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Artist Lecture: Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Botanical Print Demo at the UMass Dartmouth, Art and Design Studios on Friday, April 18, 3:30 - 5:00 PM. Open to the public and free of charge.

Artist Lecture: 10:00-11:00 AM, Wednesday, April 16th, 2025

March 6 - March 23, 2025

Virtual Artist Talk, 3:00 - 5:00 PM, Friday, April 11, 2025

March 4 - April 5, 2025

Puppetry and Fiber Arts: Making Magic Together, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Artist Workshop + Lecture, Thursday, March 20, 2025

Lecture and Demo, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM, February 21st, 2025

Lecture and Demo: 9:00-11:30 AM, Friday, November 22, 2024

Lecture and Demo: 9:00-11:30 AM, Friday, November 15, 2024

Heather Cachia awarded $10,500 in recognition of her commitment to interior architecture + design

Lecture and Demo: 9:00-11:30 AM, Friday, October 4, 2024

CVPA program is one of three recognized nationwide

"Earthworks: Tradition, Influence, Innovation" will run May 11 to June 23 at the Umbrella Arts Center in Concord, MA

Highlights of an extraordinary academic year

Universal Design Symposium event focused on accessibility and universal design

Anna Foro and Connor Chan to exhibit in RITES OF PASSAGE Emerging Artists Exhibition

Join us Saturday, April 20th, 2024, 6:30pm for LIGHT + FASHION, a night of fashion on the runway in the MacLean Campus Center Main Auditorium followed by a Festival of Lights and Interaction Festival!

CVPA Campus Gallery

Lecture: 10:00 AM, Tuesday, April 16th, 2024

Made from 30,000 collected, non-recyclable plastic bottles + recyclable materials

Artist Lecture on Wednesday, April 10th at 3 pm

Visiting Artist Lecture: Art That Activates, 3:00 PM, April 10, 2024, CVPA 153

April 4 - May 17, 2024 at The Ignition Space | April 11 - May 17, 2024 at New Bedford Art Museum

CVPA Campus Gallery March 27 - April 3, 2024

Virtual Artist Talk: 9:00am – 12:00pm, April 5th, 2024

Jared Gula's "Atlas Resprite" places first in Pixel Art category

Artist Lecture, 3:00 pm, Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Artist Talk and Demo, 9:00-11:00am, March 1st, 2024

Virtual Artist Talk: Practicing Vulnerability, 9:00-10:20am, Friday, February 2, 2024

Virtual Exhibition Opening, Reception, and Awards Presentation: Friday, January 26, 4:30pm

Students in civil engineering and interior architecture and design work together to benefit the city's future and leave their mark on the SouthCoast.

From remote lectures to campus visits, local students find a supportive early college pathway through the Commonwealth Collegiate Academy program.

Art History and Art Education Professor Pamela Karimi awarded prestigious honor

Illustration and fashion design students bring life to electrical boxes

Visual & Performing Arts students explore historical public art collections in New Bedford

Friday, November 17th, 2023

$11,000 raised for New Bedford Salvation Army Food Pantry

Virtual Artist Talk and Cyanotype Demo, 8:00 AM, Tuesday, November 7th, 2023

Metaphorical Antipodes: Stories of Ice, Virtual Artist Talk, 3:00 PM, Monday, November 6th, 2023

Sept. 22 exhibition features the works of Tehran-based activist artist Meysam Azarzad

Assistant Teaching Professor of Interior Architecture + Design recognized for exemplary teaching and service

Branding solutions for the Cambodian Community of Fall River

Art History Featured in Celebrated “Sound Art” Exhibition at the New Bedford Art Museum

Amato will join four other artists for an eleven-month program that strengthens their creative talents in Gatlinburg, TN.

IAD 302 class redesigns local nonprofit's facility for practical learning experience

Public launch will celebrate new virtual tour of Paul Rudolph’s iconic brutalist campus Thursday, May 11, at 6:30pm

AHA! Night, Thursday May 11, 2023 from 6:30 p.m.

March 28 – Saturday, May 13, 2023

Friday, April 14th, 2023

10:30 AM, Thursday, April 13th, 2023

March 20 - April 2, 2023

CVPA Music Majors volunteer with area middle school music program

Virtual Exhibition Opening, Reception, and Awards Presentation: Friday, January 27, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Students gain real-world experience promoting non-profit artwork

University Art Gallery, January 11 - March 9, 2023

A year full of momentum, accomplishments, and successes

Students across disciplines work together to create New Bedford-based restaurant review app "Downtown NB"

Virtual Lecture, Friday, October 7, 2022, 12:30pm

October 4-9, 2022

Artist Lecture, Friday, September 30th, 9:00am

Alternative Iran offers a unique contribution to the field of contemporary art

Art History Full-Time Lecturer, Dr. Downey joins us from MIT

Collaborative project celebrated for its efforts to raise awareness and appreciation of Brutalist architecture on the UMass Dartmouth and UMass Amherst campuses

Artist Lecture, Monday, September 19th at 4pm

UMass Dartmouth Painting and Drawing Faculty Exhibit in Bulgaria

UMassD CVPA Campus Gallery, September 13 - November 4, 2022

Artist Lecture, Thursday, September 8th, 12:30pm

A collaboration with Crime and Justice Studies convened students in discussions about local justice issues on the UMass campus.

