Fall Riverâs new art museum is âa genuine extensionâ of its working-class founders
By Cate McQuaid Globe Correspondent,Updated January 6, 2021, 2:00 p.m.
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Harry Gould Harvey IV and Brittni Ann Harvey started the Fall River Museum of Contemporary Art this year. They are artists and natives of the Fall River area.Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff
FALL RIVER â This is the story of how a high-school dropout and a shy kid from a trailer park turned a pop-up show into a museum.
Harry Gould Harvey IV and Brittni Ann Harvey arenât the types you expect to see on the international gallery circuit. They grew up poor in communities near Fall River. Harry, now 29, calls himself âa destitute swamp yankee.â Brittni, 28, didnât think she was worthy of attending RISD, and went to two other schools before she dared apply â and was accepted. Both became artists, exhibiting in New York and beyond.