PROGRAMS AT NISDA

Classes + Workshops

15TH CENTURY CHANCERY CALLIGRAPHY

1 Day Workshop

All Skill Levels
Adult 18+
(Teens are invited to register)


The art of calligraphy is a delight and has application as an expressive art, illumination & design. Among many daily applications, letter writing, birth and marriage certificates.

  • workshop description

    As we practice the basic elements of this beautiful and fluid hand, we will also explore a variety of designs for page layouts and borders.  Contemporary calligraphy marker pens will be provided. 


    We will also cut reed pens out of Phragmites Communis, a reed native to Nantucket. The spongy cellular texture of the Phragmites pen yields sensitive variations in your Calligraphic stroke!

Clay Wheel All Levels

August 29, 2025
CLAY WHEEL ALL LEVELS Adult 18+ (Teens are invited to register) Instructors: Helen Mills Learn or expand your knowledge on the clay process as we explore techniques of wedging, throwing, trimming, and glazing.

Handbuilding Fall 2025

August 29, 2025
CLAY HANDBUILDING I Beginner to Intermediate Adult 18+ (Teens are invited to register) Handbuilding is the art of using our hands and simple tools to create clay objects.

Wheel 1 and Handbuilding Combo

August 23, 2025
September 1-24

Long Shed Clay

May 30, 2025
Open Studio Community Membership
July 1-October 15