Roy Hargrove: Habana Album Cover Shoot by Photographer Merri Cyr, 1997
Trumpeter Roy Hargrove (1969-2018) was invited to perform at the 1996 Havana Jazz Festival. Those 11 days in Cuba had a lasting influence on his music and earned him a Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album. Hargrove told Peter Watrous, in a New York Times interview,...
“Azorean Light” – Paintings by Mary Dorsey Brewster
Reception: July 8, 2023, 1:00-3:00 pm with Joao Silva playing classical Portuguese guitar. The public is cordially invited. Admission is free. I made trips to the Azores in 2021 and 2022, and fell in love with the actively inhabited landscapes of seaside towns and...
Listen to Your ART
Listen to Your ART is a program for ART exploration, envisioned by Wendy Garf-Lipp, Executive Director of the United Neighbors of Fall River, brought to you in collaboration with the Narrows Center for the Arts. This is the second year this project has invited young...
SCCAL Spring Arts Exhibition
Reception: Tuesday, May 16th: 4:00 - 5:30 PM Doors open 4:00, Reception to begin at 4:15 PM. Please join the students and staff from the South Coast Creative Arts Lab (SCCAL) in showcasing their developing skills gleaned from their first semester as a part of this...
Bridges
BRIDGES Selected Works from the Core Members of Fountain Street Gallery, Boston SOWA Curated by Joseph Fontinha and Lior Neiger Closing Reception: September 2, 2023 Noon - 2:00 pm Beginning July 21, 2023, the Narrows Center for the Arts will open its doors to the...
Color Stories: ROYGBV
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 9, 2023 from 12:00 - 3:00pm Color encourages inspiration. It attracts attention, connects us to emotions or memory. It can unite a vision or be a symbol. Juxtaposed colors change our perception, speak together almost as a call...
Remedy: How We Heal
Opening Reception: Saturday, July 1 from 1-3 pm During challenging times, the human need to create and therefore heal through the process of making is a strong force that connects three interdisciplinary teaching artists. In turn, the work they produce then exudes...
“Art Making Women” Fantasy & Realities
Joined together by Design, Imagination, Satire and Experience, eight women artists bring a collection of contemporary artworks to the Narrows Center. Working in and through a combination of materials including painting, drawing, mixed media and photography expect a...
Backyard Birds and Blooms – The Sequel
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Artist and Art Instructor Vania Noverça had to adapt; brilliantly, Vania continued to teach via “live” video painting demonstrations that were free to the public and took place in her studio at the Narrows Art Community at the Narrows...
Reinventing the Wheel: My Spiritual Journey through Portals, Passages and Poetry
“I remember when I was in fifth grade art class we had to create a design so that we could illustrate the concept of monochromatic harmony. I decided to use a flower with twelve petals. I then continued to sketch in between the petals, tilting my paper in a circular...