Mission
The mission of the Artists Association of Nantucket is to foster the visual arts on Nantucket. We create a vibrant arts community by promoting, supporting and encouraging the work of Nantucket artists, providing educational programs in the arts, and preserving the legacy of Nantucket artists.
2023 Board of Directors
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Patty Keneally, President
Pete Steingraber, Vice President
Robin Wolpow, Vice President
Kristie Ferrantella, Treasurer
Meghan Weeks, Clerk
DIRECTORS
Leslie Bresette
Barbara Stern Burke
Laurie Champion
Barbara Clarke
Maryann Jones
Janet Joseph
Bob Miklos
Jennifer Pincince
Brian Sager
Erika Christensen Scully
Tracy Ulmer
DIRECTORS EMERITUS
John Lochtefeld
Lynn Nicholas
Barbara Spitler
2023 Staff
Tracey Sears, Executive Director
Robert Frazier, Artistic Director
Tom Corper, Finance Director
Liz Hunt O’Brien, Public Programs Director
Elizabeth Buccino, Director of Education
Lizbet Carroll Fuller, Education Programming Manager
Olivia Wells, Development Associate
Nicci Peña, Digital Arts and Technology Coordinator
Angel Evering, Front Desk Associate
Peter Greenhalgh, Cecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery Manager
Cathy Aguiar, Gallery Assistant
Heather V McLeod, Big Gallery Manager
Elspeth Thornewill, Big Gallery Intern
In
2023, AAN...
905 educated students
by the Numbers
19 hosted Artists in Residence
$76,900 gave away in scholarships
5 collaborated with local organizations
80 funded students for Healing Through the Creative Arts programs
Dear Artists, Patrons, Students, and Arts Community,
I am pleased to present the 2023 Annual Report which is dedicated to Patty Keneally in honor of her 10 years of service on the Board of Directors, including three as Board President. Patty has participated in every aspect of the organization and has been a steady and guiding hand during considerable change. We are incredibly grateful for her leadership, insight, and commitment. We welcome Laurie Champion as incoming Board President. Laurie has demonstrated years of devotion to our artist community and its island art, most recently serving as the Chair of Special Events on the Development Committee.
As you will see in the following pages, 2023 was a year of growth for the Artists Association of Nantucket. Throughout major transitions, our community of members has stood steadfast in support, continuing to spread creativity island-wide. Our mission guides us to foster the visual arts on island by exhibiting work by over 300 Artist Members in two downtown galleries year round, teaching arts programming for all ages, and growing and preserving a Permanent Collection of almost 1,700 historic and significant artworks.
In 2023, we hosted 3 Sidewalk Art Shows, 30 gallery exhibitions, gave away almost $77,000 in educational scholarships, and acquired 14 pieces for the Permanent Collection. At the same time, we collaborated with island organizations such as the Maria Mitchell Association, Nantucket Historical Association, and Egan Maritime Institute, curated four special intimate art experiences for the Salon Series, and hosted a juried show at the Big Gallery, two live auctions, and three silent auctions.
Our work would not be possible without our event chairs, special event committee members, volunteers, business sponsors, art buyers, class takers, staff members, and of course, our artists. Thank you for your support. Your creativity will sustain us for years to come.
With gratitude,
Tracey Sears Executive Director
Events
From Spring Sweep to Wet Paint, AAN stayed busy hosting various opportunities for art on island. We remain grateful to our artists and patrons, without whom we could not host such lively events.
Spring Sweep
Acherished rite of spring, the annual Spring Sweep silent auction was initiated about twenty two years ago to support artists and AAN after the quiet winter months. Spring Sweep weekend has proven to be a solid event that has grown into a resilient third leg of AAN’s major fundraising efforts.
This year, Spring Sweep was once again back to its exciting in-person format, under the leadership of Event Chairs Leslie Bresette and Barbara Clarke. With an opening reception held at the Big Gallery on April 6, and the silent auction on April 8, the weekend was a great success in all ways, and joyfully heralded the coming spring for all who attended, with healthy bidding on beautiful, original Nantucket artwork.
The Nantucket Golf Club provided lovely appetizers and AAN’s creative staff put together the ever-popular Peepers Punch. The new season was heartily welcomed, and AAN was off to an amazing year ahead.
Plein Air Nantucket
As with last year, the Big Gallery acted as headquarters for our 12th annual Plein Air Nantucket outdoor painting festival, taking place in mid-June. The 2023 Paint Out was held within the surrounds of Folger’s Marsh, with permissions to use the properties of the Egan Maritime Institute’s Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum and the University of Massachusetts Field Station. A two-hour Quick Paint event was also held with permissions to paint at Children’s Beach and at the harbor overlook in The Creeks Preserve park of The Nantucket Land Bank.
