NHA Community Quilt

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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

Fances

Mark Carapezza
Little Runners
Tricia Deck

Finding Your Way

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

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

Racing to the Finish Line

Jan Purdy Metcalf

NISHA Festival of Trees

Kris Pierce

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