Exploring the nautical life

"Glass Boat'' (plantpaper, twigs and glass), by Jane Balsgaard (photp by Tom Grotta, courtesy of browngrotta arts.) in the group show "Plunge: Explorations From Above and Below,''  at the New Bedford Art Museum, through Oct. 8, in collaboration with the browngrotta arts gallery .Sixteen artists from around the world present their ideasabout, and  methods of expressing, nautical life. The work ranges from  photographs to large paintings and sculpture.