The FABRIC Arts Festival will be returning May 12 to 14 to Fall River with a fully-fledged in-person event, which organizers hope will be like a big ‘Festa,’ where everyone can feel welcomed, share their experiences and discover what they have in common.
The Herald News
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