Victoria Stanton created this acrylic painting on canvas depicting a tube of sunscreen, cleverly reimagining SPF as "HPF 96" (Harbor Protection Factor 96). This artwork symbolizes the Foundation's mission to safeguard Nantucket's harbor ecosystem, particularly its eelgrass and scallops. The number 96 reflects the club's address at 96 Washington Street, tying the piece to the GHYC's identity. The painting celebrates the Foundation's commitment to preserving the harbor's natural beauty, urging viewers to protect and keep it wild.

Victoria, 18, attends Trinity College and is studying studio art and art history.

As part of Cause & Affection: A Water Quality-of-Life, Rita Leduc, with Oika, immersed herself in the eelgrass ecosystem to collect visual data that reflected the many sensations of relationality she felt at different levels from the sea floor. The resulting artwork expresses a lived-experience of relationality between Leduc and Nantucket Harbor’s eelgrass ecosystem. 

Rita Leduc is a research artist who senses and investigates time, light, relationships, and distributions of consciousness.

In Nantucket, violet-hued sunsets are a stunning natural spectacle, most often seen from the island's western beaches. The colors are caused by a phenomenon known as atmospheric scattering, where airborne particles and atmospheric conditions filter sunlight as it passes through the earth's atmosphere. 

Photo by Bella McArthur, amateur photographer and island lover. Her photograph here taken in September 2025 shows the harbor glowing a glorious violet.