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Seaview Farm Art Center
Summer Programs 2024

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CLASSES + WORKSHOPS 2024

NISDA is dedicated to sharing the spirit and creativity that the Arts bring into our lives.
Our Seaview Farm Arts Community offers a place to be inspired, refreshed, to create, learn…

SUMMER 2024

July // August 2024

Young Artists

Our Young Artist Programs are multi-cultural and interdisciplinary adventures of the mind, offering opportunity for self-expression, reflection and wonder.

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SUMMER 2024

July // August 2024

Course Offerings

Registration is open for NISDA Summer Workshops and Art Classes.

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OAR @ NISDA

Year-Round
Artist Residencies

NISDA’s Offshore Artist Residency is an on-your-own, self-structured experience that provides time and your studio for personal renewal and experience in the island's landscape and seascape.

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HANDBUILDING

A Personal Journey Mentorship

August 30, 31

September 1, 2

This workshop is intended to provide support for building skills and bettering skills in handbuilding to pursue a personal direction with your work.

Use Nantucket Island as your Canvas and Inspiration.

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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT NISDA

AUGUST 3
JETTIES BEACH

Sandcastle + Sculpture Contest 2024

Hundreds of spectators and contestants come out every year to participate in this classic summer event: the Annual Sandcastle and Sculpture Contest hosted by the Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts.

registration now open

NISDA
HISTORIC RESTORATION

We have fantastic news! NISDA’s Seaview Farm will be forever protected! We recently finalized a Preservation Easement with the Nantucket Preservation Trust which will insure Seaview Farm at 23 Wauwinet Road will forever retain it’s historic integrity.

CULTURAL ARTS
LECTURE SERIES

Wednesdays at 7 pm in July and August
NISDA’s Cultural Arts Lecture Series has had a history of bringing brilliant minds and talented individuals to the island. This summer the tradition continues:
Kenneth Shirley is a highly accomplished filmmaker and the Founder and CEO of Indigenous Ent, a prominent entertainment company dedicated to amplifying Indigenous voices and promoting cultural awareness.

upcoming this summer

SAVE THE DATE:
JULY 20TH INDIGENOUS ENTERPRISE DANCERS AT NISDA

ISLAND TUNES HOSTED AT NISDA THIS SUMMER
NISDA is excited to host Island Tunes “en plein air” this summer, out on our meadow trellis (or inside in inclement weather). Island Tunes is a booked showcase for Nantucket singers / songwriters to develop their skills, while putting on a fun and interesting show for our guests. Island Tunes is modeled after The Listening Room in Nashville, TN. Artists are provided with a stage to perform and refine their original songs, while providing insight about the inspiration for their works. Guests are welcome to bring a blanket, beach chairs and a picnic to enjoy the show (quietly!) out in the meadow under the stars. Island Tunes is a family-friendly show.
Island Tunes is all about helping our young artists to develop. Seasoned performers are encouraged to stick to original material but the younger members may play whatever inspires them. We welcome guests to join us – there’s always a guitar or keyboard to be borrowed! Play a song and sign Island Tunes’ board featuring Melody the Mermaid!

STAY TUNED FOR DATES AND SHOWTIMES – COMING SOON!

SILO GALLERY
AT SEAVIEW FARM

Wednesdays at 6 pm in July and August
Silo Gallery featuring NISDA Faculty, Artists in Residence and Community Artists Works every Wednesday prior to Cultural Arts Lecture Series.

NISDA & NANTUCKET

NANTUCKET ISLAND – 30 MILES OUT TO SEA

Explore moorlands, 80 miles of beaches, dunes, hidden forests; nature as a material resource and varied topography for en plein air adventures or sculptural site works.

NANTUCKET ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN AND THE ARTS

NISDA is a year-round cultural and arts educational institution and an arts resource center on Nantucket whose mission is to explore the connections of the arts, sciences, humanities, and the environment, and to enhance education, community, and quality of life through arts stewardship. NISDA is dedicated to sharing the spirit and creativity that the Arts bring into our lives. Our Seaview Farm Arts Community offers a place to be inspired, refreshed, to create, learn.

NISDA is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization.

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NISDA is now in its fourth decade. Generations of students, islanders, summer visitors, student and professional artists have explored the arts in its workshops. Thousands have been challenged and nurtured creatively. Throughout its rich history.

NISDA has continually evolved, changed and adapted to the times. What has stayed constant, however, has been NISDA’s core values. NISDA is widely acknowledged by those who have studied, taught, and worked there as a place with a rare spirit that fosters creative freedom and nurtures the imagination through its deep respect for the artistic process.

NISDA’S CAMPUS COMPRISES TWO PROPERTIES
SeaView Farm Art Center in Wauwinet at 23 Wauwinet Road where you will find ceramics, photography, textile, drawing, painting and sculpture studios, the Silo Gallery, an extensive art book library and a children’s art program. Down the road at 55 Wauwinet Road we are developing a new facility for the Offshore Artist Residency (OAR) which currently has our Atlantic House with five live work residencies open for Summer 2024!