EXHIBITIONS
ARCTIC VOICES
NOVEMBER 14 - FEBRUARY 23
The New Bedford Art Museum in partnership with the New Bedford Free Public Library and Look North Gallery presents: Arctic Voices, an exhibition representing artistic responses to the arctic region across time and cultures. The exhibition offers a range of perspectives from 19th century explorers/artists, Inuit and indigenous peoples of the Arctic region and 21st century contemporary artists. Consider how the competing ideas throughout history motivate artists’ investigations and shape their approach to the landscape and representations of culture.
NEBULAE: THE UNIVERSE UNVEILED
DECEMBER 10 - MARCH 9
Nebulae: The Universe Unveiled celebrates a remarkable new gift to the Art Museum: six awe-inspiring NASA photographs of deep space, captured by the Webb and Hubble Telescopes. Selected by Mark Munkacsy, President of the Astronomical Society of Southern New England, these images are more than just breathtaking; they are rich visual documents that reveal and contextualize some of the universe’s most profound events, from the birth and death of stars to the echoes of the Big Bang, the ongoing expansion of the cosmos, humanity’s origins, and the search for extraterrestrial life.
THIS IS NOT WHO I AM
The Art and Design of David Arruda, Jr.
SEPTEMBER 12 - DECEMBER 1
A striking and thoughtful combination of commercial high-tech advertising, jazz concert posters, music CD package designs, and a wide range of photographs make up this deep dive into the work of David Arruda, Jr. The title expresses David’s antipathy to being in the spotlight.
The exhibition surveys the output of a thinker, designer, and photographer who shared his eye with a varied audience, sometimes practical, offbeat, or quirky, and sometimes just himself.