Artist-In-Residence Archives

Whale illustration by Kate Sheridan, for their upcoming comic "Whalebones."

 

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  January - March 2023

  Beatrice & Elaine Alder

  Beatrice and Elaine Alder explored the city’s queer and working-class histories, titled Law of Salvage: Queer Stories of the South Coast

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  October - December 2022

  Margo Connolly-Masson

  Margo is a Massachusettes-based illustrator and collage artist, whose work is displayed with a children’s book entitled, “And Then…Glen!”

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  July - September 2022

  Candida Rose Baptista

  Candida Rose is a second generation American-born Cabo Verdiana. She is a vocalist, song-writer, entertainer, and cultural educator.

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  March - June 2022

  Kate Sheridan

  Kate (they/them) is an Eisner-nominated fantasy cartoonist and illustrator from Philadelphia, PA.

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  January - March 2022

  Isabel Mattia

  Isabel is an artist, fabricator, teacher, perinatal support professional, and parent living on a farm in rural Rhode Island.

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  October - December 2021

  Scott Bishop

  Scott is a musician and sound artist whose project, New Bedford Waves, bakes the sonic DNA of New Bedford into new music.

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  July - September 2021

  Wanda Medina

  A New Bedford native, Wanda’s pieces generally begin as paintings on burlap and often incorporate different materials.

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  January - March 2020

  April Jakubec

  April is a mental health advocate who paints as a sort of self-therapy to cope with her own mental health diagnoses.

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  July - September 2019

  Iva Brito

  Iva is a multi-hyphenate artist whose work takes a critical look at the complex intersection of issues affecting people of African descent.

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  April - June 2019

  Dan Borelli

  Dan performs art-based research inquiry into the complicated relationships that exist between American industry, ecology, and public health.

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  Janurary - March 2019

  Nafis White

  Nafis is an interdisciplinary artist whose recent body of works are centered around the uncanny audacity of self-affirmation and love.

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  October - December 2018

  Nick Mello

  Nick is a graphic designer. He is interested in how attitudes towards low-end culture influences interpretation of intellectual property.

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  July - September 2018

  Fitzcarmel LaMarre

  Fitzcarmel is a New Bedford-based artist who is passionate about introducing youth to opportunities for creative and impactful employment.

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  April - June 2018

  Andrew Tedesco

  Andrew is a New Bedford-based painter, spoken word poet, and food enthusiast.

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  January - March 2018

  David Higgins

  David writes, performs, and produces puppet theater. He uses puppets as a medium through which to tell stories.

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  October - December 2017

  Amy Arujo

  Amy primarily creates large scale figurative work, using charcoal and pen and ink. Her drawings are a response to questions about humanity.