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FALL RIVER The FABRIC 2021 Spring edition will take place on May 14 and May 15, and the fall edition on October 1 and 2. Organized by Casa dos Açores de Nova Inglaterra (CANI) under the leadership of Michael Benevides in Fall River with Portugal-based curatorship by Jesse James, Sofia Carolina Botelho, and António Pedro Lopes and a production team on both continents, the 2021 festival celebrates the triumph of the human spirit, through engaging and culturally rewarding multidisciplinary artistic interventions. Fall River’s arts and cultural ecosystem is growing, even amid the pandemic. In 2020, the FABRIC team tenaciously persisted in its resolve to continue to build community, strengthen our partnerships and present vibrant and imaginative arts and culture offerings,” shared Michael Benevides, founder of FABRIC. “We intend to continue to play our part in this forward-moving momentum and now is not the time to pause. We reaffirm our collective commitment
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.