AHA! Night

Let’s celebrate Black History month and the month of Love with live music from special guest musician DJim Job. Music between 6:00pm – 7:00pm In the gallery view and shop original artwork, prints and note cards, particularly from our Caribbean and New Bedford Under Ground Railroad series.

Stop by the Sanctuary for Show & Tell from 5:00 – 7:00pm. Featuring: Art: The Carpenter’s Son  History: The Footstools  Architecture: The Church that Whaling Built! What do you have? Two minute show & tales!

Behind-The-Scenes: The Laundry Room & Summer Kitchen Get a glimpse of museum areas and objects not normally on view. The lower level of the Museum used to function as the laundry area and summer kitchen. See the spaces as they are now, as well as historic photos of both areas during the Duff era. Warm up with some tea while visiting. Admission is free as a part of AHA! night.

Stop by the museum for an Artist Talk. Richard Neal speaks about his artistic process and sources of inspiration for artworks included in his current exhibition, Comfort & Displacement. Complimentary admission

Thursday, February 9th, 2023, at 6:00 – 7:00 PM Online event, Zoom only New Bedford was attractive to African Americans for four main reasons. First, whaling, the third most profitable industry in Massachusetts, was welcoming to Black participants. Second, the city was an active part of an extensive coastal trading system that led to many runaways taking advantage of this commercial network. Frederick Douglass is an example of such escapees. He took both land and water routes to New Bedford. Third, New Bedford’s liberal spirit led by many Quakers made it a staunch abolitionist city. Finally, the city was home to a large population of Black people, both free Black people and the formerly enslaved. In 1850, Black people were 6.3 percent of the city’s population, a greater proportion than prevailed in Boston, New York City, and Philadelphia. Join Ranger Rufai as he shares six of New Bedford’s agitators from the most powerful protest in its history — abolition. Local leaders include Nathan and Mary “Polly” Johnson, William and Lucinda Clark Bush, and William Still, connected to New Bedford through his work in Philadelphia, the famed Henry ‘Box’ Brown, Captain Daniel Drayton of the Schooner Pearl, and Andrew Robeson, Quaker …

Come by and find that perfect gift for your Valentine or Galentine! We have jewelry, chocolate, candles and tea among many other special items to choose from. Open at noon.

Join NBRR in welcoming Lilach Porges as our inaugural speaker series of our Artist and Designer in Residence Program! Lilach Porges will be presenting her work on Digital and robotic Fashion, as well as exhibiting the work she’s making at the intersection of; robotics, additive manufacturing and design. The presentation will be from 6-630, followed by a Q&A and exhibition until 8pm, at the CVPA Star Store Building in downtown New Bedford ( 715 Purchase St, New Bedford, MA 02740). Porges is an Israeli designer at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York in the MFA of Fashion Design program. She graduated with a BSc in Architecture and graduated from the M.Arch program at The Technion (Israel) with a major in parametric design. Her final project in architecture included designing a building facade to be created by 3D printing with a robotic arm. Her thesis project for the program at FIT is a fashion design collection using 3D printing by robotic arms for designing and producing garments. She researches the ability of robotic arms to create more sustainable and different designs from the fashion we know today. We hope to see you there!

Please join us for the AHA! Seaport Sessions (formerly the AHA! Mini-Concert). This month’s concert is hosted by Alison Wells Fine Art Studio and Gallery. This month’s performer is Djim Job. Born in the Island of São Vicente and raised in the U.S., Djim Job grew up in a family of musicians. Considered to be one of the most prominent Cabo Verdean musicians today, he has performed and produced for over 25 years in over 30 countries and across four continents for artists such as Bana, Cesária Évora, Ildo Lobo, and many more. His performances around the world have earned him the prestigious Outstanding Preservation of Cabo Verdean Culture Award. Djim Job has always explored various musical genres and instruments, but it is the bass that has made him one of the most sought-after award-winning artists. Djim Job on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6P1lJR5GIlQdE0FA9zBxrY?si=zbAMB71jSvGkWfQvyJjU1A Alison Wells Fine Art Studio & Gallery is conveniently located at 106 William Street in New Bedford. The gallery showcases the paintings of contemporary fine arts painter and mixed media artist Alison Wells, a Trinidadian artist whose paintings have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums in the United States, the Caribbean and Europe. The …

What does blue mean to you? The color? The music? The emotion? Something else? Well, we leave that up to you as the artist to decide, because here at Gallery X we decided to make the theme of our first exhibition of 2023 BLUE! Join us for the opening reception with a performance by the Professor Harp duo! Show runs through March 5th.

This body of work was created at the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, when Wanda was Artist -in-Residence in the summer of 2021. The theme of her Residency was Women in Whaling. While conducting research, she discovered and was inspired by the Maori women of New Zealand, who were navigators and shore whalers. Their influence can be seen in the patterns and vivid colors in the works and also by the starry sky in Celestial Navigation. See the exhibition through April 6.

Say “Forever Yours” at the New Bedford Whaling Museum with a color-your-own greeting card based on a Sailor’s Valentine!  Featuring small seashells arranged in a symmetrical pattern, Sailor’s Valentines were a popular 19th-century souvenir for sailors to give their sweethearts left on shore. New England artisans have since revived the tradition, including local artist Bill Boffa. Meet Boffa during this month’s AHA! night and view or purchase his incredible contemporary valentines.

Have you ever heard of 3D Projection Mapping? Come see this special debut of the vibrant artistic medium rarely seen in the U.S. Broken Glass Projections makes surfaces, like building facades, come to life in a unique display while 3rd EyE Unlimited provides music and other entertainment.  Performances will run approximately 10 minutes with a 5 minute break in between. Brought to you by Broken Glass Projections & 3rd EyE Unlimited. IG: @bgprojections  Website: https://bgprojections.com/