Forty-one artists participated and exhibited over ninety artworks created in several media on the festival “Wet Walls.” Our annual Frank Swift Chase Awards, for excellence in outdoor painting, were awarded at the festival end, with Illya Kagan as juror. The ceremony was well attended.
The award recipients this year were: 1st Place: “Waves Break Beyond” Meghan Weeks; 2nd Place: “Shoreline” Robert Frazier; 3rd Place: “Path to 40th Pole” Rose Burdon. Honorable mentions were: “Children's Beach” by Lyn Coffee; “Overlook to Town” Elle Foley; “Foggy Morning” Julija Mostykanova; “Morning at the Creeks” Lisa Matheson; and “Fog on the Corners” Meghan Weeks.
AAN was thrilled that Big Gallery at 12 Straight Wharf could host the exhibition. This popular event will return to the island next year!
Sidewalk Art Shows
One of the oldest traditions at AAN and in the United States, for that matter, is the annual Sidewalk Art Show. Dating back to 1930, AAN hosts two, sometimes three shows a summer. They are a beloved outdoor affair that draw many art enthusiasts to the charming gardens at the Atheneum year after year. During the pandemic, AAN hosted a few shows on the lawn of its Visual Arts Center (VAC) at 24 Amelia Drive for the first time ever, and that tradition has carried on.
This year the shows took place on Saturday, July 1, and August 5 at the Atheneum garden and then again on Sunday, September 3 at the VAC front lawn. Over 20 artist members gathered to greet, meet, and sell original Nantucket artwork in the welcoming outdoor settings. It is an exciting day and provides the artists, visitors, and buyers, alike, time to get to know each other. Visitors leisurely mingle around the gardens and lawns taking in the beauty of a summer day, and of course, the talented artists’ works.
This is an AAN tradition that will certainly endure for at least another 93 years!
Salon Series
2023 was the third year of the Salon Series, a membership featuring four exclusive summer events centered around learning more about Nantucket arts and culture.
2023 Salon Series members enjoyed an afternoon of painting and socializing at the Visual Arts Center; heard about building a moderate art collection with Margot Rosenberg, a Deputy Chairman at Christie’s; met AAN Artist-in-Residence Katie Trinkle Legge for a demonstration and discussion; and viewed the extraordinary Billings Collection of museumquality artwork.
Wet Paint
Wet Paint Weekend (October 6-8), which is one of AAN’s signature events and a fall season favorite, provides our beloved patrons, talented artists, and the community, alike, with a vibrant end of season focal point. Always a festive affair, in 2023 we honored iconic printmaker Eric Holch, longtime Nantucketer and AAN artist member. Holch’s beautiful, graphic prints are a mainstay of the island summer art world.
The event was deftly chaired by Maryann Jones who created a memorable and successful evening while Scott Capizzo energetically took on the auction before a crowd whose enthusiasm only grew as the evening went on. All told, forty pieces of beautiful art were auctioned off at the Nantucket Yacht Club, with a silent auction buzzing in the large foyer. After the live auction, dinner guests gathered in the beautifully decorated dining room and were treated to a select number of artist-decorated end tables that were also up for auction.
We are grateful to our generous sponsors that include Workshop/APD, Donelan Family Wine, Hingham Institution for Savings, and Permits Plus LLC. A big thank you, also, to our loyal island community for participating in the festivities.
Gala Auction
Always the most anticipated event of the summer, the sparkling Gala auction and dinner was held on Saturday, July 15 on the beautiful lawn at the Great Harbor Yacht Club overlooking glistening water. This exciting annual evening of celebration of Nantucket art draws many devoted art supporters and serves as AAN’s most important fundraiser. This year the playful theme was carried into the colorful beach balls hanging from the ceiling of the tent.
John Carruthers was chosen as the honoree artist and his charming, vibrant woodcuts filled the evening with excitement. John was duly feted with a tribute at the beginning of auction by Liz Hunt O’Brien, his colleague, and Maura Wendelken, his former student and fellow artist. Both honored him with stories of their meeting him and of his history at AAN. John also took the stage, and in full Carruthers charisma and humor, thanked everyone in attendance and AAN for the support and encouragement over the past 19 years.
Guests and artists enjoyed the cocktail hour with a demonstration of John’s woodcutting techniques. Three hundred guests enjoyed dinner as twentyeight pieces of art were auctioned off while a silent and online auction took place simultaneously. John’s work was the final piece in the live auction and greeted with much applause.
