Masterworks

A City for the Arts: Masterworks of Greater New Bedford celebrates our region’s tremendous impact through the centuries on American Fine Art, that continues to resonate, reverberate, and inspire. From William Bradford to Albert Bierstadt to Clement Nye Swift, our region has been home to some of our country’s most revered master artists.

{MASTERWORK: A piece of quality, indicative of having been made by a master; a masterpiece.}

Today, Greater New Bedford is still the hub for an exceptional creative community. Showcasing the region’s continued artistic heritage and the vibrancy of the local arts community, the exhibition couples a selection of masterworks with contemporary pieces by local artists.

This multi-layered exhibition shares contemporary artists’ reflections on the master artists of the past, responses to the masterworks within the exhibition, and commentary on how they see their role in the region’s current artistic landscape. A City for the Arts aims to celebrate and support local artists – the voices that interpret, explore, and represent the soul of our city and their place within it in perpetuity.

Now more than ever, and when we need it most, the arts bring this city together.