DATMA

05/06/2026

Hope you can join us for our conversation in Dartmouth next week. Proceeds support costs for surface finishing on our upcoming sculptures created by local youth. Learn more at: https://datma.org/event/unlockingcommunityfundraiser/

02/24/2026

Our splattered with blizzard snow basks in the streetlights of .

Plastic Rooster by produced by . The breaking records here in New Bedford can be found at the intersection of Union St. & 2nd St. at the YMCA New Bedford.

Thank you to our friends at for the 📸

02/24/2026

Looking dreamlike in the quiet after the blizzard. by in New Bedford’s Custom House Square produced by . The breaking records here in New Bedford.

Thank you to our friends at for the 📸

02/12/2026

📞☎️📟🚨Opening this Saturday from 3-5pm
Free & welcome to all.
“Being Seen: Celebrating SouthCoast Pride”
Site #3 Marion

The celebration is the perfect way to enjoy your afternoon on Valentine’s Day. We will offer snacks & bevy’s. Remarks at 3:45pm with special guests: Aneshia Savino (poet) & Andy Po***ck (LGBTQIA+ Advocate)

Event info at: www.datma.org/events

Special thanks to our install crew, volunteers, and curators who helped bring the project to the third SouthCoast site. Special thanks to The Marion Art Center for their partnership in this exhibition from the beginning.

This project is supported in part by the Mass Cultural Council of Marion, First Citizens Credit Union, and New Bedford Creative.

01/30/2026

While in Faial, DATMA coordinated fun, easy creative icebreaker conversations after a community dinner. The next day was followed by 5 minute artist talks to help bring focus and foster connection. The exercises allowed for participants to understand what each artist is striving to achieve while in the program and how we can all be resources for one another.

The next big moment for the artists will be to select artworks for the exhibition taking place here on the island and then in a few months, New Bedford. The HP Director, Lara Harrington, meets with artist later today to review exhibition selections.

Thank you for the snapshots from the artists presentations night while was at the helm of the projector. And endless thanks to our hosts at Quinta da Meia Eira for feeding us such delicious meals every day.

01/29/2026

While participating in the artist residency, we’re taking in the sites here in Faial with a few snapshots from my side trip to Lisbon.

01/25/2026

Landed in Lisbon today to see what sort of projects DATMA can possibly build in New Bedford with artists from mainland Portugal. While awaiting the creative conversations, a visit to the MAAT was in order and to no surprise, the exhibitions were extraordinarily.

Artists in order of carousal:
Pedro Cabrita Reis (sculpture)
Pedro Casqueiro (painting)
Cerith Wyn Evans (neon)
Isabelle Ferreira (mixed media)

12/11/2025

We’re proud of the public art season accomplished with our community and artists like Liz Collins (NYC) and Mona Ghandi (WA). We collaborated more than humanly possible which made the outcomes feel even more important and rewarding.

It was a good year to come together and we will be forever thankful to over 100 people who created a panel for the exhibition especially our fellow organizations and schools- you guys rock;

And BIG THANKS to the creator of this visual overview of our 2025 projects, .de.aguiar New Bedford’s Visual Storyteller. 🎥

Photography contributions by 📸

Featured 2025 artworks:

“Mood-Vironment” by with support from

“Being Seen” by the SouthCoast Community and with Creative Direction by presented here installed at Site 1 New Bedford City Hall in June thanks to the City of New Bedford.

10/15/2025

Big thanks to all who came out to support public art at this years Fall Ball! See ya next year, Friday, Oct 2, 2026 at The Vault in DTNB. 🪩 🥂 🖼️

One more round of applause for our event sponsors:
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And thank you to our venue,

And thank you to our featured public artists from Providence

And thank you to for taking pictures of everyone’s auras all night

And thank you to the man who gets us on the dance floor,

And thank you to our Fall Ball event co-chairs: Lara Harrington and Coco Mandle who made sure we all had a really good time.

See ya next year!!!!

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10/09/2025

09/15/2025

JOIN US!! ✨Fall Ball: Technicolor Edition ✨

Friday, October 3rd • 6:00-8:30PM

📍 The Vault Performing Arts Center & Pub, New Bedford

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Get ready for a neon art explosion by Pneuhaus, beats from DJ AnjKep, drinks and delicious bites, and chances to win big in our silent auction + “Most Vogue Attire” categories. Glam it up, get creative, and support public art & art education in our city!

🎟️ Grab your tickets now and let’s make the night unforgettable

tickets at datma.org/event/benefit