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UMass Dartmouth pulls in guests with 'Tug and Pull' art exhibit

Anna Kristina Goransson talks about her art. Photos by Kat Sheridan

UMass Dartmouth’s latest exhibit, “Tug and Pull,” is sure to pull in guests. The exhibit, created by Anna Kristina Goransson, shows her emotions about life…

Explore the coast with the new exhibit at the Cultural Center

Beth Barry with her art. Source: Beth Barry

The Dartmouth Cultural Center is welcoming Beth Barry and her latest exhibit The Interior Horizon. “It’s a cross section of works,” said Barry. “Some small, some very large…

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Looking at 'A Lifetime of Looking' at the Dartmouth Cultural Center

Pamela Hoss poses with a couple of her pieces. Photos by Kat Sheridan

Pamela Hoss uses herself as a “vehicle for expression” in her art, painting self portraits that involve her dressing up, posing and performing. “These works have given me a voice to express myself as a woman and the roles I have played as a...

Artists embrace gray skies during eighth annual Wet Paint

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Scattered around Dartmouth, artists set up their easels, some using their car trunks as cover from rainy weather and others setting up umbrellas. On Saturday, Aug. 22, around 36 artists took part in the Dartmouth Cultural Center’s eighth annual Wet...

Greater New Bedford Choral Society looking for new members

The Greater New Bedford Choral Society is starting up its fall season on Wednesday, Sept. 9 and is now looking for new members. Open rehearsals will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 16 and 23. Auditions aren't necessary to be a member of the chorus,...

Eighth annual Wet Paint to return to Padanaram

On Saturday, Aug. 22, around 36 artists will be setting up easels throughout Padanaram to create original works inspired by the landscapes, waterfront, architecture and everyday scenes around them as part of the Dartmouth Cultural Center's eigth...

Artists open up their studios for annual Art Drive Open Studio Tour

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The annual Art Drive, an open studio tour that showcases the work of Dartmouth and Westport residents, is returning for its 18th year this August. The Art Drive Open Studio Tour will take place from Aug. 7 through Aug. 9, when visitors will be able...

'A man for the people': Paul Cuffe movie filmed in Dartmouth

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At 4 a.m. one mid-May morning when much of Dartmouth was asleep, a small group of filmmakers and actors were on the bank of the Slocums River, hoping to capture the perfect shot of the sunrise. They set up their cameras and props near the river...

Learn about the Loose Screws

The band playing at the Summer Concert Series. Photos by Kat Sheridan

While the band Loose Screws has been performing together since the 1990s, its members first started dabbling in music years before. “We’ve been playing since we were kids,” said singer Scott Avila, who is from Dartmouth and one of the founding...

Free printmaking workshops at UMass Dartmouth

The UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts will be offering three free beginner-friendly printmaking workshops this summer as part of the school's Summer Community Projects program. The workshops are designed to introduce community...

A gallery reimagined as a 'bridge'

The children's section. Photos by Kat Sheridan

Bridge Gallery is not a new gallery, but a transformation of the Sixth Street Gallery in Padanarm. Caroline Ballou has had the gallery for 12 years, and decided she wanted to make it a newer place, bridging the multiple generations involved in the...

New gallery features New Bedford artist

Deborah Macy poses with a couple of her paintings. Photos by Kat Sheridan

Deborah Macy has been painting her entire life, with a focus on women and diverse people of the Southcoast. Her art is now being shown in Dartmouth, at Gatlin Fine Framing, Fine Tea. “I love to paint a rainbow of people, and that’s what we have...

Women artists come together for picture perfect display of talent

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While many of the Dartmouth Cultural Center’s monthly art exhibits feature one or two artists, the current show features the work of 15 women artists. Opening on Friday, July 10, the exhibit, titled “Accidental Metamorphosis,” features the work of...

Cultural Center presents 'Accidental Metamorphosis' exhibition

The Dartmouth Cultural Center is holding an opening reception Friday, July 10 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. for their next art exhibit featuring artist who are part of the National Association of Women Artists. Fifteen artists will have their work on...

