The Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) announced on Monday that it has named its new downtown gallery the\u00a0\u201cCecelia Joyce & Seward Johnson Gallery.”\u00a0in recognition of a\u00a0lead gift to the non-profit from\u00a0the Cecelia Joyce and Seward Johnson Foundation, the Atlantic Foundation, and the India Blake Johnson Foundation. The donation will go toward the purchase and renovation of the new gallery\u00a0at 8 Federal Street.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a milestone moment for the Artists Association,” said Laurie Champion, AAN Board President. \u201cThe Johnson family\u2019s belief in the power of art has turned vision into reality. Their support ensures that our mission will thrive for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n
AAN purchased 8 Federal Street\u00a0(the former home of Lucille Jordan Real Estate) for $3.5 million\u00a0in March of this year and has hosted rotating exhibitions since April.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis property offers an opportunity to expand and remodel, so we plan to create a gallery with increased square footage, and a more sophisticated and modern space for our artists,\u201d said
\nRobert Frazier, AAN’s\u00a0Artistic Director. \u201cThe Johnson family\u2019s lead gift will successfully launch our campaign to create the best gallery possible for our Artist Members and the Nantucket community.\u201d<\/p>\n
The naming of the new gallery honors the legacy of Cecelia Joyce and Seward Johnson, whose commitment to the arts has long enriched Nantucket\u2019s cultural landscape, the non-profit stated in its announcement.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs we celebrate 80 years of AAN, this exciting new chapter reflects our continued commitment to the island and its artists,\u201d said Tracey Sears, AAN Executive Director. \u201cWe invite everyone to be part of this moment: to help build a permanent, inspiring home for Nantucket\u2019s vibrant visual arts community.\u201d<\/p>\n
The newly named gallery “will serve as a cornerstone for AAN\u2019s more than 300 Artist Members and the public for years to come,”\u00a0the non-profit stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Artists Association of Nantucket (AAN) announced on Monday that it has named its new downtown gallery the\u00a0\u201cCecelia…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":138898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[648,1032,104,106,1033,171,83129,50,83130,49716,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-138897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-breaking-news","11":"tag-current-news","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-nantucket-current","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-people-of-nantucket","17":"tag-stories","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115014221434697769","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}