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The Bates College Museum of Art is closed for the change of the exhibitions. We will be opening two new exhibitions on Friday, October 24!

By Alison Keegan. Published on April 19, 2010

Tuesday Talks Explore Green Horizons with the Curator

Museum of Art, 2008

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Oct

24

Opening Reception: American Studio Ceramics and the art of Shellburne Thurber

Please join us in celebrating the opening of the Fall 2025 exhibitions, Precision and Expression: American Studio Ceramics from the Collection of E. John Bullard…

Nov

5

Artist Talk: Ceramicist Lisa Orr

Studio potter and educator Lisa Orr, whose work is featured in the exhibition Precision and Expression: American Studio Ceramics from the E. John Bullard Collection will discuss…

Nov

11

Gallery Talk: Shellburne Thurber & Samantha Sigmon

Join artist Shellburne Thurber and exhibition curator Samantha Sigmon for a discussion of the works presented in the exhibition Shellburne Thurber: Full Circle.

Bates News

October 10, 2025

Meet new faculty in psychology, environmental studies, and an…

Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college over the course of the 2025-2026 academic year.

October 10, 2025

In the News: Oct. 10, 2025

For Mother Jones, in a Sept. 24 article headlined “How America’s Elite Colleges Breed High-Status Careers—and Misery,” journalist Evan Mandery named Bates as an outlier — for its emphasis on meaning and purpose.

October 10, 2025

Picture Story: September 2025 at Bates

From Convocation to fierce field hockey matches, double overtime football victories, and relaxing on the quad, we bring you September 2025 at Bates.