Duo spends 20 years traversing the South Coast through song

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Twenty years ago, friends Gene Beaudoin and Bob Blais were part of a band based in Marshfield, but after the group broke up, the pair formed a two-man group. Their first gig as a duo was at a Texas Instruments retirement organization, and ever...

Artists bring New World art to life in June exhibit

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The Dartmouth Cultural Center will be a place of discovery this June, with two artists displaying artwork that take inspiration from the New World, including petroglyphs and Mayan art and architecture. Bruce Bailey of Dartmouth creates prints and...

'Recovered Dreams and New Creations' at the Dartmouth Cultural Center

The Dartmouth Cultural Center is welcoming their next Exhibit, “Recovered Dreams and New Creations,” from Thursday, June 5 until Friday, June 27. This exhibit will feature artworks by Bruce Bailey and Eric Lintala. The opening reception will be on...

Register for the eighth annual Wet Paint Padanarm Plein Air

Registration is now open for the Dartmouth Cultural Center's 8th annual Wet Paint Padanaram Plein Air event. Held on Saturday, Aug. 22 beginning at 4:30 p.m. Artists will have the opportunity to paint Padanaram's harbor, coastline and quaint vistas...

Not just a thesis at UMass Dartmouth's art department

The crowd gathered to enjoy to thesis show's closing day. Photos by Kat Sheridan

Three masters of fine arts students at UMass Dartmouth chose to highlight their thesis projects at the Art and Design Studios in what used to be a Bed Bath and Beyond in the Dartmouth Towne Center. They were among nine candidates showing off their...

Picture pefect: Students display their artwork in annual district show

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Under 5,000 but “definitely in the thousands.” That’s the estimate Dartmouth High School art teacher Morgan Bozarth had for how many pieces of art were on display in the district’s 14th annual art show, held on Thursday, May 7. And it’s a number...

Picture this: ArtWeek returns to Dartmouth

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ArtWeek SouthCoast is set to return on Friday, May 8 and will feature several Dartmouth events. The 10-day event celebrates creativity across the South Coast and includes hands-on workshops, live performances, open studios, exhibitions and...

Art in wax at the Dartmouth Cultural Center

Susan Medyn and David Formanek pose in front of some of their art. Photos by Kat Sheridan

This couple makes very different art with the same medium: wax. David Formanek and Susan Medyn unveiled their exhibit, “Found Wax” at the Dartmouth Cultural Center on Friday, May 1. The curator of the Cultural Center, Jill Law, saw Medyn’s work and...

That's so fetch. Dartmouth theater to perform Mean Girls musical

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On Wednesdays, The Plastics wear pink, but soon Dartmouth High School theater students will be donning the color instead. Students at Dartmouth High School have been busy preparing for their spring musical, “Mean Girls,” based on the 2004 movie by...

Resident publishes fifth poetry book

Theresa Hickey, a writer from Dartmouth, is publishing her fifth collection of poems called “Glimpses of Light.” Her poems, “...trace quiet moments of healing, gratitude, struggle, and renewal. Drawing deeply on Scripture, prayer and lived...

Bishop Stang puts on "Anastasia" for annual musicial

Vlad (Nolan Woodard,) Anya (Emerson Palumbo) and Dimirtry (Jack Nylin) sing before getting on the train. Photos by Kat Sheridan

Conmen, royals, streetsweepers and communists roam the streets of an alternate 1926 together, singing about their pasts and their hopes for their futures. Visit Bishop Stang to take a step back in time to Soviet Russia, and join “Anya” on a...

Dartmouth director takes the Greater New Bedford Choral Society to new heights

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When Dartmouth resident Brian Dean Sousa was growing up in New Bedford, he was drawn to music — first to instrumental then to choral. “By the time I was in high school I was in the marching band, the concert band. I was in the pit band for the...

Bees and wax at the Dartmouth Cultural Center

A piece by David Formanek. Source: Elizabeth Antonell

The Dartmouth Cultural Center is welcoming its next exhibit, “Found Wax,” on May 1 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Married artists, Susan Medyn and David Formanek, are having their first joint exhibition in 25 years. Medyn works with living honeybee...