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Above: clockwise from top left: The Eric Carl Museum Great Hall. Courtesy of The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. The Pied-Billed Grebe and chick, 1988, part of the Warfield Collection at the Jaffrey Historical Society by artist Robert Warfield who carved each piece while his wife Virginia painted them. Dan Dailey, Aquamotion Circusvase, 2018, blown glass, nickel and gold-plated bronze, pate de verre, and lampworked glass. 45 x 26 x 17". Photo: Bill Truslow.
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all is here! Dusk arrives a little earlier and while summer’s warmth will linger, autumn’s crisp chill is unmistakable—calling out to light sweaters and turtlenecks, waiting to be unpacked. Fall in New England is incredibly vibrant. It’s a season of art openings and cultural events, blooming foliage, and discovering pockets of New England you never knew existed. Promise yourself you’ll find one or two this season. There is so much to experience in the region’s cities, coastlines, and in the mountains. Breathe it all in.
Massachusetts Design Art and Technology Institute—New Bedford, MA Massachusetts Design Art and Technology Institute (DATMA) is a non-collecting contemporary art institute. DATMA is currently in its sixth season, titled TRANSFORM: Reduce, Revive, Reimagine. This season, DATMA is exploring the intersection of artistic expression and environmental consciousness. This season showcases art alongside the South Coast region’s recent
innovations in robotics, marine research and wind energy. TRANSFORM: Reduce, Revive, Reimagine brings audiences into a world of reused materials and sustainable practices through free programming and public art installations. The Art of Technology: Exploring Transformative Innovations of the South Coast is a photography exhibition highlighting technological innovations currently bringing the South Coast into a new era. The exhibition is on view at Tonnessen Park and the entrance of the Seastreak Ferry building in downtown New Bedford.
through exhibitions, education, programming, and artmaking. Current exhibitions include Pictures at Play: Metafiction in Art, on view through November 3, Sprouting Stories: Plants & People in Picture Books, on view through December 9, and of Fuzuê! Invention & Imagination in the Art Roger Mello, on view through January 5, 2025. Upcoming exhibitions include Artful Collaboration: Eric Carle & Ann Beneduce, on view from September 7, 2024, to March 9, 2025, exploring the working relationship and collaborative friendship of Carle and editor Ann Beneduce.
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art—Amherst, MA
Mathias Fine Art—Boothbay, ME
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art is the international champion of picture book art. The Carle houses a rich and deep collection of art by more than 300 picture book artists, including Eric Carle (author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and more than seventy other popular picture books), and illuminates its collection
Mathias Fine Art in Trevett, in the town of Boothbay, is known for its presentation of fine examples of collectible contemporary art. This year’s summer exhibition entitled Relief presents an exploration of the meaning of relief as an art term and as a word, which in common usage denotes a release from discomfort or distress. Different forms of relief elements are September/October 2024 | Art New England 55