Dartmouth is full of people who make things: painters and weavers, banjo players, poets, needlepoint teachers, the volunteers who keep a 1889 library building full of art. Here is where to find them, and a place to cheer them on.
Nonprofits · Padanaram
Community-built arts and culture center in the historic 1889 Southworth Library building in Padanaram Village. Gallery exhibits of local and regional artists, classes and workshops (its site lists poetry, plein air painting and Nantucket basketry), and talks and gatherings where musicians, poets and other neighbors share their craft.
Nonprofits · Russells Mills
Volunteer society preserving Dartmouth history, with a digital library, reading room and slide presentations.
Schools · Smith Mills
The North Dartmouth branch of the Dartmouth Public Libraries, in a building that opened in January 2020. Offers lending, programs and public computers as part of the SAILS network.
Closed now
Shops & Retail · Padanaram
A custom picture framing shop offering design consultation and in-house frame production.
Schools · Bliss Corner
Main branch of the Dartmouth Public Libraries, located on Dartmouth Street in South Dartmouth and part of the SAILS regional library network. The library traces its roots to an 1878 Padanaram reading collection; its original 1890 building on Elm Street now houses the Dartmouth Cultural Center.
Closed now
Shops & Retail · Padanaram
Art gallery and fine jewelry shop in Padanaram village founded by local jewelry designer Caroline Ballou, showing work by established and emerging artists alongside a children's corner and outdoor gathering space. Opened in July 2026.
Closed now
Shops & Retail · Padanaram
The Seagrass Studio is a needlepoint shop in Padanaram Village, South Dartmouth, offering classes and events. It describes itself as a shop and community for needlepoint.
Know a gallery, studio, band, class or concert series we have missed? Add it, free.
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 351 Elm St., Dartmouth, MA
CVPA Campus Gallery, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747
Library Grand Reading Room
CVPA Campus Gallery, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747
Veteran Lounge, Campus Center, Ground Floor
LIB 128
Woodland Commons
CVPA Campus Gallery, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747
Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality (Campus Center 207)
Grove Second Floor
SMAST East 101-103
Claire T. Carney Library, Room 206
Library Grand Reading Room
Claire T. Carney Library (Meet behind Library, near CCB)
CVPA Campus Gallery, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747
Frederick Douglass Unity House
LIB 311
Crow's Nest (Campus Center)
Dartmouth Cultural Center
DNRT Center @ Helfand Farm
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