{"id":1553,"date":"2026-02-19T15:45:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T20:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/?page_id=1553"},"modified":"2026-02-25T11:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T16:47:20","slug":"upcoming-arts-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/upcoming-arts-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts Performances, Exhibitions, and Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bates Museum of Art<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Current Exhibitions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shellburne Thurber: Full Circle<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Precision and Expression: Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Bates Film Festival<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

May 12 – 17, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Upcoming Performances & Events<\/p>\n\n\n

Wednesday<\/span> May<\/span> 20<\/span> <\/div><\/div>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBates Puddle Arts\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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3:30 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\tThis event invites after school programs serving older elementary and middle school youth to engage in arts, sports, games, and other fun recreational activities put on my student organizations.For more…\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnita Graef, solo cello\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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4:30 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\t

Cellist Anita Graef presents a solo performance in the beautiful Gomes Chapel at Bates College!<\/p>\n

For more information: sgurley@bates.edu (Gurley, Stuart)<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

Friday<\/span> May<\/span> 22<\/span> <\/div><\/div>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCentral Javanese Shadow Puppet Performance with gamelan, by students of S25\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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7:30 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\t

Performing Musical Art of Indonesia with guest artist Darsono<\/p>\n

For more information: sgurley@bates.edu (Gurley, Stuart)<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

Sunday<\/span> May<\/span> 24<\/span> <\/div><\/div>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSenior Composition Thesis Concert: Hadley Blodgett\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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7:00 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\t

Senior Thesis Concert<\/p>\n

For more information: sgurley@bates.edu (Gurley, Stuart)<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

Friday<\/span> July<\/span> 10<\/span> <\/div><\/div>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCynthia Oliver Co. Dance Theatre: Turn. Turning. Turnt.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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7:30 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\t\u201cOliver works with members of our community to embody her artwork and present masterful, immersive experiences for her dancers and the audience. There\u2019s music. There are visuals and graphics and…\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

Sunday<\/span> July<\/span> 12<\/span> <\/div><\/div>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCynthia Oliver Co. Dance Theatre: Turn. Turning. Turnt\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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7:30 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\t\u201cOliver works with members of our community to embody her artwork and present masterful, immersive experiences for her dancers and the audience. There\u2019s music. There are visuals and graphics and…\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

Wednesday<\/span> July<\/span> 15<\/span> <\/div><\/div>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCara Hagan: Choose a Spot in the Sun (working title)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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7:30 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\tA work in progress showing\r \r Using our current geopolitical moment as a point of ignition, Choose a Spot in the Sun channels global tensions, uncertainty, and transformation into a…\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

Friday<\/span> July<\/span> 17<\/span> <\/div><\/div>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKyle Marshall Choreography: Feminine\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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7:30 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\t\u201cMarshall seems to build an entire world in the movement, somehow creating a set of rules the dancers must live (and dance) by\u2026the world he creates is so distinctly individual…\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

Saturday<\/span> July<\/span> 18<\/span> <\/div><\/div>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKyle Marshall Choreography: Feminine\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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7:30 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\t\u201cMarshall seems to build an entire world in the movement, somehow creating a set of rules the dancers must live (and dance) by\u2026the world he creates is so distinctly individual…\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

Sunday<\/span> July<\/span> 19<\/span> <\/div><\/div>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBDF\/Flatlands Dance Film Festival\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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7:30 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\tBates Dance Festival is happy to partner with The Flatlands Dance Film Festival to curate an evening of screendance that touches on the themes of autobiography, time, comedy, and social…\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

Thursday<\/span> July<\/span> 23<\/span> <\/div><\/div>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMiguel Gutierrez: Welcome to the Jungle (Working Title)\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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7:30 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\tA work in progress showing\r \r At Bates, Miguel will begin a new project inspired by his first sabbatical as a UCLA professor this past winter. During this time, he…\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

Friday<\/span> July<\/span> 24<\/span> <\/div><\/div>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLeslie Cuyjet: For All Your Life\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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7:30 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\t\u201cLeslie Cuyjet is a master of layers.\u201d\r \u2013 Dance Enthusiast\r For All Your Life is an ongoing performance project that examines the value of black life and black death, through…\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

Wednesday<\/span> July<\/span> 29<\/span> <\/div><\/div>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDan Safer & Tommy DeFrantz: Particles, Fields, & The Void\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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7:30 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\tA work in progress showing\r \r An encounter between Thomas F. DeFrantz and Dan Safer about: Godzilla, personal demons, Basquiat, Abstract Expressionism, drone strikes, treating each other kindly, dancing, wrestling,…\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

Thursday<\/span> July<\/span> 30<\/span> <\/div><\/div>
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJesse Factor: The Marthaodyssey\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t
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7:30 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\t\u201cA delectable spectacle that merges Graham\u2019s rigor, pop\u2019s ecstasy, and drag\u2019s defiance.\u201d\r \u2013 Elise Ryan, Petrichor Pittsburgh\r What happens when the \u201cHigh Priestess of Modern Dance\u201d meets the \u201cQueen of…\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>

Friday<\/span> July<\/span> 31<\/span> <\/div><\/div>
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7:30 pm<\/p> \n\t\t\t\t\t\u201cA delectable spectacle that merges Graham\u2019s rigor, pop\u2019s ecstasy, and drag\u2019s defiance.\u201d\r \u2013 Elise Ryan, Petrichor Pittsburgh\r What happens when the \u201cHigh Priestess of Modern Dance\u201d meets the \u201cQueen of…\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

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