New Bedford Art Museum | Currently on Exhibit

Home Grown: 10 from the SouthCoast
Curated by David B. Boyce

home grown 2008

The New Bedford Art Museum (NBAM) is proud to present HOME GROWN: 10 from the SouthCoast, an exhibition celebrating arts education and particularly these ten artists who were either born and/or raised in the SouthCoast and are now successfully pursuing careers in the professional visual arts.

Conceived and curated by David B. Boyce, NBAM’s Curatorial Consultant, HOME GROWN represents several different disciplines of fine arts, artisanry, and what have been referred to as the commercial arts, among them, painting, printmaking, photography and photojournalism, glasswork, and graphic design. Given the blurring definitions within the fields of the visual arts, it is therefore reasonable to refer to all of these creative individuals as artists. Such a broad view also helps us realize that so much of what we encounter on a daily basis is art, and that all of our lives are richer for the abundance.

A full-color catalog accompanies the exhibit with a Historic Perspective by Mary Jean Blasdale, retired Collections Manager of the New Bedford Whaling Museum and author of Artists of New Bedford: A Biographical Dictionary, 1990

Meet the artists!

Click here to read statements from the artist's in this exhibit.

home grown john borowicz

Portrait of "DAVID" by John Borowicz, 2008, oil on linen, 12 X 9". Photograph by John Borowicz at opening of HOME GROWN: 10 from the SouthCoast, September 26, 2008.

peter stone

Sentinel
Oil on canvas
20 x 20 inches

Friday, November 14, through December 14, 2008

The New Bedford Art Museum (NBAM), in cooperation with the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts and the Rogers Gallery of Mattapoisett, are pleased to present a special one-month showing of eleven paintings and one pen & ink drawing on paper by Marion artist, Peter C. Stone.

Well-known in New England for his impressionistic landscapes, using a self-taught technique the artist refers to as Tonal-Realism, Mr. Stone has produced several books, using his paintings as illustrations. His latest book, The Untouchable Tree, An Illustrated Guide to Earthly Wisdom & Arboreal Delights, (Skyhorse, 2008), has been hailed by writer John Perkins as “Brilliant! Beautiful! A powerful vision that will nurture our abilities to think creatively and dream a peaceful sustainable world into being.”

A self-professed promoter of mythological and historical methods of regarding the earth, and our stewardship of it, Mr. Stone’s art is both soulful and symbolic. Using a palette of saturated colors and his own technique of multi-layerings of glazes, the paintings are palpably textural and luminous.

What Goes Around Comes Around
2008 Youth Art Exhibit

2008 youth art exhibit

"What Goes Around Comes Around," the title of artMOBILE and SuMmerART 2008, the theme for the youth art exhibit in the Community Gallery at the New Bedford Art Museum.

NBAM educators planned lessons for the 14th year of operating a free, summer arts outreach program in New Bedford’s children-filled neighborhoods based on the museum’s feature exhibit, "Home Grown: 10 From the South Coast."

The connected theme validates the museum's commitment to providing quality art instruction and exposure to local and regional artists to youth, then recognizing the professional achievement of the artists that grew up in the region of the South Coast of Massachusetts.

"What Goes Around Comes Around" applies to the brightly painted NBAM Purple vehicles that travel the streets of New Bedford during the summer delivering free art activities to youth at public parks, schools, youth centers and playgrounds.

"What Goes Around Comes Around" applies to the tried and true lessons (many based on CIRCLES) presented by NBAM educators during the summer of2008.

"What Goes Around Comes Around" applies to an ethic referring to the "golden rule" as an individual philosophy.

"What Goes Around Comes Around" refers to all who will be motivated to visit the New Bedford Art Museum and view the exhibits again and again.

~ Pat Regan, Youth Program Coordinator

2008 youth art