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NISDA
Kathy Kelm, Director

PO Box 958, 23 Wauwinet Road
Nantucket, MA 02554
Phone (508) 325-6659
Fax (508) 228-3648
nisda@nantucket.net

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





In the early 1970's Kathy Kelm and the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) developed programs on Nantucket Island in interdisciplinary education which linked the study of art to science, culture and the environment. The Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts (NISDA) grew out of these initial programs.

Since then, NISDA has developed curriculum and piloted numerous programs for children, college-level adults, professional artists, public school students and teachers, and to the Nantucket community. Since its inception, NISDA has granted college graduate and undergraduate credit for its programs through affiliations first with RISD and then Massachusetts College of Art.

In 1990, NISDA's Multicultural Public School collaboration program received national recognition from the National Teachers Journal, Drawing from the Well and Crossroads, and the Massachusetts Teachers Alliance. In 1991, NISDA in cooperation with Massachusetts College of Art, designed the Northeast Regional Graduate Seminar for Teachers,Educators, Administrators, and Community Builders.

The Arts Education Resource Center (AERC), founded in 1990, encourages non-profit organizations to develop whole-person educational experiences. AERC programs integrate public and private schools/organizations with community resources (ie. parents, artists, journeymen, the media, and social, health, and cultural organizations) to create programs that are enriching for the presenters as well as the participants

NISDA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational institution dedicated to exploring the inter-dependence of the arts, sciences, humanities and environment, and enhancing education, community and quality of life through the Arts. NISDA's programs are made possible through generous private support, faculty and community volunteers, and student teachers.




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