A tremendous thank you goes out to Kit and Mark Manigan, the 2023 Gala co-chairs for an amazing and colorful evening! Congratulations to AAN’s development team and volunteers whose dedication and hard work always make the Gala a thrilling and memorable evening!
Galleries
BIG GALLERY
Big Gallery kicked off our second year in the Thomas Macy Warehouse with Spring Sweep 2023. The event was ably chaired by Leslie Bresette and Barbara Clarke, and it featured steady attendance and much fanfare.
In June, Big Gallery acted as headquarters and the exhibition space for the 12th rendition of Plein Air Nantucket, with an awards ceremony at the close of the painting festival.
In July, the gallery hosted a juried art exhibition. “Nantucket Envisioned” featured a selection and curation of submissions from AAN members chosen by guest jurors Jackie Reeves of Barnstable, MA, and T. Allen Dawson of Sheridan, Wyoming. The opening reception was a lively affair. Reeves and Dawson also presented a revelatory talk and visual presentation of their individual works and processes, hosted by Bob Miklos.
In August, the Salon Series presented a talk and painting demonstration by Katie Trinkle Legge, a past president of the association who also volunteered for nine years as vice president as we transitioned into this new millennium.
With artist member Heather V McLeod as our main gallerist, aided by Elspeth Thornewill, Robert Frazier and volunteer Pete Steingraber, Big Gallery continued our long standing traditions under the roof of a perfectly preserved brick warehouse built immediately after the Great Fire of 1846.
PERMANENT COLLECTION
This year’s major project was a move of the entire collection into the PC room with temperature control and dry sprinkler suppression at the Visual Arts Center. Three large archival art storage shelving units were also purchased to house important works in the collection.
Notable new acquisitions include “House by the Marsh”, a circa 1940s oil by Sue Cory Guenther, a student of Frank Swift Chase; “Pout Pond” a circa 1950s oil by Burnham North Dell; “Two Artists Collaborate” a circa 2000s watercolor by Romana Rainey; and “Harbor Dory”, a 2005 color woodcut by Howard Fraker.
The Collection continues to maintain small exhibits of legacy works at Great Harbor Yacht Club, the Nantucket Community Music Center, Sherburne Commons, and throughout the halls of the VAC.
“Harbor Dory” by Howard Fraker
“House by the Marsh” by Sue Cory Guenther
Galleries
CECELIA JOYCE & SEWARD JOHNSON GALLERY
In our 25th year of exhibitions, the Johnson Gallery fielded a strong cast of new and returning artist members.
We began with our annual Valentine’s show, Heart 2 Heart, and ended with our iconic Holiday Small Works exhibition opening the day after Thanksgiving and running up to the Christmas holiday. Bobby Frazier and the gallery team hung or displayed approximately 1500 works. Shows included our Artist/Patron Exhibition, which has evolved through several formats since its inception in 1950, and the always popular 10x10 Open, which invariably introduces AAN to several potential new artist members.
In 2023 we continued with our Main Street live program, exhibiting 2D works in the front windows of two businesses on Main Street. Sales were facilitated with QR codes. Other sales venues included the Champion Gallery at the Visual Arts Center and the Big Gallery at Straight Wharf. We also continued to strengthen our online presence for artists, which included many works hanging during concurrent Johnson Gallery shows.
During the summer season, we continued offering early art drop off hours with the aid of volunteer Ginger Andrews.
2023 also marked our last full year at the Johnson Gallery under the successful direction of Peter Greenhalgh, who worked with us for over a dozen delightful years.
Stop by the gallery at 19 Washington Street in the heart of Nantucket’s Cultural District. We strive to keep the arts alive.
Education
2023 brought many community education collaborations as well as varied programming for all ages at the Visual Arts Center.
Education Highlights of 2023
Welcomed AAN’s first fully-funded Ceramic Artist in Residence, Juliet Ehrlich, who spent 5 weeks working with students and engaging with the ceramics department community. One of the classes she taught, “Ceramic Portals and Gateways,” was part of the AAN’s Healing in the Creative Arts Program.
Expanded our outreach to the community by offering more free public offerings such as holiday ornament making, grab-n-go craft bags, and one day workshops.
Teamed up with other local nonprofits by collaborating in island wide events such as the MMA Science Festival, the NHA Cultural Family Nights and the Egan Maritime Festival at the Shipwreck and Life Saving Museum.
Supported the Nantucket STAR program by providing them with the studio and supplies to nurture the creative intelligence of the neurodiverse youth community.
