Artist Deborah Macy enjoys a good laugh at something David says as he works on his painting.  David Danis, who has Down syndrome, attends his weekly art class with local artist Deborah Macy at her studio in New Bedford, MA.
George Washington welcomes a visitor to the New Bedford Whaling Museum as she stops to look at the new Forging Independence - Building a Nation exhibit.  The exhibit invites visitors to form connections between historical events and today's issues, to consider what ideas are embodied in the terms and ideas of Independence and Nationhood. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA
George Washington welcomes a visitor to the New Bedford Whaling Museum as she stops to look at the new Forging Independence - Building a Nation exhibit.  The exhibit invites visitors to form connections between historical events and today's issues, to consider what ideas are embodied in the terms and ideas of Independence and Nationhood. PHOTO PETER PEREIRA