Family Furiture

Seussical Jr.

July 25-26

August 16

7:30 pm White Heron Theater pg39

5:30 pm Dreamland Theater pg47

Ballet Performances

Master Class – Standing Out

July 27

August 19

Nantucket Atheneum Dance Festival pg11

The Met Live-in-HD: The Enchanted (Encore) 1:00 pm Dreamland Theater pg47

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6:00 pm Dreamland Theater pg47

Concert - Yevgeny Kutik - Violinist, Adrian Daurov -Cellist, Spencer Myer - Pianist

8:00 pm Nantucket Musical Arts Society pg7 First Congregational Church

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November 15

Special Screening: NFF – NOW Series

The Met Live-in-HD: The Death of Klinghoffer (Adams)

6:30 pm Dreamland Theater pg47 August 24

12:55 pm Dreamland Theater pg47

The Met Live-in-HD: La Fanciulla Del West (Encore)

November 21-December 14

Cinderella

September 4

December 13

1:00 pm Dreamland Theater pg47

National Theater Live – Madea (Encore) 2:00 pm Dreamland Theater pg47 September 4-7

Bennett Hall Theatre Workshop Nantucket ifc

The Met Live-in-HD: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg (Wagner) 12:55 pm Dreamland Theater pg47

Small World

7:30 pm White Heron Theater pg39 September 16-October 10

A Picasso

Centre Stage Theatre Workshop Nantucket ifc September 17-October 11

RED

Centre Stage Theatre Workshop Nantucket ifc September 21

The Genius of Marion – followed by a Q&A with the films directors/producers 2:00 pm Dreamland Theater pg47 October 11

The Met Live-in-HD: Macbeth (Verdi) 12:55 pm Dreamland Theater pg47 October 18

The Met Live-in-HD: Le Nozze Di Figaro (Mozart)

12:55 pm Dreamland Theater pg47 November 1

The Met Live-in-HD: Carmen (Bizet) 12:55 pm Dreamland Theater pg47

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What is Steampunk?

Artist Bruce Rosenbaum was recently featured in a Wall Street Journal article - “The Man Who Makes Steampunk”. He is exhibiting on Nantucket at The Gallery at 4 India, July18th.

Once you understand this art style, it is easily recognizable in set designs, fashion, props, and character designs in movies such as Sherlock Holmes 2: A Game Of Shadows.

“The term itself comes from science fiction novels.

It’s grown into a whole visual style, and even a philosophy. It’s all about mixing old and new: fusing the usability of modern technology with the design aesthetic and philosophy of the Victorian age.... Its biggest impact so far has been in product design. It has re-ignited a love of “old fashioned” materials: brass and copper, wood, glass, mechanical workings, ornate engraving. It has also co-opted the re/upcycling aesthetic in its love of the old, the repaired, the reworked, and the imperfect... Steampunk’s retro-tech style isn’t completely limited to Victorian though. Styles can be taken from anywhere in the giant dressing-up box of the 19th and early 20th centuries, the broadness of which is part of the trend’s appeal. One of the most popular looks is the Edwardian era, where clothes are very Downton Abbey...”

—William Higham, The Huffington Post

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