Silver Current
July 1 - September 30, 2019
Opening reception: June 29, 2019 from 4-6pm
Custom House Square
Inspired by the graceful, synchronous motion of schools of fish, Patrick Shearn’s signature Skynets are a constant reminder of nature moving around us. The forthcoming installation for DATMA’s Summer Winds exhibit will dramatically reveal the coastal wind currents moving throughout New Bedford, that are hardly visible otherwise. The artist will pursue a site-specific design for Custom House Square in order to maximize both the drama and intimacy of the artwork. Learn more about Poetic Kinetics HERE.
Behind Poetic Kinetics
July 1 - September 30, 2019
Opening reception: June 29, 2019 from 5-7pm
The Co-Creative Center
Get a behind the scenes look at an artists process and experience artwork seen around the world created by Patrick Shearn of Poetic Kinetics. Learn more about Poetic Kinetics HERE.
Elizabeth Keithline: (The Air) As It Moves
UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus
May 24 - September 12, 2019
Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night, June 13, 6-8 pm, Artist Talk 7 pm
Closing Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night, September 12, 6-8 pm
Additional programming dates - AHA Nights in July & August
Site-specific installation by Elizabeth Keithline. Learn more about the University Art Gallery HERE.
Spencer Finch
May 24- September 12, 2019
Gallery 244 located at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night, June 13, 6-8 pm
Additional programming dates - AHA Nights in July & August
Select works by contemporary artist Spencer Finch. Learn more about 244 exhibits HERE.
De Wind is Op! The Dutch under Sail in the Golden Age
July 2, 2019 – 2020
New Bedford Whaling Museum
Co-curators: Dr. Christina Connett & Dr. Roger Mandle.
The New Bedford Whaling Museum (NBWM) will explore our extraordinary collections of Golden Age Dutch and Flemish paintings through a fresh lens. These works will be interpreted around the themes of wind, climate and sea as the drivers behind a uniquely Dutch national identity represented in maritime works of art of this period. Dutch artists arguably invented seascape painting, and were the first to specialize in this genre. Their influence reverberates in all that followed, from the work of J.M.W. Turner to Winslow Homer to New Bedford artists William Bradford and Albert Pinkham Ryder. De Wind is Op! will include up to 50 paintings, prints, and other related artifacts drawn from the Museum’s Dutch collections, one of the largest and important of this genre outside of the Netherlands. There will also be a complementary exhibition in the fall of 2019 of European and American prints, paintings, and charts related to wind and climate themes. Learn more about the Whaling museum, their exhibitions, and a special companion symposium will be held at the Museum October 18-19, 2019 HERE.
Some Things We Do Together
July 11, 2019-October 11, 2019
New Bedford Art Museum/ ArtWorks!
Multimedia artists Megan and Murray McMillan are teaming up with NBAM/ArtWorks! to create sculptures that will engage and delight museum visitors -- and birds! Wind-activated birdhouses and feeders will be specially designed to entice and stimulate local fowl. Cameras installed in the feeders will capture the actions of the birds, and videos from this footage will be exhibited at the Museum along with human-sized installations inspired by the birdhouses and the movements of the birds. Learn more about NBAM/AW! HERE.
Winds of Change
August 17, 2019- mid-August 2020
Outdoor mural on the Superflat wall at the Corner of Williams Street and Acushnet Ave. Artist TBD- Open call for graffiti artists goes live late-spring via Superflat networks. Superflat presents “Winds of Change” mural. It will be revealed mid-August when the planets align once again at the 3rdeye Open summer bash for teenaged youth. Learn more about Superflat HERE and more about 3rd Eye Unlimited HERE.
Whirlwind of Art
June 13 – September 19
Opening Celebration June 13 (AHA!)
Seaport Art Walk
Curator: Jessica Bregoli
Seaport Cultural District Artwalk presents a selection of sculptures created by students enrolled in either BCC or UMass Dartmouth. Inspired by wind, the following students have been selected for this year's exhibition; Laura Franco , Bianca Laslo, and Paige Smiley of BCC and David Cardenas, Aleisea Guzman, Melony Poirier, Libby Smiley of UMassD. At the June AHA! opening, one of the six pieces will be selected to receive a prize, for which the artist(s) will receive a cash prize provided by City of New Bedford thanks to the Wicked Cool Places grant. Jurors are Roger Mandle & Lindsay Mis of DATMA. This project was made possible thanks to the many partners including: New Bedford Economic Development Council (NBEDC), the City of New Bedford’s Tourism Department, New Bedford Harbor Development Commission, UMASS Dartmouth’s College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA), and Bristol Community College (BCC) Visual and Performing Arts Department and Massachusetts Design Art & Technology Institute (DATMA). Learn more about Seaport Art Walk & Destination New Bedford HERE.
Buttonwood Park Zoo presents Sculpture by Chuck Hauck
June-September 2019
Buttonwood Park Zoo
The zoo will feature wind activated whimsical mobiles throughout the zoo by New Bedford artist, Chuck Hauk of Gallery X. More details to come. This exhibition is in conjunction with the Zoo’s 125th anniversary! Learn more about the Zoo's birthday celebrations HERE.