Continued the “Studio to School” program in partnership with the Nantucket New School providing an enriched arts program to over 70 NNS Upper School students at the Visual Arts Center throughout the school year.
In the fall, reorganized the department by promoting Elizabeth Buccino to Director of Education and hiring Lizbet Fuller as the Education Programming Manager. They have been restructuring, re-organizing, and revitalizing programming with a focus on the future!
Cathy Aguiar
Joan Albaugh
Denese Allen
2023 Artist Members
Jose Guillermo Alvarez
Susan B. Anderson
Virginia Andrews
Mariann Appley
Valeri Arnold-Osley
Jane Fay Baker
Pat Barton
Bruce Beni
Gina Bilander
India Blake
Therese Blood
Karen Killen Bogard
Christopher Bonelli
Caroline F. Borrelli
Meryl Bralower
Anne Marie Bratton
Christine Braunöhler
Susan Briskman
Bettina Broer
Chalermkhwan Buadam
Elizabeth Buccino
Vincent Calarco
Barbara Capizzo
John Carruthers
Dionis Carter
Laura Carter
Mary Ellen Castle
Mary Chalke
Mary Chandler
Cynthia Chapman
Virginia Chase
Julie Chicos
Dennis Childs
Barbara Clarke
Alison Cokorinos
Andrew Collar
Elizabeth Congdon
Carolyn Connell
Patricia Connors
Jil Coolidge
Susan Coyne
Tracy Ann Daily
Jenna Darkow
Anne Davis
Tricia Deck
Brian Delacey
John Devaney
Sonia Dhar
Keith Dias
M.J. Dickson
Jeannie Donovan
Daniel Driscoll
Susan Duane
Melissa Dudley
Elizabeth Durand
Tara Young Earley
Patricia Ernst
John Evans
Angel Evering
Gabriella Fiabane
Katarina Fiumara
Sandra Flavin
Ellen Foley
Shane Forbes
John Franchi
Kathleen Wixted Francis
Robert Frazier
Michael Gaillard
Helen Gallagher
Lori Garrabrant
Dorothy Gennaro
Lisa Genthner
Nancy Gewirz
Vicky Gewirz
Julie Gifford
Rosemary Joy Glidden
Rose Gonnella
Ellie Gottwald
Tine K. Graham
Hannah Judy Gretz
Garth Grimmer
Kaaren Hale
Beverly Hall
James Hamilton III
Kris Kinsley Hancock
Patrick W. Hancock
Liz Hanson
Holly Harty
Gillian Haven
Hilarie Hawley
Madeleine Hay
Cary Hazlegrove
Arthur J. Heath
Susan Heath
Jane Heintz
Gay Held
Greg Hill
Carolyn Hills
Bill Hoenk
Eric Holch
Michelle Honey
Allison Hudson
Evelyn Hudson
Haydi Hurley
Laura B. Hussey
Sharon Woods Hussey
Anne C. Jennings
Leyah Jensen
Leslie Johnson
Maryann Jones
Illya Kagan
Carol Keefe
Marianne Kelley
Kathleen Kelliher
Paul La Paglia
Mary Emery
Lacoursiere
Susan Landmann
Ken Layman
David Lazarus
Susan Lee
Jessica Lefebvre
Katie Trinkle Legge
Michele LeMaitre
Willy LeMay
Richard Leone
Tina LePera-Fournier
Jodi Levesque
Reginald Levine
Joyce Levy
2023 Artist Members
Sherre Wilson Liljegren
Karol Lindquist
Suzanne Lingeman
John Lochtefeld
Ron Lynch
David Macaulay
Alison Macdonald
Heather MacKenzie
Melissa MacLeod
Deidre Mannix
Lauren Marttila
Elisabeth Matheson
Marilee Matteson
Lindsley Matthews
Margaret Murray
Maury
Nancy McGivney
Jan Purdy Metcalf
Tom Mielko
Robert Miklos
Katherine Downey Miller
Charity Grace Mofsen
Elizabeth Morris
Leah Morris
Julija Mostykanova
Courtney Muller
Sally Nash
Lynn Nicholas
Elizabeth Nicholson
Kit Noble
Matthew Oates
Ellen Metzger O'Shea
Barbara Owen
Margaret Owens
Helene Patterson
Jan Pawlowski
Marion W. Pearson
Katherine Pelletier
Anne Perkins
Jacqueline Peterson
Eileen Pollack
Diana Puodziukynaite
Romana Rainey
Catherine Raphael
Robert Reeve
Michael Rich
Laura Rizio
Sharon Robinson
Forrest Rodts
Anne Rose
Anne Rosen
Leigh Royer
Alan Rubinstein
Brian Sager
