Please RSVP to Traci Calabrese at Tcalabrese@whalingmuseum.org by Friday, July 26. Location: New Bedford Whaling Museum.

The New Bedford Whaling Museum ignites learning through explorations of art, history, science and culture, rooted in the stories of people, the region and an international seaport.  Join the Museum’s Douglas and Cynthia Crocker, Endowed Chair for Chief Curator, Dr. Naomi Slipp as she takes us through the Museum’s major summer exhibitions, The Wider World & Scrimshaw and BREACH. The Wider World & Scrimshaw takes the Museum’s scrimshaw collection and places it in conversation with carved decorative arts and material culture made by Indigenous community members from across the Pacific and Arctic. BREACH is an ongoing artistic exploration of the multiple meanings of the word, breach; a break, the failure to abide by the law or observe an agreement, the act of a whale breaking the surface. Courtney M. Leonard (Shinnecock, b.1980) is a multi-media installation artist, ceramicist, and filmmaker. Leonard’s practice investigates narratives of Indigenous food sovereignty, marine life, and human environmental impact. Light reception to follow. RSVP to Traci Calabrese, Tcalabrese@whalingmuseum.org by Friday, July 26^th.