Arts

Watercolor batik workshop coming to Dartmouth Cultural Center

The Dartmouth Cultural Center is offering an opportunity for artists and creatives to explore a distinctive mixed-media technique in its upcoming workshop, “Line & Wash Watercolor Batik on Kinwashi Rice Paper,” led by artist Peter Sterling...

‘About Face’: Shift perspective with an array of art at the Cultural Center

For Sepi Golestani, the feeling of chronic anxiety has never been abstract. “I’m originally from Iran,” the Newton-based artist said as she referred to one of paintings set to be hung in the latest Dartmouth Cultural Center exhibit. “So the story is...
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‘Last hurrah’ for Gallery Sitka: See the artists featured at the Cultural Center

A kaleidoscope of color, texture and vision has arrived at the Dartmouth Cultural Center. The latest exhibit, on view through July 12, features the work of more than 30 artists represented by Gallery Sitka, a woman-owned New England gallery. Though...

New York Gallery showcases award-winning work by Dartmouth artist

Dartmouth resident Heather Stivison has received national recognition for her graphite drawing “Other,” which was selected for the National Association of Women Artists' Medal of Honor & Elizabeth Morse Genius Foundation Award for Works on Paper...

Mural reflects the community, integrity at CrossFit Dartmouth

A blank gym wall once soaked in sweat and scuff marks has transformed into a burst of color, culture and community at CrossFit Dartmouth now that a massive new mural greets every athlete who walks through the door. “This wall is where we put a lot...

Two Dartmouth High seniors awarded art scholarships by Westport Art Group

Two Dartmouth High School students have been recognized for their artistic talent and dedication with $3,000 scholarships each from the Westport Art Group. Jadah Kumor and Jenna Rock, both graduating seniors, are this year’s recipients. The awards...

Travel to the place where dreams are born with New Bedford Ballet

NEW BEDFORD — Six Dartmouth kids will be partaking in an adventure to the “place where dreams are born” and the community is welcomed to join them. The world’s most popular symbol of everlasting youth, Peter Pan, will be soaring to new heights in...

Sixty years of high notes and harmonies

Grace Episcopal Church rang out with harmony and history Sunday afternoon, May 18 as the Greater New Bedford Choral Society celebrated its 60th anniversary with a concert that blended classical mastery, local talent and Broadway flair. The...

A night of color and pride for art students across the district

At the 13th annual district-wide art show on Thursday, May 8, poster boards towered over even the tallest guests, filling the Dartmouth High School gym in full rows of color and creativity. Students from across the district led proud parents by the...

Local sculptor shapes up for a new gallery showing

When Dartmouth sculptor Chris Gustin creates his pieces, he likes to see where they take him, letting the artwork “lead itself.” Now several of his pieces are on display in the Donzella LTD gallery in New York City where they will stay through June...

Dartmouth student to lead audiences to Neverland

Long before learning to fly as Peter Pan, Aja Crockett, was a toddler, following her family’s footsteps into the performing arts world — already swept up in the magic of storytelling. Now the Dartmouth Middle School eighth grader is center stage,...

District-wide art show to display the talents of students of all ages

Art work from students across every grade level in Dartmouth Public Schools will be on display for the community Thursday, May 8. See the talents of district all in one go from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Carlin Lynch Activity Center in Dartmouth High...

Artists weave together memories and encapsulate moments in upcoming show

The Dartmouth Cultural Center will explore the power of memory through art with its upcoming exhibition, “Fragments: Memories Reconstructed,” opening Friday, May 2 at 404 Elm Street. The show will run through June 7, with a reception from 5 p.m. to...

Picture this, an artfully crafted week of creativity and more

A week full of creativity, history and craftsmanship is coming to the Dartmouth Cultural Center. Celebrate the annual Art Week, with events happening from Thursday, May 8 to Thursday, May 16. From honoring New Bedford’s role in the Underground...

Bishop Stang High School looks to tune into rock in next production

Get ready to crank up the volume as Bishop Stang High School presents “School of Rock: The Musical” this spring, promising an electrifying theatrical experience for the audience. The student cast and crew have been hard at work transforming the...

From across the Atlantic, two residents look to share tides of history

For documentarian Nick Francis and author Joel Silveira Avila, the Azores aren’t just the subject of their latest projects — they’re part of who they are. Telling their stories through the lens and pen, together, they’ll explore the history of the...

Dartmouth high schoolers hit all the right notes

The Dartmouth High School color guard, indoor percussion and concert band groups have been busy recently, taking home several first place awards and preparing for future competitions. On Sunday, March 30, both the Dartmouth Varsity Winter Guard and...

The ‘dynamix’ of another successful Dartmouth music group

Three years ago Samuel Bianco was hired at Dartmouth High School and quickly started a new program that would only go on to bring in more awards and accolades to the school’s successful music department. In its first year, with only 15 kids, the...

Spring into some evenings of art, wine and community

Reawaken that drive for art and join the Dartmouth Cultural Center for its spring exhibit, featuring 15 artists from around New England, this April. The member-driven show, “Awakening,” kicks off on Friday, April 4 with an artist reception from 5 p...

Percussionists drum up a delectable performance

Dressed as cooks, waitresses and diners from the mid-to-late 1900s, Dartmouth High School indoor percussionists performed “After hours at the diner,” a show about what happens after a diner closes. “People come in and have a good time. You meet a...

Hear the ‘true’ tale of the princess and the pea

Atop 20 “mattresses,” Dartmouth Middle School’s Aja Crockett will be settling down for a few restless nights this April. And it won’t be the dozens of eyes in the audience keeping her up, but rather a small pea wedged neatly beneath the tower of...

Giddy-up to the bingo corral

Shouts of “Bingo!” filled the Dartmouth High School cafeteria Sunday, March 16 as students in the Dartmouth High Theatre Company prepared for their upcoming production, “Gunfight at the Bingo Corral.” The play is an interactive comedy production...

New exhibit paints a picture of student artistry

Wrapping around the walls of the Dartmouth Cultural Center, 11 AP art students spent the morning of Wednesday, March 12 carefully arranging their artwork in preparation for the center’s annual Dartmouth High School AP Student Exhibition. For many of...

An encore in España: Dartmouth Orchestra takes their show abroad

This week, while the rest of the town shivers in the freezing winds of Massachusetts, 89 of its residents are traveling down the east coast of Spain, soaking up the sun in the 60-degree weather. However, “It’s not just a sight-seeing tour — this is...

Cosmic compositions: Southcoast Chamber Music Series plays to the tune of stars

It was a packed house two nights in a row for the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra’s Southcoast Chamber Music Series this weekend for their performance of “Galaxy” Feb. 1 and 2. At St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Dartmouth, attendees heard from three...

DeMello students tune into their voices

For 20 weeks, fourth graders at DeMello Elementary School prepared to perform what would be for many of them the first concert performance of their lives. “My idea for these concerts is that they’re part informant and part performance,” said Monique...