Black Spaces Matters Lecture Series: 2nd Lecture “Struggle that is Democracy” Thurs. Oct. 20, 2016 (6 – 7 p.m.) in the Grand Reading Room at the Claire T. Carney Library at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Guest speaker: Professor Ceasar McDowell, MIT.
Havard University professor, Dr. John Stauffer, presentation entitled “Picturing Frederick Douglass” was well received on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 in the Grand Reading Room at Claire T. Carney Library UMass Dartmouth. The event was made possible through 2016 UMass President Creative Economy Initiatives Fund and organized in conjunction with the New Bedford Historical Society. For more information contact Professor of Art History Pamela Karimi at pamela.karimi@umassd.edu.
Picturing Frederick Douglass
lecture by John Stauffer
presented Wednesday, September 21, 2016 from 5-7
at the
Grand Reading Room Claire T. Carney Library UMass Dartmouth
Stateless
Nov 10, 2016 – Jan 29, 2017
Opening Reception AHA! Night, November 10, 6-8 pm
University Gallery – Star Store
715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740
Congratulations Professor Karimi for receiving a Creative Economy Grant of $25,650 for a project entitled
Black Spaces Matter: Exploring the Architectonics of an Abolitionist Neighborhood.
President Marty Meehan today announced $1,090,500 in grants for UMass science and technology research projects and arts and humanities/social sciences projects all aimed at improving the quality of live in Massachusetts and beyond. “With these grants, we are investing in the vision, expertise and commitment of faculty members from all five UMass campuses,” President Meehan said. “We are supporting distinguished scholars who enrich us through their diligent pursuits.” “These awards demonstrate President Meehan’s commitment to UMass Dartmouth’s research agenda and the value of this work to the economic and social development of the region and the Commonwealth. The longer I am here, the more I appreciate the historic importance of this university and its talented faculty to our collective quality of life.”
The Creative Economy Initiatives Fund provided $256,500 to 11 projects across the UMass system, including a grant received by UMassD Professor Pamela Karimi (Art History Department) and Professor Michael Swartz (Visual Design Department )and in collaboration with the community experts Lee Blake (director of New Bedford Historical Society), Don Burton (filmmaker), Jennifer McGrory (architect) for a project entitled, Black Spaces Matter: Exploring the Architectonics of an Abolitionist Neighborhood.
The seaport city of New Bedford, the home of many pre-Civil War fugitive slaves and abolitionists, provides a lens through which to explore the history of interracial urban zones in the US. This project will highlight the significance of city neighborhoods that were home to fugitives from the South, including the renowned abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The program will include a lecture series, an architecture exhibition and a documentary film.
BUS TRIP TO MOMA will take place on Sunday April 3 If you and/or your students are interested in joining us, they will need to go to Cindy Pisapia, Honors Program, Library 216, to register.She is there only MTW. There is no need to pay for this trip. Everyone can bring a friend, but they will need to register with Cindy. 
Bus leaves from LOT 7 @ 6:30 am. We will be there (at MOMA) for 4 hours. We’ll come back to campus between 8:30-9:30 pm (depends on the traffic).
Art History recent graduate, Adrien W. Mercier III (May 2015) is the new the director of the Hera Gallery in Wakefield, Rhode Island.
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Women Artists: Transforming the Community (Providence to Provincetown 1880 – 1940)April 12 – April 30, 2016University of Massachusetts Dartmouth – Main Campus Art Gallery
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s Art History Department and its upperclassmen address this premise in its upcoming exhibition, entitled, Women Artists: Transforming the Community (Providence to Provincetown 1880 – 1940) which runs from April 12 – April 30, 2016. The exhibition is a collaborative project whereby students work in teams and apply their academic and professional knowledge to a real world experience. This is the 5th year that Dr. Anna Dempsey and Allison J. Cywin, art history professors, have directed a group of upperclassmen to execute a professional museum quality exhibition and publication. This student-run exhibition explores the definition of modernity and focuses on feminine artistic communities that extend from Providence to Provincetown. The women artists represented in the exhibition are Blanche Lazzell, Agnes Weinrich, Lucy L’Engle, Ethel Mars, Maud Squire, Grace Albee, Eliza D. Gardiner, Frances Gifford, Sarah Eddy, Sarah Wyman Whitman, Mabel Woodward, Alice Barbara Stephens, Blanche Ames Ames and Allen Sisters, among others. This exhibition is made possible through the generous support of the arts community, including, Julie Heller Gallery of Provincetown, Bert Gallery of Providence, Portsmouth Free Public Library, Smith College’s Sophia Smith Archive, University of Massachusetts Special Collection and Archive, Amherst Providence Art Club, Providence Athenaeum, New Bedford Whaling Museum and private collectors.
The exhibition, free and open to the public, is held at the College of Visual & Performing Arts, Campus Art Gallery, 285 Old Westport Road (adjacent to parking lot 9) in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The opening reception is Wednesday, April 20 from 5 pm to 7 pm with the Gallery Talk at 5 pm. Gallery hours are Monday – Saturday 10 p.m. – 4 p.m. For more information, please contact Anna Dempsey at adempsey@umassd.edu or Allison J. Cywin acywin@umassd.edu. You can also call the gallery at 508-999-8550
Art History senior, Hannah J. Gadbois, has been awarded the RISD Museum’s Andrew Mellon summer fellowship. During summer 2016, Hannah will be an intern in the Department of Prints, Drawings and Photographs.