Art & Culture
The Children’s New Bedford Bookfest isn’t just child’s play
The idea for the Children’s New Bedford Bookfest on Saturday, December 9 and Sunday, December 10, 2017 at Groundwork! arose from the realization that ‘children’s books’ are anything but. Like…
Read MoreThe Hollihock Writers Conference returns to New Bedford this weekend
For the past few years, late August has meant more than back to the classroom for just students. Since the Hollihock Writers Conference launched in downtown New Bedford in 2015,…
Read MoreMapping New Bedford
One of the great perks of being a member of Groundwork! is meeting new and interesting people all the time as they walk through the doors of 1213 Purchase Street.…
Read MoreMaps and Legends at Haskell Gardens: A Conversation with Steven Froias
Haskell Gardens, a New Bedford hidden gem, will serve as the backdrop for work from local artists starting this Friday. The show is called “Maps & Legends Two: If by…
Read MoreThe Art Show of the Summer
Okay, let’s get one thing straight right from the get-go: It’s me dubbing “Don’t Call it a Comeback,” UGLY Gallery at Groundwork!, the Art Show of the Summer. Certainly not…
Read MoreTaking the New Bedford Arts Community to the Next Level
Sometimes, all the planets line up and you’re afforded new opportunities in life to seize upon. New Bedford’s arts economy is about to be offered one hell of an opportunity.…
Read MoreTimothy Ellis Cole: Helping to sustain New Bedford
You’ll have to forgive us here at Groundwork! for taking an inordinate amount of pride in artist Timothy Ellis Cole. It’s because his roots go deep into the place and…
Read MoreGround Control: The Future is Female with UMD Students Abby Wright and Lisa Schiavone
In this Pushy Women edition of Ground Control, Sarah Athanas talks to Groundwork! intern Lisa Schiavone and Abby Wright, whose BFA show “Vinegar” is currently on display in our gallery. These pushy women are students at UMass Dartmouth and had a lot to say about art, politics, entrepreneurship, and why they’d prefer to take out their own trash.
Read MoreMeet Abby Wright: Photographer behind “Vinegar”
Abby Wright is a Senior Photography student in CVPA at UMass Dartmouth and a fellow pushy women. She is the creator of “Vinegar”, a body of work that speaks her…
Read MoreBookfest Author Courtney Morgan on Creativity and Sexuality
“I see the creative process as very connected to the body, and particularly to sexuality—the drive to procreate, create, make—I see and experience the creative and the sexual impulse(s) as very interconnected.”
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