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NBAM is always free for members, and membership begins at just $35 annually. New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks!
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Admission is $8 for adults and $5 for seniors and students. Children 12 and under are free when accompanied by an adult. is proud to be a North American Reciprocal Museum (NARM). We also participate in Mass Cultural Council’s EBT Card to Culture, the most comprehensive effort of its kind in the nation to open doors to arts and cultural experiences for low-income families. We offer free admission t

o EBT cardholders through Museums for All, a national access program, that encourages individuals of all backgrounds to visit museums regularly and build lifelong museum habits. EBT and WIC cardholders and their families receive free admission. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, the Museum offers free admission to the nation’s active-duty military personnel including National Guard and Reserve and their families through Blue Star Museums.

06/23/2026

Summer Wheel-Throwing and Hand-Building classes this July!

For 4 weeks starting July 6 join us for Hand-Building. Students will work entirely without the wheel to create functional items such as mugs and plates, while also exploring molds and hand-sculpted forms that cannot be made on the wheel.

Or join us Tuesdays, starting July 7 for Wheel-Throwing. 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.

Sign up or learn at https://newbedfordart.org/events/

06/22/2026

Join us for the opening of Vanishing Ecologies: Speculative Futures Thursday, June 25!

Free Admission
5-8 PM, Thursday, June 25

The exhibition explores artistic responses to the Anthropocene, the era in which human activity has reshaped the planet, and imagines what might follow it. Through painting, sculpture, installation, and time-based media, artists confront climate change, mass extinction, and the lingering shadow of the post-atomic age, while probing the accelerating entanglement of technology and time.

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Lemaire & Touron, Nature 21 (2023)
3D printed stoneware and borosilicate
15" x 11" x 21"

06/14/2026

Opening Thursday, June 25, Vanishing Ecologies: Speculative Futures.

The exhibition explores artistic responses to the Anthropocene, the era in which human activity has reshaped the planet, and imagines what might follow it.

Join us from 5-8 PM for our free public reception.

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Aquarius 24 (2026)
Lemaire & Touron
3-D Printed Porcelain and Borosilicate
20 x 15 x 30 in.

06/11/2026

Synergies: Hybrid Art Opening Reception Tonight!

Thursday, June 11
5 - 8 PM

Synergies: Hybrid Art, a juried exhibition of 19 artists working in all media. This exhibition highlights work that merges artistic disciplines, materials, and technologies to create innovative forms of expression. The exhibition is juried by Amy Lemaire & Nicolas Touron, an artist duo based in Brooklyn, NY.

"My work explores the tumultuous relationship that I and many women experience with our bodies in our beauty- obsessed culture. By drawing on Victorian decor, I highlight the parallels between the constraints faced by women historically and those prevalent today" -Corran Shrimpton
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Corran Shrimpton
Buffering, 2024
Ceramic Stoneware, Glaze, and Paint
22" x 24" x 12"

06/09/2026

Open reception for Synergies: Hybrid Art this Thursday!

Join us on Thursday, June 11 from 5-8 PM
Free Admission

Synergies: Hybrid Art, a juried exhibition of 19 artists working in all media. This exhibition highlights work that merges artistic disciplines, materials, and technologies to create innovative forms of expression.

The exhibition is juried by Amy Lemaire & Nicolas Touron, an artist duo based in Brooklyn, NY, whose collaborative practice explores materiality, form, and the intersection of natural and constructed environments. Working across diverse media, their work bridges the disciplines of sculpture, glass, and installation, creating immersive visual narratives that challenge perception and engage the senses.

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James Labold
Herculean Glitch
Kiln cast glass, mixed media
14" x 6" x 4"

06/04/2026

Opening today, Synergies: Hybrid Art.

The New Bedford Art Museum presents Synergies: Hybrid Art, a juried exhibition of 19 artists working in all media. This exhibition highlights work that merges artistic disciplines, materials, and technologies to create innovative forms of expression. The exhibition is juried by Amy Lemaire & Nicolas Touron, an artist duo based in Brooklyn, NY.

Join us on Thursday, June 11 from 5-8 PM for the opening reception.

Discounted Admission: June 4 - June 7 museum will be $5 admission for all!

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06/02/2026

Need a creative summer activity for the kids?

Join us for Makers Playground: Summer Art Program! Young artists will experiment with painting, drawing, digital illustration, clay, and mixed media, all while exploring the museum, public art, and historic sites for inspiration. Flexible weekly enrollment means you can choose the weeks that work best for your family!

RUNS WEEKLY
9AM - 1PM
START WEEK: July 6 - July 10
FINAL WEEK: August 24- August 28
Sign up or learn more at newbedfordart.org/summerartprogram/

WANT TO EXTEND THE DAY?
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. Creative Canvas Club can serve as an extended day option for families enrolled in the Museum’s Makers Playground: Kids Summer Art Program.

06/01/2026

New exhibitions, summer classes, and more this June!

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05/30/2026

Final Weekend of Resistance: Cultural and Political Narratives in Mexican Art.

Closes Sunday May 31, stop by before it closes.

05/28/2026

Last week to see Resistance: Cultural and Political Narratives in Mexican Art before it closes Sunday, May 31!

The exhibition features works by contemporary Mexican artists whose practices primarily engage questions of freedom of expression, history, and social justice and serve as public channels of dissent. Through sculpture, installation, performance-based documentation, textiles, and printmaking, the exhibition considers how artists reflect on Indigenous knowledge, collective memory, and contemporary social contexts.

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608 Pleasant Street
New Bedford, MA
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Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

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(508) 961-3072

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http://www.newbedfordart.org/

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