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Patriot Ledger staff HULL - Hull Artists are one step closer to a new arts venue thanks to a $1,466 donation from the Social Service League of Cohasset, a local philanthropic organization. With the donation, the Hull Artists group, a non-profit, has met its fundraising goal of $22,000 to obtain a matching grant awarded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council. “We can now begin the next step in making our dream of the Nantasket Center for the Arts a reality,” said Bart Blumberg, president of Hull Artists. The money will go toward converting the long-vacant Department of Conservation and recreation police barracks at 213 Nantasket Ave., into a regional arts center. It allowed the group to move forward with hiring a firm, Fort Point Consulting, to complete a feasibility study to look at what will be involved in the renovation of the state-owned building. The study will begin in February. ....