CVPA Ceramics Professor Rebecca Hutchinson continues her longstanding commitment to art in public service.

Students of CVPA Foundations classes bring new color to New Bedford with painted electrical boxes!

Exhibition on view May 24 - September 8, 2022 at the UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus

Graduate ceramics student’s “Enmeshed” (2022) rewarded for innovative work in textile and fiber media by a student artist

Art History major Kayla Rausch is the 2022 recipient of the New Bedford Art Museum/Artworks! Fellowship.

CVPA alum, Bhen Alan, receives the 2022-2023 Fulbright award to the Philippines to study indigenous mat weaving.

Artist Lecture, Thursday, April 14, 2022, 10:30am

Artist Lecture, Monday, April 11, 2022, 10:30am

Artist Lecture, Thursday, April 7, 2022, 9:30 am

Artist Lecture, Thursday, March 31, 2022, 1:30pm

Professor of Interior Architecture and Design recognized for revitalization efforts in local community

Community choral group’s work goes beyond the recital hall

Travel through history with an architectural walking tour of New Bedford led by Prof. Pamela Karimi and the New Bedford Preservation Society!

AXD451 has a long history of working with community partners

CVPA Community Engagement Initiatives is pleased to collaborate with the Labor Education Center (LEC) on two new CVPA student artist in residence fellowships!

A return to campus brought UMass Dartmouth together to achieve new heights

The 2021 annual report of the Leduc Center for Civic Engagement features multiple contributions from the CVPA community.

Over the past year, Stephanie McGoldrick, faculty member in Interior Architecture + Design, has worked alongside her students to propose solutions for revitalizing a pocket park space in New Bedford.

Submit what the Star Store means to you!

Two-gallery exhibition will remain open through Jan. 23, 2022.

Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 3:00pm

Nancy Holt: Massachusetts celebrates the artist's regional connections and showcases new research

Collaborative two-day event celebrates the history, preservation, and future of brutalist architecture.

November 11, 2021 - January 23, 2022

November 2021

Artist Lecture November 4th at 6:00 pm, in person or via Zoom

Artist Lecture Monday, October 18, 1:30 pm

The free events are part of the two-day collaborative UMass symposium, "Brutalism + the Public University: Past, Present and Future"

IESNA Boston Student Scholarship Design Competition 2021

UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts to host designer, activist, and visual artist Rick Griffith.

October 22-23, 2021

The exhibition in the CVPA Campus Gallery will run from September 7 through October 23. This major exhibition of Ives's work as artist and designer showcases some early works that will be on display for the first time.

One of the University’s newest programs quickly gains acclaim from industry

October 12th and 13th, 2021

Associate Professor Ronald Sherwin uses song to enact social change in communities

For their final project in AXD 217: Social Practice, students Finn Bates, Mako Burke, Maddy Keating, Adam Moniz, Kane Reese, and Riley Thomas worked collectively to make a short documentary reflecting on life during COVID.

Art of the Gardens: Double Bloom at Providence Art Association and Museum

New exhibition celebrates artist Nancy Holt’s regional connections, features Holt’s room-sized installation Electrical System, and showcases gifts of artworks by Holt/Smithson Foundation

Michelle Bowers, CVPA Graphic Design Professor, has poster published in prestigious international typography annual and part of traveling exhibit to eleven countries

Live stream virtual event Friday, April 23rd, 2021

Virtual Lecture, April 23, 2021

Virtual Lecture, April 16, 2021

CVPA Ceramics Professor work part of international Particle & Wave: PaperClay Illuminated

2021 MFA Thesis Exhibition Reception + CVPA Star Series (outside) AHA! Night, Thursday, April 8th, 6:00 pm

Virtual Lecture, April 2, 2021

Virtual Lecture, March 26, 2021

An evening with four of CVPA Graphic Design Alumni, Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Virtual Lecture, March 23, 2021

Collaboration with MassDiGI offers computer science and animation design skills to students

Virtual Lecture, March 5, 2021

Virtual Lecture, February 26, 2021

Virtual Lecture, February 19, 2021

Virtual Lecture, February 16th, 2021

The 13-weeklong series showcases visual and performing arts from the inside out

Two UMASSD Interior Architecture and Design Seniors selected as scholarship recipients.

Integrated Studio Art major Rosalia Elizabeth Amato Bauer is the inaugural recipient of the New Bedford Art Museum/Artworks! Fellowship

The project, led by Associate Professor Anthony Arrigo, will explore the history of the Hoover Dam using virtual reality

The 54-hour online event, which takes place February 19-21, is an engaging, risk‐free experience designed to help students across all disciplines get their startup ideas off the ground.

Animation Career Review ranks UMass Dartmouth's Illustration Program at the College of Visual & Performing Arts #2 in Massachusetts based on academic reputation, value, and geographic location.