Linda Saligman
Christine Sanford
Ray Saunders
Janice Savery
Morgan Sayle
Penny Scheerer
Jane Schnitzer
Christine Schoettle
Erika Christensen Scully
Judith Greenberg
Seinfeld
David Sharpe
Elizabeth Sibley
Nancy Simonds
Alison B. Smith
Georgia Snell
Maureen Stavola
Gail Stone
Phillip Stone
Wendy S. Stone
Daniel Sutherland
Elizabeth Sutherland
Charles Tennant
Valerie Thomas
Richard Tolsdorf
Valerie K. Toporoff
Sage G. Tremaine
Anne Troutman
Stanley Truffini
Arlene Tuck
Tracy Ulmer
Heather Unruh
Clara Urbahn
Jocelyn S. Urban
Mary Van Arsdale
Donald Van Dyke
Kathleen Van Lieu
Roger Vandenberg
Deborah VanderWolk
E. Geoffrey Verney
Alison Vietze
Donata Vita
Caroline Walker
Timothy Walker
Sarah Seabury Ward
James Waterbury
James Wayman
Heidi Weddendorf
Meghan C. Weeks
Cecilia Wendelken
Maura Wendelken
Lois Wertheimer
Susan Whelihan
John Whitney
Paul Willer
John Williams
Karenlynn Williams
Kathleen Williams
Linda Wisnewski
Michael Wodynski
Loretta Yoder
Janet York
Lucinda Young
Alexandra Yurkosky
Maria Zodda
Linda Zola
$30,000 and above
2023 Donors
Laurie and Robert Champion
Nancy Geschke
Patty and Gerry Keneally
Lisa and Rick Noel
Robin and Marc Wolpow
$20,000 - $29,999
Dorinda Dodge
Cecelia Joyce Johnson
Maryann and Bardwell Jones
Lynn and Nick Nicholas
Nancy and John Nichols
Pete Steingraber
Tracy and Rick Ulmer
$15,000 - $19,999
Amanda Lang and Geoff Beattie
Anne Marie and Douglas Bratton
Connie and John Greene
Connie Anne and Jeremiah Harris
Stephanie and David Long
Kit and Mark Manigan
Bonnie and Peter McCausland
Alison and Charles Townsend
$10,000 - $14,999
Christina Brown
Ellen and Ronald Caplan
Jennifer and Stephen Dolente
Helen and David Dwyer
Barbara and Elliot Gewirtz
Kaaren and Charles Hale
Sara and Matthew Jennison
Kerry and David McElroy
Nellie O'Gara and Kevin Hickey
Maria and George Roach
Dr. Deborah Pilla and Dr. David Volpi
Roselee and Jim Wayman
Alisa and Alastair Wood
$5,000 - $9,999
Maureen and Edward Bousa
Holly Bradford
Leslie and Tom Bresette
Susan and Stephen Burbage
Barbara Stern and John Burke
Christy and William Camp
Rose Burdon and Tom Corper
Erin Donohue
Sabrina S. Elwell
Paul Gray
Kimberly and Alan Hartman
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
Robin Gillen and Harvey Jones
Janet Joseph
Anthony Catalfano and Steven Kapfhammer
Lydia Zinzi and Mark Kennelley
Emily and Andrew Kotchen
Ann Marvin
Jeff Newton
Minou Palandjian
Elizabeth A. Reilly
Kat Sullivan and Blaise Sheppard
Janet and Richard Sherlund
John Sylvia
Elaine and Donald Textor
Stacey and Ali Towfighi
Linda and Jim Waterbury
Ashley Williams
$2,500 - $4,999
2023 Donors
Jennifer and Michael Allen
Eleanor W. and Walter Angoff
Ann and Steve Bartram
Kathleen Bickimer
Virginia and William Birch
Gail Bogle
Jeanine and Alastair Borthwick
Michael and Julie Bossidy
Catherine Caputo
Carol and P. Erik Christensen
Barbara and Carl Clarke
Martha W. Cox
Heidi Cox
Lisa and Nathan Cressman
MarcAnthony Crimi
Elizabeth Miller and Jamie Dinan
Deborah and Bruce Duncan
Martha and Thomas Farrell
Douglas Fisher
Florence and Michael Frascati
Mary and Donald Fraser
Elisabeth Giovine
Megan and Dawson Hodgson
Andrea Hoff
Alexandra and Peter Jennison
Karen Ketterer
Alison and Owen King
Amy and Mike Kopfler
Vicky and Ken Lang
Susan Lawton
Suzanne Lingeman
Susan Lister Locke
Jane and John Loose
Andrea Lustig
Dolores Martin
