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WHAT'S HAPPENING AT NISDA

NISDA C3 THURSDAYS

Thursdays 6–8 pm

July 11–October 10

with ISLAND TUNES and FOOD TRUCK to Benefit the Nantucket Food Pantry

SUMMER PROGRAMS

Join us at NISDA and explore our art classes and workshops!

SANDCASTLE + SCULPTURE CONTEST

August 3 at Jetties Beach

registration open

JULY 31

Gallery Exhibition at 6 pm

Selected works of Michael Frassinelli

Lecture Series at 7 pm 

Michael Frassinelli

NISDA C3 THURSDAYS

Thursdays 6–8 pm

July 11–October 10

with ISLAND TUNES and FOOD TRUCK to Benefit the Nantucket Food Pantry

SUMMER PROGRAMS

Join us at NISDA and explore our art classes and workshops!

Seaview Farm Art Center
Summer Programs + Events 2024

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

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

Course Offerings

Registration is open for NISDA Summer Workshops and Art Classes.

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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

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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ART IN THE ENVIRONMENT AT NISDA

Use Nantucket Island as your Canvas and Inspiration.

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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!