Keith Francis Art

New Bedford artist. Please contact UMass Dartmouth CVPA. The MFA students need studio space for the Fall semester. I donated mine free of charge.

How Zen poems influenced Brice Marden’s paintings

LoveLocks Sculpture, New Bedford, MA.
2023, steel and granite, 10' X 12' X 4', 3,000 lbs.

A collaboration was formed between New Bedford Creative and MassDevelopment TDI for the financing of this project.

Opening Photo: July 26, 2023

A terrific collaboration between New Bedford Creative and MassDevelopment TDI - tonight, Wed. July 26, the wrap comes off LOVE LOCKS at the Nye Street Pocket Park on Acushnet Avenue, New Bedford. The Keith Francis Art contemporary sculpture will be revealed during a night’s worth of fun on The Ave including music by DJ Frankie Rhymin, art and activities for the kids by 3rd EyE Unlimited, a chance to paint your own Love Locks to leave at the park, and more. Free and open to the public from 5-8:00 p.m., right cross from the St. Anthony Church rectory.

Love Locks: A Site-Specific Contemporary Artwork Coming to Acushnet Avenue, New Bedford - New Bedford Creative By Steven Froias Writer-at-large On Wednesday July 26, north end, New Bedford will welcome something entirely new to its landscape. Acushnet Avenue, the north end’s historic commercial corridor, will soon be adorned at the Nye Street Pocket Park with a captivating contemporary artwork ...

The American caste system began after the arrival of the first African slaves to Virginia in 1619. Caste is the powerful infrastructure that holds each group in place. Race in the United States, is the visible agent of the unseen force of caste.​​​​​​​

The artwork's strength is that the hierarchy can be changed. This piece is intended to stimulate discussion.

2023, wood and latex paint, 6.5" X 22.5" X 5" in (each). Overall display 54" tall x 22.5" width.

New project?

SNEAK PEEK: Acushnet Avenue and north end New Bedford is about to get something entirely new - a site-specific contemporary work of public art created to ! Put Wednesday, July 26 on your calendar for the unveiling event from 5-8:00 p.m. at the Nye Street pocket park. In the meantime, here’s a look at the piece coming to life….

Keith M. Francis, 2023, CASTE, Maple wood, 70" X 18.5" X 3.5"

Keith M. Francis, 2023, Made in China, 100% cotton, 35" X 60"

2002 Biennial Postcard, Jamestown Arts Center

Art Beat takes a look at the artists in New Bedford's 2022 Seaport Art Walk Artists were invited to create work that considered the concept of open space, physically or metaphorically.

https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/entertainment/2022/07/28/things-not-always-what-they-seem-new-fall-river-art-exhibit/10089261002/

Art Beat: 'Things are not always what they seem' at new 'Wise Guise' exhibit at Narrows SouthCoast artists Joseph Fontinha, Keith Francis, Seth Rainville and Don Wilkinson are featured in the “Wise Guise” exhibit at The Narrows Center.

The sculpture is completed and installed for the 2022 New Bedford Seaport Art Walk.

Glittering Patterns, 2022 New Bedford Seaport Art Walk. Installation completed today, July 14. Special Thanks to Steve Flowers of All Metals, Little Compton, R.I. and his team of Jacob, Bryce and Alex.

2022 Biennial Art Exhibition, Juried, Jamestown Arts Center, Jamestown, R.I.

Subversion, 2022, 14.5 X 10 X 9 in., 3D printed (Laser Sintered Nylon) from a 3D model illustration, wood base and custom fortunes.

It's ! This Monday, we're hearing from Keith M. Francis about his inspirations and history with NBAM.⁠

"As a Visual Design and Communications instructor, NBAM has been a positive influence with my students' participation in the Teen Artist Internship Program (TAIP). This program has provided mentoring, art education and confidence to the students. The TAIP exhibition within the museum is a celebration and testament to the belief that anything can be accomplished with desire and a strong work ethic.

As a fine artist, my piece featured in NBAM, “Border Nation,” is a LED neon sculpture, investigating the long-running and emerging crises forcing significant new displacement in the world. Migrants and asylum seekers face increased barriers to reaching international destinations and safety. While gains made by the far-right, populists in Europe and elsewhere faced some reversals in 2019, hardening attitudes about migrants and refugees spurred violent attacks in New Zealand, Poland, South Africa, and the United States. My neon sculpture expands a tradition of conceptual art works executed in light, from American artists Dan Flavin, Bruce Nauman and contemporary artist Glenn Ligon."

See the work of all our amazing artist members on view at NBAM until May 8, 2022!⁠

The Russians are Coming!

Giclée prints.

New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! Members Exhibition highlights local talent The Members Exhibition was curated by Stephanie Haboush Plunkett, the Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Norman Rockwell Museum.

Last weekend to visit my Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), Exhibition "Protest and Power".

MassArt x SoWa Gallery Present "Protest and Power," an Alumni-curated Exhibition The first year of programming at Massachusetts College of Art and Design’s graduate programs satellite gallery continues with this show, on view through October 24.

MassArt SoWa Gallery Exhibition. Curated by Keith M. Francis

I am honored to announce that my artwork and myself, has been selected for an international exhibition, publication and artist interview documentary film by Dab Art.

ART IN THE TIME OF CORONA™, VOL.2 | 2021 (YEAR 2)

Dab Art Co., Los Angeles, Venture, Mexico City

Online exhibition, a full color publication of all selected works, a multi-gallery international exhibition and a follow-up documentary film.

Happy Earth Day 2021!
Depletion
2020

Photograph
72 X 96 in | 182.8 X 243.8 cm

Man-made climate changes involve increasing atmospheric concentrations of CO2, methane, water v***r and nitrous oxide, 
and other chemically manufactured greenhouse gases. We can still make a difference before we deplete earth of its live sustaining 
ability and avert a catastrophe for our planet, by human will and action starting now.

THE TIES THAT BIND
2021, steel, 8 X 8 ft.
(physical model and digital model composition)

-- Democracy: It’s a Game (2018)

Repurposed 1969 Gottlieb pinball machine, wood, graphics, glass and electronics.

Democracy, it's a Game is a conceptual, multi-layered, artwork exploring the idea of democracy in the US. The uncertainty of political outcomes is inherent in democracy, which makes all forces struggle repeatedly to realize their interests. Our broad individual interpretation of democracy adds another level or complexity to this piece. Democracy has rules, exhibits competition, challenges, skills, strength and luck; in the negative case the system is manipulated and unscrupulous behind the invisible walls of speculative Capitalism.

White Fence (2020)
wood with aluminum base.
size: 8'-4" height, 9'-6" length, 5'-0" depth

The sculpture is finished, it took me over 3 months to complete.

I am honored to be included this international competition.

Circle Quarterly Art Review #5 – Circle Foundation for the Arts # 5 Artists On Feature Print Copies 's Note Subscription Order Print Copies CIRCLE QUARTERLY ART REVIEW 5 Published by CFA Press 142 pages - Full color - 115 gram paper Glossy Cover - Full color - 200 gram Perfectly bound Regular Size is 8.3 x 11.7 in. or 21.0 x 29.7 cm Smal...

I am extremely excited to of been selected to exhibit at the New Bedford Art Museum. Due to COVID, the exhibition will be online this year.
https://newbedfordart.org/members-exhibition/

Members Exhibition - New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! virtual Members Exhibition July 1, 2020 – November 8, 2020 Welcome to the 2020 Virtual Members’ Exhibition. Each year we put out a call to our members inviting them to submit their artworks to be considered for the show, and each year we are thrilled to see what our community has been making! Ex...