Arts

Seniors show artistic talents at Council on Aging paint party

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Those stopping by the Council on Aging Wednesday afternoon would be forgiven if they mistook the center for an art studio, as a small group of students took part in an “art party” the COA hosted amid its return to in-person programming. During the...

Rehearse with the Dartmouth Community Band

Dartmouth Community Band invites musicians of all ages and skill levels to come to the first band rehearsal of the year on Tuesday, June 22 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Dartmouth Middle School auditorium. Those who used to play, want to try to play...
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Garden tour, art fair with the St. Julie's Ladies Guild

St. Julie's Ladies Guild will host a garden tour and art fair on July 10. The tour, which starts at St. Julie’s Church located at 494 Slocum Rd, will include six private gardens and two community gardens within Dartmouth and New Bedford's historic...

Endless summer: Annual concert series returns after Covid cancellation

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The sounds and rhythms of summer have officially returned to Apponagansett Park. After a year of silence, the Parks and Recreation Department’s Summer Concert Series made its return with a ska-filled set from the NB Rude Boys to kick off the season...

Art Drive Open Studio Tour returns this summer

After a year off due to the pandemic, the annual Art Drive Open Studio Tour is back on this August. The juried studio tour will take place Aug. 6-8, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. as a group of more than 30 artists from Dartmouth and Westport will open their...

Dartmouth High theater returns to the stage with the music of Queen

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The Dartmouth High Theater Company is back on the stage for the first time in nearly two years with a Queen-filled production of their spring musical “We Will Rock You” — a streamable performance Freddie Mercury might describe as “ guaranteed to...

Dartmouth High Theater Company to perform ‘We Will Rock You’

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Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? This month, the Dartmouth High Theater Company returns to the stage with a Queen-filled production of the musical “We Will Rock You.” The show tells the of story of young Bohemians who struggle against...

Local landscapes on display at Dartmouth Cultural Center

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Westport resident Karen Melanson has always had a love for art. She noted one of her dreams when she was young was to go to art school and some day see her work on local scenery hung in galleries. “I actually wanted to go to art school, but was told...

Artisans learn Nantucket weaving at Spring Arts festival

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A small group of students gathered at the Olde Southworth Library on Saturday were there to learn a functional art practiced more than a century ago by sailors around Nantucket: basket-weaving. The class, taught by Weaver Trisha Brown-Medeiros of D...

Pouring paint: Acrylic workshop kicks off Spring Arts festival at Dartmouth Cultural Center

Artists spray, drizzle, splash, and painstakingly apply paint to surfaces in a multitude of ways. But in the Dartmouth Cultural Center’s basement studio on May 7, ten artists and art enthusiasts learned something new. Painting instructor Jill Law...

UMass Dartmouth exhibition receives $45,000 grant

UMass Dartmouth and the College of Visual and Performing Arts announced a $45,000 award from the Henry Luce Foundation’s American Art Program for the exhibition “Nancy Holt: Massachusetts.” The exhibition, which officially opens Nov. 11, celebrates...

South Coast Spring Arts festival comes to Dartmouth

The statewide ArtWeek festival won’t be happening this year, but that hasn’t stopped South Coast stalwarts like the Dartmouth Cultural Center from bringing artsy activities to the region. The Padanaram-based cultural center is collaborating with...

Cultural Center announces top paintings from acrylics exhibition

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This is the past week marked the end of the Abstract Acrylic exhibition at the Dartmouth Cultural Center and jurors William and Jeanne Kendall have announced their selections on the top displays. The exhibition’s first place honor goes to Lisa...

Area artisans show off their crafts outdoors

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In a normal year, artists and crafters from around the region would showcase their work inside the Dartmouth Grange or the Quaker Meeting House in Westport for their local artisan shows. With gathering limits reduced for the typical venues, shows...

Unique decor lands resident a magazine spread

Visitors to Joy Campbell’s house may be forgiven for thinking they’ve stepped into a museum. With antique wooden objects everywhere, the Padanaram home’s interior is so striking that it will soon be gracing the pages of Country Sampler Magazine, a...

Abstract acrylics on display at Dartmouth Cultural Center

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For the past three years, Dartmouth Cultural Center president Jill Law has taught acrylic art to emerging artists from around the South Coast. To kick off spring at the Old Southworth Library, dozens of abstract works are up at the Center as part of...

Color guard lets its flags fly

Audiences are back inside Dartmouth High School’s gym, as a limited number of guests gathered to watch the color guard perform in the New England Scholastic Band Association’s spring show on March 31. Although the season has been held virtually thus...

Setting the tone: High school chamber orchestra greets staff, students with music

On Friday morning, Dartmouth High schoolers and staffers were greeted with chamber music as they streamed in through the school entrance. Nearly a dozen kids in the school’s chamber music orchestra came in half an hour early to play violin, viola...

New virtual exhibit at cultural center highlights student artists

The Dartmouth Cultural Center may be temporarily closed, but a new virtual exhibit called “Amplifying Voice” showcasing student artists at Our Sisters’ School is taking place online. According to OSS Creativity Director Tobey Eugenio, students from...

From Iran to Dartmouth: UMass artist holds first solo show

For artist Shabnam Jannesari, painting is a way to explore nostalgia and Iranian female identity from her own personal experience. The UMass Dartmouth art student is fresh from the opening of her first solo exhibition, ‘The Carpet Grew Like a Garden...

Friends of Dartmouth Libraries to host annual film series virtually

Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries will once again host its annual Molly Little Art Film Series on Tuesdays in January and February from 11 a.m. to noon — but this time, it’s virtual. Now in its 31st year, the popular winter film series will take...

Dartmouth teachers celebrate publication of third book

Celebrate our differences. That’s the message from two Dartmouth teachers who have teamed up on their third children’s book, “July Lights,” published in late December. Dartmouth Middle School English teacher Kathleen Souza took up the pen once more...