CULTURAL ARTS LECTURE SERIES
AND SILO GALLERY
JULY + AUGUST 2025
WEDNESDAYS 7–9 PM
AT NISDA SEAVIEW FARM
23 WAUWINET ROAD
Open to Community Visitors.
NISDA’s Cultural Arts Lecture Series, the figurehead of our programs, offers a place to be inspired, consider visions of the future, stewardship, explore ingenuity… expressive and applied creativity!
At NISDA we explore the inter-connections of the Arts, Sciences, Humanities and Environment…the Arts as generator of ideas, creativity, sustainability, social voice, conveyor of human spirit and future building.
Suggested Donation: $10
Nap Plank. Pagoda Basket.
JULY 9
Opening 7 pm
Silo Gallery July 9-14
Mara Cary: Natural Baskets made with Nantucket vines
Cary (1940-2016) was a Nantucket Actor, playwright, educator, librarian, and all-around dreamer of big ideas. Author of two books on basket making, Mara Cary's Basic Baskets (1975) and Basic Baskets (1977), Cary lived and worked on Nantucket throughout her life. Her baskets were made from the vines that grew on Nantucket. Her books filled with their spirit.
Lecture at 8 pm
Nap Plank: Master Craftsman and Nantucket Basket Maker.
A leading innovator of Nantucket Basket making will talk nautical craftsmanship, the history of basket making on Nantucket, and share Island stories from decades in the trade.
Ian Torney. Portraits.
JULY 16
Opening 7 pm
Silo Gallery July 16-21
Ian Torney NISDA Teaching fellow and artist in residence exhibits paintings of the observed landscape and sky scape. MJ Levy Dickson artist and Fulbright Scholar exhibits works from study in India.
Lecture at 8 pm
MJ Levy Dickson: Wildflowers and Plants bring people together
Fulbright Scholar conducting study in India will present works and research.
Ian Torney is represented by Hurricane Mountain Design in North Conway, NH. MJ Levy Dickson is represented by Robert Foster Gallery and AAN.
Judith Brust. Monoprint.
JULY 23
Opening 7 pm
Silo Gallery July 23-28
A Special Evening Celebrating the Creativity of Judith Brust.
Judith Brust's colorful abstract monoprints merge art with natural elements and found material transforming the two-dimensional surface into three. Motifs of windows, planets, plant life, and life cycles throughout, express a spiritual and metaphysical awareness.
"All my work is saturated with symbolism and symbolic shape. The circle is central. The mark-making has the feeling of graffiti, somewhat like an ancient language. . . the balance of nature so perfect, it was like a genesis. . . the way it was supposed to be before order and structure dominated. In essence, it represents the natural equilibrium unearthed." Judith Brust
All proceeds from sales of this exhibit are generously donated by Bob and Judy Brust to NISDA's arts and culture program.
Judith Brust is represented by The Gallery at Four India.
John Devaney. Auction in a Purple Room.
JULY 30
Opening at 7 pm
Silo Gallery July 30-August 4
Group Show:
Select Artists from Robert Foster Gallery at 8 India Street.
Featuring works by Elizabeth Congdon, John Devaney, MJ Levy Dickson, and Rose Gonnella.
Lecture at 7 pm
Then and Now:
A Conversation About a Life in the Arts on Nantucket.
Elizabeth Congdon, John Devaney, MJ Levy Dickson, Robert Foster, and Rose Gonnella – longtime members of the Nantucket painting community reflect on their careers, influences, and the Islands creative art scene over the decades.
Joan Albaugh. Everything Everywhere All at Once. 36” x 36”. Oil on Canvas.
David Halliday. Spigots & Squash.
August 6
Opening at 7 pm
Lecture 8 pm
Silo Gallery August 6-11
Joan Albaugh Chasing Light: Paintings as Self Portrait.
Paintings and photographs that express a sense of self, the relationship to our environment and the world at large.
Joan Albaugh is represented by AAN, the Nantucket Looms, and Quidley & Company.
AUGUST 13
Opening 7 pm
Lecture 8 pm
Silo Gallery August 13-18
David Halliday, Building Still Life: Photographs and Assemblage.
Insight into four decades of making photographs; from large-format portraits and still life to the more recent color photographs and 3-Dimensional work.
Lives and Works in Schodack Landing, New York and is represented by the Carrie Haddad Gallery and C + C Gallery.
