EXHIBITIONS
I RETURN WITH A FEELING OF US: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF ANTHONY BARBOZA
September 11 - November 23, 2025
Organized in partnership with the New Bedford Historical Society.
This is the first retrospective exhibition of renowned photographer Anthony Barboza (b. 1944).
A New Bedford native of Cape Verdean descent, Anthony Barboza has, throughout his influential career, demonstrated a deep compassion for and interest in telling the stories of Black American life and communities of color worldwide.
Barboza’s photographs resonate with beauty and grace. I Return With a Feeling of Us brings together a wide range of his personal and commercial work—including deeply felt observations of racial injustice and economic inequities, innovative fashion photography that helped redefine African-American aesthetics and representation, and masterful, revelatory portraits of celebrities and fellow creatives for which he is best known.
THE SHAPE OF WHO WE ARE: EXPLORING IDENTITY
September 11 - December 9, 2025
The New Bedford Art Museum presents the Shape of Who We Are: Exploring Identity, a juried showcase curated by Marcelle Joseph, an independent curator and collector.
FEATURED ARTISTS
A. M. Clark
Arghavan Booyeh
Briar Marsh Pine
Bryan Wilson
Cascade Almond
Crystal Marshall
Dana Lynn Harper
Emily Wisniewski
Hyohyun (Sophie) Lee
Jeannie Rhyu
Jeff Stevenson
Jess Lauren Lipton
Jessica Regelson
Joseph Ni
Keina Elswick
Kristin Meyers
Larry Asaro
Lauren Comerato
Matthew Lambert
Monica Curiel
Neville Barbour
Nneka Jones
Paula Mans
Ryan Mitchell
Shabana Kauser
Veronica Jackson
Wendell Brown
Xinyan Yu
Zac Thompson
WAINER WOODS
October 9 - November 23, 2025
Westport, Massachusetts, natives Merri Cyr and Chief Nij-Pajikwat-Mo`z (Chief Two Running Elk), also known as Robert Cox, are collaborating on a groundbreaking project: the first sculptural representation of an Eastern Woodlands Indian in Westport, to be installed at Wainer Woods Farm.
This exhibition offers a preview of the forthcoming monument and a behind-the-scenes look at the artists’ creative process. On view are photographic portraits—jointly styled by Cyr and Chief Two Running Elk—that shaped the monument’s stance and mood. The final work will take form as a larger-than-life, 3D-printed bronze sculpture based on a scanned portrait of the Chief. Contemporary reproductions of ritual objects and accessories, researched and designed by the Chief from historical sources, are also on display.