NANTUCKET
'S
CENTURY HOUSE WELCOMES ARTIST DON MOSHER
Guests Can Now
Observe the Freedoms of Nantucket through Artists' Eyes
(Nantucket, MA)
– July 2006.
The Century House, the oldest continuously
operating inn on Nantucket, as part of its second annual
educational Art Charrette, welcomed renowned artist
Don Mosher, a former resident and gallery owner on Rocky
Neck in Gloucester, currently living in Rockport, MA.
Donald Allen Mosher,
a Rockport resident since 1980, with his Gallery on Main Street,
has been a participant in the Century House Artist in Residence
Program since the late 1980's and was selected this year to be
one of its prestigious "Point/Master Artists".
www.moshergallery.com
As adept with
watercolor as he is with oils, Don moves freely between the two
with expressive impressionist interpretations of New England
scenery. His interest in art began after winning his first
award at the age of eight, and he has since won over twenty
awards for is work. A 1968 graduate of Vesper George School of
Art, where he met his wife, Christine, Don is also a painting
instructor and has been featured in several national
publications including Yankee and American Artist Magazines.
Mosher's paintings hang in the permanent collections of large
corporations and banks. Mosher's art attracts not only
the Century House but prestigious private homes throughout the
United States and abroad, and
regionally including the Peabody Museum, the Portland Museum and
the State House in Boston.
An evolution from
the June 2005 Professional Artist's Week, the artistic
Charrettes offer a series of intimate stays orchestrated by a
long term Century House Artist-in-Residence "Point/Master
Artist" who invites a few fellow artists to the Century House,
providing a unique opportunity for the group to create its own
energy with the purpose of congregating and critiquing each
other's work at the end of the day.
For the first time
this year, the innkeepers of the Century House
also welcome guests to stay during the Charrettes, which take
place from mid-May through October on select dates. While
guests cannot participate in the creative process of the group,
they are encouraged to observe the artists' day and connect with
the artists during their Century House stay.
The Century House
dates back to the Cliff Road land purchase in 1833. According to
research performed by Edouard A. Stackpole, renowned Nantucket
historian and former director of the Peter Foulger Museum, the
Century House was built by a member of an old Nantucket family
of Scottish roots, Captain Robert Calder. It is said that Capt.
Calder chose this site because of the privacy, the ocean
breezes, the views, and the genuine serenity the location
provided in the 1840's and still exhibits today. According to
Mr. Stackpole, the Century House is the oldest continuously
operating guesthouse on Nantucket Island to date.
