{"id":46,"date":"2011-09-16T15:20:34","date_gmt":"2011-09-16T15:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/art\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2026-03-04T13:56:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:56:53","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dynamic. Provocative. Life-Changing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The arts provide some of our most rewarding terrains for imagination, experimentation, and intelligence.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Bates College offers\u00a0six arts-related majors, a statistic which only scratches the surface in terms of the inclusion of arts across the curriculum.<\/p>Fields of Study<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>

Academic Information<\/h2><\/div>

Bates College offers\u00a0six arts-related majors, a statistic which only scratches the surface in terms of the inclusion of arts across the curriculum.<\/p>Fields of Study<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a>

Academic Information<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Between performances and concerts, workshops, exhibitions, and student organization events, there is always something happening at Bates!<\/p>Upcoming Arts Happenings<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>

Arts Performances, Concerts, Exhibitions, and Events<\/h2><\/div>

Between performances and concerts, workshops, exhibitions, and student organization events, there is always something happening at Bates!<\/p>Upcoming Arts Happenings<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a>

Arts Performances, Concerts, Exhibitions, and Events<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Connect with other artists at Bates! Learn about our academics, arts-related clubs, upcoming events, performance opportunities, and much more.<\/p>Arts at Bates for Students<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>

Student Opportunities<\/h2><\/div>

Connect with other artists at Bates! Learn about our academics, arts-related clubs, upcoming events, performance opportunities, and much more.<\/p>Arts at Bates for Students<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a>

Student Opportunities<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n
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Arts without boundaries<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As an integral part of our distinctive liberal arts mission, Bates celebrates the arts in ways that are intensely collaborative and courageous. Like us, the arts are diverse and complicated \u2014 and like us, the arts have the power to transform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Great artists from around the globe join our talented faculty, staff and students in exploring this power, in both formal presentations and casual encounters. As you might expect, it\u2019s student creativity that burns brightest in this dynamic continuum. The same passion that drives students to study and major in Bates\u2019 robust departmental arts offerings also leads them to bring what they\u2019re learning to surprising venues and extracurricular ventures all around campus and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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IMPACT 21st<\/strong>\u00a0(Innovation, Media, Process, Arts, Collaboration and Technology for the 21st Century)<\/strong>\u00a0promotes new technical and presentational approaches to teaching and learning in the arts, and builds on Bates\u2019 commitment to the transformative integration of technology and the arts.\u00a0<\/p>More about IMPACT 21st<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>

Arts & Technology<\/h2><\/div>

IMPACT 21st<\/strong>\u00a0(Innovation, Media, Process, Arts, Collaboration and Technology for the 21st Century)<\/strong>\u00a0promotes new technical and presentational approaches to teaching and learning in the arts, and builds on Bates\u2019 commitment to the transformative integration of technology and the arts.\u00a0<\/p>More about IMPACT 21st<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a>

Arts & Technology<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Bates Dance Festival\u00a0brings together an international community of choreographers, performers, educators and students in a cooperative community to study, perform and create new work.\u00a0<\/p>Bates Dance Festival<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>

Bates Dance Festival<\/h2><\/div>

The\u00a0Bates Dance Festival\u00a0brings together an international community of choreographers, performers, educators and students in a cooperative community to study, perform and create new work.\u00a0<\/p>Bates Dance Festival<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a>

Bates Dance Festival<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The festival exists to bring people together around a shared love of movies. In a culture that seems to grow more divided every day, the BFF aspires to initiate and facilitate substantive conversations between individuals who might not have met were it not for a shared interest in movies.\u00a0<\/p>Bates Film Festival<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>

Bates Film Festival<\/h2><\/div>

The festival exists to bring people together around a shared love of movies. In a culture that seems to grow more divided every day, the BFF aspires to initiate and facilitate substantive conversations between individuals who might not have met were it not for a shared interest in movies.\u00a0<\/p>Bates Film Festival<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a>

Bates Film Festival<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n
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Literary Arts Live<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0celebrates the diverse vitalities of contemporary literature and are made possible from the generous support of the English Department, the John Tagliabue Fund, and the Learning Associates Fund.<\/p>Upcoming Readings<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>

Literary Arts Live<\/h2><\/div>

Literary Arts Live<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0celebrates the diverse vitalities of contemporary literature and are made possible from the generous support of the English Department, the John Tagliabue Fund, and the Learning Associates Fund.<\/p>Upcoming Readings<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a>

Literary Arts Live<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

As a teaching museum at a liberal arts college, the\u00a0Bates College\u00a0Museum\u00a0of Art\u00a0brings to campus a world of ideas that are vital to the intellectual and cultural life of Bates and its surrounding communities.\u00a0<\/p>Bates Museum of Art<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>

Museum of Art<\/h2><\/div>

As a teaching museum at a liberal arts college, the\u00a0Bates College\u00a0Museum\u00a0of Art\u00a0brings to campus a world of ideas that are vital to the intellectual and cultural life of Bates and its surrounding communities.\u00a0<\/p>Bates Museum of Art<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a>

Museum of Art<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Arts are everywhere at Bates! Check out a complete list of departments, organizations, and clubs.<\/p>Arts at Bates<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>

Arts Directory<\/h2><\/div>

Arts are everywhere at Bates! Check out a complete list of departments, organizations, and clubs.<\/p>Arts at Bates<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/a>

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Arts News & Updates<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t
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More than 60 performers participated in this year’s cultural showcase which highlights and celebrates\u00a0 \u2014 through performance \u2014 diverse cultures of the Caribbean and Latin American students at Bates. This year\u2019s showcase on April 17 was entitled \u201cHere to Stay: Rhythms that Raised Us,\u201d which points to both the past and future cultural influence of Latine and Caribbean cultures in the United States and at Bates. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/article>

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On April 17, Bates\u2019 graduating studio art and visual culture students will step outside of their studios to share their work with the world during At the Table: Senior Thesis Exhibition 2026.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/article>

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Bates Theater\u2019s production of ‘Everybody’ sold out every performance at Gannett Theater last week \u2014 waitlists at the door, eager audience members finding out they\u2019d gotten seats five minutes before curtain \u2014 and the room earned that anticipatory urgency. <\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/article>

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During the first-ever Bates Curates event in March, faculty, staff, and students, and President Garry W. Jenkins, became \u201ccurators\u201d as they gathered to select a new addition to the Museum of Art\u2019s permanent collection.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/article><\/section>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\n\t\t\tLast week three AVC students, Zoe Winslett, Sigrid<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Last\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>
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\n\t\t\n\t\t\tOn Wednesday Visiting Professor Michel Droge of Ar<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n <\/path>\n <\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t\"On\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>
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