Artists: Submit your work by April 16 for Arts Illuminated

Welcome to Arts Illuminated. It’s a place to celebrate talented local artists; a marketplace where buyers, enthusiasts and artists meet. And if something strikes you, it’s also a place where everything is for sale. More than 30 works of art have been sold for more than $7,000 combined through Arts Illuminated (formerly the Fine Arts Club).

What you need to know about Arts Illuminated

What: An opportunity for local New Bedford area artists to share and sell their work to an engaged group of collectors and art enthusiasts. Read about how we were inspired by the Detroit Fine Arts Breakfast Club.

Who: Any local artist who practices in one of the fine arts and all prospective art buyers. Disciplines include drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography and textiles. Click here to submit.

Moderator: Local artist Devin “Nived” McLaughlin

Format: A short introduction from New Bedford Light and the moderators, followed by artist presentations and a 30-minute “Afterglow,” a loosely structured open discussion among the artists, buyers and other attendees about art-related topics.

Buyer Guide

Buyers will have a chance to ask questions of each artist during the meeting.
After an artist finishes presenting, buyers will use the contact info provided during the meeting and on New Bedford Light’s website to set up a private transaction to purchase art.
Buyers are encouraged to stay and take part in the “Afterglow,” a 30-minute open-ended art discussion afterwards.

Art Enthusiasts Guide

If you’re interested in attending but don’t consider yourself a buyer, you’re more than welcome!
Even if you don’t buy or sell, you’re encouraged to stay on and take part in the “Afterglow,” a 30-minute open-ended art discussion afterwards.

Artist Guide

Each meeting up to seven artists can present. We will also select two backup artists in case of any last-minute cancellations. Interested artists must fill out this online for m, including a short bio and description of the work they’re looking to sell. Artists will upload an image(s) of their work to be displayed on our website. Artists who fit the fine art criteria will be selected on a first-come, first-serve basis.
During the meeting, artists will be interviewed by the moderator and answer questions about their work.
Artist contact information, submitted through the form, will be presented during the meeting and on New Bedford Light’s website. Buyers will contact artists on their own to set up private transactions to purchase art.
If an artist makes a sale from the NBFAC, they must report it on this form. Individual sales information will remain confidential.
The meetings are recorded and posted online for those who can’t attend in person.

Watch our October meeting

Watch all of October’s artists, headlined by our featured presenter Erik Durant, and the work they presented during the Oct. 24 meeting at the Art Museum of New Bedford, then scroll down to see their art work and find contact information if you’d like to purchase a piece.

Watch our May meeting

You can watch our entire May 16 meeting from the Steeple Playhouse. We had nine incredibly talented artists who shared their work.

Watch our March meeting

Curious about the New Bedford Light Fine Arts Club? Watch our March meeting, then scroll through all the art that’s for sale on Thursday night at Your Theatre.

Watch our January meeting featuring special guest speaker John Magnan

Watch our last meeting, held Thursday, Jan. 18 at the Whaling Museum, featuring six talented local artists and a new addition: special guest speaker John Magnan.

Magnan is a Mattapoisett artist creating sculpture, installations and exhibitions on commission and in pursuit of his own creative goals. In addition to over 100 individual sculptures, John created three solo traveling exhibitions which were shown at a variety of venues in 25 cities around the country.

He has also created over a dozen sculpture installations for private homes, hospital, corporate and urban settings. Most recently, he and his wife Annie Jonas partnered to install a permanent installation in the Atrium Lobby of the UMass School of Law.

His short presentation provided an overview of the origins and development of his ideas, with a few examples of work inspired by life experiences, everyday observation, current events, and client collaboration.

Did you miss our November meeting? Watch the entire meeting from the Dartmouth Cultural Center

Featuring the works of Jennifer Cuddy, Thomas Leverett, Isiah Botelho, Michael T. Morris, Dot Bergen, Gregoire Marshall and Donald Fruci.

Watch the entire September meeting, with some our most unique art yet

Watch our September meeting at the First Unitarian Church, featuring six talented artists: Caitlin Tripp, Paulina Fuenzalida Guzman, Eileen Riley, Christine Maiato FitzGerald, Wendy Bauer and Michael Benisch.

Did you catch our July meeting at the Co-Creative Center?

Watch our latest meeting of the New Bedford Light Fine Arts Club, featured six talented local artists sharing and selling their work. Five pieces of art sold! This month’s featured artists were: Andrew Tedesco, Jim Wolstenholme, Peter Turk, Renea Gauvin, Lisa Goulart and Ewa Liput.

How about our May meeting at Gallery X?

Six unique and talented artists — Jes Fritze, David Meyers, Steven Haywood, James Correia, Janet Adduci and Zach White — presented their work, from stark black-and-white photography to Jackson Pollock-style abstracts to colorful, three-dimensional dinosaurs playing golf, at the May meeting at Gallery X.

Several pieces were sold, adding to a total that includes 15 pieces of art selling for a total of more than $5,500 across the eight meetings of the Fine Arts Club. All without any commission; 100 percent of the proceeds go to the artists.

Watch our March meeting

On March 16, six local artists took us behind the curtain, describing their artistic process, what inspires them and how they execute their work, whether it’s graphing out the canvas, learning to use oil on paper or how important the eyes are to a portrait. Watch the entire meeting here:

View art from previous sessions of the Fine Arts Club

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