Art & Culture
Umberto Crenca on Building AS220: Be persistent in selling your vision
It’s amazing how the right encounter at the right time can set off a whole chain of events. We need each other’s stories to inspire us and to remind us what we care about. And that’s why we sat down with Umberto Crenca, the founder of AS220 in Providence, to talk about building community.
Read MoreMeet our Gallery Director: Jessica Bregoli
Jessica Bregoli has steadily developed a bold and ambitious curatorial style since taking over the Groundwork Gallery last spring. Read about what inspires her in this interview.
Read MoreAnnouncing our Fall Film Series
We’re excited to announce our 2018 fall film series. These free, public screenings will take place on AHA! Nights in New Bedford from September through November.
Read MoreMelding Wood and Color: Meet Artist Mary Jane Andreozzi
“I search for a sense of balance and harmony that brings order to natural elements. I am interested in expressing an inner energy that leans toward symbolism and abstraction.”
Read MoreA Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage ‘Round the World
A nice perk of being a writer and journalist is the opportunity to check things out before they are headlines. That happened last week when I got a preview of the Whaling Museum’s restored 1,275 foot long “Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage ‘Round the World.” Originally painted around 1850, it was lost in an…
Read MoreMeet Tracy Barbosa – Artist
When contemplating a blog post about Tracy Barbosa, it’s easy to recall all her work as what I call a Creative Activist in the City of New Bedford. Throughout the city and beyond, Barbosa is well-known for her dedication to using art as a tool of civic engagement and urban renewal. But to do that…
Read MoreHappy birthday to a New Bedford icon
April 18 is Timothy Ellis Cole’s birthday. We here at Groundwork! wish him an especially “Happy Birthday” – because his roots run so deep with us we consider the artist a New Bedford icon. Why? Because Tim’s very first mural was especially created for Groundwork! It runs along our kitchen wall. In a bit of…
Read MoreTying a nautical cliche into knots
As a natural harbor, New Bedford is accustomed to having all sorts of things wash up on its shores. A few years back, Alex Buchanan beached in New Bedford – entirely appropriate owing to the fact that he is both a Merchant Marine as well as an artist. The combination of those two facets of…
Read MoreMe & Joselyn – Live onstage!
I feel like a brave man this week. Because I’m sharing the stage with the one and only Joselyn Feliciano. Some folks reading this probably know of Joselyn from her often intense, frequently hilarious and slightly dangerous live poetry or story-telling readings. Joselyn is terrific in front of a live audience – but you sometimes…
Read MoreThe Arts & Culture Planning Project comes to Groundwork!
Some readers may already be aware that the City of New Bedford is in the process of creating what it hopes will be a comprehensive arts plan. In my other life as a Standard-Times columnist, I wrote about it recently for State of the Arts, and you can find those words here. For those of…
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