THURSDAY NIGHT FETE AT NISDA
Begins July 17 //
Thursday Evenings 6–8 pm
with ISLAND TUNES live music open mic "en plein air" and FOOD TRUCK for food to purchase.
Last year the Thursday Night Fete was a wonderful success!
We hope to see you out at the NISDA's Seaview Farm (23 Wauwinet Rd) again this summer for some homegrown island music and great "eats" from local food trucks! This event is open to all… We have lawn chairs + picnic tables… Please bring family, friends, houseguests… and perhaps a picnic blanket!
We invite your participation in the “No More Empty Bowls” project for the benefit of the NFFRA Food Pantry Fundraiser! No clay experience necessary…
Join us in the Long Shed Clay Studio!
You are welcome to donate online through our partner Better World.
ADDITIONAL EVENTS ON THURSDAY NIGHT AT NISDA
AUGUST 21 | 6–8 pm
4th Annual People’s Art Show
Participating Artists may register at the door at 5:30 pm.
Share your hidden talents with the community! The People’s Art Show is open to anyone who wants to share their creative works with others! Participating artists can join us Thursday night, August 21 at 5:30pm with your artwork ready to hang or install. Our team will assist you in displaying your work.
Come hungry… we have a food truck from 6-8 pm.
Musical entertainment from Island Tunes Open Mic!
Bring your friends and family… it’s a great night at NISDA.
PAST EVENTS AT NISDA
SUMMER 2025
AUGUST 14
Kinder Arts Reunion at NISDA
6-8 pm
Were you a Kinder Artist?
There are a lot of us out there!
Come and celebrate more than 40 years of creativity and fun with the Kinder Arts Program at NISDA... Come and create an artwork with family and friends!
Celebrate + reminisce over old photos of kids expressing their creativity and have lots of summer fun!
AUGUST 14
NISDA Artisan Market
6-8 pm
Join us... Support Nantucket Creatives!
The mission of the Nantucket Artisan Market@NISDA is to provide island artists and craftspeople an opportunity to interact in the community and share their work with others. Artisans pay a fee for a table and keep 100% of their earnings.
In addition to the Market there is live music with Island Tunes, a local food truck and NISDA’s community clay project creating “No More Empty Bowls” for the Food Pantry's Fall Fundraiser.
Check out the Open Mic with Island Tunes and a Local Food Truck.
Open and Free to the Public!
AUGUST 7
Teaching Fellows Open Studio
This summer NISDA welcomes two working artists to NISDA as Teaching Fellows. Both Ian and Michael are NISDA Artist Residents visiting Nantucket to pursue their artwork and engage in the island… it’s natural beauty and it’s remarkable cultural assets. Each in our midst for a few weeks, each will be teaching workshops at NISDA, as well working in their studios. Visit Ian and Michael, to see their work in progress…take a moment to ask questions and share stories.
Michael Frassinelli
Painter and Mixed Media Artist
July 31 // 6–8 pm
August 7 // 6–8 pm
Michael Frassinelli is the Visual Arts Department head and arts instructor at Dana Hall School and director of the Dana Hall Art Gallery.
Thank you for a wonderful Event!
NANTUCKET DANCE FESTIVAL
Social Dance Night at NISDA
23 Wauwinet Rd
Thank you for joining us on Thursday, July 10th for the Social Dance Night being the first collaboration between the Nantucket Dance Festival and the Nantucket Island School of Design and the Arts.
More information about the Nantucket Dance Festival:
https://www.nantucketdancefestival.org