Ann and C. Hardy Oliver
Scott Peltier and Phil Nardone
Jennifer and Thomas Pincince
Julie and Matthew Richardson
Rachael Ryan
Christine and Derek Schoettle
Tracey and Richard Sears
Sandra and Steven Smith
Barbara and David Spitler
Will Steele and Chris Drake
Lara Trafelet
Sage Goldsmith and
Hunter Tremaine
Deborah and Donald Van Dyke
Susan and Roger Vandenberg
Rachel and Michael Wachs
$1,000 - $2,499
Bette Ann and James Albert
Patricia and Thomas Anathan
Matt Aumais
Fabiana and Ronald Badie
Amy and Hugh Baldwin
Georgeann and Roger Ballou
Bruce Beni
Kim Bepler
Lisa and John Bermel
Pamela and Max Berry
Kari and Edward Black
Jennifer and Robert Bowman
Alexandra Bratton
Judy Buie
Katherine Grover and Michael Campbell
Mary Ann Cashman
Julie and Kenneth Chicos
Meredith and Eugene Clapp
Peg and Philip Condon
2023 Donors
Susan and Thomas Coyne
Amanda Cross
Chip Cunningham
Amy Baldwin and Hugh Davis
Lisa and Porter Dawson
Christine and Joseph Donelan
Jody and Victor Dowling
Michael Kovner and Jean Doyen de Montaillou
Helen and Raymond DuBois
Grace and Ted Fey
Mary Fontaine
Sharon Foote
Nancy and Alan Forster
Phyllis and Stuart Freilich
Cinda Gaynor
Cheryl Woodford and Al Goduti
Susan Zises Green
Ande Grennan
Joan and Philip Gulley
Gordon Gund
Elizabeth Hall
Margaret Hallowell
Candice and Mason Heydt
Judi and Greg Hill
Betsy and Eric Holch
Michelle and William Honey
Sharon Woods and Richard Hussey
Cecil Barron Jensen
Elizabeth and Matthew Kamens
Lisa and Roger Krakoff
JP Kunzler
Christopher Larsen
Evelyn and Matthew MacEachern
Marilee and William Matteson
Tina and Bob Miklos
Thomas Mills
Courtney and Cliff Muller
Annalise and Thomas Nelson
Margaret Anne and Jim Nolen
Lorena and Graham O'Brien
Susan O'Malley
Gail and Rafael Osona
Dorice Dionne and Sal Perisano
Martha and Charles Polachi
Ann and Christopher Quick
Phyllis Rappaport
Joyce and Russell Robinson
Sharon and A. Francis Robinson
Cheryl and Joseph Romano
Laura and R. Scott Rosene
Linda Saligman
Allison Savage
Elizabeth and Peter Schaeffer
Erika Christensen Scully
Elizabeth and Robert Sibley
Ross Silverstein
Trudy and Fredric Slater
Georgia Snell
Lisa Sodeman
Valerie Stauffer
Steven Stone
Kristen Sullivan
Cricket Sutton
Courtney Thorne
Amy Tillotson
Jennifer and John Townsend
Jane Tyler
Clara Urbahn
Hannah Wallace
Mary and Stephen Weeks
Randy and Edward Wight
Harry Wilcox
Linda Wisnewski
2023 Donors
$250 - $999
Cathy Aguiar
Jennifer Ahlborn
Julia Anastos
Rennie Andrews
Heather Unruh and Hal Beacham
Rebecca Becker-Mailloux
John Berger
David Berry
Jodie Bishop
Mary and Jeremy Bloomer
Karen Killen Bogard
Vivian and Robert Braunohler
Courtney and Jason Bridges
Susan and Eugene Briskman
Shawne Broderick
Bernadette and Josh Brown
Barbara and John Burke
Barbara Capizzo
Janet and David Carreau
Chip Carver
Alison Cokorinos
Jane and Kenneth Condon
Kristen Congdon
Marion and Richard Congdon
Marion Conley
Edmund Craig
Erin and Nick Crawford
Donna Deangelis
Meghan Weeks and Callum Dickson
Dorice and Sal Dionne
Martha and Daniel Dippell
Beth English and Mark Donato
Judith and Daniel Drake
Connie and Daniel Driscoll
Bailey Eveleth
Todd Eveleth
Sandy and Gerry Flavin
Ola Fojtasek
Karol Lindquist and Robert Frazier
Michael Freedman
Danielle and Kenneth Fries
Renee and Joseph Gamberoni
Terry and Larry Gelb
Nancy Gewirz
Melanie Gowen
Toby Greenberg
