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This week, Art Beat columnist Don Wilkinson takes a look at Heeseop Yoon's "Adrift" at UMass Dartmouth's CVPA Campus Gallery.

Art Beat columnist Don Wilkinson says the Star Store was the heart of New Bedford's arts world, and closing it will change downtown for the worse.

“Sheltered” is on view at the University Art Gallery at the College of Visual and Performing Arts, UMass Dartmouth Star Store Campus.

Nancy Holt, Electrical System II: Bellman Circuit (1982) David Bellman Gallery, Toronto, Canada - 3/4 in. steel conduit, lighting and electrical fixtures, light bulbs, electrical wire - Length: 55 ft. (16.7 m); Width: 24 ft. (7.3 m); Height: 9 1⁄2 ft.(2.9 m) © Holt/Smithson Foundation, Licensed by VAGA at ARS. Today, UMass Dartmouth and the College of Visual and Performing Arts announced a $45,000 award from the Henry Luce Foundation’s American Art Program for the exhibition Nancy Holt: Massachusetts. The exhibition celebrating the Massachusetts-born artist Nancy Holt will feature schola...

Bringing the Arts to the Streets [TOWNSQUARE SUNDAY] Thanks to students and alumni of the UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts, Thursday nights have become special once again in Downtown New Bedford. The college and its partners are offering free performances and exhibits every Thursday evening for the next ten weeks in the windows of the former Star Store building at Purchase and Union Streets. Contributed Photo CVPA Performers in the "Star Series" include musicians, spoken word artists, sculptors, a DJ, and many more. So wear warm clothing, bring a blanket, and a thermos fu...