New Bedford Art Museum

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608 Pleasant St
New Bedford, MA 02740 United States Get Directions
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  • Sketchbook Club

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

    Every Other Friday | 6:00–8:00 PM 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

    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

  • SnapLab: Photography Studio Sessions

    SnapLab: Photography Studio Sessions
    New Bedford Art Museum 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA, United States

    SnapLab: Photography Studio Sessions is a four-week, hands-on photography course for teens and adults who want to get confident behind a camera — any camera. This is a shooting-first course: every session puts a camera in your hands, whether you’re practicing the exposure triangle at hands-on stations, hunting compositions on a guided photo walk through downtown New Bedford, or working with studio lighting at the Museum. Skills build week to week — exposure, composition, lighting, and editing — and short group shares at the end of each session help you learn to see what’s working in your own photos. The course wraps with a final shooting challenge and a casual gallery-style showcase of each participant’s best work from the month. No experience needed. SnapLab is designed to teach photography skills and to grow a creative community where local photographers can connect, collaborate, and build confidence together. What to Bring Any camera participants are comfortable using — DSLR, mirrorless, or smartphone. Program Goals Program Goals Session 1: The Exposure Triangle, Hands-On After a short introduction to aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, participants move straight into shooting stations — freezing and blurring motion, controlling depth of field, and working in low light. […]

    $4 – $200

  • Creative Canvas Club

    Creative Canvas Club
    New Bedford Art Museum 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA, United States

    Join us for Creative Canvas Club, a fun and welcoming series designed for young artists who are new to painting or looking to build their skills. Led by artist Devin McLaughlin, this beginner-focused class encourages creativity, exploration, and confidence through paint. Each session offers a guided painting experience for those who enjoy step-by-step instruction, while also giving students the freedom to experiment and create their own original work. Whether following along or free painting, students will develop foundational techniques while exploring their own artistic voice in a supportive, low-pressure environment. *All materials are included.*

    $50 – $55

  • ReelTalk Soylent Green

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

    More than a movie night, enjoy a pre and post film discussion with New Bedford's favorite film professor, Dr. Mocha J. Herrup. Mocha is a senior lecturer in the Communications, Journalism, and Media Department at Suffolk University. Mocha is also an award winning filmmaker and an experienced film festival programmer. They hold a PhD in Radio-TV-Film from the University of Texas at Austin. SOYLENT GREEN (Richard Fleischer, 1973; 97 min) SOYLENT GREEN portrays a crumbling world beset with dying oceans, year-round humidity, and worldwide shortages of food, water, and housing. In New York City’s population of 40 million, only the elite can afford spacious apartments, clean water, and natural food in walled-off communities patrolled by armed guards. Released in 1973 and set fifty-three years in the future in 2022, what was once science fiction is now documentary. In one of his most memorable performances, Charlton Heston plays an NYPD detective tasked with investigating the murder of a wealthy and influential board member of the Soylent Corporation. Riveting and also campy, SOYLENT GREEN is an iconic sci-fi classic.

    Free

  • ReelTALK: FILM CLASS Stories and Their Humans: Tales of an Anthropocenic World

    ReelTALK: FILM CLASS Stories and Their Humans: Tales of an Anthropocenic World
    New Bedford Art Museum 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA, United States

    As scientists (and politicians) debate the veracity of the Anthropocene, an age of human centered activity that, if declared a new epoch, will forever alter the chemical composition of the rocks and fossils beneath our feet, the climate changes, animals disappear, and shorelines advance. Regardless of nomenclature, the planet is shifting. Smart money says it’s the humans with their cars and coal mines. The films of this series present vivid, imaginative, nature centered imagery to explore a human centered world that is harrowing, but also surprising; Maybe just maybe even hopeful…. JUNE 18 WILDING (David Allen, 2023; 75 min) “We can save our world if we want to” is not just a platitude in WILDING (David Allen, 2024). The film documents the true transformation of an English country estate allowed to run wild, entrusting the farmland’s future to a motley mix of animals both tame and wild. The “avant garden” conservation project is no less than miraculous, returning fauna and flora to a land once drenched in chemicals and sadness. JULY 9 FLOW (Gints Zilbalodis, 2024; 85 min) A wondrous journey through realms natural and mystical, FLOW follows a courageous cat who teams up with a capybara, a lemur, and […]

    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

  • Sketchbook Club

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

    Every Other Friday | 6:00–8:00 PM 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

  • ReelTalk: Wizard of Oz

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

    More than a movie night, enjoy a pre and post film discussion with New Bedford's favorite film professor, Dr. Mocha J. Herrup. Mocha is a senior lecturer in the Communications, Journalism, and Media Department at Suffolk University. Mocha is also an award winning filmmaker and an experienced film festival programmer. They hold a PhD in Radio-TV-Film from the University of Texas at Austin. The Wizard of Oz In partnership with Cojo's Toy World, the New Bedford Art Museum is proud to present a special screening of The Wizard of Oz in celebration of the film's 87th anniversary. Whether you're revisiting the film or experiencing it for the first time, enjoy an evening of timeless adventure, and cinematic magic that's enchanted generations of audiences. When a tornado sweeps young Dorothy Gale and her dog, Toto, from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, they set off on an unforgettable journey. Along the way, they befriend the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion as they travel the Yellow Brick Road to seek the Wizard of Oz, hoping he can grant each of their greatest wishes.

    Free

  • 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

  • SnapLab: Photography Studio Sessions

    SnapLab: Photography Studio Sessions
    New Bedford Art Museum 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA, United States

    SnapLab: Photography Studio Sessions is a four-week, hands-on photography course for teens and adults who want to get confident behind a camera — any camera. This is a shooting-first course: every session puts a camera in your hands, whether you’re practicing the exposure triangle at hands-on stations, hunting compositions on a guided photo walk through downtown New Bedford, or working with studio lighting at the Museum. Skills build week to week — exposure, composition, lighting, and editing — and short group shares at the end of each session help you learn to see what’s working in your own photos. The course wraps with a final shooting challenge and a casual gallery-style showcase of each participant’s best work from the month. No experience needed. SnapLab is designed to teach photography skills and to grow a creative community where local photographers can connect, collaborate, and build confidence together. What to Bring Any camera participants are comfortable using — DSLR, mirrorless, or smartphone. Program Goals Program Goals Session 1: The Exposure Triangle, Hands-On After a short introduction to aperture, shutter speed, and ISO, participants move straight into shooting stations — freezing and blurring motion, controlling depth of field, and working in low light. […]

    $4 – $200

  • Creative Canvas Club

    Creative Canvas Club
    New Bedford Art Museum 608 Pleasant St, New Bedford, MA, United States

    Join us for Creative Canvas Club, a fun and welcoming series designed for young artists who are new to painting or looking to build their skills. Led by artist Devin McLaughlin, this beginner-focused class encourages creativity, exploration, and confidence through paint. Each session offers a guided painting experience for those who enjoy step-by-step instruction, while also giving students the freedom to experiment and create their own original work. Whether following along or free painting, students will develop foundational techniques while exploring their own artistic voice in a supportive, low-pressure environment. *All materials are included.*

    $50 – $55