Women have always played a big role in the world of commercial fishing, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts will help the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center highlight their work at sea and on shore.
Women s Work: At Sea, On Shore, At Home, In the Community will use photography, film, music, poetry, and storytelling to highlight the often-untold stories of women in commercial fishing communities.
The $15,000 NEA grant, which requires a local match, is among 1,073 grants awarded to local arts projects across the country, representing nearly $25 million in federal funding.
From March through December 2021 in New Bedford, gallery exhibits and programs will explore the lives, skills, and experiences of women who work in the fishing industry, as well as the work of those who are connected through family.
Kelp Takes Center Stage at Virtual Seafood Summit
How can university dining halls help support a sustainable local seafood industry, and what does seaweed have to do with it? Well, here s a hint: The New York Times recently featured kelp as the climate-friendly vegetable you ought to eat.
UMass Dartmouth Dining Services on Feb. 4 will host a virtual summit that looks at the nexus between local institutions and underutilized seafood species including the ubiquitous seaweed known as kelp.
Speakers will talk about leveraging institutions to support local seafood producers through building supply chains for farmed kelp and underutilized species, according to a media release. They will share how a team of colleges and supply chain partners tackled procurement issues with help from a 2018 New England Food Vision Prize from the Henry P. Kendall Foundation. They will also discuss how they worked to bring underutilized species into community and university dining programs.