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September 22, 2020

SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS & AWARDS

Download High School Scholarship Application.
Due on Friday, April 8, 2022

Download 2021 Grant Information
Individual Grants to Artists due Friday, December 9, 2021

Download 2021 Grant Application

State Grants for artists.

Margaretta Nettles Award
The Margaretta Nettles Award for excellence in the Visual and Performing Arts is left in memory of Anita Nettle's mother, Margaretta Nettle. The intention of this award is to recognize an individual in our community for excellence in the arts. The Nantucket Arts Council Board selects an artist and gives this award out no less than every other year. Past recipients include weaver Cara DeHeart and potterer/musician Jacob Butler. 
 

Past awards & scholarships winners.

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September 20, 2020

Celebrate the Arts

View the Fall Letter

A letter from our President, Barbara Elder:

Dear Friends of Nantucket Arts Council, In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic. As we enter October, into the nineteenth month of the pandemic, we humbly realize the impact on the lives of many individuals, communities, states and countries. Read more...
 

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September 27, 2018

SPRING SCHOLARSHIPS & GRANTS

THE SPRING 2019 NAC GRANT & SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS IS NOW CLOSED

Please check our website periodically for future announcements and opportunities.

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September 13, 2018

DOWNTOWN CONCERTS

Our annual Downtown Concert Series will be rescheduled for a different time.

TBD - Rebecca Robbins + Claudia Pellegrini
Broadway Vocalist + Violinist

TBD - Jennifer Maxwell + Theodore Mook
Classical Duo

TBD - Fellswater Celtic Ensemble

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August 26, 2018

Nantucket Arts Festival Visual Art Exhibit

Works by dozens of Nantucket fine artists under the theme "Re-Imagining the Real - Shifting Our Worldview"

The exhibit will be open through October 13.
Monday - Saturday 11 am - 7 pm; Sunday 12 - 5pm
Nantucket United Methodist Church, 2 Centre St, Nantucket

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August 25, 2018

“The Cocktail Hour” & Talk Back

THE COCKTAIL HOUR
BY A.R. GURNEY

September 13 - October 7 

Tuesday to Thursday, & Saturday @ 6pm.  Sunday* @ 3pm. Stay after the October 2nd show for a talk back with members of the cast!

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August 25, 2018

Nantucket Arts Festival Visual Art Exhibit

Works by dozens of Nantucket fine artists under the theme "Re-Imagining the Real - Shifting Our Worldview"

The exhibit will be open through October 13.
Monday - Saturday 11 am - 7 pm; Sunday 12 - 5pm
Nantucket United Methodist Church, 2 Centre St, Nantucket

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