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Buoyance We, the people of New Bedford, Massachusetts, we the people: French Irish Norwegian Cape Verdean Portuguese Polish Italian Spanish Mayan  … we, the people, connected, blended, entwined are said to have salt water coursing through our veins. Salt water, our life blood. Awakened by the cries of congregating gulls and the tart aroma of […]

Poet, Geneva Gomes is a New Bedford Native. She crafted and performed “Water is We” for DATMA’s Water 2021 launch hosted by 3rd EyE Youth Empowerment on June 17th, 2021.

Read the article directly from Artscope Online here. TOP: Zimoun, “WATER 2021,”2011/2021, 280 prepared dc-motors, cotton balls, cardboard boxes 13” x 13” x 13”, photo by Richard Gormley. BOTTOM LEFT: Craig Easton, Daiva, Filleter, Aberdeen, from the Fisherwomen Series. BOTTOM RIGHT: Hyung Sun Kim, Hyun Okran, Onpyeong Jeju, from the Haenyeo: Sea Women Series. All

For its third year, Massachusetts Design Art & Technology Institute launches free public art exhibitions and numerous programs to reenergize a downtown community.

3, 2, 1 lift off!!! Thanks to many, DATMA officially launched Water 2021. Big thanks to 3rd Eye and UMass Dartmouth CVPA for a meaningful opening night. Recap the night with us by reading this news post.

Highlights of DATMA’s citywide WATER 2021 series include an outdoor exhibition with portraits of fisherwomen worldwide.

The Massachusetts Design Art and Technology Institute & School for Marine Science and Technology collaborate to feature an exhibit highlighting scientific archival photography pivotal in the revival of the scallop industry.

It’s always a fun talking New Bedford with radio host, Jim Phillips at WBSM Radio 1420. It was even better this year with photographer Phil Mello on the line.

John was a gifted artist who exhibited his abstract artwork in galleries and museums in New York and New England.

DATMA’s free public art projects will examine the role of water within the histories, economies, and cultures of several countries as well as the South Coast —from its geographic location and its wide-ranging fishing industry to the technologies of the 21st century providing new sources of energy while protecting the fragile ecology of the region.