

NHA COMMUNITY QUILT
What is the NHA Community Quilt?
This Spring, the Nantucket Historical Association invited contributors to interpret what the Nantucket community means to them through the decoration of a wooden diamond, to be displayed as a mosaic representing a quilt.
We have accepted over 100 decorated panels, in a range of mediums including fabric, paint, collage and more, with the NHA providing an 8”x8” wood panel to each contributor to use as a base for their artwork, thanks to generous support of materials from Nantucket Create.
In addition to community member contributions, members of the NHA staff have made a series of Community Quilt project panels at many of our programs and events this year to provide community members with an opportunity to view panel making in action.
Quilts & Community
Textiles have long been made by and for communities to express social connection and reflect local identity. From mid-19th century “album quilts” or “friendship quilts” with their distinctive signatures to embroidered crazy quilts with whimsical designs, many quilts commemorate friendships and community gatherings and are themselves products of communal work.
The NHA collection holds many examples of these meaningful pieces, some of which are on display in the exhibition Behind the Seams. These include a 19th-century friendship quilt with the signatures of eight Nantucket women bound by family ties, as well as an appliquéd quilt celebrating 300 years of Nantucket history through colorful island motifs. While techniques and trends have evolved over time, textiles have always served as vehicles for creativity and connection.
Where to view the Community Quilt
The quilt display will be set up at the following NHA events:
Wednesday, August 6: Community Day at Children’s Beach, 9am-12pm (free event)
Thursday, August 7 - Saturday August 9: Greater Light, 8 Howard Street 11am - 4pm (free admission)
Saturday, September 27: Fall Festival at the Oldest House, 10am-1pm (free event)
Friday, October 17: Exhibition Celebration: Unwind Under the Whale at the Whaling Museum (ticketed event)
Learn more and check for updates at nha.org/community-quilt-project

Weaving Nature In Community


Lisa Nye Dawson
Arts & Crafts
Cindy Delano
Continuous Bond
Jennifer Dion



Flowers by the Sea
Anne Terry
Basket Case
Felicia Soltys



Brant Point
Rebecca Rohr

No More Empty Bowls
Veronica Bolcik
Nantucket Food Fue and Rental Assistan





Summer Bloom
Donata Vita




Making Memories
Kathleen Wixted
Fances
Ellen K. Young


Deb Ehrens



Mark Carapezza
Little Runners
Tricia Deck

Finding Your Way
Keely Farrell Egan Maritime Institute


Donna Elle
Smiling Heart
Shelli Field

Dogs Make Us Human


Margaret Hallowell
Nantucket Reds
Lauren Murray Soverino urray’s Toggery Shop
Life’s Better with Daffy
Nikol Kirilova

Obadiah the Old Salt
Lizza Obremski
Nanpuppets

Gam by the Fire Sassy Nash

Neighborhood Spaces
Camden Palm




Laura Pless Freedman





Marissa Smith-Jones
Brant Point
Greg Hill



Gayle Eastwood Blumenberg
Nantucket Valentine
Hasti Azar Bajoghli



Nantucket Trees
Ellen Metzger O’Shea



Lauren G Klein Nantucket
Meida Mazylyte



Blue
Kristina Ralkova



Varya Keller
Weathered Cedar Siding Benjamin Delano
K Mehra
Whales Frolic in Nantucket









Kristin V Hull



Karin Ganga Sheppar

Living in community means sharing our strengths
Margie Marino, Katie Holahan, & Rose Gonel


Rebecca Tolley
A Piece of My Heart
Mary Longacre




EmPOWERing Fu
Generations
Kelly McFarland
Stratman, Ella Stratma & Emery Stratman

Floating Butterfly Angel Evering

Spring Arrives
Maggie Maury



Brant Point
Tyler Lipton

Flight of the Ruby Crowned


Tom Griswold
Sea & Sky
Joanne Kane
Cisco Beach
Erika Christensen Scully



Weymar

Day at the Beach II Nantucket Elementary School
Day at the Beach III Nantucket Elementary School


Day at the Beach IV Nantucket Elementary School



Family On ACK
Hillary Anapol
Valentina & Viviana Ambris
Cynthia Arnold Tran

Star


Blue
Daffy in Bloom Nantucket
Debra Ponte
Lili Tran
Arianne George

Tina Fournier


Mariellen Scannell
Rihanna Cranston

Sconset Blues
Patsy Wright
Racing to the Finish Line
Jan Purdy Metcalf



NISHA Festival of Trees

Kris Pierce

