New Bedford Art Museum

Address
608 Pleasant St
New Bedford, MA 02740 United States Get Directions
Phone (508) 961-3072
Events at this venue
Today
  • Hand Building with Clay: Beyond the Wheel

    Hand Building with Clay: Beyond the Wheel

    New Bedford Art Museum 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA, United States

    Hand Building with Clay: Beyond the Wheel is a four-week ceramics class focused entirely on hand building techniques. This class offers a slower, more organic and expressive way of working with clay and is designed as a perfect complement to wheel throwing. Participants will create functional pieces such as mugs and plates while exploring molds, texture, surface design, and sculptural forms that cannot be made on the wheel. The process encourages experimentation, detail, and personal expression. This class is beginner friendly and also ideal for returning ceramic students who want to expand their skill set. All materials are included, and no prior ceramics experience is required.

    $210.00 – $235.00

  • Figure Drawing Open Studio

    New Bedford Art Museum 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA, United States

    Drawing from a live model has been an important part of many formal artistic practices since the Renaissance. Our open figure drawing studio is intended to provide artists of all levels a relaxed environment and a dedicated space where they are able to continue the tradition of working from a live nude model. Sessions are three hours long, and will start with a series of short gestures and ranging from 5-10 minutes before moving into longer 30 minute poses. Each class typically concludes with an hour long pose. There will be no formal instruction during the class; artists are encouraged to work from the model independently, in any medium they wish to bring.

    $20

  • Sketchbook Club

    New Bedford Art Museum 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA, United States

    Every Other Friday | 6:00–8:00 PM Upcoming: June 13 Tickets: $10 Whether you use your sketchbook to creatively brainstorm a work project, capture daily observations, imagine a fantasy world, or just mindfully doodle, it can be a unique record of your day or your life. Join other sketchers at our informal gathering, led by local artist and illustrator Isiah Botelho. Each session will kick off with a prompt to inspire discussion and drawing, and participants will be able to share their work comfortably. Bring your sketchbook and preferred materials; we will have some basic supplies available. No pressure, no judgment, no guilt -- just community.

    $10
  • KidZone

    KidZone

    New Bedford Art Museum 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA, United States

    Join us every Sunday in the Art Museum for family-friendly activities for kids ages 4-12 and their parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends. Learn about our exhibitions and make art, get creative, and have fun! Drop in anytime. (Children must be accompanied by an adult.)

    $5
  • Hand Building with Clay: Beyond the Wheel

    Hand Building with Clay: Beyond the Wheel

    New Bedford Art Museum 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA, United States

    Hand Building with Clay: Beyond the Wheel is a four-week ceramics class focused entirely on hand building techniques. This class offers a slower, more organic and expressive way of working with clay and is designed as a perfect complement to wheel throwing. Participants will create functional pieces such as mugs and plates while exploring molds, texture, surface design, and sculptural forms that cannot be made on the wheel. The process encourages experimentation, detail, and personal expression. This class is beginner friendly and also ideal for returning ceramic students who want to expand their skill set. All materials are included, and no prior ceramics experience is required.

    $210.00 – $235.00
  • Wheel-Throwing for Everyone

    Wheel-Throwing for Everyone

    New Bedford Art Museum 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA, United States

    Whether you are an enthusiastic beginner or an experienced pro with the wheel, you are welcome in this class, which will cover all aspects of the ceramics process. You'll learn how to throw on the potter’s wheel and you will practice new throwing techniques and hone specific skills. An Instructor will help students increase the amount of clay they can handle successfully, throw thinner and taller, and throw new shapes. We will practice attachments such as handles, as well as pulling handles directly from the side of the cup. The class will focus primarily on tableware shapes – mugs, cups, bowls plates, etc, but all ideas and forms of expression through clay are encouraged! Classes meet 1 day a week for 4 weeks. (March 17, 24, 31 and April 7) All necessary materials are provided for this hands-on experience.

    $210.00 – $235.00

  • Figure Drawing Open Studio

    New Bedford Art Museum 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA, United States

    Drawing from a live model has been an important part of many formal artistic practices since the Renaissance. Our open figure drawing studio is intended to provide artists of all levels a relaxed environment and a dedicated space where they are able to continue the tradition of working from a live nude model. Sessions are three hours long, and will start with a series of short gestures and ranging from 5-10 minutes before moving into longer 30 minute poses. Each class typically concludes with an hour long pose. There will be no formal instruction during the class; artists are encouraged to work from the model independently, in any medium they wish to bring.

    $20

  • Sketchbook Club

    New Bedford Art Museum 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA, United States

    Every Other Friday | 6:00–8:00 PM Upcoming: June 13 Tickets: $10 Whether you use your sketchbook to creatively brainstorm a work project, capture daily observations, imagine a fantasy world, or just mindfully doodle, it can be a unique record of your day or your life. Join other sketchers at our informal gathering, led by local artist and illustrator Isiah Botelho. Each session will kick off with a prompt to inspire discussion and drawing, and participants will be able to share their work comfortably. Bring your sketchbook and preferred materials; we will have some basic supplies available. No pressure, no judgment, no guilt -- just community.

    $10
  • KidZone

    KidZone

    New Bedford Art Museum 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA, United States

    Join us every Sunday in the Art Museum for family-friendly activities for kids ages 4-12 and their parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends. Learn about our exhibitions and make art, get creative, and have fun! Drop in anytime. (Children must be accompanied by an adult.)

    $5
  • Wheel-Throwing for Everyone

    Wheel-Throwing for Everyone

    New Bedford Art Museum 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA, United States

    Whether you are an enthusiastic beginner or an experienced pro with the wheel, you are welcome in this class, which will cover all aspects of the ceramics process. You'll learn how to throw on the potter’s wheel and you will practice new throwing techniques and hone specific skills. An Instructor will help students increase the amount of clay they can handle successfully, throw thinner and taller, and throw new shapes. We will practice attachments such as handles, as well as pulling handles directly from the side of the cup. The class will focus primarily on tableware shapes – mugs, cups, bowls plates, etc, but all ideas and forms of expression through clay are encouraged! Classes meet 1 day a week for 4 weeks. (March 17, 24, 31 and April 7) All necessary materials are provided for this hands-on experience.

    $210.00 – $235.00

  • THE PEOPLE’S POETRY

    New Bedford Art Museum 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA, United States

    Poets, spoken word artists, and poetry enthusiasts are invited to perform original works and share poems that inspire them. Connect to the local poetry community and enjoy the rhythms and beauty of spoken word every last Wednesday of the month.

    Free

  • Figure Drawing Open Studio

    New Bedford Art Museum 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA, United States

    Drawing from a live model has been an important part of many formal artistic practices since the Renaissance. Our open figure drawing studio is intended to provide artists of all levels a relaxed environment and a dedicated space where they are able to continue the tradition of working from a live nude model. Sessions are three hours long, and will start with a series of short gestures and ranging from 5-10 minutes before moving into longer 30 minute poses. Each class typically concludes with an hour long pose. There will be no formal instruction during the class; artists are encouraged to work from the model independently, in any medium they wish to bring.

    $20

Be the First to Know What’s Happening

Get monthly updates on art walks, festivals, food pop-ups, and more.

Photo Credit: Josh Souza