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The Fishing Heritage Center is pleased to partner with DATMA for Harvesters of the Deep, a public art installation highlighting women in the seafood industry.
From June 17th – October 17th, DATMA will bring works of outstanding photographers from select locations around the world, the exhibit will feature insightful, life-sized portraits celebrating women working in the fishing industry. Featured photographers include: Phil Mello presenting photographs of New Bedford fisherwomen; Hyung S. Kim’s photographs of Korean shellfish divers (aka Haenyeo) and Craig Easton’s photographs of English smokehouse workers (aka “The Herring Lasses”).
Custom designed kiosks, including documentary will be strategically positioned along outdoor public walkways in downtown New Bedford and along the waterfront and participate in the annual New Bedford Seaport Art Walk.
![The Johnson Girls in Concert @ New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park](https://fishingheritagecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Johnson-Girls-300x110.jpg)
Join us for a performance by the Johnson Girls. The performance will take place outside at the garden of the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, 33 William Street in downtown New Bedford. Free and open to the public. Bring your own chair!
Unvaccinated individuals are required to wear a mask and social distance on federal property.
RAIN LOCATION: In the event of rain, the concert will be held inside at the Fishing Heritage Center, 38 Bethel Street.
Formed in 1997, The Johnson Girls are the leading all-woman maritime song group in the world. Sea chanteys and songs, as the first real “world music”, captured their imagination. Just as sailors who were heavily influenced by the songs they heard while traveling the world over, each of the Johnson Girls brings a special style to the ensemble. Their extensive repertoire of both traditional and contemporary material includes sea chanteys and work songs of other traditions, African-American, Canadian, Caribbean, Irish, French, Italian as well as songs from the inland waterways and fisheries. Widely acclaimed for their powerhouse performances of rousing work songs, sensitive renderings of haunting ballads and laments, and hair-raising harmonies, The Johnson Girls dazzle audiences wherever they perform.
This concert is part of “Women’s Work” programming which is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Women’s Fisheries Network, Mass Cultural Council, and the New Bedford, Fairhaven, Dartmouth, Westport, Marion, and Mattapoisett Cultural Councils. Thank you to New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park for hosting this event.
![July Dock-u-mentaries: Silent Films, Live Music by Jeff Angeley @ New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center](https://fishingheritagecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/The-Boat-300x235.jpg)
Join us for an evening of silent, short films accompanied by live music by Jeff Angeley! Films include Shanghied, directed and starring Charlie Chaplin, and The Boat, directed and starring Buster Keaton. This screening will take place at New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center located at 38 Bethel Street in downtown New Bedford. Free and open to the public!
Shanghied (1915)- Intent on scuttling his ship, a financially-pressed shipowner conspires with the vessel’s captain to collect the insurance money, unbeknownst to him that his daughter and her beau, Charlie, are aboard. Will they get away with it so easily?
The Boat (1921)- Buster and his family go on a voyage on his homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another!
Jeff Angeley is a multi-instrumentalist, music instructor, and event organizer based in New Bedford. He has 20 years of teaching experience and an even longer track record of putting together high quality acoustic music performances. Angeley has a particular passion for traditional music and its ability to bring communities together. His fiddle, banjo, mandolin, guitar, & upright bass performances, as well as his singing and dance calling continue to bring greater exposure to traditional American performing art forms. In the last few years he founded “Old Time Fiddle Session & Community Gathering,” a group which hosts large quarterly events, traditional music and dance workshops, and free monthly community jams and gatherings. Using his abilities as an instructor, combined with his passion for social music and deep experience as a performer, he has built and continues to foster a thriving community of traditional musicians in the Greater New Bedford area.
Dock-U-Mentaries is a co-production of New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park and the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center. All programs are open to the public and presented free of charge.
Find out about a day in the life of two women who work in New Bedford’s seafood industry. Cassie Canastra (left) is Director of Operations for BASE Seafood Auction. Heather Haggerty (right) is the owner/operator of Big G Seafoods, a New Bedford based conch business. This program is part of the Center’s Women’s Work project, a year long exploration of women’s involvement in the fishing community. Women’s work is supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Marion, Mattapoisett, New Bedford, and Westport Cultural Councils, and a donation from the Women’s Fisheries Network.
![August Dock-u-mentaries: Haeneyo - Wisdom of the Sea @ New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park](https://fishingheritagecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/305aae9b-3a0c-ec3f-914e-719b394a929d-300x169.jpg)
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center along with DATMA present the film, Haeneyo – Wisdom of the Sea, on Thursday, August 19th at 7:00pm. The film is in Portuguese with English subtitles. Free and open to the public.
Please note this month’s film takes place on Thursday, August 19th. The screening will be held outdoors in the National Park Garden (33 William Street). In the event of inclement weather, the screening will be held on the second floor of the National Park’s Corson Maritime Learning Center. Indoor capacity is limited to 50 people and masks are required indoors. Seating for this event is limited and available on a first come, first serve basis. Films about the commercial fishing industry and other aspects of the working waterfront are screened monthly.
![Exhibit Opening: "Women's Work" @ New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center](https://fishingheritagecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Paula-Pereira-200x300.jpg)
Join us for the opening of our latest gallery exhibit, Women’s Work: At Sea, On Shore, At Home, In the Community. Free and open to the public for AHA! Night.
This exhibit and related program series is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Women’s Fisheries Network, Mass Cultural Council, and the New Bedford, Fairhaven, Dartmouth, Westport, Marion, and Mattapoisett Cultural Councils.
![September Dock-u-mentaries: Conversations with the Lobster Lady @ New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park](https://fishingheritagecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/download-300x158.jpg)
Meet an inspiring woman and ride along as she and her son Max haul their lobster traps in Spruce Head, Maine. Virginia’s positive approach to life as well as her infectious laugh will capture viewers heart’s and inspire them in their own lives. Free and open to the public.
Films about the commercial fishing industry and other aspects of the working waterfront are screened on the third Friday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in the theater of the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park’s Corson Maritime Learning Center, located at 33 William Street, unless noted otherwise. Presented by New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center and New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park.
Doors open at 6:30pm. Seating for this event is limited and available on a first come, first serve basis.
This program is part of “Women’s Work” programming which is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Women’s Fisheries Network, Mass Cultural Council, and the New Bedford, Fairhaven, Dartmouth, Westport, Marion, and Mattapoisett Cultural Councils.
![Seafood Soirée 2021 @ The Black Whale Restaurant](https://fishingheritagecenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2021-Seafood-Soiree-300x144.jpg)
New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center’s annual Seafood Soirée takes place October 7, 2021. The Online Auction runs October 7-17. Click here for more information about the 2021 Seafood Soirée.
Tickets for the Soirée are sold out! Contact info@fishingheritagencenter.org or call (508) 993-8894 with questions.
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