Hannah Judy Gretz
Jean and Garth Grimmer
Debbie Lewis and Robert Grinberg
Jule Hall
Amy and Brett Harsch
Sharon and Gordon Hartley
Lucile Hays
Marianne and Jay Hegenbart
Lucy and Patrick Hehir
Gina Heneke
Sandra Holland
Lia Humphrey
Kristina Jelleme
Christy Kickham
Breeze Kidder
Charles Kilvert
Sharon Kiss
Kay Krill
Eric Kuhn
Heather Lauten
Susan Lenane
Molly Liston
Deborah Killen and Lyle Lothian
Deidre and Lawrence Mannix
Kathryn McCarthy
Nancy McGivney
Christopher McKeown
Jan and Edward Metcalf
Ellen Mitchell
Miriam Mittenthan
2023 Donors
Laurie and Robert Monahan
Diane Moriarty
Guido Munoz
Sally Nash
Jaime O'Connell
Ellen and Gerard O'Shea
Nicole and Ever Peña
Judith and Richard Phelan
Jose Regalado
Jill Roethke
Anne and Andre Rosen
Kathleen Sanderson
Penny and John Scheerer
Dina Schwartz
Judith Greenberg Seinfeld
Seth Shortlidge
Dorothy Slover
Peter Soule
Joly Stewart
Stephen Swets
Charles Tennant
Thomas Vitanza
Warren Von Weise
Elizabeth Bauer and Jon Watt
Cynthia Wells
Bryan White
Maureen and Thomas Wright
Up to $250
Elizabeth and Darian Almodobar
Virginia Andrews
Joan Badie
Tara Badie
Adam Berman
Tracy Berry
Gina Bilander
Carol Black
Karen Bopp
Elizabeth and Andy Buccino
Kara Carlson
Lizbet and Chris Fuller
Amanda and Elodie Charlton
Virginia Chase
Pamela Van Hoven Clark
Thomas Cohen
Debbie Coldwell
Sara Congdon
Debra and Jay Cote
Amy Pallenberg and Doug Cote
Maggie and Tom Cowing
Denise and John D'Avella
Min and Philip Day
Brian Delacey
Anne and Patrick Dewez
Polya Dimov
Betty and Rhett DuPont
Lauralyn Dyer
Angel Evering
Kristie and Ben Ferrantella
Katherine Fishbone
Shane Forbes
Susan and Roland Frye
Anastasia Fusaro
Tristram Coffin Gaillard
Maureen Gatto
C Elizabeth Gibson
Julie and Chuck Gifford
Billi and Bobby Gosh
Tine Graham
Karel and Frank Greenberg
Stacey Stuart and Peter Greenhalgh
2023 Donors
Jennifer and Khaled Hashem
Heather Hinchey
Grace Hinkley
Peter Hoey
Mary Holmes
Patricia Jordan
Ioana Kalpazanova
Nadya Kancheva
Dawn Kelly
Meghan Keneally
Julie Kever
Virginia Kinney
Ruthie Klinck
Chris Kling
Virginia Kostadinova
Denice and Michael Kronau
Margaret Layton
Amy and Jon Lee
Maggie Lengyel
Rachel and James Lochtefeld
Nancy and Richard Lubin
Lucy Cobb and Ron Lynch
Kathleen Martin
Sheila McCarthy
Wendy Greenberg and Simon Mikhailovich
Jennifer and Raymond Monto
Richard Moore
Kate and Leonard Moskowitz
Shirley Murtha
Elizabeth Hunt O'Brien
Barbara and Ray Owen
Nancy Pasley
Alaina Paterson
Patricia and Richard Perry
Melissa and Nathaniel Philbrick
Eileen and Elliott Pollack
William Porter
Valerie and Larry Post
Catherine Raphael
Nick Reed
Susan Renzulli
Adelaide Rhodes
Patricia Rottmeier
Louise Schneider
James Schufreider
Frances and Steve Siegler
Nancy and Bruce Simonds
Nadezhda Slavovska
Sheila and Robert Smith
Vikki and Jeffrey Spruill
Maureen and William Stavola
Barbara Stevens
Tracey Stoll
Merrill and Philip Strange
Barbara Elder and James Sulzer
Matt Tara
Michael Torrisi
Kelsey Trueblood
Lilly and Nicholas Truono
Heidi Weddendorf
Julia Jensen and Timothy Weed
Nicholas Wells
Olivia Wells
Wendy and Kevin Werle
Judith and Michael Wodynski
Shai Yah
Emma Young
Scott Widmeyer and Alan Yount
Jane Ziesing
We apologize if you believe you have been omitted from this report in error. If you wish to be acknowledged differently in the future, please call us at 508-228-0722.
