As record crowds brave freezing temperatures for President Elect Barack Obama's inauguration, it's worth considering that few political figures in the recent past have generated such an outpouring of support amongst creatives and artists or reached icon status so quickly. Here's a-few examples of Obama Art courtesy of ArtCulture Magazine.

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Inauguration Day Art - Obama the Icon

This week's Featured Nantucket Artist is Sarah Laurence.]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:26:07 -0700 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/830108 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/801275 Nantucket Arts Festival has started in earnest. You can download the full Nantucket Arts Festival]]> Mon, 01 Sep 2008 06:39:41 -0700 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/801275 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/753870

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]]> Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:59:42 -0700 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/712326 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/701490 Happy Independence Day!! As usual it's going to be a busy one on Nantucket, and for the Art minded there are one or two notable openings over the weekend. Here's afew things to keep you entertained..

July 4th
Opening Reception
Easy Street Gallery, 27 Easy St.
7-9 PM

July 5th
Opening Reception - Scott Duce & Jim Rennert
Cavalier Gallery
34 Main Street
6-8 PM
cavaliergalleries.com

Opening Reception - Women's Glass Invitational (June 27-July 24)
Dane Gallery
28 Centre St.
6-9 PM
danegallery.com

Opening Reception - Robert Frazier & Robert Fraker
Old Spouter Galleries
118 Orange St.
6-8 PM
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This week's Featured Nantucket Artist is Dan Moran. Dan's Art]]> Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:12:24 -0700 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/700638 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/685751

After his successful opening at LoLa 41 last week we thought you might like this Kerry Hallam interview we found on YouTube, with the great man waxing lyrical and talking of]]> Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:12:14 -0700 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/685751 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/684698

Being a web designer and a practising artist sometimes can be hard; the disciplines of graphic design can be a world away from the raw creativity required in painting. But it's often refreshing to remember that there are some absolutes that all creatives can learn from - such as the Basic Elements of Design posted over on Just Creative Design by Jacob Cass. Even if these rules do exist JUST to be broken, it's worth brushing up on some of them every now and again.

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Tips for Artists

After 30 years the first Beach Boys solo album, Dennis Wilson's Pacific Ocean Blue ,]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:06:13 -0700 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/681295 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/680456 A week of star spotting on Nantucket Island culminates]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:24:44 -0700 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/680456 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/679093 ]]> Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:24:00 -0700 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/679093 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/677214

This week's Featured Nantucket Artist is Tim Campbell. Tim works around Nantucket and The Cape painting nautical themes and furniture. See Tim Cambell Art here >>

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We're psyched in the Nantucket Art offices today that we finally ordered our copy of the brand spanking new Beep Seals]]> Fri, 20 Jun 2008 04:23:09 -0700 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/674967 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/673787

Woke up this morning to find the Myspace makeover had gone live (checkout our Nantucket Art MySpace). The main changes you'll notice on the user end]]> Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:13:05 -0700 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/673787 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/671544

Cioppinos restaurants signature piece of Art "International Cuisine" - a signed limited edition print of Leroy Neiman's, has been stolen this month.

Neiman is a widely know for his sports paintings seen around the world during coverage of the Olympics and other events. The signed art print taken from Cioppinos has hung in the dining room for the past 12 years and could be worth as much as $15,000.

"The person who took it knew what they were doing. They came right in and just took the print and nothing else," said Root. "Nothing else in the restaurant was even slightly disturbed."

Anyone with information is asked to call 239-370-7581 or the Nantucket Police Department at 508-228-1212. A cash reward will]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:43:02 -0700 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/671544 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/671543

Money Shots is the hot new internet guerilla art phenomenon hard on the heels of the Sleeveface craze. You can see more over at the Money Shots Flickr group. We're concerned]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:43:02 -0700 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/671543 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/649942 Bo Diddley's sad]]> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:25:43 -0700 http://virb.com/1805226718430463/posts/text/649942