Arts Performances, Exhibitions, and Events

Bates Museum of Art

Current Exhibitions

Shellburne Thurber: Full Circle
Precision and Expression: Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection

Bates Film Festival

May 12 – 17, 2026

Explore this year’s festival

Upcoming Performances & Events

Monday October 19

Cristi Rinklin Artist Talk: Sentient Ecologies

4:30 pm

Join us for an artist talk by Cristi Rinklin, whose painting Vanishing Point is currently on view in the exhibition, Rooted and Rising: Introducing the Permanent Collection. Rinklin’s paintings, installations,…
Monday November 2

Christopher Reed Lecture: "Moving Feelings: Kinesthetic Empathy and Queer Affiliation in the Art of Carl Sprinchorn, Charles Demuth, and Marsden Hartley"

4:30 pm

Christopher Reed Lecture: “Moving Feelings: Kinesthetic Empathy and Queer Affiliation in the Art of Carl Sprinchorn, Charles Demuth, and Marsden Hartley”.

For more information: mhough@bates.edu (Museum of Art)