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NANTUCKET: The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA) is pleased to announce the opening of an exhibition of the Moby-Dick series of prints by Nantucket artist Janet (Ball) McGlinn (1915–88) opening Friday, January 18, at the Whitney Gallery in the Research Library, 7 Fair Street.
McGlinn was one of the most talented postwar artists working on Nantucket. She founded the Nantucket Printmakers with Schuyler Bradt (1909–79) in 1969 and taught printmaking, especially the technique of collograph, at the Artists Association of Nantucket when the workshop existed in the winter inside the blanketed lower gallery of the Kenneth Taylor Galleries. A Philadelphia native, McGlinn attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Art Students League in New York City. McGlinn’s stunning print series vividly highlights key scenes and characters from Moby-Dick, including the famous whale jawbone bar at the Spouter Inn, Moby-Dick himself, Queequeg, Ahab, a cutting-in scene, and a lovely image of Ishmael, the sole survivor at the end of the epic tale.
Located at 7 Fair Street, the gallery is open during library hours: Monday, Thursday, and Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Tuesday, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Closed Wednesday and weekends. Call 508-228-1655 for further information.