2023 Business and Foundation Support
AAN would like to thank the following for their loyal partnership and generous support through event sponsorship, grants and gifts
Anonymous
1111 Nantucket
ACK Surfcasting
Alliant Private Client
AmazonSmile Foundation
Billy Voss Event Services
BPC Architecture
Centre Pointe/Cartolina
Cisco Brewers
Clarke Brothers Construction
Cox Foundation
Donelan Family Wines
Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation (EHTF)
Emma Ross Hair + Beauty
Fisher Real Estate
Handlebar Cafe
Hingham Institution for Savings
IRL Partners
J. Pepper Frazier Real Estate
Karp Family Foundation
Kathleen Hay Designs
KKR
Liberty Street Foundation
Madaket Marine
Nancy's Meltaways
Nantucket Crisps
Nantucket Frameworks
Nantucket Fund, Community Foundation for Nantucket
2023 Business and Foundation Support
Nantucket Golf Club Foundation
Nantucket Looms
Nantucket Tents
Nantucket Vineyard
Network for Good Nicci Aguiar Comics and Illustrations
Permits Plus, Inc.
PPX Events
Pure Insurance
RELX Inc.
Remain Fund, Community Foundation for Nantucket
R.J. Miller Salon & Spa
Samuel P. Mandell Foundation
Sankaty Head Golf Club
Soiree Floral
SSE Worthington Foundation
Stephanie's
The Clayton F. and Ruth L. Hawkridge Foundation
The George & Marie Chabot Charitable Foundation
The Geschke Foundation of the Silicon Valley C.F.
The McCausland Foundation
The Nantucket Bake Shop
The Private Plate
The Water Closet
Town of Nantucket
Town/ Queequeg's Tradewind Aviation
Triple Eight Distillery
Wells Fargo
Wicked Island Bakery
WIMCO Villas
Workshop/APD
2023 Tribute Gifts
HONORARY GIFTS
In Honor of the AAN Staff
Maggie Lengyel
In Honor of Laurie and Bob Champion
Phyllis and Stuart Freilich
Joyce Robinson
In Honor of Elizabeth Congdon
Judith Greenberg Seinfeld
In Honor of Jennifer and Stephen Dolente
Eric Kuhn
In Honor of Barbara and Elliot Gewirtz
Robert Grinberg
In Honor of Peter Greenhalgh
Stephen Swets
Elizabeth Sibley
In Honor of Eric Holch
Mary M. Holmes
In Honor of Maryann Jones
Taryn Jones Laeban
In Honor of Janet Joseph
Thomas Cohen
MEMORIAL GIFTS
In Memory of Pat Coffin
Tristram Coffin Gaillard
In Memory of Tom Johnson
Maggie Cowing
In Honor of Patty Keneally
Sharon Woods Hussey
In Honor of John Lochtefeld
James Lochtefeld
In Honor of Kit and Mark Manigan
Phyllis and Stuart Freilich
Terry Gelb
In Honor of Bob Miklos
Anne Dewez
In Honor of Lynn Nicholas
Jane Condon
In Honor of Nancy and Jay Nichols
Christopher McKeown
In Honor of Penny Scheerer
Katherine Fishbone
In Honor of Rick Sears
Elizabeth Gibson
In Honor of Tracey Sears
Roselee Wayman
Sharon Woods Hussey
In Honor of Olivia Wells
Cynthia Wells
In Memory of Charlie Kolb
Patricia Jordan
In Memory of Evelyn Tallen
Tracey Stoll
Obituary
Longtime island resident and AAN Life Member Kathleen Duncombe, age 73, passed away in January.
A graduate of the Pratt Institute in New York City and former art teacher in the Nantucket school system, Kathleen’s history with AAN harkens back to the Kenneth Taylor Gallery days, where she exhibited her art, taught classes, and shared her creative insights to all those interested. She had several shows at the Little Gallery, including a one woman show in 1987.
In the 1980’s & 1990’s, along with her father, she donated funds to support AAN’s educational programs, and in 1985 she became the director of AAN’s Education Workshop, which she ran for several years.
In possession of a gravelly voice - and gruff demeanor to those whom she had just met - she had a heart of gold, and a true soft spot for her cats and close friends. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Ca. 1980s photograph of L-R: Kathy Duncombe, AAN Workshop Director; Betsy Barvoetz, Executive Director; and Betty Moore, Board President. Photo Credit: Beverly Hall
